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5 days ago
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New Zealand PM's staff accused of secretly filming women resigns
A member of New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's staff has resigned after being accused of secretly taking photos and videos of women, and recording audio of sex Forbes, Luxon's deputy chief press secretary, offered his "sincerest apologies to the women I have harmed".The allegations came to light after a sex worker said she noticed that Forbes' phone had been recording audio while he was in the shower, local news website Stuff reported earlier this phone was later found to contain more photos and videos of women as well as audio recordings of his sexual encounters. There were images of women at the gym and in the supermarket, Stuff NZ reported, as well as four videos of women in their homes, with the footage apparently taken from a said Forbes' case came as an "absolute shock" and that he had "zero tolerance for any behaviour that makes women or anyone feel unsafe"."My sympathy is with the women who raised these allegations and who were made to feel unsafe due to the actions of this person," he said on Thursday, a day after Forbes along with other political leaders, have signalled an openness to changing privacy laws to better protect targets of said they received a complaint from a Wellington brothel last July about photos found on a client's phone, but ultimately decided the case did not meet the threshold for to the Stuff report, Forbes' encounter with the sex worker in Wellington happened in July 2024. Forbes reportedly gave the sex worker his phone password after being confronted with the secret audio recording. The woman, together with other sex workers, then found multiple audio recordings of similar sessions, as well as photos and video in the that time, Forbes was the press secretary to social development minister Louise Upston. He became the acting deputy press secretary to Luxon in and Luxon said they had not known about the complaint against Forbes, who said in a statement he was "was in a downward spiral due to unresolved trauma and stress" at the time of the incident. He said he has since sought professional help, but acknowledged what he had "failed to do then was make a genuine attempt to apologise".Luxon on Thursday called for a review of "inter-agency processes" after police chief Richard Chambers said the authorities had known about an investigation into Forbes last July but did not flag it to ministers."We have to take this incident and understand what has happened here and how it happened, and what more can we do about it," Luxon said.
Yahoo
28-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
James Cameron Calls Donald Trump's Re-Election ‘Horrifying'
James Cameron has confirmed that his New Zealand citizenship is 'imminent' as he seeks to escape Donald Trump's 'horrifying' second term as president. In a new interview with Stuff NZ's 'The F—ing News,' Cameron was asked for his response to Trump being re-elected. 'I think it's horrific,' the filmmaker confirmed. 'I think it's horrifying. I see a turn away from everything decent. America doesn't stand for anything if it doesn't stand for what it has historically stood for. It becomes a hollow idea, and I think they're hollowing it out as fast as they can for their own benefit.' More from Rolling Stone Tate Brothers' Return to U.S. Opens Rift in MAGA World Trump Education Department Opens Snitch Line Against Diversity Accused Rapist, Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate Allowed to Leave Romania for U.S. Cameron spends much of his time in New Zealand, where his currently working on the Avatar franchise. 'I don't know if I feel any safer here, but I certainly feel like I don't have to read about it on the front page every single day,' he acknowledged. 'And it's just sickening. There's something nice about the New Zealand outlets — at least they'll put it on page three. I just don't want to see that guy's face anymore on the front page of the paper. It's inescapable there, it's like watching a car crash over and over and over.' The director said his impending New Zealand citizenship is 'something I've worked toward, something I've had to sacrifice for,' adding that it 'means a lot' to be able to receive it. 'If you're going to uproot your family and move somewhere, you have to invest, you have to be part of it, you have to earn standing,' he said. 'I just think you've got to earn your right to be in a place… There's an innate respect and a demand for respect [here]. Everybody has this kind of equal status in terms of person-hood. And I love that—that's what I wanted my kids to experience.' He added that he hopes to bring 'some young blood' into New Zealand's film industry. 'I love working here,' he said. 'I love the people that I get to work with here. We've got to have the new people. I'm not talking just about writers and directors. I'm talking about the tradies, the craftspeople, the dolly grip, the crane grip. Those are all art forms in of themselves.' Cameron is currently in post-production on the third Avatar movie, Avatar: Fire and Ash. The movie will hit theaters on Dec. 19. Much of the Avatar cast returned for the new installment, with new additions including Oona Chaplin, Michelle Yeoh, and David Thewlis. Fire and Ash was filmed back-to-back with The Way of Water, resulting in only a three-year wait between sequels; the original Avatar and The Way of Water were separated by 13 years. Cameron has two more Avatar sequels in the works. Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Best 'Saturday Night Live' Characters of All Time Denzel Washington's Movies Ranked, From Worst to Best 70 Greatest Comedies of the 21st Century
