List of notable people and groups accused of sexual misconduct since the Me Too movement

This is a list of notable people, groups and organizations across all genres of sexual misconduct since the outbreak of the #MeToo Movement in October of 2017. The outbreak was triggered when Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein was accused in exposes by the New York Times and The New Yorker of multiple actresses and other women of decades of sexual misconduct in early October. The scandal precipitated a "national reckoning", and with the subsequent popularization of the phrase "Me Too", many men and women began sharing stories of sexual misconduct and rape, leading to the swift removal of power of high profile men across the United States and internationally, while also tarnishing and/or ending the careers of other men in the industry along with organizations and groups.

United States

The Weinstein allegations precipitated an immediate "national reckoning" against sexual harassment and assault in the United States, which became known as the Weinstein effect; on social media, it was widely known as "#pervnado". Men and women aired claims of sexual misconduct in workplaces across multiple industries, leading to the swift international removal of many men in positions of power. On Twitter, the #MeToo campaign encouraged hundreds of thousands of people to share their stories.

On January 1, 2018, a group of Hollywood women announced the creation of Time's Up to fight workplace sexual harassment and assault.

Entertainment On October 10, actor Terry Crews revealed that he had been groped by an unnamed Hollywood executive at a party in 2016, declining to speak out earlier for fear of retaliation. On November 15, Crews identified his attacker as Adam Venit, head of the motion picture department of the talent company William Morris Endeavor. Venit was suspended for a one-month period before returning to work. Crews filed a lawsuit against Venit and WME for sexual assault.

By late October 2017, cases included, in the entertainment industry, Screen Junkies co-creator Andy Signore, The Loud House creator Chris Savino and Amazon Studios director Roy Price.

Over 300 women accused filmmaker James Toback of sexual harassment.

On October 27, 2017, 95-year old retired actress and singer Janis Paige wrote an article in The Hollywood Reporter that long-deceased businessman Alfred S. Bloomingdale had tried to rape her in his suite after they had gone out for dinner, using force when she resisted. She was 22 years old at the time.

Starting in November, the number of accusations began increasing at a rapid pace:

• On November 1, 2017, six women accused filmmaker Brett Ratner of sexual harassment, canceling his work with Warner Bros. and Playboy, although he has denied the claims.
• Actor Kevin Spacey was accused of sexual misconduct or assault by over a dozen men (some of whom were underaged at the time, one as young as 14) and announced that he was entering unspecified treatment; most of his projects were cancelled as a result; Spacey was replaced by Christopher Plummer for All the Money in the World.
• Actor Robert Knepper and Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner each received a single accusation of sexual misconduct, which both denied. Four more women came forward to accuse Knepper the next month; he denied those allegations as well.
• Actor Dustin Hoffman was accused by actress Kathryn Rossetter of having repeatedly groped her during the 1983 Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman. Two other women accused Hoffman of sexually assaulting them and one of exposing himself to a 17-year-old on the 1985 television version of Death of a Salesman, two years after the stage version cited by Rossetter. Actress Meryl Streep, who co-starred with Hoffman in the film Kramer vs. Kramer, in a 1979 interview with Time magazine described meeting him for the first time at an audition for a play he directed several years earlier: "He came up to me and said, 'I'm Dustin—burp—Hoffman,' and he put his hand on my breast. What an obnoxious pig, I thought."

In November 2017, a Streep representative told E! News this was not "an accurate rendering of that meeting", adding, "there was an offense and it is something for which Dustin apologized. And Meryl accepted that."

• Director Oliver Stone was accused, by Patricia Arquette and Melissa Gilbert, separately, of acting inappropriately towards both of them.
• Comedian Louis C.K. confirmed multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and apologized; he was also dropped from his projects.
• Brand New frontman Jesse Lacey was accused of sexual misconduct by two women. The allegations include soliciting nude photos of them while they were underage.
• On November 7, 2017, actor and musician Ed Westwick was accused of rape and sexual assault by 3 women that occurred in 2014.
• On November 10, 2017, chef John Besh was removed from his company after accusations of sexual misconduct from 25 women.
• Writer Jessica Teich accused Richard Dreyfuss of exposing himself to her and attempting to force her to perform fellatio on him; Dreyfuss denied the allegation.
• On November 15, 2017, over a dozen women accused retired pornographic actor Ron Jeremy of rape and sexual assault. Jeremy has denied all the allegations, though he was banned from the 35th AVN Award because of the accusations.
• On November 17, 2017, it was reported Ryan Seacrest was under investigation for sexual harassment allegations by a former E! wardrobe stylist. On February 1, 2018, it was reported that there was insufficient evidence and the investigation had ended.
• Actress Aurora Perrineau filed a police report with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department accusing Girls scriptwriter Murray Miller of sexual assault in 2012, when she was seventeen.
• On November 18, 2017, American post-hardcore band Slaves were dropped by their record label, Warner Music Group subsidiary Artery Recordings, after lead singer Jonny Craig was accused of sexual misconduct.
• On November 19, 2017, Jeffrey Tambor announced he would leave his role on Transparent after Van Barnes, a transgender actress and former Tambor assistant, and co-star Trace Lysette, also transgender, both accused him of sexual harassment. The show's creator Jill Soloway would not discuss the details of the scandal directly, instead advocating anti-harassment on-set rules. Days later, makeup artist Tamara Delbridge, a cisgender woman, accused Tambor of sexual improprieties on the set of the 2001 film Never Again. Tambor said he did not recall the incident, but apologized "for any discomfort or offense I may have inadvertently caused her." On February 15, 2018, Tambor was officially fired from Transparent.
• In November 2017, a woman accused the star of Rocky, Sylvester Stallone, of sexually assaulting her at his Santa Monica office in the early 1990s. Stallone denied the claim. In 2016, another woman had accused Stallone of having sexually assaulted her, in 1986 in Las Vegas while forcing her into a threesome with his bodyguard. In June 2018, the Los Angeles District Attorney's office confirmed that the Santa Monica Police Department presented a sex-crimes case against Stallone to a special prosecution task force to be reviewed.
• John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar, and Principal Creative Advisor for Walt Disney Imagineering, announced on November 21, 2017 he would be taking a six-month leave of absence from Disney and Pixar after acknowledging "painful" conversations and unspecified "missteps" in his behavior with employees. According to various news outlets, Lasseter had a history of alleged sexual misconduct towards employees. On June 8, 2018, Disney announced that Lasseter would be leaving the company permanently by the end of the year, but would take a consulting role until then.
• Pinegrove cancelled their 2017–18 North American tour dates following accusations of "sexual coercion" against lead singer Evan Stephens Hall.
• On November 22, 2017, actress and singer Melissa Schuman accused Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys of raping her when she was 18, an accusation which Carter denied.
• On December 3, 2017, the Metropolitan Opera suspended conductor James Levine over sexual abuse claims that date back over several decades. On March 12, 2018, Levine was fired following the investigation.
• On December 4, 2017, a woman by the name of Timothy Heller claimed former The Voice contestant Melanie Martinez had raped and sexually assaulted her during multiple sleepovers over the course of two days.
• The following day, December 5, 2017, actor Danny Masterson was fired from the Netflix series The Ranch after being accused of rape. Masterson's character was then written out of the series. A Netflix executive was also fired after reportedly having told a woman that people at the company did not believe the allegations against Masterson; the woman was, unbeknownst to him, one of several who had come forward to accuse Masterson.
• Lee Trull, the Dallas Theater Center's Director of New Play Development, has been fired from his position after sexual misconduct allegations.
• On December 7, 2017, director Bryan Singer was sued for allegedly sexually assaulting a 17-year-old boy during a yacht party in the Seattle area in 2003 and promising the teenager acting roles if he would keep silent.
• On December 9, 2017, celebrity chef Johnny Iuzzini was accused of sexual harassment by four of his former employees.
• On December 11, 2017, chef Mario Batali announced he was taking leave from his businesses after he was accused of sexual misconduct by four women.
• On December 14, 2017, Morgan Spurlock admitted to "being part of the problem". He has not been publicly accused of any wrongdoing.
• On December 19, 2017, an unnamed woman accused Silicon Valley actor T.J. Miller of sexually assaulting and punching her while both attended George Washington University in 2001. Later that day, Comedy Central cancelled Miller's The Gorburger Show after one season.
• On December 21, 2017, the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony severed their ties with conductor Charles Dutoit after four women, including two-time Grammy Award-winning soprano Sylvia McNair, reported incidents of sexual harassment on his part between 1985 and 2010. Dutoit cancelled concerts scheduled for 2018 with the New York Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
• Veteran ballet dancer Marcelo Gomes resigned from the American Ballet Theatre on December 21, 2017, after the company began investigating a report of sexual misconduct levied against him.
• On December 22, 2017, Max Landis was accused of sexual misconduct by former co-worker Anna Akana. Other Hollywood personalities also accused him of similar behavior towards colleagues or themselves. MAD Magazine Editor Allie Goertz was among them and commented she "couldn't imagine someone more scared in a post-Harvey Weinstein world." Among the accusers were Zoë Quinn, Siobhan Thompson, Lexi Alexander, Anthony Burch, Mike Drucker, and others.
• On January 2, 2018, Community and Rick and Morty creator Dan Harmon alluded to misconduct from himself towards, among others, Megan Ganz, a writer who worked with Harmon on Community. After the exchange, Harmon made a lengthy apology on his podcast Harmontown where he went into detail about his wrongdoings which included making advances on her and then mistreating her after she turned him down. Ganz said that she felt vindicated by the admission and accepted his apology, saying "Dan Harmon, I forgive you".
• On January 5, 2018, Ben Vereen was accused of sexual assault by several women who were a part of the 2015 production of Hair.
• During the first week of January 2018, screenwriter, film producer and director Paul Haggis was accused by four women of sexual misconduct; two accusing him of rape. Haggis denied the claims and said he believed the Church of Scientology, of which he was a member for 36 years before leaving, was behind the accusations.

