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UPDATE, 11:19 AM: After a hard fought election and eight years in office, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey has just conceded to George Gascón. Noting the ” contentious fight” and fighting back tears, the first African-American woman elected to the powerful prosecution office recognized that the votes…

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office has confirmed that it is investigating eight separate cases against Harvey Weinstein, the Oscar-winning producer whose sexual assault trial gets underway in New York early next month. A spokesperson for DA Jackie Lacey confirmed to USA Today the total number of cases under…

Michael Avenatti is vowing to focus “full steam ahead” on holding Donald Trump “and his unethical cronies” after the L.A. County District Attorney’s Office declined to press charges against the Stormy Daniels attorney following his arrest for alleged domestic violence last week. The D.A. today referred the case to the…

Benny Medina, the TV producer and music manager whose clients include Jennifer Lopez and formerly Will Smith and Mariah Carey, will not be charged by the Los Angeles District Attorney in an alleged 2004 sexual assault. The case was declined by the L.A. D.A.’s entertainment sexual assault task force Friday owing to the…

EXCLUSIVE: "It meant nothing without a resignation," Terry Crews told Deadline today why he decided now to reveal an apology letter that Adam Venit sent him in March about the now ex-WME agent grabbing the Brooklyn Nine-Nine star's genitals at a party in February 2016. Sent four months after Crews took Venit and the…

Dylan McDermott has escaped what could have been an American legal horror for him as the Los Angeles County District Attorney today rejected a sexual assault claim against the American Horror Story: Apocalypse actor due to passage of time. “he reporting party alleged that she was the victim of a sexual assault by the…

Allegations of sex abuse by former APA talent agent Tyler Grasham are being reviewed by the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office. "A sex abuse case was presented by LAPD to our office on Jan. 31 regarding Mr. Grasham," a spokesman for the DA's office told Deadline. "It remains under review." The DA's probe has gone…

The Los Angeles District Attorney's office has declined to prosecute writer-director James Toback on five allegations of sexual assault and abuse. Hundreds of other women also have accused him of sex crimes – many relating to the casting of his movies – but the DA has dismissed these five cases because they were…

The Los Angeles District Attorney's office has confirmed that actor Ed Westwick is under investigation for alleged sex crimes. Four women have accused the former Gossip Girl star of rape or sexual assault. "I can confirm that a case was presented to our office involving Ed Westwick," a spokesperson for the DA's office…

Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey has established a special task to force to look into allegations of sexual assault in the entertainment industry. Despite the growing number of allegations, however, no crimes have been referred for prosecution to the DA's office by local law enforcement agencies. "In…