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New York jury awards $1.68bn to women who accused James Toback of sexual abuse
Director and Bugsy writer to pay 40 women damages in largest jury awards since advent of #MeToo movement
A New York jury on Wednesday awarded $1.68bn in damages to 40 women who accused writer and director James Toback of sexual abuse and other crimes over a span of 35 years, according to lawyers representing the plaintiffs. It marks one of the largest jury awards since the advent of the#MeToo movement, as well as in New York state history, said attorney Brad Beckworth, of the law firm Nix Patterson LLP, in an interview. The lawyers said they discovered a pattern of Toback attempting to lure young women on the streets of New York into meeting him by falsely promising roles in his films and then subjecting them to sexual acts, threats and psychological coercion.
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