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Screenwriter Kater Gordon has accused Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner of sexually harassing her when they worked together on the drama, which was set in the 1960s advertising world.

Amazon has reportedly launched an investigation into actor Jeffrey Tambor, star of its hit television series Transparent, after a former assistant to the actor accused him of sexual harassment this week.

The left-wing Washington Post reports that NPR “leaders were aware of at least four complaints against” Michael Oreskes, NPR’s top editor, prior to his resignation last week after two allegations went public.

Hundreds of former Capitol Hill staffers are calling on Congress to require all members to undergo mandatory sexual harassment training as reports of inappropriate behavior surface in political circles, Hollywood, and among the media.

A journalist for The Root accused Rev. Jesse Jackson of sexual harassment after he allegedly grabbed her thigh at an event and said, “I like all of that right there!”

Republican Congressman Ken Buck is calling on Congress to restrict the ability of companies to deduct sexual harassment settlements from their taxes as Hollywood continues to reel from a widespread sexual misconduct scandal.

Is it confusing to anyone exactly why a pro-rape Hollywood and pro-rape mainstream media be anti-gun, would devote so much energy and money on propaganda designed to disarm the public?

Iconic actress Michelle Pfeiffer’s chimed in on the sexual assault and harassment scandal consuming Hollywood, telling the BCC on Sunday that abuse of women in the film industry is ‘systemic.’

Slate reports that in a 1979 interview with Time magazine, actress Meryl Streep says that the first time she met Dustin Hoffman, he grabbed her breast. “

Tens of thousands of protesters are expected to gather in downtown Los Angeles and around the country for an “anti-fascist” march against President Donald Trump. But there has yet to be any kind of public demonstration against sexual harassment and sexual assault in Hollywood.

With the news that Vox Media has dismissed two employees, including a high-ranking editorial director, it is becoming increasingly obvious that throughout our elite media — the very same media that told us “binders full of women” disqualified Mitt Romney from becoming president — there is a culture that enables the systemic sexual harassment and abuse of female staffers.

Tory MP Charlie Elphicke has been suspended by the Conservative party and referred to the police after “serious” allegations were made against him, the party has said.

Although the interview with Late Show host Stephen Colbert was already taped, due to the latest accusations of sexual misconduct swirling around him, a scheduled interview with actor Jeremy Piven was scrapped Friday.

Just coming to light are two emails written by former staffers for the hard-left Mother Jones magazine, who allege that Washington bureau chief David Corn inappropriately touched female employees and made jokes about rape and “women’s sexuality and anatomy.”

Eight people who worked on the set of the Netflix show House of Cards have accused Kevin Spacey of creating a “toxic” work environment by sexually harassing them, according to a report.

A man has alleged that he engaged in an ongoing consensual sexual relationship with Kevin Spacey when he was 14 and the House of Cards star was a 24-year-old teacher in Westchester County, outside of New York. The alleged relationship, according to the man, ended in attempted rape.

Now that no fewer than five high-level players within the elite media — power brokers connected to ABC News, NBC News, MSNBC, Bloomberg News, the New York Times, Rolling Stone, NPR, and the New Republic — stand accused of various forms of sexual misconduct, we are being led to believe that over the course of decades, nobody knew.

Earlier this week, Emmy-winning actor Jeremy Piven “unequivocally” denied that he had in any way harassed or groped reality star Ariane Bellamar on two separate occasions. Apparently that denial was good enough for CBS. The Daily Mail reports that Piven was seen on the set of the CBS drama Wisdom of the Crowd Wednesday. Two more accusers have now come forward.

Writer and producer Wendy Riss Gatsiounis claims she was sexually harassed and propositioned by actor Dustin Hoffman during to meetings that took place in the early 1990s, alleged encounters she said sowed seeds of self-doubt early in her career.

Popular LGBT magazine the Advocate has admitted that they knew about Anthony Rapp’s sexual harassment allegations against Kevin Spacey in 2001.

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s defense minister resigned Wednesday after allegations emerged about inappropriate sexual behavior — the latest twist in a growing scandal over harassment and abuse in the country’s corridors of power. Michael Fallon said in a resignation letter

Former first lady Laura Bush said on Wednesday that any incidents with women that involved her father-in-law, former President George H.W. Bush, were “very innocent.”

The Beverly Hills Police Department (BHPD) announced Wednesday that it is investigating Hollywood film producer Harvey Weinstein and director James Toback amid allegations of sexual assault by hundreds of women combined between both men.

Brett Ratner, a name director and the powerful co-founder and CEO of RatPac Entertainment — one of the companies behind the already-embattled Justice League — stands accused by six women of allegations that range from sexual harassment to flat-out assault. Through his attorney, Ratner denies every allegation.

Hollywood veteran Dustin Hoffman has been accused of sexually harassing a 17-year-old high school student while working on the 1985 drama Death of a Salesman.

Michael Oreskes, a big shot for decades within the left-wing media elite, has been placed on indefinite leave by NPR over allegations of sexual misconduct. This makes him the fifth member of the elite media to face such accusation in a little under a month.

America’s oldest left-wing publication, the New Republic, has just put publisher Hamilton Fish on leave for a series of harassment allegations. This comes on the heels of news that Leon Wieseltier, its prominent literary editor for three decades, all but admitted to a litany of appalling sexual misconduct allegations.

A former producer The Bachelor and The Bachelorette is suing the Warner Bros. company, claiming she was sexually harassed on the set of the popular reality television show.

Days and days after Showtime, HBO and Penguin Press ended their business relationships with Mark Halperin, a wave of creepier allegations against the disgraced journalist has apparently forced NBC News to finally and formally terminate his contract.

Allegations of sexual misconduct, harassment, and affairs have been made against 37 male and female Tory MPs and cabinet ministers, including the use of prostitutes and ‘extreme sex acts’ with multiple men.

Rep. Jacki Speier (D-CA) has released a video to announce her claim of sexual harassment while working as a congressional staffer.

Director James Toback, who stands accused of various forms of sexual harassment and assault by some 300 women, spoke with Rolling Stone and belligerently denied each and every one of the accusations against him.

In an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews after the October 9, 2016 presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, then-Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway was asked about the leaked “Access Hollywood” tape of  Trump making what were deemed to be inappropriate

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said a former professor sexually harassed her when she was a young law professor at the University of Houston.

The director of the annual CBS Diversity Sketch Comedy Show, Rick Najera, has resigned from the role over allegations of inappropriate comments.

Female staff working in parliament are naming which MPs to avoid due to allegedly sexually inappropriate behaviour in a secret WhatsApp group, it has been reported.