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UPDATE, 9:25 PM: Hours after the latest lawsuit to accuse Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault was made public both the disgraced producer and Jennifer Lawrence have responded to complaint – in very different manners. "My heart breaks for all the women who were victimized by Harvey Weinstein," the Oscar winner and X-Men…

A woman identified only as Jane Doe is suing Def Jam founder Russell Simmons for $10 million, alleging he raped her after a concert she attended in Sacramento with her elementary-school-age son. In a suit filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court (read it here), the woman claims that Simmons approached her during the…

UPDATED To include comment from the Church of Scientology. Facing fresh allegations of sexual misconduct, Paul Haggis today postulated that the new charges were a tactic to force a mutimillion dollar settlement or the result of his long estrangement from Scientology. Three women have come forward to accuse Haggis of…