Director James Toback is in the clear after the L.A.County District Attorney rejected all 5 cases involving allegations of sexual misconduct …TMZ has learned.Toback was accused by dozens of women of sexual misdeeds, ranging from sexual harassment to sexual assault.They claimed he promised them movie roles and then engaged in classic casting couch behavior after […]
Continue readingThe Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has decided not to prosecute director James Toback, finding that the allegations fall outside the statute of limitations.The D.A.’s Hollywood sex crimes task force reviewed five cases against the director, dating back as far as 1978.Two of the cases were investigated by the LAPD, while three came from […]
Continue readingAlec Baldwin is standing by his past defenses of his friends Woody Allen and James Toback with regard to sexual misconduct claims made against him, and has also weighed in on the #MeToo movement as it continues to grow.Both directors and writers have denied the claims made against them.Baldwin, who has worked with both men […]
Continue readingSelma Blair opened up about her decision to come forward and reveal the harassment she allegedly endured from director James Toback, as well as what she hopes will happen to the disgraced director, who once threatened to kill her and gouge her eyes out, and how she feels about the power of the #MeToo movement.Toback’s […]
Continue readingSexual harassment is in the headlines here in North America due to accusations levelled against Harvey Weinstein, James Toback, Kevin Spacey and others, but it’s also a hot topic in the U.K.due to U.K.Defense Minister Michael Fallon’s recent resignation due to allegations of sexual harassment.As The Independent reports, Brand was appearing on the BBC’s […] » – […]
Continue readingAnother city is officially probing Harvey Weinstein — Beverly Hills Pd says it’s now looking into multiple complaints against him …as well as director James Toback.Bhpd says they recently got the complaints and launched an investigation against Weinstein.Police were not more specific about how many allegations surfaced, but we all know Bev Hills is home […]
Continue readingHarvey Weinstein and James Toback are both being investigated after Beverly Hills Police received multiple complaints against the two men.The police department confirmed it was investigating Weinstein, 65, and Toback, 72, in two separate statements released in unison late Tuesday night.“The Beverly Hills Police Department has recently received multiple complaints involving Harvey Weinstein.These cases are […]
Continue readingLast week, the Los Angeles Times published a bombshell report in which 38 women accused director James Toback of sexually harassing them by accosting them on the street, dangling a potential movie role and then luring them into a situation that immediately turned sexual.More than 30 of those women went on the record, leading to […] […]
Continue readingDirector James Toback has gone on the defensive, responding to the dozens of sexual harassment allegations against him in a bizarre, expletive-laden conversation with Rolling Stone.“The idea that I would offer a part to anyone for any other reason than that he or she was gonna be the best of anyone I could find is so […]
Continue readingAfter reading a HuffPost article titled “James Toback Gets Us, He Truly Gets Us in ‘The Private Life of a Modern Woman,'” Selma Blair, 45, tweeted the since-updated piece along with the word “ironic.” Ironic, in the sense, the actress claims she was sexually harassed by the famed director—and she’s not the only one do so. Glenn Whipp […]
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