Actress and writer Deborah Rennard (Haggis' ex-wife), actress and author Leah Remini and former senior executive of the Church of Scientology International and the Sea Organization Mike Rinder (Haggis' personal friends and anti-Scientology activists, hosts of the documentary series Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath, which Haggis has participated) defended Haggis of the accusations. The Church of Scientology denied any involvement in what it called an "absurd, paranoid and bigoted conspiracy theory."

• After the 75th Golden Globe Awards ceremony on January 7, 2018, accusations of sexual misconduct against James Franco came to light. Franco won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy at the ceremony.
• Actor and producer Michael Douglas said on January 10, 2018 he had heard from his lawyer the previous month (December 2017) that a woman was planning to bring to light at that time a sole allegation of misconduct against Douglas. Douglas denied the purported claim.

In January 19, 2018, journalist and author Susan Braudy accused Michael Douglas of sexual misconduct while working for Douglas in 1989, claiming that Douglas asked her to sign a confidentiality agreement soon after, and when she refused, she lost her job 6 months later. Douglas admitted to "coarse language" but denied wrongdoing in a statement.

• Three days earlier, during and after the 75th Golden Globe Awards telecast at which Douglas's father, actor Kirk Douglas (aged 101), was honored, posts on Twitter were disseminated that pointed to a series of blog comments, initiated apparently by actor Robert Downey Jr., with claims that the elder Douglas had been accused in the past of having sexually assaulted actress Natalie Wood when she was 16 years old (c. 1954).
• Actor and comedian Aziz Ansari was accused of sexual assault by an anonymous photographer who described events that occurred after the 2017 Emmy Awards. The Babe.net article in which the accusations were levied was met with mixed response among commentators and the public and disagreement over whether the described incident constituted as sexual misconduct. Critics have stated that Ansari's actions were misogynist, lacked affirmative consent, and spoke to a larger culture of harmful male expectations, while some charged his accuser with trivializing the larger movement against forms of sexual abuse and writing revenge porn.
• On January 13, 2018, actress Eliza Dushku alleged that she had been assaulted, almost a quarter century earlier, by a stunt coordinator, Joel Kramer, on the set of the 1994 feature film True Lies. This was followed by two additional allegations of sexual misconduct.
• On January 18, 2018, British singer Seal was under investigation after allegations of him sexually assaulting actress Tracey Birdsall.
• In January 2018, WWE wrestler Eric Arndt, known for ring name Enzo Amore, was accused by Philomena Sheahan of rape, allegedly committed in October 2017 at The Clarendon Hotel & Spa in Phoenix, Arizona; a police investigation is underway. On January 22, 2018, Arndt was initially suspended by WWE, before being fired from the company the next day on January 23, 2018. In a statement, Arndt "fully and unequivocally" denied the accusation.
• On January 28, 2018, Scott Baio was accused by his Charles in Charge co-star Nicole Eggert of sexual abuse during the show's run more than 30 years earlier. She alleged she was only 14 years old. Baio strongly denied this, acknowledging the two had a relationship but not until she was 18 years old and the show had ended, accusing her of lying about the details. On February 13, another co-star from the same television show, former child actor Alexander Polinsky, accused Baio of having called him a "faggot" after he once jokingly jumped into Baio's lap.
• In January 2018, The Wonder Years actress Alley Mills stated that the series was cancelled after star Fred Savage was sued in 1993 by costume designer Monique Long for sexual harassment. Mills, however, defended Savage of the accusation, calling it "ridiculous."

On March 21, 2018, Savage was sued by costume designer Youngjoo Hwang, for alleged sexual harassment during production of the TV series The Grinder. Savage has denied ever doing this.

• In February 2018, American singer and musician Marilyn Manson was accused of sexual harassment and racist remarks by actress Charlyne Yi.
• In February 2018, Philip Berk, former President of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, was accused of sexual harassment by actor Brendan Fraser.
• On February 21, 2018, Thomas Schumacher, President of Disney Theatrical Productions, was the subject of an internal investigation at Disney into inappropriate behavior, with eyewitness accounts detailing aggressive sexual language and intimidation.
• On March 16, 2018, it was reported that John Bailey, the President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was under investigation following multiple allegations of sexual harassment.
• On March 17, 2018, American actress and producer Ellen Barkin accused, on Twitter, former Monty Python member Terry Gilliam of sexual misconduct, following the director's condemnation of the #MeToo movement.
• On March 29, 2018, animator and voice actor John Kricfalusi, best known as the creator of the animated TV series The Ren & Stimpy Show, was accused of preying on two aspiring animators named Robyn Byrd and Katie Rice (13 and 14 years old at the time, respectively), along with sexual harassment, statutory rape and possession of child pornography.
• In April 2018, American television host and comedian Steve Harvey was sued by a former guest from his show for sexual harassment.
• On April 2018, former politician and Southern Charm star Thomas Ravenel was accused by Florida real estate agent Ashley Perkins of sexually assaulting her mother in December 2015 after meeting her on Tinder. A month later, he was accused by his children's former nanny, known as "Nanny Dawn", of raping her after a night out with friends in January 2015, later revealing to have filed a police report. After reports of more women readying to come forward with claims of sexual misconduct by him, Bravo announced that he would not take part in any future seasons of the show, and that he wouldn't appear at the Season 5 reunion. Ravenel would announce on Twitter on August 14, 2018 that he is leaving the show.

Two weeks after Ravenel's exit, fellow cast member and businessman J.D. Madison was accused by a South Carolina woman in a police report, filed on August 25, 2018, of raping her in the early hours on August 22, 2017 after drugging her during a night out the night before.

