Another woman sued Harvey Weinstein, in L.A. Superior Court, claiming he “coerced her into sexual relations with false promises that he would give her a role in a film and with threats that he would destroy her career unless she yielded to his desires.
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Scotland’s former first minister Alex Salmond on Tuesday claimed some of the sexual assault claims against him were fabricated for political reasons, as he began giving evidence at his trial.
Read moreCitizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington sued Immigration and Customs Enforcement et al. in federal court to stop them from destroying “records documenting mistreatment of individuals detained in ICE custody, including records of detainee deaths, sexual assault and abuse, civil rights violations, inhumane solitary confinement practices, and violations of ICE detention standards.”
Read moreThe Eighth Circuit ruled that a sheriff has qualified immunity in a suit brought by a woman who claims her civil rights were violated when she was sexually assaulted by a deputy officer who pressed her for nearly an hour about “what she was willing to do to keep her boyfriend out of jail.”
Read moreThe Second Circuit upheld $21.7 million in damages against the orthodox Jewish high school and its rabbi administrator, finding the award to a sexual assault victim was “not excessive” as a matter of law.
Read moreA former college wrestler sued the University of Michigan on Wednesday, claiming it allowed an athletic department doctor to sexually assault him and other students for 35 years from 1968 through 2003.
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R. Kelly took a swing Friday at the top count of his federal indictment, accusing the government of trying to push sexual assault allegations that are too old to prosecute.
Read moreJenny Thornley, a member of the Illinois State Police Merit Board, sued the board in Sangamon County Court, claiming it illegally closed an emergency meeting after she “reported allegations of a physical sexual assault and other ethical misconduct against the executive director of the board, (nonparty) Jack Garcia.”
Read moreA former student sued Manteca (Calif.) Unified School District and its former JROTC commander Kevin Patrick Holeman, a retired Army lieutenant colonel, claiming he sexually assaulted her for months, for which he pleaded guilty to one or more felonies and was sent to jail.
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R&B star R. Kelly lost one of his many court battles Tuesday, with a Cook County judge granting a default judgment in a civil sexual assault case against him.
Read moreTwo women sued the Hospital Corporation of Utah dba Lakeview Hospital, claiming its Ob/Gyn Dr. Nathan Ward drugged and sexually abused women and children for years, and made child pornography which he distributed on the dark web, for which he was convicted.
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More than two years after allegations of a decades-long pattern of sexual predation upended his Hollywood legacy, Harvey Weinstein was found guilty Monday on two of the less serious counts against him.
Read moreJane Doe claims in federal court that Grundy County, Tenn., sheriff’s Officer Mark Nunley — who has been fired — sexually assaulted her repeatedly while she was an inmate.
Read moreThe Seattle Times sued the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office for 521 pages of its investigation of alleged sexual assaults by at least six members of the 2018 state champion Eastside Catholic High School football team, in King County Court.
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Detailing evidence that the movie producer “tricked and deprived” young women in his orbit to sustain his control over them, a New York prosecutor urged jurors Friday to convict Harvey Weinstein as “an abusive rapist.”
Read moreJane Does 1-10 filed a federal class action against Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard and two of his companies, claiming he drugged and sexually assaulted them and others while they were underage.
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France’s Cesar Academy, which awards its version of the Oscars, was in crisis Friday after its entire board resigned, overwhelmed by a series of rows that have infuriated both women’s activists and industry insiders.
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“Believe women,” the slogan goes. But when it comes to deciding whether to convict Harvey Weinstein of rape, a defense lawyer urged the jury Thursday not to let a fad fill in for flimsy evidence.
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A judge on Tuesday tossed out a libel lawsuit filed by Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax against a television network he accused of slanted reporting on sexual assault allegations against him.
Read moreA federal judge in Texas dismissed a class action brought by eight sexual assault victims against Travis County District Attorney Margaret Moore and other county and City of Austin defendants. The women had claimed the defendants systematically refused to “appropriately investigate and prosecute sex crimes against women” based on biases about women.
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