Blake Lively is suing Justin Baldoni, her *It Ends With Us* co-star and director, for sexual harassment and a smear campaign to damage her reputation. The lawsuit details disturbing on-set behavior and alleges a coordinated PR effort to discredit Lively. Baldoni denies the accusations, but the case underscores ongoing issues of power imbalance and accountability in Hollywood.
New York’s highest court has overturned two 2020 sex crimes convictions against Harvey Weinstein, but the director could face a retrial. The court found that Weinstein’s New York conviction tainted his case in Los Angeles, and his attorneys plan to appeal his California conviction as well.
Mira Sorvino, one of the first women to publicly accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct, has expressed her outrage over the New York Court of Appeals’ decision to overturn his 2020 rape conviction. She emphasized the importance of standing together and fighting against sexual violence in the wake of this setback.