• On May 2, 2018, The Hollywood Reporter published an article regarding a lawsuit filed by Rovier Carrington alleging that late Paramount Pictures CEO Brad Grey had raped and sexually assaulted him in 2010 and 2011. Carrington is suing both Grey's estate and Viacom, in part for obstructing his nascent career.
• In May 2018 the Women of Color branch of the Time's Up movement called for a boycott of R. Kelly's music and performances over the many sex scandals and sexual abuse allegations against him. In response, his management said that Kelly supports the movement in principle, but targeting him was "the attempted lynching of a black man who has made extraordinary contributions to our culture". On May 10, 2018, amid allegations of sexual violence against women and children, Kelly and XXXTentacion were publicly removed from official playlists via Spotify in compliance with the streaming service's new "anti-hate" policy. Days later, Apple Music and Pandora also announced their decisions to prevent promoting or supporting Kelly's music. On June 1, 2018, Spotify removed its hate conduct policy.
• On May 14, 2018, rapper Ameer Vann was dismissed from boy-band Brockhampton due to accusations of abuse and sexual misconduct, allegedly with a minor.
• On May 17, 2018, executive producer Brad Kern exited as showrunner of NCIS: New Orleans following CBS conducting a pair of internal investigations after several of his colleagues complained about his behavior and a hostile work environment.
• On May 17, 2018, host Nev Schulman was accused of sexual misconduct, the production of his show Catfish: The TV Show has been suspended in light of the claims. On June 25, 2018, the suspension was lifted and the show will resume after the report of sexual misconduct was found to be "not creditable".
• On May 24, 2018, actor Morgan Freeman was accused of sexual harassment, including unwanted touching, by 8 women.
• On June 11, 2018, BoDeans lead singer Kurt Neumann, and his stepdaughter Tessa Neumann accused former band member, Sam Llanas of sexually abusing Tessa from 2001 to 2007 when she was a minor.
• On June 13, 2018, Academy Award-winning actor and singer Jamie Foxx was accused of slapping a woman with his genitals in Las Vegas in 2002 when she denied his request to perform oral sex. The accuser revealed that she reported it to the Las Vegas Police Department the week before, but Foxx's attorney denied the accusation.
• On June 13, 2018, Diff'rent Strokes actress Melora Hardin claimed fellow actor Todd Bridges once during production of the show in 1980 when she was 12 or 13 and he was a few years older that he stuck his tongue down her throat and inappropriately kissed her. Bridges, who himself was sexually assaulted when he was 11, offered an apology but said that nearly four decades later he didn't recall any such interaction.
• On June 15, 2018, comedian Chris Hardwick was removed from his website Nerdist Industries after his former girlfriend Chloe Dykstra accused Hardwick of long-term sexual abuse. Hardwick denied ever having sexually assaulting Dykstra; however, his talk show on AMC Talking with Chris Hardwick was postponed pending investigation.
• On June 22, 2018, an anonymous Twitter user accused Tool and A Perfect Circle lead singer Maynard James Keenan of raping her after a concert in 2000 when she was 17 while he was on tour with A Perfect Circle. Keenan dismissed the claim of the 2000 rape.
• On June 28, 2018, author and domestic-violence activist Sil Lai Abrams accused Extra host A.J. Calloway of sexually assaulting her in 2006, an allegation which Calloway denied. She also accused music mogul Russell Simmons of raping her in 1994.
• On July 4, 2018, former Ring of Honor wrestler Taeler Hendrix accused current ROH World Champion and former House of Truth partner Jay Lethal of taking her off TV for refusing to sleep with him. The company later said that they were investigating the incident.
• On July 10, 2018, a woman named Jessica Reid requested to reopen a sexual assault case against TV and radio personality Charlamagne tha God after she accused him of raping her when she was 15 years old in 2001, in which he had pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in the same case. The presenter had openly discussed the charge multiple times, but denied actually committing it.
• On July 10, 2018, director and producer Luc Besson was accused by a casting director of sexual assault. He was first accused in May 2018 of the same crime by an actress.
• On July 11, 2018, Duran Duran lead singer Simon Le Bon was accused by Shereen Hariri of sexually assaulting her at The Wherehouse, a record store she worked for at the time during a photograph session on April 10, 1995.
• On July 20, 2018, the LAPD announced that American film and television actor Anthony Anderson was placed under criminal investigation after a woman filed a police report earlier in the year, accusing him for an alleged assault at an event he threw the year before.
• On July 27, 2018, it was reported that television director Allen Baron was being sued by his former personal assistant, who alleges a laundry list of misconduct ranging from sexual harassment and religious discrimination to retaliation and wrongful termination.
• On August 1, 2018, Blood on the Dance Floor vocalist Dahvie Vanity was accused of sexually assaulting multiple women, most of whom were underage.
• On August 1, 2018, former The Bachelor contestant Bekah Martinez accused Leo Dottavio, who had recently competed on season 14 of The Bachelorette, of sexual harassment. She also shared similar allegations from other women regarding Dottavio.
• On August 12, 2018, the WWE announced they were looking into old allegations against wrestler Randy Orton that surfaced on Reddit, including accusations from former writer Court Bauer of exposing himself to new writers as a form of "initiation" in a 2012 wrestling podcast.
• On August 19, 2018, an article published in The New York Times detailed allegations that Asia Argento sexually assaulted Jimmy Bennett, a then 17-year-old actor and musician, in a California hotel in 2013, and arranged to pay $380,000 to her accuser. Argento was a leading Weinstein accuser and prominent MeToo Movement leader. The act was unlawful, as Bennett was under the California age of consent, which is 18 years of age, and was given alcohol under the age of 21.-->
• On August 27, 2018, Mario Cuomo and Grant and Henry Brinner of Chicago rock band The Orwells were accused in lengthy posts on Reddit and Twitter of multiple acts of sexual misconduct, including rape, sexual relationships with underage girls and sending unsolicited nude photos. The band denied the allegations, but cancelled their November 23 show at Chicago's Metro in reaction. Two days later, the group announced their disbandment in the wake of the allegations.

Production

• On October 17, The Mist producer Amanda Segel accused Bob Weinstein (Harvey's brother) of sexual harassment during the production of the series. His lawyer Bert Fields has denied the allegation.
• Actor Anthony Edwards wrote an essay on the website Medium alleging producer Gary Goddard molested him and raped his best friend "for years" starting when they were 12 years old; Goddard's publicist denied the allegations.
• On November 29, 2017, Warner Bros. Television announced it had fired Andrew Kreisberg, executive producer on Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, and Legends of Tomorrow, following allegations of sexual harassment leveled against him.
• On February 28, 2018, Variety reported that creator Jeff Franklin was fired from Warner Bros. Television and the series Fuller House after complaints from staff members about inappropriate sexual remarks and verbal abuse. No sexual harassment reports were included in the complaints.
• In March and April 2018, the online production company Channel Awesome was accused of abusing and mistreating its content creators (most notably former content creators Allison Pregler and Holly Christine Brown), and at first unnamed producer was accused of sexual harassment and grooming. The unnamed producer was later revealed to be Justin Carmichael/Justin Carmical (a.k.a. JewWario), who had committed suicide in 2014 shortly after leaving the site.
• On July 27, 2018, six women, including actress Illeana Douglas, accused CBS chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves of sexually harassing them over a span of decades. Moonves admitted to making women uncomfortable in the past and that they were mistakes, but otherwise denied misusing his position to harm their careers. CBS's Board of Directors revealed before the release of the article that they were made aware of the allegations and began their own investigation into the claims. Los Angeles prosecutors, however, declined to pursue sexual abuse claims against Moonves "because the statute of limitations has expired". On September 9, 2018, after six new women accused him of sexual harassment, it was revealed that CBS's Board of Directors has made an exit deal with Moonves, and that he would resign the next day.

Literature and journalism

In literature and journalism, multiple men were accused of sexual misconduct and subject to firing or suspension.

• On October 30, 2017, Mark Halperin was fired from both HBO and NBC News after being accused of sexual harassment by five women.
• Vox Media editorial director Lockhart Steele was removed in October. Two additional employees resigned after an internal investigation.
• Glenn Thrush, a political reporter for The New York Times, was suspended for allegedly groping three women.
• Ken Baker was pulled from the air by E! News while they investigated claims of sexual harassment.
• NPR news chief Michael Oreskes resigned at the request of NPR's president and chief executive after multiple women said that Oreskes had made unwanted sexual advances to them when Oreskes was Washington bureau chief at the New York Times in the 1990s, and after a current NPR employee made a similar complaint in 2015.
• New Republic editor Leon Wieseltier apologized following multiple accusations and was removed from The Atlantic's masthead. He lost funding for his upcoming magazine venture.
• On November 10, 2017, Jann Wenner, co-founder of Rolling Stone, was accused of sexual harassment.
• After television host Charlie Rose was accused by eight women of sexual misconduct and harassment, the networks CBS and PBS suspended him. He was later fired, on November 21, 2017.

On May 3, 2018, it was reported that 27 additional women had accused Rose of sexual misconduct in a report that claims managers at CBS and PBS were told about his alleged inappropriate behavior through the years.

