E. Jean Carroll’s civil damages trial against former President Donald Trump is expected to resume in Manhattan federal court. Ms. Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, is seeking at least $10 million for defamation and sexual assault, following Trump’s June 2019 denials related to an alleged encounter in a department store dressing room in the […]
News from Japan: three ex-soldiers have been found guilty of sexually assaulting a female colleague. It comes at a difficult time as the country tries to recruit more female soldiers to strengthen its military. Why? To deter increasing aggression from China’s communist regime.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has denied allegations of sexually assaulting a woman in 1993 when they both worked for the city. Mr. Adams has been named as one of the defendants in a lawsuit filed late Wednesday by the accuser, who is seeking at least $5 million in damages. The New York state […]
Authorities in Nebraska arrested a 25-year-old suspect early on Friday two days after former senator Martha McSally of Arizona reported being sexually assaulted while she jogged along the Missouri River in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The Council Bluffs Police Department said in a statement on Nov. 10 that Dominic Henton of Papillion, Nebraska, was taken into […]
Hollywood star Kevin Spacey has been acquitted of a series of sex offences against young men while he was working as the artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London between 2004 and 2015. After 12 hours and 26 minutes the jury at Southwark Crown Court found Mr. Spacey, 63, not guilty of three […]
A research report has found a 74 percent increase in rape or attempted rape at American schools. The Defense of Freedom Institute report, titled “Catching the Trash,” is based on federal data from 2015–2018 for nearly 100,000 schools across the United States. Sexual assault complaints in K–12 schools were found to have more than tripled […]
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been accused of sexual assault, abuses of power, and other misconduct by a former employee, according to a lawsuit filed on May 15. The 70-page lawsuit (pdf), filed in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, lists Noelle Dunphy, allegedly a former director of business development for […]
The Department of Education (DOE) has opened an investigation into whether Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) failed to respond appropriately to two reports of sexual assault as required under the provisions of Title IX. The federal civil rights probe is the result of a letter (pdf) from the America First Legal Foundation (AFLF) that was […]
A new report (pdf) released on March 9 by the Department of Defense, shows a significant rise in sexual assaults at U.S. military academies during the 2021–22 school year. The report revealed that there have been increases in unwanted sexual contact across the board, involving both men and women. The report covered the Army, Navy, […]
A special grand jury in Loudoun County, Virginia, said the superintendent of Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) lied about sexual assaults perpetrated on school grounds in 2021 and that school officials displayed a “stunning lack of openness” about the incidents, according to the special grand jury’s report released on Monday. The 91-page report (pdf) is […]
The former captain in charge of the Hollywood Division of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has come under scrutiny and is accused of leaking confidential information about a sexual assault case to former CBS leader Les Moonves. It comes after a settlement announced on Nov.3 by New York Attorney General Letitia James, in which […]
BOSTON—Mario Batali has agreed to settle two Massachusetts lawsuits that accused the celebrity chef of sexual assault, attorneys for the women said on Wednesday. The decision to settle the cases comes more than two months after the former Food Network personality was cleared of a criminal charge stemming from accusations by one of the women, […]
LONDON—Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey will go on trial in London next year after pleading not guilty on Thursday to accusations of sex offences dating back almost 20 years. Spacey is accused of five offenses in Britain—four counts of sexual assault by touching and a more serious charge of causing a person to engage in penetrative […]
SANTA MONICA, Calif.—A California jury on Tuesday found comedian Bill Cosby was liable for sexually assaulting a woman at the Playboy Mansion in 1975 when she was a teenager. The jury awarded Judy Huth $500,000 in damages for emotional distress she said she suffered years later when multiple allegations against Cosby from other women helped […]
Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis is under house arrest in southern Italy on charges of sexual assault and aggravated personal injury, accusations that the Canadian director denies, his lawyers said on Monday. “Mr Paul Haggis was detained on Sunday with an emergency measure issued by the Brindisi prosecutors and is now under house arrest in Ostuni. […]
A New York appeals court on Thursday upheld Harvey Weinstein’s rape and sexual assault conviction, rejecting the disgraced movie producer’s arguments that the trial judge made several errors that tainted the trial. Weinstein was appealing his February 2020 conviction and 23-year prison sentence for assaulting former production assistant Mimi Haleyi and raping former aspiring actress […]
The WTA is still working to find a resolution to the standoff with China over the Peng Shuai issue but will not return to the country this year, Tour chief Steve Simon said. Former doubles world number one Peng’s well-being became a concern for the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) after she posted a message on […]
A judge will soon decide if the sexual assault civil lawsuit filed against Prince Andrew will be dismissed. The prince’s lawyer says the lawsuit should be thrown out because of a settlement made between the accuser, Virginia Giuffre, and Jeffery Epstein in 2009.
A U.S. court is due to hear a civil sexual assault case against Prince Andrew. But a document released on Monday shows the accuser got a large payout and agreed not to sue Prince Andrew’s former friend and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and any other potential defendant. Prince Andrew’s lawyers claim the document means the […]
