Woman who says Baby Reindeer character was based on her sues Netflix

Woman who says Baby Reindeer character was based on her sues Netflix

A woman who says she is the inspiration for the relentless stalker at the centre of Netflix’s Baby Reindeer sued the streaming giant on Thursday for defamation and is seeking at least $170 million US in damages. Fiona Harvey, a Scottish attorney living in England who says the character Martha on the widely viewed limited series is … Read more

Omar Khadr denied appeal by U.S. Supreme Court

Omar Khadr denied appeal by U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a Canadian former Guantanamo Bay detainee’s bid to vacate his convictions for the 2002 murder of an American soldier in Afghanistan and other crimes he committed at age 15 to which he later pleaded guilty. The justices declined to hear an appeal by Omar Khadr, 37, of a … Read more

B.C. civil lawsuit against Sex Pistols guitarist alleges 1980 sexual assault

B.C. civil lawsuit against Sex Pistols guitarist alleges 1980 sexual assault

WARNING: This article contains graphic content and may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it. A Vancouver woman has filed a civil lawsuit against Paramount Pictures Corp. and punk rocker Stephen Jones of The Sex Pistols alleging he sexually assaulted her as a teenager while she was a movie extra more than … Read more

Armourer for Alec Baldwin movie Rust convicted in deadly on-set shooting of cinematographer

Armourer for Alec Baldwin movie Rust convicted in deadly on-set shooting of cinematographer

A jury convicted a movie weapons supervisor of involuntary manslaughter on Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin during a rehearsal on the set of the Western movie Rust. The verdict against movie armourer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed assigns new blame in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in October 2021 after … Read more