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Headline: James Toback ordered to pay $1.7 billion following sexual assault trial
Caption: Disgraced writer-director James Toback has been ordered to pay a staggering $1.68 billion to his sexual assault victims. Following a week-long trial in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, the Oscar-nominated Bugsy writer was held responsible for sexual assault, false imprisonment, coercion, and psychological abuse. In the landmark verdict, the jury awarded 40 women a total of $280 million in compensatory damages and $1.4 billion for punitive damages, according to their legal representatives at Nix Patterson LLP.
Keywords: CPS1684556,James Toback,Ordered,Pay,Billion,Sexual Assault,Victims,Me Too,Movement,Women,New York,Supreme Court,False Imprisonment,Coercion,Phsychological Abuse,Veredict
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