Epstein accuser says Victoria’s Secret mogul responsible for alleged assault

An artist who claims Jeffrey Epstein sexually assaulted her when she was 26 is holding billionaire Les Wexner personally “responsible” for the alleged attack, according to a new report on Saturday.

Maria Farmer told The Washington Post that the alleged 1996 assault by Epstein and his accused procuress Ghislaine Maxwell happened “on a property monitored by Wexner’s wife, Abigail, and the Wexner security team,” at a time when Epstein was one of the Wexners’ closest advisers, she claimed. read more »

Former assistant to Harvey Weinstein details alleged sexual assault in op-ed: "He liked Chinese girls"

Rowena Chiu, Harvey Weinstein's former assistant at Miramax Films, alleged that he attempted to rape her 21 years ago in an op-ed published Saturday by The New York Times. She wrote the disgraced movie mogul told her "he liked Chinese girls ... because they were discreet" hours before the alleged assault.

"You've most likely never heard of me. I'm not an actress," Chiu wrote in the op-ed. "I don't even work in Hollywood anymore. I was one of many ordinary, unfamous women trying to do their jobs who were abused by Harvey." read more »

Advocates call for Missouri to join other states in lifting time limits on child sex abuse lawsuits

Missouri should join a move by other states to change the statute of limitations that keeps survivors of long-ago child sexual abuse from suing former priests, victims’ advocates say.

Removing the limitation, or temporarily reviving expired cases, would be the “most effective short-term step” lawmakers could take to help victims — the vast majority of whom struggle with trauma for decades before they are able to report the abuse. read more »