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Lights Out: Fed Agency Settles Sex Harassment Suit Linked to Ex Mortgage Regulator Chief Mel Watt
The Federal Housing Finance Agency has settled a sexual harassment claim brought by an employee against the man who once headed the agency, former North Carolina congressman Mel Watt. The FHFA in a statement Friday did not provide details about what the settlement entailed, but the employee who’d sued the agency for $1 million, special…
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$44 Million Civil Settlement Reportedly in Works in Harvey Weinstein Case
Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has reportedly reached a $44 million deal to settle claims brought against him by women accusing him of sexual harassment, as well as creditors of his now-defunct movie studio, and the New York State Attorney General’s Office. According to the Los Angeles Times, citing people familiar with the deal, $30…
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Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid Reach Settlement in NFL Collusion Case: Report
Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick and current Carolina Panthers safety Eric Reid have reached a confidential settlement effectively ending their collusion lawsuit with the NFL that argued owners worked to keep both men off the field for protesting the killings of unarmed black men, women and children by police. Both Kaepernick and Reid found themselves…
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Black Grad Student Accused of Stealing His Own Car and Beaten by Police Gets $1.25 Million Settlement
The police tackled him for “stealing” a car that was his—now they may have to run him his money for the trouble to the tune of over a million dollars. In 2015, police pulled over then-doctoral candidate Lawrence Crosby after an incorrigibly nosy and probably racist woman saw him fixing what turned out to be…
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5 Men Accused of Stealing Homeless Amputee's Fortune
Maybe you’ve seen Michelle Carter. A video of her smoking a blunt on a New York City train went viral last year. There she was in a wheelchair, both of her legs gone from a New York City subway train accident that made her an amputee. Kids on the train harassed her. One heartless young…
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McKinney, Texas, Girl Who Was Slammed to the Ground by Police at a Pool Party in 2015 Wins Settlement
Remember the teenage girl who got dragged by police at a pool party? Well, she’s getting her money and her own pool party. Dajerria Becton, who was 15 years old at the time, back in 2015, was last seen in a viral video getting wrestled to the ground by then-McKinney, Texas, Police Officer Eric Casebolt.…
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Texas Republican Used $84,000 of Taxpayer Funds to Settle Sexual Harassment Claim: Report
A Texas republican used taxpayer funds to settle a sexual harassment charge issued by a former staffer, and now that republican is being named. U.S. Rep Blake Farenthold took some $84,000 of taxpayer money to payoff Lauren Greene, a former Farenthold staffer, Politico reports. Farenthold, has served in the House since 2011 and according to…
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Diamond Reynolds, Girlfriend of Philando Castile, Reaches Settlement With City of St. Anthony, Minn.
It’s been more than a year since Philando Castile was shot and killed in St. Anthony, Minn., mere seconds after being pulled over by then-Police Officer Jeronimo Yanez. Now Castile’s girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, is finally reaching some sense of closure after reaching a settlement with the city of St. Anthony. According to WCCO-TV, the four-member…
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Utah Nurse Arrested by Police for Doing Her Job Reaches $500,000 Settlement
A nurse who was arrested after refusing to let a Salt Lake City cop draw blood from an unconscious patient has agreed to a $500,000 settlement. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Alex Wubbels reached the agreement with Salt Lake City and the University of Utah (Wubbels was working at the University of Utah Hospital…
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How Much Is a Black Life Worth? We Calculated It
This week, Philando Castile’s family was awarded $3 million to settle a civil wrongful death lawsuit against the tiny township of St. Anthony, Minn. A week earlier, CNN reports, the family of Mike Brown reportedly received $1.5 million from the city of Ferguson, Mo., in the 2015 death of the 18-year old. It seems like…