Epstein’s Final Days: Celebrity Reminiscing and a Running Toilet

NEW YORK TIMES

The disgraced financier, jailed in Manhattan on federal sex trafficking charges involving teenage girls, was found unconscious on the floor of his cell one morning in July 2019, a strip of bedsheet tied around his bruised neck. read more »

Will Olympics Sponsors Face Blowback Over Peng Shuai?

NEW YORK TIMES

Over the weekend, the International Olympic Committee drew criticism for saying it was reassured about the safety of the Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, whose whereabouts have been a mystery since she accused a former government official of sexual assault. The I.O.C.’s statement, which didn’t mention the accusations, did little to quell the controversy — and now, a little more than two months before the Winter Olympics in Beijing, the event’s sponsors face tough questions of their own. read more »

Kevin Spacey to pay House of Cards studio more than $30m over alleged misconduct losses

THE GUARDIAN

Kevin Spacey and his production companies must pay the studio behind House of Cards more than $30m because of losses brought on by his firing for alleged sexual misconduct, according to an arbitration decision made final on Monday. read more »