During two hearings in state district courts in Houston, Texas, Friday, four women — out of 22 who have filed sexual assault and harassment lawsuits against Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson — were ordered to refile their lawsuits with their names included. Nine other women agreed to make their names public.
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A former youth detention center worker accused of responding to a bruised and crying teenager’s rape allegations by saying, “Look little fella, that just doesn’t happen,” was arrested Thursday in the latest development in a broad investigation into the New Hampshire facility.
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Raised in Georgia by a single mother who overcame tongue cancer, the star quarterback had a squeaky-clean image before the sexual-assault lawsuits hit.
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A year-long, nationwide French effort to uncover and combat sexual violence in sports has identified more than 400 coaches, teachers and others suspected of abuse or covering it up.
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A former intern at New Hampshire’s youth detention center says a supervisor suggested she destroy her notes and lie about a teen’s sexual assault allegation. And though she reported the boy’s claim to state investigators and police, it wasn’t included in an annual report that state officials submitted to the federal government.
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Deshaun Watson claims the allegations are meritless. But the 13 women who have sued him say his conduct is part of a disturbing pattern of him preying on vulnerable women.
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An anonymous message therapist sued Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson in Harris County court, claiming he exposed himself to her during a session at her home in an attempt to initiate sex.
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A top French court ruled Wednesday against upgrading the charges against three firefighters accused of having sex with a teenage girl from sexual assault to rape, the latest decision in a case that helped fuel efforts to set a legal age of sexual consent in France.
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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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