• On November 21, 2017, Dylan Byers posted a tweet saying that the sexual harassment scandals in media and entertainment were draining those industries "of talent". The tweet was later deleted.
• On November 28, 2017, NPR's chief editor David Sweeney separated from the company after three female journalists made formal complaints against him for sexual harassment. NPR did not provide the full details of the allegations but revealed he'd unexpectedly kissed one of the women in a company car, tried to kiss another woman while out for drinks to talk about her career, and NPR editor Lauren Hodges said he repeatedly sent her gifts and gave her unwanted attention when he was her supervisor. NPR said Sweeney was let go after a formal internal review.
• Playwright Israel Horovitz was accused of sexual misconduct by nine women, beginning November 30, 2017.
• Radio host John Hockenberry was accused of harassment, unwanted touching and bullying by several female colleagues.
• On November 29, 2017, Matt Lauer was fired from The Today Show after an accusation of "inappropriate sexual behavior".
• On November 29, 2017, Garrison Keillor was fired from Minnesota Public Radio after being accused of "inappropriate behavior", which MPR later characterized as "dozens of sexually inappropriate incidents".
• On November 30, 2017, Bette Midler tweeted a video of a 1991 interview she did with Barbara Walters in which Midler recounts being groped by journalist Geraldo Rivera in the 1970s.
• On December 6, 2017, Lorin Stein, editor of The Paris Review resigned after an internal investigation was opened about unwanted sexual behavior at work including inappropriate touching. He acknowledged he had abused his position and had several inappropriate relations with subordinates including interns and writers for the magazine, however he maintains that all sexual relations and contact was consensual. He resigned from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
• On December 11, 2017, journalist Ryan Lizza's employment was terminated by The New Yorker. Lizza said he had been in a "respectful relationship" with the accuser, but the newspaper and the accuser's lawyer rejected that characterization.
• On December 11, 2017, Tom Ashbrook, the host of NPR's show On Point was placed on leave by WBUR and Boston University after allegations of "creepy" sex talks and unwanted contact with 11 mostly young women and men.
• On December 11, 2017, Los Angeles TV station KTTV fired Steve Edwards, longtime co-host of the station's morning show Good Day L.A., after he was accused of inappropriate sexual behavior by several current and former co-workers.
• On December 13, 2017, author and talk host Tavis Smiley was suspended by PBS for allegations regarding sex with employees and creating a hostile work environment.
• On December 22, 2017, Fox News confirmed the departure of its chief Washington correspondent, James Rosen. While no reason was given for his departure, NPR reported that it was due to a pattern of sexual harassment and misconduct.
• On January 30, 2018, Vice Media released its chief digital officer, Mike Germano, after he was alleged to refuse a woman he wanted sex from a job. He claimed he was not fired, but had already planned to leave six months ago.
• On February 13, 2018, Thirteen Reasons Why author Jay Asher was accused of sexual harassment. He denied these allegations.
• On April 26, 2018, NBC News television journalist and former anchor Tom Brokaw was accused of unwanted sexual advances towards two women. He denied the allegations.
• On July 18, 2018, CBS Radio and WFAN sports radio host Joe Benigno was accused in a lawsuit of sexual harassment, including pressuring a former ad executive into 'threesomes,' ranking women in office based by looks and carrying an affair with a female subordinate for two years.
• On July 27, 2018, former Fox News anchor Kimberly Guilfoyle was revealed to have been investigated for sexual misconduct and abusive behavior to fellow staff when she left the network.
• On August 22, 2018, CNN suspended contributor Paris Dennard after it was reported he was fired from a previous job for sexual misconduct.

Judiciary

• On December 8, 2017, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit judge Alex Kozinski was accused of misconduct by six women including former clerks and junior staffers. A week later, the Washington Post published a story with nine more allegations against him, including prominent accusers such as a professor and a former judge. Four of the women say he touched or kissed them without permission. He announced his immediate retirement a few days later.
• On September 13, 2018, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit judge and Supreme Court of the United States nominee Brett Kavanaugh was accused by Christine Blasey Ford, in a letter referred to by US Senator Dianne Feinstein to the FBI a day earlier, of attempting to sexually assault her during his high school days two decades earlier. The letter was first given to Feinstein by fellow congresswoman Anna Eshoo in July after the accuser called Eshoo's office to reveal her story, but Feinstein had been reluctant to hand the letter to the FBI, but finally did so by the request of other Democrats in the Senate Judiciary Committee. The FBI eventually declined to investigate the claim, instead deciding to place it as part of Kavanaugh's background file. Kavanaugh denied the allegation against him, and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said the allegation would not delay the confirmation process.

Politics

Main article: 2017–18 United States political sexual scandals

Lawmakers, elected officials and political appointees also faced allegations.

• Longtime Democratic U.S. Representative John Conyers, dean of the Michigan delegation, was discovered to have settled a wrongful dismissal complaint in 2015, leveled by a former staffer who said she was fired for refusing his sexual advances. The complainant received a $27,000 settlement paid from Conyers' office budget. Several other women came forward with allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct by Conyers. Conyers stepped down from his position as the ranking Minority member of the House Committee on the Judiciary following the allegations, and later resigned.
• Democratic U.S. Representative Ruben Kihuen of Nevada was accused by his former campaign finance director of repeated and unwanted sexual advances to the point she resigned her position; Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called on Kihuen to resign. After a second woman accused him of sexual harassment Kihuen announced that he would not seek re-election in 2018. On or around March 7, 2018, Kihuen declared that he was reconsidering his decision to resign. It was later reported that Kihuen definitively would not run for re-election.
• Elizabeth Esty, U.S. Representative (Democrat from Connecticut), faced public criticism in early 2018 after news reports revealed that her former chief of staff had been accused of sexual harassment and threats of violence against staff but that she kept him on the payroll for another three months anyway and wrote him a positive letter of reference. After initially insisting she would continue to serve, Esty announced that she would not seek reelection. She cited her failure to protect women on her staff from sexual harassment and threats of violence from her former chief of staff. It had taken her three months to dismiss her chief of staff after he threatened to kill a former colleague. On April 2, 2018, Esty announced that she would not seek re-election to the Congress in 2018.
• Radio newscaster Leeann Tweeden accused Democratic U.S. Senator Al Franken of Minnesota of forcibly kissing her in 2006 and presented a photo that appeared to show him groping her breasts as she slept; Franken issued an apology. Three other women came forward to accuse Franken of inappropriately touching them at political fundraisers in 2007 and 2008, and at the Minnesota State Fair 2010. On December 7, Franken announced his intention to resign from the Senate, later giving January 2 as the effective date of his resignation from office. Minnesota's Lieutenant Governor Tina Smith was named to succeed Franken, effective January 2, 2018, until a new election is held.
• On November 9, multiple women alleged that Roy Moore, a Republican candidate for the December 2017 Senate special election in Alabama, had made unwanted advances or sexual assaults on them. The alleged incidents occurred when Moore was in his early thirties and they were in their teens. One girl had been younger than 16 (the age of consent in Alabama) at the time. Moore initially admitted he had known two of the accusers but otherwise denied the allegations.
• U.S. Representative Blake Farenthold, Republican from Texas, announced he would not run for re-election and has been pressured to retire early after it was revealed he'd used $84,000 of tax money to settle a 2014 claim for sexual harassment and a hostile work environment. His former communications director alleged he made unwanted sexual advances toward her, and also made sexual comments to others about her including talking to her coworkers about his "sexual fantasies" and "wet dreams" about her. When she complained about chief of staff Bob Haueter creating a hostile work environment, she was informed that was just his nature. She was fired a month after making the complaint, although no action was taken against Haueter. There is a current House Ethics Committee investigation into the event.
• U.S. Representative Trent Franks (Republican from Arizona) resigned after it was reported he repeatedly asked two female employees to bear his children as surrogates.
• Tennessee Democrat and former U.S. Representative Harold Ford Jr. was fired from Morgan Stanley after an accusation of harassment was made against him. A later investigation by Morgan Stanley found no proof of harassment.
• On December 4, 2017, California Democratic state assemblyman Matt Dababneh was accused of pushing Pamela Lopez into a Las Vegas hotel bathroom, exposing his penis and masturbating in front of her. Another woman accused him of creating a sexually demeaning work environment by regularly making derogatory remarks. A few days after the allegations went public, Lopez said she'd heard from other women with allegations against Dababneh that ranged from sexual harassment to assault. Soon after, he announced he would resign at the end of the year. He said it was not about the allegations, for which he maintains his innocence, but he said he simply no longer felt passionate about lawmaking.
• In mid-December 2017, Andrea Ramsey, a Kansas Democratic candidate for the US Congress, dropped out of a race after being confronted by a local journal about a 2005 sexual harassment case where Ramsey was accused of harassing a male subordinate and firing him after he rejected her advances.
• William Mendoza, President Obama's Director of White House Initiative on American Indian and Alaskan Native Education, was accused of taking photos of women on the Washington, D.C., public transportation system without their consent while using government train benefits on taxpayer-funded time. He quit on November 25, 2016, just three days after being charged. He pleaded guilty to one charge of attempted voyeurism on January 13, 2017. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail, but the sentence was suspended. He also served one year of probation.
• On May 7, 2018, Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow reported in The New Yorker that Eric Schneiderman had physically abused at least four women during his tenure as Attorney General of New York. In his initial response to the allegations, Schneiderman said "In the privacy of intimate relationships, I have engaged in role-playing and other consensual sexual activity. I have not assaulted anyone. I have never engaged in nonconsensual sex, which is a line I would not cross". Three hours after the article was published in The New Yorker, Schneiderman announced his resignation effective the next day, saying that he "strongly contested" the allegations, but resigned because they would "effectively prevent" him from performing the duties of his office.
• On June 1, 2018, Eric Greitens resigned as Governor of Missouri after various controversies, including campaign finance, open records statute violations, and sexual harassment charges. In February 2018, Greitens was arrested and indicted on felony invasion of privacy charges relating to alleged actions associated with an extramarital affair with a female hair stylist prior to his election as Governor.
• On July 27, 2018, former United States Representative and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mel Watt was placed under investigation after an employee accused him of sexually harassing her, including a span of multiple conversations in 2016 in which Watt made inappropriate advances towards her.
• On August 12, 2018, DNC Deputy Chair and U.S. Representative of Minnesota Keith Ellison was accused by an ex-girlfriend, Karen Monahan, of domestic abuse against her. Her son later revealed he had seen text messages claiming Ellison threatened her, along with video footage of him dragging her off a bed by her feet while she was screaming profanities. Ellison denied the allegations against him.

