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Brett Ratner Rape Accuser Asks Court to Drop Producer’s Libel Suit By Gene Maddaus @GeneMaddaus Melanie Kohler, the Hawaii woman who accused Brett Ratner of raping her last fall, has filed a motion asking a judge to dismiss the producer’s libel suit. Kohler’s lawyers contend that Ratner’s suit consisted of little more than “threadbare, conclusory allegations,” which fail to meet the minimum requirements for a libel complaint. They also argue that Ratner’s suit was intended to intimidate other women from coming forward with allegations. In October, Kohler wrote a Facebook post alleging that Ratner raped her in 2004 or 2005. She took the post down within two hours, after receiving a call from Ratner’s attorney. “Stripped of its conclusory allegations, the Complaint is essentially a blank piece of paper,” Kohler’s attorneys wrote. “It lacks any factual allegation from which this Court can infer that Ms. ...

Bulls player Mafu charged with rape It is alleged that Khwezi Mafu was escorting the woman home along with his friend, when the rape occurred.  Bulls under-21 player Khwezi Mafu. Picture: Instagram/@Kwesta_shweme_mafu JOHANNESBURG - Blue Bulls under-21 player Khwezi Mafu will appear in a Port Elizabeth court again on 8 January, for the alleged rape of a young woman in Port Elizabeth over the new year’s weekend. Mafu is a former Grey High School pupil, and has represented the South African Schools under-18 rugby side. It is alleged that Mafu was escorting the woman home along with his friend, when the incident occurred. Speaking to EWN Sport...

JARRYD Hayne is set to face questions about his rape allegation when he fronts media after his first training session since returning to NRL club Parramatta. The star player has denied in a written statement claims in a US civil suit he raped a 29-year-old woman in late 2015 during his stint in the NFL. It is unknown whether he will address the allegations today, having previously dodged reporters at Sydney airport upon his return from an overseas trip. SERIOUS ALLEGATION: HAYNE ACCUSED OF RAPE IN US Hayne began training with Parramatta on Wednesday morning. The 29-year-old Hayne will train this morning before holding a press conference at 2.45pm AEDT, just over a month after his defection from the Gold Coast. Hayne's 1st training session His donning of Eels colours for the first time in more than three years has been overshadowed by the allegations, filed in a civil suit which alleges he took the complainant back to his California home and rap...

Rape case: Dileep to seek visuals of crime KOCHI: Actor Dileep is likely to move court seeking evidence , including visuals of the crime, in the actress rape case. Sources close to the defence counsel of Dileep said that they are yet to file a petition in this regard but would do so in the next sitting. The planned move comes in the backdrop of the investigation getting completed and the chargesheet being filed. "The case is set to go to the trail stages and the defence in entitled to have the copy of evidences to retort them. The move is as per procedure," said a source. Meanwhile, the prosecution is expected to oppose the plea in court. Sources with the prosecution said that a plea requesting a copy of the visuals of the crime will be strenuously opposed in court. "The accused in the case were the ones behind leaking the chargesheet in the case. The accused are now trying to get the visuals so that they can spread it amon...

Umberto Gonzalez Sylvester Stallone has denied the rape allegation made against him last month, telling RadarOnline on Friday, “That never ever happened.” A Daily Mail  report published on Nov. 17 said that Stallone was accused of sexually assaulting a 16 year-old girl while filming “Over the Top” in Las Vegas. According to their story, the unnamed teenager told police that she had been “intimidated” into having sex with Stallone and his bodyguard, Michael De Luca, at a Las Vegas hotel in July 1986. “It’s one thing to go after me. But they really attack the innocent — the people that are going along with their lives, their reputations are sullied by this,” Stallone said, referring to his wife Jennifer Flavin and their three daughters. Sylvester St...

TV actor Piyush Sahdev was arrested in November on rape charges Beyhadh actor Piyush Sahdev, who was recently arrested on rape charges has been granted relief. The actor, who played Samay on the show, was arrested after an FIR was lodged against him by a 23-year-old woman.  According to a report in Tellychakkar.com, the actor has been granted bail. A source confirmed the news to the entertainment portal and said, "The accuser was in a relationship with Piyush from a long time and even shared an intimate relationship. To accuse him of rape is unjustified so far. Investigation on the case is on and Piyush will have to be present as and when the court hearing is held. As of now he is granted bail. " Piyush, who has worked in shows like Devon Ke Dev Mahadev and Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke, was arrested on November 22 on allegations of raping a 23-year-old aspiring actress, on pretext of marriage.  Piyush must be relieved as earlier his bail applic...