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In The Wake Of #MeToo, More Victims Seek Help For Repressed Trauma

In the wake of the "Me Too" movement, more victims of sexual harassment and assault continue to come forward. Damian Dovarganes/AP hide caption

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In The Wake Of #MeToo, More Victims Seek Help For Repressed Trauma

Some local rape crisis centers and national hotlines that help victims of sexual harassment and assault are reporting a flood of calls at what is usually a slower time of year.

In The Wake Of #MeToo, More Victims Seek Help For Repressed Trauma

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Wednesday

Legal Landscape Shifts As More Sexual Harassment Allegations Surface Online

Film director Brett Ratner recently filed a defamation suit against a woman who publicly accused him of raping her several years ago. Dan Steinberg/Invision/AP hide caption

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Here & Now Compass

Legal Landscape Shifts As More Sexual Harassment Allegations Surface Online

There has been a fundamental shift in the landscape of sexual harassment allegations and the way they are handled. Most of these accusations started on social media before they became headlines.

Thursday

Tuesday

Report: Weinstein Hired Agents To Investigate And Suppress Accusations Against Him

A report in The New Yorker says Harvey Weinstein hired an Israeli intelligence firm to collect information on the allegations against him. Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

Report: Weinstein Hired Agents To Investigate And Suppress Accusations Against Him

It reads like an espionage thriller: Weinstein hired multiple intelligence firms, one which used agents to extract information to try to stop The New York Times from publishing an article about him.

Friday

Instead of #MeToo, French Women Say 'Out Your Pig'

On Monday, French activists demonstrated against French-Polish director Roman Polanski, accused of a string of sexual assaults, prior to a screening in Paris. NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images hide caption

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Parallels

Instead of #MeToo, French Women Say 'Out Your Pig'

In the wake of the #MeToo hashtag following reports of Harvey Weinstein's sexual abuse, French women came up with a hashtag of their own. #BalanceTonPorc or "out your pig" shows no signs of abating.

Instead of #MeToo, French Women Say 'Out Your Pig'

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Thursday

Tuesday

Tuesday

LISTEN: Tom Hanks On Weinstein Allegations: Some 'Think ... This Is How It Works'

Tom Hanks, in conversation with NPR's David Greene in Los Angeles on Monday night. Hope Leigh Rollins/NPR hide caption

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LISTEN: Tom Hanks On Weinstein Allegations: Some 'Think ... This Is How It Works'

Asked about the sexual harassment allegations roiling Hollywood, the actor offered a blunt assessment: There are some in power who "think it's OK to manipulate those under them in a sexual manner."

LISTEN: Tom Hanks on Hollywood harassment scandals

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Monday

Hollywood Director James Toback Accused Of Harassment By Dozens Of Women

James Toback, writer of the 1991 film Bugsy, poses at the premiere of a re-make of his movie The Gambler in 2014 in Los Angeles. Chris Pizzello/Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

Hollywood Director James Toback Accused Of Harassment By Dozens Of Women

The Los Angeles Times reports that 38 women have leveled accusations against the Hollywood director who also wrote the 1991 film Bugsy, starring Warren Beatty. Toback has denied the allegations.

Wednesday

Olympic Gymnast McKayla Maroney Says She Was Molested For Years By Team Doctor

McKayla Maroney stands on the podium at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. She says a team doctor molested her for years, including during the Olympics. Ronald Martinez/Getty Images hide caption

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Olympic Gymnast McKayla Maroney Says She Was Molested For Years By Team Doctor

The gold medalist says Dr. Larry Nassar claimed he was giving her "medically necessary treatment." She says the abuse began on a team trip when she was 13 years old.

Amazon Studios Exec Roy Price Resigns Following Harassment Allegations

Amazon Studios says it has accepted the resignation of its top executive, Roy Price, following sexual harassment allegations made by a producer on the Amazon series The Man in the High Castle. Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

Amazon Studios Exec Roy Price Resigns Following Harassment Allegations

Price was suspended last week after producer Isa Hackett, who works on the Amazon series The Man in the High Castle, said he had "repeatedly and persistently" propositioned her.

Monday

In The Wake Of Harvey Weinstein Scandal, Women Say #MeToo

The ousting of a powerful Hollywood producer over multiple abuse allegations prompted women and other assault survivors to proclaim a simple idea: that sexual abuse is common in their lives. Ikon Images/Getty Images hide caption

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In The Wake Of Harvey Weinstein Scandal, Women Say #MeToo

The ousting of a powerful Hollywood producer over multiple abuse allegations prompted women and other assault survivors to proclaim a simple idea: that sexual abuse is common in their lives.

In The Wake Of Harvey Weinstein Scandal, Women Say #MeToo

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Sunday

News

For Only 2nd Time, Motion Picture Academy Boots A Member: Harvey Weinstein

The move is tantamount to expulsion from Hollywood. It's the result of a stunning series of sexual harassment and assault accusations against the Oscar-laden movie producer.

For Only 2nd Time, Motion Picture Academy Boots A Member: Harvey Weinstein

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'SNL' Goes After 'Well-Dressed Skin Tag' Weinstein, Stages Pence Walkouts

Aidy Bryant moderates a film panel sketch featuring Leslie Jones as Viola Davis, Cecily Strong as Marion Cotillard, and Kate McKinnon as Debette Goldry, that rips into Weinstein's alleged history of sexual abuse. NBC/Will Heath/NBC hide caption

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The Two-Way

'SNL' Goes After 'Well-Dressed Skin Tag' Weinstein, Stages Pence Walkouts

Slammed for last week's silence on Weinstein, the show ripped into sex abuse allegations against the producer. Elsewhere, Kate McKinnon revived Kellyanne Conway as an eerie Pennywise from It.