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Weinstein accuser Haleyi grateful to be ‘heard and believed’
One of the women Harvey Weinstein was convicted of sexually assaulting said Tuesday that the verdict made her feel grateful to be “heard and believed.”
“It was just a huge relief. It was a huge relief that the jury got it,” Mimi Haleyi, a former production assistant who accused Weinstein of forcing oral sex on her in 2006, said on “CBS This Morning.”
“I just think that we’re being educated about the reality of sexual assault and sexual assault victims,” she said. “It’s not always just a stranger. It’s very often somebody that the person knows, and with that comes an entire other layer of processing.”
Weinstein faces a possible sentence of five to 29 years after a Manhattan jury convicted him of sexually assaulting Haleyi and raping an aspiring actress in
Goodall’s ‘The Book of Hope’ coming out in 2021
Jane Goodall’s next book will be a tribute to her enduring optimism.
Celadon Books announced Monday that Goodall’s “The Book of Hope” will be published in fall 2021. The project is a collaboration with Doug Abrams, author of the best-selling “The Book of Joy,” and comes 60 years after the celebrated primatologist began her pioneering research of chimpanzees in Africa.
“‘The Book of Hope’ will serve as an extraordinary exploration of our very nature as human beings and offer a compelling path forward to create hope in our own lives and in the world,” according to Celadon’s announcement. “Through both Jane’s observation and the latest scientific research, readers will experience the resilience of nature to recover from the harm we have inflicted and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of loss and devastation.”
Goodall’s previous books include “My Friends the Chimpanzees,” “In the Shadow of Man” and “The Ten Trusts: What We Must Do to Care for the Animals We Love.”
Bieber ties Presley for youngest with seven No. 1 albums
What do Justin Bieber and Elvis Presley have in common? Aside from their good looks and charm with the ladies, Bieber and Presley are the youngest musicians to earn seven No.1 albums on the Billboard Hot 200 chart.
On Sunday, Bieber became the youngest at age 25 with his album “Changes,” breaking the record Presley, at 26, set in 1961 with “Blue Hawaii.”