Sports

• On October 18, 2017, former Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney, using the #MeToo hashtag, became one of the first gymnasts since the start of the movement to accuse former Olympic doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse. Other gymnasts, including fellow Olympic gymnasts Aly Raisman, Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas, along with nearly 250 other female gymnasts would accuse him of molesting gymnasts as young as 6 years old during treatment. Nassar pleaded guilty to all charges on January 24, 2018, and was sentenced to 40–175 years in the United States Penitentiary in Tucson, Arizona.
• On November 17, 2017, Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Jameis Winston was accused by a female Uber driver of groping her in a 2016 incident. Winston denied the allegations, and was defended by former college teammate Ronald Darby, who said he was there with Winston.
• On December 6, 2017, a woman who worked for a sports marketing firm led by NFL Hall of Fame QB Warren Moon filed a lawsuit claiming sexual harassment when he told her to wear thong underwear and share his bed during business trips.
• On December 11, 2017, the NFL Network and ESPN suspended five on-air commentators and a senior executive after allegations of sexual harassment. Jami Cantor, a former NFL Network employee, accused NFL Network analysts Marshall Faulk, Ike Taylor and Heath Evans of sexually harassing and groping her. ESPN suspended Donovan McNabb and Eric Davis for sending inappropriate comments to Cantor. McNabb and Davis were officially fired on January 5, 2018. Another lawsuit from another former employee, Erin McParland, would hit the network several months later on July 25, accusing Davis and Pro Football Hall of Fame receiver Michael Irvin of sexual harassment, and accusing the network of subjecting her to ongoing and continuing sexual harassment from other employees.
• On December 17, 2017, Sports Illustrated reported that "at least four former Panthers employees have received 'significant' monetary settlements due to inappropriate workplace comments and conduct by Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson, including sexually suggestive language and behavior, and on at least one occasion directing a racial slur at an African-American Panthers scout." According to the article, Richardson regularly asked women in the team offices to "turn around so he could admire their backsides" on Casual Friday, among other "disturbing" office behavior. Later that day, it was announced that Richardson intended to sell the Panthers franchise at the conclusion of the 2017 season.
• On December 29, 2017, a Twin Cities photographer accused Minnesota Twins third baseman Miguel Sanó of sexually assaulting her in 2015 after an autograph session. Sano denied the allegation.
• On December 29, 2017, TMZ Sports reported that NBA guard Avery Bradley had settled a confidentiality agreement with a reality TV star who accused him of a sexual assault incident during the 2017 Eastern Conference Finals in Cleveland while he was with the Boston Celtics, claiming she was passed out when the incident occurred. Bradley denied the allegation against him.
• On January 2, 2018, Rich Rodriguez was fired as Arizona football head coach after a former administrative assistant at the school's Department of Athletics accused him of multiple instances of sexual harassment, which she first reported in a claim to Arizona in October the previous year before filing again to the Arizona attorney general's office on December 29, and also accused him of creating a hostile work environment for years. Rodriguez admitted that he had a "consensual extramarital affair with a woman who is not affiliated with the University," but denied the allegation of harassment against him. Two weeks later on January 21, the same accuser filed a second claim against him, his wife and the university, seeking $8.5 million in damages and also accusing him of "slander, defamation and false light, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress."
• On January 17, 2018, WNBA guard Layshia Clarendon of the Atlanta Dream filed a civil lawsuit against the regents of her former school, the University of California, alleging sexual assault from longtime Cal-Berkeley assistant athletic director Mohamed Muqtar during her freshman year at the school and blaming the regents for being neglect of her claims. After being accused by seven women, including Clarendon, of sexual abuse over a span of 20 years, the school placed him on leave in February before firing him on May 17, 2018.
• On January 27, 2018, ESPN Outside the Lines reporter Paula Lavigne reported that there was a widespread attempt to hide allegations of sexual assault at Michigan State University and it's athletics department dating back several years in the wake of the Larry Nassar scandal. Among notable MSU stars involved in the case were several former football and basketball players who played at the school, including NBA G-League guard Adreian Payne and former player turned student assistant coach Travis Walton. MSU President Lou Anna Simon and athletic director Mark Hollis had both resigned prior to the release of the report. Several investigations have been conducted against the school since.
• On February 2, 2018, former Houston Texans employee Kristen Grimes sued the team alleging sexual harassment from former director of football operations Jason Lowery, in which she claimed he continuously pursued a relationship with her when she was hired until she left the franchise. The Texans stable later admitted it did not investigate the situation properly when it was first reported to them in November 2016.
• On February 8, 2018, a Tucson, Arizona couple, Ron Bell and his girlfriend Jennifer Pendley, filed a lawsuit against Georgia Tech men's basketball coach Josh Pastner, accusing him of sexually assaulting Pendley in February 2016 while he was still coaching at Memphis. Pastner, who had filed a defamation suit against them the month before, said that there was "zero truth" behind the allegations.
• On February 13, 2018, a 2016 lawsuit from former Bad Things drummer Lena Zawaideh against guitarist Shaun White regarding sexual harassment began resurfacing on social media while he competed for his third Olympic gold medal in the Men's Snowboard Superpipe event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang in South Korea. White dismissed this in a press conference after his victory as "gossip" before apologizing in an interview with NBC's Today show the next morning.
• On February 16, 2018, a report by the Orange County Register revealed that USA Swimming hid hundreds of sexual assault allegations against multiple female swimmers. As a result, two program directors Susan Woessner and Pat Hogan resigned a week later as investigations continued.
• On February 20, 2018, several former Dallas Mavericks employees revealed in a Sports Illustrated report of sexual misconduct involving former President and CEO David Ussery and Mavs.com beat writer Earl Sneed, calling the workplace "hostile". Mavericks owner and Shark Tank personality Mark Cuban revealed that the team will investigate the matter, but Ussery and Sneed both denied the allegations. However, it was later revealed two weeks later on March 6, 2018 in a report from the Willamette Week that Cuban himself was investigated for a sexual assault incident that took place in April 2011, in which a female patron said he groped her while taking a picture with him in a Portland bar called the Barrel Room. Despite seven photographs submitted to Portland police, two of which Portland Police Detective Brendan McGuire called "significant", authorities ended the investigation as there was not enough evidence to prosecute Cuban for the incident. Cuban denied the allegation, but the NBA revealed two days later that they were investigating the incident.
• On March 2, 2018, top American volleyball coach Rick Butler was accused in a lawsuit by multiple female athletes of sexually abusing them as teenagers spanning four decades, and deceived them from joining the Sports Performance Volleyball Club in Aurora, Illinois. Two months later, during testimonies in Springfield, Illinois on May 15, several of the accusers alleged that he threatened them to stay silent or face consequences.
• On March 9, 2018, US Figure Skating suspended coach Richard Callaghan, who coached Tara Lipinski to an Olympic gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, after several male figure skaters accused him of sexual assault within the last two decades.
• On March 14, 2018, Baylor University suspended three football players as a result of sexual assault on two members of the school's women's equestrian team. The victims said the incident took place on November 12 in an apartment complex in Waco, Texas after Baylor had lost to Texas Tech in a football game the previous night. Baylor head coach Matt Rhule defended the handling of the investigation.
• On March 27, 2018, the Seattle Seahawks released quarterback Trevone Boykin after his girlfriend, Shabrika Bailey, accused him of choking her and breaking her jaw in an incident in Mansfield, Texas the week before, an allegation in which he denied.
• On March 28, 2018, former University of Cincinnati volleyball player Shalom Ifeanyi filed a lawsuit against the school alleging she was kicked off the team because head coach Molly Alvey told her she did not meet the "biased image," and claimed she was racially and sexually harassed from her because she called her Instagram photos "too sexy."
