Tag: Hush

20 AUG

Harvey Weinstein's accuser had sex with 17-year-old, paid him $380k hush money – report

Asia Argento, an Italian actress and director at the forefront of the #MeToo campaign that brought down producer Harvey Weinstein over sexual assault, herself reportedly assaulted an underage actor, and paid him to stay silent. Court documents reportedly seen by the New York Times outline allegations by Jimmy Bennet, actor and rock musician, who says […]

15 APR

Ghana to order mosques, churches to hush up, issue call to prayer via WhatsApp instead

Authorities in the Ghanaian capital Accra have asked mosques and churches to use WhatsApp to transmit the daily calls to prayer rather than using loudspeakers in a bid to curb noise pollution in urban areas. The local government in Accra is clamping down on noise pollution, particularly at places of worship like churches and mosques, […]

29 MAR

Michael Cohen’s lawyer made a bombshell admission about the $130,000 ‘hush agreement’ with Stormy Daniels

David Schwartz, the attorney representing Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s longtime personal attorney, suggested that Trump wasn’t involved in the alleged nondisclosure agreement with porn star Stormy Daniels. Schwartz also deflected the suggestion that the agreement had “some sort of sexual nature.” A formal federal prosecutor argued Schwartz’s assertion would mean “there was no contract […]

26 MAR

Mueller could use the ‘hush money’ Trump’s lawyer paid to Stormy Daniels in the Russia investigation

Reuters/Getty Images The $ 130,000 payment from President Donald Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, to Stormy Daniels in 2016 may have amounted to an illegal contribution to the Trump campaign. Despite Cohen’s claim that he used his own money to silence Daniels, a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission told “60 Minutes” that Cohen’s payments […]

17 JAN

Legal experts say they don’t see how Trump could get in trouble for allegedly paying a porn star hush money

Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images The Wall Street Journal reported that President Donald Trump paid off a porn star with hush money ahead of the 2016 presidential election. Legal experts say there’s pretty much nothing about such a payment that would put Trump in legal jeopardy. The Wall Street Journal published a salacious story on Friday alleging that […]

21 DEC

US Olympic champion gymnast paid ‘hush money’ in Nassar sex abuse scandal

US Olympic gold medalist McKayla Maroney has filed a lawsuit against USA Gymnastics alleging that she was paid to keep quiet about sexual abuse suffered at the hands of the team’s disgraced former doctor Larry Nassar. Maroney spoke of ‘systematic sexual abuse’ by Nassar, who worked for nearly 30 years as the team doctor, under […]