More than seven years after dozens of accused women James Tupac From sexual assault, wrong imprisonment, coercion and psychological assault, a jury in New York State granted $ 1.68 billion to 40 of these women. The jury granted a total of 280 million dollars of compensatory damage and $ 1.4 billion for the punitive damage to the prosecutors.
The lawsuit was filed under the adults survivors law in New York, which opened a year window that allowed the survivors of sexual assault to submit civil claims regardless of the period when the abuse occurred.
“This ruling revolves around justice. But most importantly, it comes to restoring power from the aggressors – and their empowerment factors – and returning it to those who tried to control it,” said Brad Piccrant, the main lawyer of the prosecutors.
“Today, the jury from the major New York community spoke very clearly and sent a message that hesitates beyond this court hall: no one is above accountability. The movement has not yet ended. There is more work that must be done.”
Tupac is a manager, among other films, Two girls and a manNomination for the Academy Award for Warren Betty Writing Bugsy And the recent successor and faces The private life of a modern womanSiena Miller and Alec Baldwin.
“This is not just a ruling – it’s valid for decades, I have bore this shock in silence, and today, the jury believe me. We believed. We are not changing everything. This ruling is more than just a leir. We have always known: what he did was real.
Rumors about Tupac began to appear in the wake of the disclosure of Harvey Winstein, as actress Silma Blair in 2017 re -tweeting an article in the Huffington Post entitled “James Tupac, as he really gets” the private life of a modern woman. “
Blair added a comment from the word: “Persian”.
within The registered woman with Los Angeles Times In 2017, Louise Post, a guitarist and singer of Rock Feruka Solt; Star Reynalde, the ambitious actress Toubak has approached 15 years ago in Central Park; And the drama teacher in New York, actor and playwright, Karen Sklir Watson
“I have lived in New York City 32 years ago. This is my home,” Salaler Watson said in a statement. “Today’s rule makes this city safer for every woman you call home. We draw a line in the sand: predatory animals cannot hide behind fame, money or power. Not here. Not anymore.”
Oscar -winning Julian Moore She shared her own story.
“Jamestopak approached me in the 1980s in Columbus Avi with the same language – he wanted me to test, his arrival to suitable.”
“I refused. After one month, he did it again exactly in the same language. I said didn’t you remember that you did this before?”
In addition, today’s host, Natalie Morales, she had an experience with Tobac closer to Moore.
In an interview with Usa Today almost the same time, Gray’s Anatomy Ellen Pompeo said There was a situation She told Tobac to “go **** himself.” Bombo said the accident occurred in a public place in which she met Toubak. She brought a male friend who said Tupac did not appreciate her.
Pompeo said: “The moment my friend left, he asked me if I was going to be arrested in a movie,” Pompeo said. And I was like, “really, shouted? My friend has lost every 30 seconds and now you say that? I laughed somewhat in his face. “
Toback, now 80, denied allegations The TimesAdding that for decades, it was “biologically impossible” to participate in the behavior that women described in the story, saying that he had diabetes and heart condition that requires medications.
