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Candice Swanepoel, Adriana Lima, Bella Hadid, Jasmine Tookes, Alex Consani, Gigi Hadid, Yasmin Wijnaldum and Alessandra Ambrosio among others at the 2025 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.

‘It’s bras and panties’: The Victoria’s Secret show is back

Gigi and Bella Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski and other supermodels returned to the runway for the brand’s latest comeback.

  • Damien Woolnough

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Guy Grossi.

Guy Grossi sells Melbourne Italian institution, buyer revealed

Celebrity chef Guy Grossi has sold the crown jewels of his family hospitality empire – Florentino, Cellar Bar and Grossi Grill – eight months after sexual harassment allegations engulfed the historic restaurants.

  • Charlotte Grieve and Emma Breheny
Roebuck Bay Hotel main image WAtoday.

What an outback pub trial told us about the dark side of WA’s nightlife

Revelations in court about what goes on behind the scenes in a famed outback pub came as no surprise to a university expert who has studied the experience of hospitality workers in Australia.

  • Hannah Murphy
Actor Gerard Depardieu arrives at court with his lawyer Jeremie Assous in March.

Depardieu will appeal order to stand trial over alleged rape, lawyer says

French movie icon Gerard Depardieu has been accused of raping an actress in 2018 at his home in Paris. He denies wrongdoing.

Ubisoft is the games company behind major hits like Assassin’s Creed. Now, it’s under the spotlight for its workplace culture.

The video games industry is having its #MeToo moment. But there’s a long way to go

Former high-flying executives at a major video game company have been put on trial for enabling a toxic workplace. How did we get to this point, and will legal action change anything?

  • Nell Geraets
Only 17 per cent of sexual harassment incidents were reported.

We have a great law to tackle workplace sexual harassers. Pity it’s never been used

Amid horrific claims of sexual harassment and abuse in the hospitality industry, what if Australia’s world-leading Respect@Work law is a “dead letter”? A law that’s on the books but never enforced might as well not exist.

  • Karen O'Connell and Josh Bornstein
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Calling the fallout from his 2016 divorce from Amber Heard a warm-up for the cultural reckoning around misogyny and rape culture, the Pirates of the Caribbean star told The Sunday Times he was “a crash test dummy”.

Johnny Depp claims he was a ‘crash test dummy’ for #MeToo

In a British interview, the star addressed the Amber Heard court trials, friends who have wronged him and why he hates reality TV and would rather watch “weird s--t on YouTube”.

  • Thomas Mitchell
Kaprica’s chef Pietro Barbagallo was filmed abusing customers in April.

‘You and your phone!’ Video, staff expose ‘unhinged’ Pietro Barbagallo

The celebrated Kaprica chef has been accused of indecent exposure, violent behaviour, bullying and financial mismanagement across his restaurants.

  • Charlotte Grieve
Harvey Weinstein in court in Manhattan on Wednesday.

‘Yelling and screaming’: Jury chaos as Harvey Weinstein convicted of sexual assault

The former movie mogul was found guilty at retrial on one charge and acquitted on another, but the jury has not yet reached a verdict on a third count.

  • Jack Queen and Jonathan Stempel
English comedian and actor Russell Brand leaves Southwark Crown Court.

Russell Brand pleads not guilty to charges of rape and sexual assault in London court

Brand, who turns 50 next week, denied two counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault involving four women dating back more than 25 years.

  • Brian Melley

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