Cuba Gooding Jr. Hit With New Manhattan Groping Charge
Prosecutors added a second accuser to the delayed trial of actor Cuba Gooding Jr., first charged in June with groping a woman at a New York nightclub.
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Two Nobel Prizes in Literature Awarded After Hiatus Last Year
A Polish novelist and an Austrian writer were awarded Noble Prizes for literature Thursday, a rare double award that came after no prize was given last year due to sex abuse allegations in the organization that decides the winners.
Read moreR. Kelly Will Stay Jailed Ahead of Brooklyn Trial
R. Kelly must await his May 2020 trial in Brooklyn from behind bars, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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R. Kelly Must Face Civil Sexual Abuse Case
There is a difference between knowing you had sexual contact and knowing that you were injured by that contact, a Cook County judge told R. Kelly’s attorneys Tuesday before denying the R&B singer’s motion to dismiss a pending civil sexual abuse case against him.
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Nineteen Jane Does accuse Massage Envy Franchising of having “an incomprehensible policy and procedure of directing franchisees to conceal allegations of inappropriate sexual behavior involving its massage therapists,” in San Mateo County Court.
Read moreSurvivors Demand US Investigation of Mississippi Abuse Deals
Catholic sex abuse survivors in Mississippi and Wisconsin on Thursday demanded that federal authorities investigate allegations from three black Mississippi men who say they were molested by Franciscan friars during the mid-1990s, when they were as young as 9 years old.
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A former inmate brought a federal complaint against the police department in Jasper, Ala., saying a jail guard forced her to perform oral sex, among other abuses against female inmates.
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Roy Moore Asks Alabama Judge to Dismiss Defamation Lawsuit
In his second run for U.S. Senate, former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore on Monday asked an Alabama state judge to dismiss a defamation lawsuit from a woman who said he molested her when she was 14 — allegations that derailed his campaign in the 2017 special election.
Read moreNew Harvey Weinstein Assault Charges Push Trial to 2020
Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was arraigned for the fourth time Monday following new sex-abuse charges in New York City.
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Roy Moore, in Senate Run, Seeks Dismissal of Defamation Lawsuit
Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore’s second campaign for U.S. Senate was a mere 12 days old when his attorneys asked a state judge to put to rest a lawsuit that arose from lurid accusations that caused his first campaign to crumple in the final weeks of the 2017 race. On Monday he will ask an Alabama state judge to dismiss a defamation lawsuit from a woman who said he molested her when she was 14.
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Cardinal Pell’s Appeal Verdict Due but May Not Be Final Word
The most senior Catholic cleric found guilty of sexually abusing children will learn the outcome of his appeal on Wednesday though the verdict still may not be the final word on his convictions for molesting two choirboys in an Australian cathedral more than two decades ago.
Read moreEpstein Accuser Fights for Damages on Heels of New Law
A woman who says Jeffrey Epstein began sexually abusing her when she was just 14 filed suit Wednesday against the late sex offender’s estate and alleged accomplices, invoking a law that just took effect in New York for child sex abuse survivors to seek civil damages.
Read moreSinger R Kelly Will Stay Jailed in Sex Crimes Case
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered embattled R&B star R. Kelly to be held in jail without bond as he awaits trial on racketeering and child pornography charges.
Read morePhony Epstein Passport, Plus Art and Diamonds, Unearthed
Pushing to keep Jeffrey Epstein behind bars, U.S. prosecutors said Monday that investigators have uncovered a foreign passport with the wealthy sex offender’s picture and an assumed name.
Read moreArkansas Cops Denied Immunity in Reality TV Privacy Case
The Eighth Circuit denied sovereign immunity Friday to three Arkansas police officers accused of privacy violations over the release of records about sex abuse claims against “19 Kids and Counting” reality TV star Josh Duggar.
Read moreSinger R Kelly Arrested on More Sex Crime Charges
Adding to R. Kelly’s pile of legal troubles, the R&B star was hit with federal sex crime charges in two jurisdictions this week.
Read moreFrench Michael Jackson Fans Sue ‘Leaving Neverland’ Accusers
Three Michael Jackson fan clubs in France are suing two men who accused the singer of sexual abuse in the HBO documentary “Leaving Neverland.”
Read moreCourt Orders Sunlight on Huge Tranche of Jeffrey Epstein Files
More than a decade after his child sex-abuse case shocked the nation, the extraordinarily light sentence given to politically connected Jeffrey Epstein continues to embarrass multiple presidents, a prince and a powerful attorney.
Read moreInsurer Off the Hook
A federal judge ruled that insurers cannot be held liable under a homeowners policy for a 40-year-old woman who had sex with the homeowners’ 14-year-old son, because the sexual abuse was intentional, not accidental.
Read moreSundance Co-Founder Gets 6 Years to Life for Sex Abuse
A filmmaker who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival and produced a movie whose lead actress won an Oscar in the mid-1980s was sentenced Tuesday to six years to life in prison after pleading guilty to sexual abuse of a child.
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