December 8, 2017
By Leigh Ann Caldwell and Alex Moe
Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., (click here) announced his resignation Thursday evening as the House Ethics Committee announced it was opening an investigation into potential sexual misconduct.
Franks said in a statement that he had discussed his interest in finding a surrogate mother with two women in his office, making them uncomfortable. His wife has struggled with infertility, he said.
The Ethics Committee said that it was convening a subcommittee to determine if Franks "engaged in conduct that constitutes sexual harassment and/or retaliation for opposing sexual harassment."...
A little too young. Singer should have looked for another at least one more year older.
By Scott Neuman
Bryan Singer, (click here) the director best known for the X-Men series of films, is being sued over an allegation that he raped 17-year-old boy during a party 14 years ago.
Singer has denied the accusation.
In a complaint filed in Superior Court of the State of Washington for King County on Thursday, Cesar Sanchez-Guzman says he met Singer in 2003 at a party aboard a yacht owned by technology investor Lester Waters, who the complaint says "frequently hosted parties for young gay males in the Seattle area."...
Sanchez-Guzman alleges that Singer, while giving him a tour of the yacht, lured him into the master stateroom, shut the door and demanded oral sex...