• On April 3, 2018, Idaho University placed athletic director Rob Spear on administrative leave amid multiple investigations into the leadership of the university when it comes to the handling of a botched sexual harassment complaint. The announcement came after he and Vandals football coach Paul Petrino were under fire for a mishandling of a complaint from former diver Mairin Jameson and long distance runner Maggie Miller of harassment against former wide receiver Jahrie Level in April 2013.
• On April 4, 2018, water polo coach Bahram Hojreh, who ran a club affiliated with USA Water Polo, was charged with sexual abuse of seven underage players during one on one coaching sessions, with the incidents occurring between 2014 and January this past year, with four of his accusers 15 or younger. Hojreh was recently suspended by the Southern California regional board of USA Water Polo and had his membership in the national program revoked when allegations of his misconduct began to surface earlier that year.
• On April 4, 2018, former USA Taekwondo coach Jean Lopez was banned permanently after the U.S. Center for SafeSport found him guilty of a "decades long pattern of sexual misconduct." Three women, including Heidi Gilbert, who was coached by Lopez to a gold medal at the Pan American Games in 2002, had accused him prior of sexual assault dating as far back as 1997, with one of them filing a report in 2006. Gilbert said that her incident with him happened on the same night after she had won her weight class.
• On April 6, 2018, Michigan State basketball player Brock Washington was charged by prosecutors with misdemeanor assault after an investigation regarding a sexual assault incident against a fellow female student on August 29, 2017.
• On April 10, 2018, several former and current pro cheerleaders from the NFL, NBA and NHL told the New York Times they have had to endure years of sexual harassment and groping from fans during games, practices and other events. Many say that the leagues and their teams are aware of it, but do nothing about it.
• On April 27, 2018, Virginia Tech football assistant defensive coach Galen Scott resigned following emails to school administrators revealing allegations that he had been using recruiting tips to have an inappropriate extramarital relationship while he was on his job duties.
• On May 1, 2018, Russ Brandon resigned as President of the Buffalo Bills, the Buffalo Sabers and Pegula Sports and Entertainment after an internal investigation was conducted alleging inappropriate behavior and personal misconduct against several female employees.
• On May 2, 2018, several former cheerleaders of the Washington Redskins accused their squad's director and administrators of "pimping them out" and utilizing them as "sex toys" as some of them said they were required to go topless while others wore only body paint in a 2013 photo shoot in Costa Rica while men got an up-close view of the shoot. Some also said that their passports were taken by Redskins officials, depriving them of their identification, and were forced to become personal escorts at a nightclub.
• On May 3, 2018, Ohio State University revealed that they had begun conducting an investigation against former school physician Richard Strauss, who died in 2005, on allegations of sexual assault against several former male student athletes ranging from eight sports, including football, hockey, wrestling, fencing, cheerleading, gymnastics, swimming and volleyball.
• On May 7, 2018, two time Olympic Taekwondo gold medalist Steven Lopez, the brother of suspended coach Jean Lopez, was temporarily suspended by the U.S. Center of SafeSport and USA Taekwondo after a lawsuit filed against the US Olympic Committee, USA Taekwondo and both Lopez brothers revealed new allegations of sexual misconduct against women by both brothers.
• On May 8, 2018, Minnesota Timberwolves assistant coach Rick Brunson resigned in the wake of an investigation regarding improper conduct towards women while on the job. Brunson, who is the father of 2x NCAA basketball champion for the Villanova Wildcats and incoming NBA rookie Jalen Brunson, was recently acquitted in 2015 from charges of sexual assault from an April 2015 incident against a message therapist, who he admitted to having an affair with.
• On May 9, 2018, a 1996 indictment against Detroit Lions head coach Matt Patricia was discovered alleging a sexual assault incident involving he and a friend, Greg Dietrich, against a female student during Spring Break at the South Padre Island beach in Texas on March 15, 1996. Documents revealed that the incident took place while they were students in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, and the case was dropped on January 26, 1997 after the accuser refused to testify. In response, Patricia said he was "falsely accused".
• On May 10, 2018, then USA Rugby head coaching candidate Eugene "Loffie" Eloff was revealed in discovered records to have been suspended 10 years by the U.S. Center of SafeSport in November 2017 after a months long investigation of multiple allegations of sexual harassment and assault.
• On May 22, 2018, a former Houston Texans cheerleader filed a lawsuit against the franchise alleging low pay, and failure to act on several other cheerleaders' complaints of body-shaming by their squad director Altovise Gary and sexual assault by fans.
• On May 25, 2018, another Idaho University athletic staff member, diving coach Jim Southerland, less than a week after he was named the WAC co-diving coach of the year, was handed an interim suspension by the U.S. Center for SafeSport and USA Diving after his ex-wife, Patti McEuen, revealed that he had an improper sexual relationship with a diver between the age of 17 and 20 in 2010.
• On May 29, 2018, St. Louis University baseball player Parker Sniatynski, who was part of the team's Atlantic 10 championship and was to compete in the NCAA Baseball Division I Regional Championships, was suspended by the team and university "for violating team policy" and could face complete expulsion from the school after two women accused him of two separate sexual assault incidents, one in September 2017 and the other January 12 earlier in the year.
• On June 20, 2018, US gymnast and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Alexander Naddour was suspended by USA Gymnastics following allegations of sexual misconduct, which were first presented to the team in 2012, with similar allegations made later in 2016.
• On July 10, 2018, Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy was accused of beating his ex-girlfriend Delicia Cordon by Cordon's friend, Mia Michelle Boykin, during a robbery in a home owned by him early that morning after a graphic Instagram photo of Cordon's injuries went viral. He was also accused of allegedly beating his son and beating his dog into a kidney failure in the past. McCoy denied the allegations, though Georgia police are investigating the house, while the NFL and the Bills are also investigating the incident.
• On July 11, 2018, a woman filed a lawsuit against Jacksonville Jaguars defensive lineman Marcell Dareus, accusing him of sexually assaulting her on April 7 that year and exposing her to a sexually transmitted disease. He was hit with another lawsuit the next day from another woman claiming she was sexually assaulted by him at a Tampa club on January 7, 2017, two days before the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship Game.
• On July 16, 2018, USA Diving was hit with a class action lawsuit, being accused of ignoring or obstructing sexual abuse allegations, including accusations from multiple divers against banned coach Will Bohonyi of forced sex, and further alleged involvement from Ohio State, who is already dealing with investigations into the school's ignorance of sexual abuse allegations against former doctor Richard Strauss. Attorney John Little, who filed the lawsuit, said the situation with USA Diving is "worse than gymnastics, worse than swimming," and that "this is just the beginning for USA Diving" as more divers are preparing to come forward.
• On July 25, 2018, it was revealed that current Seattle Mariners President and minority owner Kevin Mather, along with former executives Chuck Armstrong and Bob Aylward, were accused during the 2009-10 seasons of inappropriate workplace conduct, which lead to multiple financial settlements. The investigation also revealed a video from video personnel shot at Safeco Field of two women in the crowd during a game in late 2015, titled "9-29-15 Blondes." Mather later apologized for his past conduct, saying that he's learned from those mistakes and has become a better co-worker.
• On August 1, 2018, Ohio State head football coach Urban Meyer was put on paid administrative leave by the school after Courtney Smith, the ex-wife of former assistant coach Zach Smith, who was fired in July, said that everyone around him, including he and his wife, knew of her domestic violence allegations of Smith in 2015. Urban had denied knowing about the allegation the week before.
• On September 13, 2018, former Washington State quarterback and Assistant Athletic Director Jason Gesser was accused in numerous documents of sexual misconduct against student interns and women as far back as 2014. Gesser denied the allegations, and an investigation done by the school found no violations of school policy.
• On September 13, 2018, University of Louisiana-Lafayette President E. Joseph Savoie and Athletic Director Bryan Maggard were placed under investigation after several former softball players filed Title IX complaints for failing to stop gender discrimination, racism, improper relationships between players and staff and sexual harassment by Savoie.

