Multiple Women Accuse Minnesota State Senator Dan Schoen Of Sexual HarassmentMinnesota state Sen. Dan Schoen sexually harassed women involved in state politics while serving as a DFL lawmaker, according to multiple women who have spoken to MinnPost. Schoen, currently a first-term senator from St. Paul Park, previously served two terms in the House. He also works as a paramedic and police officer in Cottage Grove.
The women describe behavior by Schoen that ranges from persistent and unwanted invitations to meet to physically grabbing a woman from behind. One woman, who asked to not be identified, said he sent her a photo of male genitalia via Snapchat.
Schoen, who was presented with the allegations in a meeting with MinnPost, was aware of each incident but said in a subsequent statement that the allegations are “either completely false or have been taken far out of context. It was never my intention to leave the impression I was making an inappropriate advance on anyone. I feel terrible that someone may have a different interpretation of an encounter, but that is the absolute truth. I also unequivocally deny that I ever made inappropriate contact with anyone.”
“Despite this, if any of my actions or words have ever made another person feel uncomfortable or harassed, I deeply regret it and truly apologize,” Schoen continued. “This is not who I am nor is it the person I would want anyone to feel I am.”
Up Next: Robert de Niro[USNP.TODAY] According to court records, journalist John Lichfield, who works for London’s Independent, discovered that the prostitution agency routinely ensnared girls as young as 15, forcing them to have sex with Hollywood’s rich and powerful elite.
Of course the mainstream media did everything they could to cover up for Hollywood favorite Robert De Niro. His regular dealings with the brothel, proved by court documents, received little to no media coverage.
After discovering the court documents, John Lichfield wrote, "Six people are charged with the running of an international prostitution ring, whose call-girls entertained the actor Robert de Niro, the former tennis player, Wojtek Fibak, two senior (but unnamed) French politicians and several Gulf princes. The agency specialised in tricking, or trapping, star-struck teenage girls into selling their bodies with the promise of careers as models or actresses."
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Aurélie Wynn claimed the Gossip Girl star sexually assaulted her in July 2014.
The actress, who went by the stage name of Aurelie Marie Cao, described the alleged attack on Facebook on Wednesday.
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Diane Nyad: My life after sexual assault
Here I was, a strong-willed young athlete. There he was, a charismatic pillar of the community. But I’m the one who, all these many years later, at the age of 68, no matter how happy and together I may be, continues to deal with the rage and the shame that comes with being silenced.
NPR covered up sexual harassment beefs against Michael Oreskes
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. With charges of a cover-up floating about, NPR chief Jarl Mohn has taken a four-week leave for what he says are medical reasons.
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The Twin Peaks actor, 58, has denied allegations that he groped costume designer Susan Bertram while on the set of the 1992 film Gas Food Lodging.
Hotelier Andre Balazs groped Justin Bateman's squeeze in 2014
Hotelier Andre Balazs groped Jason Bateman's wife at his luxury London hangout the Chiltern Firehouse, it has been claimed.
In an article published by The New York Times on Thursday, Bateman and his wife Amanda Anka confirmed the incident and described it as 'vile'.
According to them and others who were there, Balazs, 60, committed the alleged assault after persuading Anka to climb up a fireman's ladder to reach a suite which had an impressive view of London.
2 more wimmin accuse Jeremy Piven of unwanted sexual advances
Two more women have accused Jeremy Piven of sexual assault and harassment, bringing the total number of women to have aired allegations against him to four.
Washington-based advertising executive Tiffany Bacon Scourby, 39, and Hawaii-based porn star Isis Taylor both say Piven, 52, attacked or harassed them.
LA DA to form sexual crimes task force
Prosecutors in Los Angeles announced on Thursday that the city will form a special task force assigned to sexual assault cases involving Hollywood figures.
Jackie Lacey, the district attorney of Los Angeles County, said on Thursday that the new task force would be assigned to oversee the investigations and prosecutions of people in the entertainment industry accused of sexual misconduct.