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What Happened to American Apparel & Founder Dov Charney
Netflix’s Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel details the rise and fall of the once super-trendy label after charismatic CEO Dov Charney’s ouster amid sexual misconduct allegations. If at one point it felt as if there was an American Apparel store on every corner, that was certainly the idea. The brand, founded in 1989 by Dov…
France Wants to Prosecute the Founder of Chat Site Linked to Pelicot Rapes
France Rape Trial France Rape Trial France Rape Trial Isaac Steidl founded the Coco platform, which authorities tied to criminal activity for years. The effort to hold Mr. Steidl accountable tests a new legal frontier. By Aurelien BreedenCatherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic Reporting from Paris Shortly after Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, was…
France Indicts Founder of Notorious Website Used in Pelicot Rape Case
France Rape Trial The site, coco.fr, was shut down in June after being linked to more than 23,000 sexual abuse and other cases in France alone, including the rape trial that shocked the country last year. By Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic Reported from Paris The founder of the website used by Dominique Pelicot…
Jean-Marie Le Pen – founder of French far right and ‘Devil of the Republic’ – dies at 96
Jean-Marie Le Pen founded France’s far right in the 1970s and mounted a strong challenge for the presidency. But it was only when he handed the reins on to his daughter that his rebranded party caught sight of power. He has died aged 96, his family has said. Le Pen’s supporters saw him as a…