The number of reported cases of child sexual abuse in Spain has quadrupled over the past decade, according to a study published Tuesday, with campaigners warning the rise of the internet has left minors more vulnerable to exploitation.
Read moreA former inmate may pursue her claims that she was sexually assaulted and enslaved by a captain at a federal prison, a federal court in West Virginia ruled. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency allegedly warned the woman to stop pursuing her civil case and the captain allegedly threatened her, telling her he could gather data on her family and affect her immigration status.
Read moreTara Reade, a former Senate staffer who claims Joe Biden sexually assaulted her in the early 1990s, filed a federal copyright lawsuit claiming social media users posted free copies of her book online and streamed a public reading of it without permission.
Read moreA court did not violate a defendant’s civil rights by considering his association with an Amish community when it sentenced him to prison for sexually assaulting family members when he was a minor, an appeals court in Wisconsin ruled. One of the court’s reasons for sentencing the defendant to prison was to encourage interventions by adults in the community to protect girls from assaults by family members.
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Richard Arline Jr. offered half a million dollars to stop a woman from telling investigators about her relationship with the jailed R&B star.
Read moreThe Supreme Court of Louisiana ruled that Kaplan City Court Judge F. Stanton Hardee III, who was arrested for getting extremely drunk and grabbing a waitress without her consent at his bachelor party, should be suspended from office for two years with all but six months deferred and pay a $2000 fine.
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A Delaware judge has approved a revised Weinstein Co. bankruptcy plan that provides about $35 million for creditors, with roughly half that amount going to women who have accused disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct.
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Prosecutors in South Carolina want rap star Kodak Black transported to state custody to face a longstanding sexual assault charge after his federal sentence for gun law violations was commuted by outgoing President Donald Trump.
Read moreJohn Doe sued actor Charlie Sheen, his driver and many involved in the production of Sheen’s 1994 movie “Terminal Velocity” on Thursday, claiming the driver hired him as an assistant and sexually assaulted him nightly throughout the film shoot.
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Federal prosecutors accused Florida prison officials of failing to protect women inmates from sexual abuse by correctional officers in a searing report released Tuesday.
Read moreAn appeals court in Louisiana upheld a ruling against the St. Tammany Parish School Board and a school janitor who molested and raped a fourth grade special education student during school hours, finding the school board is vicariously liable for its employee’s actions. The ruling affirms a $350,000 award for damages.
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Convicted former movie producer Harvey Weinstein will remain in a New York prison for now after his lawyers and prosecutors agreed Friday to postpone efforts to send him to California to face sexual assault charges.
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Confronted with a sexual assault allegation at a veterans hospital, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie repeatedly sought to discredit the congressional aide who made the complaint and his staff worked to spread negative information about her while ignoring known problems of harassment at the facility, according to an investigative report released Thursday.
Read moreThe Second Circuit revived some claims brought against Suffolk County, New York, a former corrections sergeant and another corrections officer in connection with the sergeant’s alleged sexual harassment and assault of women inmates at the county’s facility in Riverhead.
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Close to 90,000 sexual abuse claims have been filed against the Boy Scouts of America as the Monday deadline arrived for submitting claims in the organization’s bankruptcy case.
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The University of California must face claims it maintained a policy of “deliberate indifference” toward sexual assault which increased the risk of harassment on its campuses, a federal judge ruled Thursday.
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Qatar said Friday it referred officials at its international airport to prosecutors for possible charges after women aboard Qatar Airways flights faced forced vaginal examinations following the discovery of an abandoned newborn baby.
Read moreThe Nevada Supreme Court ruled that a lower court improperly applied a “fair report privilege” in a defamation case brought by casino tycoon Steve Wynn against the Associated Press over its reporting on sexual assault allegations against him.
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Qatar apologized Wednesday after authorities forcibly examined female passengers from a Qatar Airways flight to Sydney to try to identify who might have given birth to an abandoned newborn baby, even as Australia said it was only one of 10 flights subjected to the searches.
Read moreA Chicago police officer claims in Cook County court that the former chief sexually assaulted her during a night out drinking before he was found asleep in his car, an incident he was fired for just weeks before his planned retirement.
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