Other

• On October 21, 2017, following a sexual harassment scandal involving Tyler Malka, owner of NeoGAF, most of its moderation staff resigned. The website went offline soon after.
• Fashion photographer Terry Richardson was banned by Condé Nast.
• Steve Jurvetson stepped down from his role at DFJ Venture Capital after the firm conducted an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment.
• Benjamin Genocchio, executive director of The Armory Show, was relieved of his position after longstanding allegations of inappropriate behavior were published in November 2017.
• On November 2017, Daniela Soleri published an account of sexual abuse she alleged had been committed by her late father, Paolo Soleri, an Italian architect known for the concept of "Arcology" and as the lead architect of the experimental community Arcosanti in Arizona. Daniela Soleri alleged that her father persistently molested her during her childhood and attempted to rape her when she was 17 years old. Paolo Soleri had been dead for five years at the time Daniela came forward. The Cosanti Foundation Board responded with an official statement, noting that Daniela's "decision to speak out about her father's behavior towards her helps us confront Paolo Soleri's flaws, and compels us to reconsider his legacy."
• Peter Martins, the choreographer for the New York City Ballet was suspended following allegations of sexual misconduct. Martins announced his retirement on January 1, 2018.
• On December 20, 2017, artist Chuck Close apologized in The New York Times after two models accused him of sexual harassment.
• On January 11, 2018, Samantha Ainsley alleged that in 2012 University of California, Berkeley professor James F. O'Brien made lewd comments to her and groped her in a night club in Singapore. O'Brien has denied the allegations.
• On January 15, 2018, Vogue dropped photographers Mario Testino and Bruce Weber after both were accused of sexual harassment. Testino was accused by 13 male assistants and models who worked with him; Weber was accused by 15 men.
• On January 28, 2018, real estate businessman Steve Wynn resigned as finance chairman of the Republican National Committee after he was accused by dozens of people of sexual misconduct, which he has denied. On February 6, 2018, he stepped down as CEO of Wynn Resorts.
• On January 29, 2018, Republic Records president Charlie Walk was accused of sexual harassment by a former employee named Tristan Coopersmith, while Walk was still working at Epic Records. Walk resigned from his position as a judge on Fox's talent show The Four: Battle For Stardom, and Universal Music Group (which owns Republic) suspended him. Walk has retained attorney Patty Glaser to fight his sexual misconduct claims. Walk officially exited Republic Records on March 28, 2018.
• On April 30, 2018, Swedish operatic baritone Håkan Hagegård was accused of sexual harassment.
• On July 14, 2018, former Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter CEO John Amato was revealed to be being probed for allegations of sexual harassment, including making sexually explicit comments towards staffers as well as inappropriate behavior with female staffers at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and the 2017 Billboard Music Awards. The probe against him was revealed just days after he had resigned from Billboard due to an investigation of the publication's coverage of harassment allegations in the music industry, including an attempt by Amato to suppress articles about more allegations of sexual misconduct from former Republic Records president Charlie Walk, along with multiple other financial issues within the company.
• On July 19, 2018, shortly after resigning as chairman of Papa John's Pizza for using a racial slur and making other controversial remarks during a conference call two months earlier, John Schnatter, along with multiple other employees and staff were accused by at least 37 current and former employees, including numerous executives and board members, of creating a "toxic culture" of spying and sexual harassment at the workplace, including multiple that said Schnatter groped them or made sexually inappropriate comments around them. Several of them said that they were forced to start using non-disclosure agreements in 2013, along with other arbitration and confidentiality and non-disparagement contracts, preventing them from speaking about Schnatter's personal life.
• On August 7, 2018, video game company Riot Games, who were widely known for the popular video game League of Legends, were accused by nearly 30 current and former employees of years of sexual harassment.
• On August 13, 2018, organizers for the Day for Night festival cut it's ties with festival founder and Free Press Houston owner Omar Afra after he was accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct. Afra denied the allegations, but admitted that he caused pain to his family and friends for the allegations.
• On August 14, 2018, a Pennsylvania grand jury found that more than 300 "predator priests" had been credibly accused of sexually abusing more than 1,000 child victims, dating back to 1947.
• On August 14, 2018, founders for the social media app Tinder filed a lawsuit against parent company IAC for multiple allegations, including one that former Tinder CEO and IAC Chairman Greg Blatt "groped and sexually harassed" Tinder's vice president of marketing Rosette Pambakian at a holiday party in December 2016.
• On August 22, 2018, conservative political speaker and former George W. Bush administration official Paris Dennard was suspended indefinitely by CNN, whom he worked for as a conservative commentator, after he was revealed to have been fired from Arizona State University in 2014 due to multiple instances of sexual harassment with multiple women, including an attempt to pursue sex with a recent college graduate.
• On August 22, 2018, baritone singer Samuel Schultz alleged that he was drugged and violently rapped by world renowned countertenor David Daniels and his husband, conductor Scott Walters, at a corporate apartment after a musical performance on May 14, 2010.
• On September 5, 2018, ballet dancer Alexandra Waterbury sued the New York City Ballet and dancer Chase Finlay, accusing Finlay of sharing sexually explicit photos and videos of her without consent to fellow dancers Amar Ramasar and Zachary Catazaro. She also accuses the company of conducting a "fraternity-like atmosphere" and that there are other female dancers that were victimized, with nude photos of them shared on the text-chain, and accompanied by lewd and misogynistic language.
• On September 13, 2018, West Virginia bishop Michael Bransfield of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston resigned after an investigation was launched on him regarding unspecified "allegations of sexual misconduct" with adults.

Other countries

The Weinstein effect was felt outside the United States, especially, but not solely, in the English-speaking world:

• In the United Kingdom, allegations of sexual misconduct against many British politicians became a public scandal involving dozens of women accusers across decades and political parties. It led to the resignations of Defense Secretary Michael Fallon, Cabinet Sectary (de facto deputy Prime Minister) Damian Green and Welsh minister Carl Sargeant (who took his own life, four days after his dismissal). In January 2018, reports of sexual harassment at the high-society Presidents Club charity dinner caused another scandal.
• In Canada, accusations against Just for Laughs comedy festival founder Gilbert Rozon led to his resignation, and 15 people accused Quebec radio host Éric Salvail of sexual misconduct. Broadcaster and former baseball player Gregg Zaun was fired.
• Canadian actor and director Albert Schultz was accused of sexual misconduct by four professional actresses who worked with him at the Soulpepper Theatre Company, where he was founder and artistic director. Those who accused him were Kristin Booth, Diana Bentley, Hannah Miller and Patricia Fagan. Schultz resigned his position as artistic director on January 4, 2018.
• On October 22, 2017, former ANC MP and singer Jennifer Ferguson told South African news station News24 that she was sexually assaulted by South African soccer association president Danny Jordaan in 1993. Although Jordaan denied the allegation, Ferguson later revealed on March 26, 2018 that more women have come to her telling her that they too were assaulted by Jordaan.
• At the end of October 2017, prominent Hungarian theater director and former head of the Comedy Theatre of Budapest, László Marton was accused with sexual assault by multiple actresses. Subsequently, the theater initiated the termination of Marton's employment. In November 2017, Miklós Gábor Kerényi, the artistic director of the Budapest Operetta and Musical Theatre was accused of sexual harassment by former students and actors, and was dismissed from his position.
• On November 7, 2017, two Israeli reporters accused International Olympic Committee member and Keshet Broadcasting founder Alex Gilady of making unwanted sexual advances. Two days later, after the IOC announced that they were investigating the allegations, Gilady resigned from Keshet. One month later though, he was kept on board for the Tokyo 2020 commission.
• On November 10, 2017, former USA Women's Soccer goalie Hope Solo accused former FIFA President Sepp Blatter of groping her in the butt while she was presenting the Woman's World Player of the Year award to teammate Abby Wambach during the FIFA Ballon d'Or Awards Ceremony in January 2013. Blatter's spokesperson called the allegation "ridiculous" and denied the allegation against Blatter on his behalf.
• Hong Kong-based British movie executive Bey Logan was accused by a number of women of sexual misconduct. Logan, an associate of Harvey Weinstein, denied all allegations.
• On December 2, 2017, actor Geoffrey Rush stepped down as President of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts following allegations of "inappropriate behavior" during an Australian stage production of the Shakespeare play King Lear. Rush claims the allegations are untrue and sued The Daily Telegraph for making false accusations.
• New Zealand actor Rene Naufahu pleaded guilty to six charges of indecent assault relating to six women who attended private acting lessons conducted by him in Auckland between 2011 and 2013. In January 2018 he was sentenced to one year of home detention. Naufahu had an earlier conviction for common assault and wilful damage arising from an altercation in a Christchurch bar in 2001, for which he was fined by the court.
• Australian television presenter Don Burke was accused of sexual misconduct by several women. He denied these and said, "The Harvey Weinstein saga in Hollywood started a witch hunt."
• Icelandic singer and actress Björk accused Lars von Trier of sexually harassing her during the production of Dancer in the Dark. von Trier said "That was not the case. But that we were definitely not friends, that's a fact."
• In Australia in late October 2017, barrister, author and producer Charles Waterstreet (whose life and career was the inspiration for the drama-comedy series Rake) was accused of sexually harassing law student Tina Ni Huang during a job interview in August 2017. Waterstreet has denied these accusations.
• In Ireland in November 2017, Michael Colgan made Irish headlines after seven women who had worked at the Gaiety Theatre spoke to The Irish Times claiming they were sexually abused and harassed by Colgan while they were working in the theater. Colgan responded with a public apology for anyone who felt uncomfortable, although he has disputed the claims that are sexual in nature. No police reports have been filed by the accusers. The investigation began in January 2018.
• In November 2017, 2,000 women working in the Swedish music industry signed an open letter claiming that they had been sexually abused during their careers. The signatories included singers Robyn and Zara Larsson and the folk duo First Aid Kit.
• In the Philippines, artists and online personalities expressed messages of support to Weinstein's victims. Several netizens came forward to share their experiences with artists and local band members who allegedly committed sexual misconduct.
• Ramin Gray, artistic director of the ATC Theatre, was accused of sexual harassment by eight women after calling the search for "the Weinstein of British theatre" an honourable one.
• In France, political organizations close to the Socialist Party, in particular the Union Nationale des Étudiants de France (UNEF), were accused of systemic sexual harassment. The French daily newspaper Le Monde published in late 2017 two articles on alleged sexual harassment and predation supported by former UNEF presidents, Jean-Baptiste Prévost and Emmanuel Zemmour. In an editorial, more than 80 UNEF female members and militants came forward to accuse the Union of "sexual violence".
• On January 2, 2018, former Taliban hostage Joshua Boyle was arrested on 15 charges, including assault, sexual assault, and unlawful confinement.
• In Norway, Trond Giske, the deputy leader of the Norwegian Labour Party, resigned from his political positions on 7 January 2018 after being accused of an extensive pattern of sexual assault and sexual harassment of young women, and of taking advantage of his political positions to make unwanted sexual advances. The accusations came in the context of the international debate in the aftermath of the Weinstein affair, and dominated Norwegian media for several weeks from December 2017.
• In India, law student Raya Sarkar set up a Google Docs, accepting anonymous testimonials to sexual abuse taking place within universities in India. Up to 59 academics from 29 colleges were named, some of whom were prominent figures. Sarkar's list sparked a debate on whether anonymous testimonials recollecting campaigns were fair, and on whether due process could be subverted. Several prominent academics, including Ayesha Kidwai and Nivedita Menon, issued a letter of response to Sarkar's list.
• On January 8, 2018, Australian stage and screen actor Craig McLachlan was accused of sexually assaulting Christie Whelan Browne, Erika Heynatz and Angela Scundi in 2014 during an Australian tour of The Rocky Horror Show. The revelations forced McLachlan to drop out of a current tour of Rocky Horror.
• In January 2018, preliminary charges were filed against Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan in two cases of rape alleged by women who sought his counsel. Ramadan denies any wrongdoing and has filed his own counter-suit asserting false allegations against the two alleged victims.
• In February 2018, several women, including Josefina Pouso, Mariela Anchipi, Karina Mazzoco, Virginia Godoy, Ursula Vargues and Emilia Claudeville, accused Argentine television presenter Roberto Pettinato for sexual harassment and abuse. They stated that he would "suck" their necks without their permission until he made them cry, and humiliate them in front of other people with whom they worked. Pettinato refused to talk to Argentine media about the accusations, and afterwards left Argentina for Paraguay, alleging that he was going to start a television show in the country, but reports from both countries summarized that Pettinato left Argentina to become a "media exile" due to the accusations.
• On February 13, 2018, members of the Canadian pop rock band Hedley were accused of sexually assaulting young fans, primarily female, as young as 14, forcing the Juno Awards committee to pull their scheduled performance, and after their response to the allegations were received with mixed reviews, were dropped from their management team, had their tour dates cancelled and their music be pulled from music stations and forced the band to go on hiatus.

