dagblog - Comments for "Women suing NFL star Deshaun Watson for alleged sexual assault grows to seven" http://dagblog.com/link/women-suing-nfl-star-deshaun-watson-alleged-sexual-assault-grows-seven-34112 Comments for "Women suing NFL star Deshaun Watson for alleged sexual assault grows to seven" en Holy smokes, that's not http://dagblog.com/comment/302908#comment-302908 <a id="comment-302908"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/women-suing-nfl-star-deshaun-watson-alleged-sexual-assault-grows-seven-34112">Women suing NFL star Deshaun Watson for alleged sexual assault grows to seven</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Holy smokes, that's not peanuts: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/03/25/usc-tyndall-sexual-assault-settlement/">USC agrees to pay $852 million in latest settlement involving gynecologist accused of abuse</a></p> <p>@ WashingtonPost.com, March 25</p> <blockquote> <p>[....] USC and attorneys for the plaintiffs made the terms public after a hearing<strong> </strong>in Los Angeles County Superior Court. The university has agreed to pay more than $1 billion in recent years to settle lawsuits related to George Tyndall</p> <p>The magnitude of the settlement — about one-seventh the size of the $5.9 billion endowment USC reported in 2020 — made it a landmark case for higher education.</p> <p>Previously, the university had also agreed to pay more than $200 million in a 2018 federal class-action settlement involving women who were patients of former USC gynecologist George Tyndall. Counting Thursday’s developments, USC’s total bill for legal settlements now exceeds $1 billion.</p> <p>In another major case involving sexual abuse complaints and higher education, Michigan State University <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/05/16/michigan-state-settles-larry-nassar-lawsuits-for-500-million/?itid=lk_inline_manual_8" target="_blank">agreed in 2018</a> to pay $500 million to settle lawsuits filed by 332 alleged victims of former sports physician Larry Nassar.</p> <p>At the heart of the litigation against USC was the conduct of Tyndall and how the university responded to reports of abuse. Tyndall is awaiting trial on criminal charges in connection with accusations that for many years he subjected<strong> </strong>patients to unnecessary and inappropriate touching.</p> <p>In all, attorneys said, 710 women who alleged they were victimized by Tyndall pursued civil lawsuits against USC in California courts. [....]</p> </blockquote> </div></div></div> Fri, 26 Mar 2021 02:06:41 +0000 artappraiser comment 302908 at http://dagblog.com "we discussed the knife, the http://dagblog.com/comment/302587#comment-302587 <a id="comment-302587"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/302577#comment-302577">There&#039;s also the Armie Hammer</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>"we discussed the knife, the .45 and the acetylene blowtorch up front, along with the safe word" - clarifying for atrupar</p> </div></div></div> Sat, 20 Mar 2021 11:26:37 +0000 PeraclesPlease comment 302587 at http://dagblog.com There's also the Armie Hammer http://dagblog.com/comment/302577#comment-302577 <a id="comment-302577"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/women-suing-nfl-star-deshaun-watson-alleged-sexual-assault-grows-seven-34112">Women suing NFL star Deshaun Watson for alleged sexual assault grows to seven</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>There's also the Armie Hammer case in celeb world:</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Through his lawyer, Hammer denied Effie’s claims, noting that all of his sexual encounters have been “completely consensual, discussed and agreed upon in advance and mutually participatory.” <a href="https://t.co/jsWuqNLl4s">https://t.co/jsWuqNLl4s</a></p> — Los Angeles Times (@latimes) <a href="https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1372667451675009028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Sat, 20 Mar 2021 02:51:57 +0000 artappraiser comment 302577 at http://dagblog.com