Lead singer Jacob Hoggard was later accused by two women in a span of two weeks of rape; he said that both incidents were consensual. An investigation was launched on March 16 by the Toronto Police Service Sex Crime units into the claims by Hoggard, later arresting him and charging him on July 23 with one count of "Sexual Interference" and two counts of "Sexual Assault Causing Bodily Harm".

• In March 2018, Ahn Hee-jung, a prominent South Korean politician was accused of multiple rapes by his aide. He announced his resignation afterwards.
• On March 9, 2018, after being accused of sexually assaulting eight women, Korean actor Jo Min-ki was found dead in an underground parking lot.
• On March 12, 2018, Korea's Ski Association banned mogul skiers Choi Jae-woo and Kim Ji-hyon for life after fellow female athletes accused them of sexual harassment during a World Cup event in Japan. Choi and Kim had both recently competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics, where Choi made it to the finals in the men's mogul competition while Kim was eliminated during qualifications for the event.
• In March 2018, Dubstep DJ Datsik was accused of sexual assault spanning multiple years, resulting in public backlash and cancellation of all Datsik appearances at upcoming shows and festivals. He officially stepped down from his label Firepower Records.
• On April 13, 2018, Irish rugby players Stuart Olding and Paddy Jackson were terminated from their contracts with the Irish Rugby Football Union and Ulster and Ireland after a long court battle detailing allegations between the two of them of rape by a woman in Jackson's house on June 28, 2016. The two had recently been acquitted of the charges prior to their removal. Several other players from the IRFU were also noted for sexual misconduct.
• On April 19, 2018, Pakistani actor and singer Ali Zafar was accused by fellow singer Meesha Shafi of sexual harassment, stating that "I feel betrayed by his attitude and behavior and his attitude and I know that I am not alone" before being accused by several more women of harassment within the next several days. Zafar denied all allegations made against him.
• On April 26, 2018, Tatsuya Yamaguchi, a member of the Japanese pop group Tokio, resigned from the band. Yamaguchi apologized for kissing and engaging in indecent behavior with a teenage girl.
• On May 3, 2018, Brazilian TV station Globo revealed that at least 40 male gymnasts accused former national coach Fernando de Carvalho Lopes of sexually abusing them while training them at his São Paulo club in the past two decades.
• In France, film director Luc Besson has been accused of rape after an unnamed 27-year-old woman filing a complaint on May 18, 2018.
• On May 28, 2018, 2007 Formula One world champion and Ferrari driver Kimi Räikkönen, a Finn, filed an extortion and harassment complaint against a Montreal woman, accusing her of falsely accusing him and another driver of having sexually assaulted her while she was working as a waitress during the weekend of the Canadian Grand Prix in 2016. The woman, Cassandra Talula Dias-Greizis, referenced the alleged incident in a blog twice before without mentioning him by name before informing Räikkönen six days earlier that she was returning her compensation and going public with her story.
• On June 4, 2018, four former pro-Canadian skiers, Amelie-Frederique Gagnon, Gail Kelly, Anna Prchal and Genevieve Simard, gave detailed testimonies of how they were continuously sexually abused by their former coach, Bertrand Charest. One day later, former Olympic alpine skier Allison Forsyth, who competed in the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, along with Katie Bertram, Gillian McFetridge and Emilie Cousineau, also came forward with their allegations against him. Charest had already been convicted in June 2017 for sexually abusing skiers in the 1990s and was serving a 12-year prison sentence when the accusers came forward.
• On June 9, 2018, Australian comedian JooYoung Roberts accused fellow award-winning comedian and host of Australian ABC show Tonightly Tom Ballard of sexually assaulting him in 2014. Ballard later released a statement on his website denying the allegation.
• On June 14, 2018, German broadcasting company WDR fired drama chief and TV producer Gebhard Henke after he was accused by ten women of sexual harassment.
• On July 2, 2018, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that he did not recall 'any negative interactions' in response to allegations of him groping a reporter during a fundraising event in 2000. The allegation had surfaced a month earlier after Canadian political commentator Warren Kinsella tweeted an editorial from the Creston Valley Advance.
• On July 12, 2018, Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, better known as the "King of Shambhala", took leave from running Shambhala after he was accused of years of sexually abusing and exploiting many of his most devoted female followers.
• On July 25, 2018, the Finnish Student Sports Federation accused the European University Sports Association of failing to protect its female athletes at the 2018 European Universities Games in Portugal after several of the athletes said that they were sexually harassed by Russian athletes during the games, with one incident turning into an attempted rape.
• On July 26, 2018, China Central Television host Zhu Jun was accused of sexual harassment by a former intern who was working for him a few years ago.
• On July 28, 2018, Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick resigned from the College of Cardinals over a series of sexual abuse allegations from multiple boys spanning decades and was placed on canonical trial by the Vatican, though he was allowed to continue as a priest until further notice. He had just been removed from public ministry by the Holy See a month earlier after the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York review board found credible evidence for some of the allegations.
• On August 15, 2018, top Chinese monk Shi Xuecheng resigned as president of the Buddhist Association of China due to multiple allegations of sexual misconduct, including making unwanted sexual advances and sending suggestive messages to two female monks, allegations that he was placed under investigation for.
• On August 24, 2018, former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond was accused of two allegations of inappropriate behavior dating back to 2013 while still in office.
• On September 11, 2018, New York state senate candidate Julia Salazar accused David Keyes, a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, of sexually assaulting her, an allegation that Keyes denied. Soon after, The Wall Street Journal reporter Shayndi Raice, along with 10 other women, revealed that Keyes displayed physically aggressive and inappropriate behavior towards them. Keyes announced on September 13 that he was taking a leave of absence, denying all allegations against him in doing so.

See Also

• Me Too movement
• Time's Up (movement)
• Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse allegations
• Post-assault treatment of sexual assault victims
• USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal
• Roman Polanski sexual abuse case
• Woody Allen sexual assault allegation
• Bill Cosby sexual assault cases
• 2017 Westminster sexual scandals
• Donald Trump sexual misconduct allegations
• Catholic Church sexual abuse cases

References

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