HARRISBURG, Pa. — A priest raped a 7-year-old girl while he was visiting her in the hospital after she’d had her tonsils removed. Another priest forced a 9-year-old boy into having oral sex, then rinsed out the boy’s mouth […]
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Hundreds of Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania molested more than 1,000 children — and possibly many more — since the 1950s, and senior church officials, including a man who is now the archbishop of Washington, D.C., […]
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein was facing a new rape allegation on Friday as part of a lawsuit alleging that he had help covering up his misconduct with women.
The lawsuit was filed in New York by three women, including one […]
“I hope this gives hope to victims and survivors everywhere, that we are one step closer to justice. Because one win is a win for all of us.” — Weinstein accuser Rose McGowan, to The Associated Press. In a tweet: […]
NEW YORK — A once-aspiring actress has alleged Steven Seagal raped her at a wrap party for the film “On Deadly Ground,” claiming he undressed her and assaulted her on his bed while she focused on a photo of […]
NEW YORK — A subpoena in the Harvey Weinstein rape investigation requesting all medical treatment records from a therapist for “Boardwalk Empire” actress Paz de La Huerta is too broad and would be embarrassing and damaging to her, her lawyers […]
MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota teenager was held captive for 29 days, repeatedly raped, locked in a closet and bound by zip ties before she escaped and swam across a lake to safety, according to criminal charges filed Thursday against […]
PANCHKULA, India — Mobs rampaged across a north Indian state on Friday, leaving 28 people dead and more than 250 others injured, after a court declared a quasi-religious sect leader guilty of raping two of his followers, authorities said.
Mobs […]
If you’ve been anywhere near Facebook or Twitter in the past several months, you’re probably aware that there is a case working its way through the courts that accuses Donald Trump of forcibly raping a 13-year-old girl in 1994.
On Wednesday, […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — The latest in the sentencing of a former Oklahoma City officer convicted of rape and sex assaults (all times local):
3:30 p.m.
A victim of a former Oklahoma City officer who was convicted of raping and sexually assaulting women […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — A former police officer convicted of raping and sexually victimizing women while on his beat in a low-income Oklahoma City neighborhood was ordered Thursday to spend the rest of his life in prison.
Jurors had recommended that […]
OKLAHOMA CITY — A “serial rapist with a badge” who faces many years in prison for raping black women on his police beat was caught because of the courage of a grandmother who refused to remain silent after he […]
WASHINGTON — Kirk Odom was convicted of a 1981 rape and robbery after a woman identified him as her attacker and an FBI specialist testified that hair on her nightgown was consistent with hair on Odom’s head.
But DNA testing […]
NEW YORK — The furor over a retracted Rolling Stone article may deter some rape victims from coming forward, but the national campaign to curb sexual assaults on college campuses will keep gaining strength, according to advocates who have […]
RICHMOND, Va. — Rolling Stone magazine retracted a widely discredited article about an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia after a top journalism school issued a scathing report Sunday concluding it had failed to meet proper journalistic […]
LOS ANGELES — A model who claims Bill Cosby drugged and sexually abused her at the Playboy Mansion met with Los Angeles police on Wednesday to pursue criminal charges against the comedian over the 2008 incident.
An attorney for Chloe […]
In the face of questions about the facts in an article detailing an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia, Rolling Stone revised its statement, appearing to shift some blame for inaccuracies from the alleged victim to itself. NBC […]
WASHINGTON — Rolling Stone has clarified its apology over a story that had reported a female student was gang-raped at a University of Virginia fraternity, telling readers the mistakes were the magazine’s fault, not the alleged victim’s.
That’s a shift from […]
TRENTON, N.J. — A woman who said Friday that Bill Cosby had drugged her and sexually assaulted her in 1979 also accused another famous man of attempted sexual assault: sportscaster Marv Albert, who pleaded guilty to assault and battery the […]
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Rolling Stone cast doubt Friday on its story of a young woman who said she was gang-raped at a fraternity party at the University of Virginia, saying it has since learned of “discrepancies” in her account.
“Our […]
BOCA RATON, Fla. — A Florida woman who came forward Thursday became the fourth in recent weeks to say Bill Cosby gave her pills that made her feel groggy then forced himself on her sexually.
Therese Serignese, now 57 and a […]
NEW YORK — Model and TV host Janice Dickinson added her name to the women who have accused comic Bill Cosby of sexual assault.
In an “Entertainment Tonight” interview that aired Tuesday, Dickinson said that the 1982 incident occurred in Lake […]
Comedian Bill Cosby, in an interview that aired on Saturday, declined to answer questions by a National Public Radio journalist about accusations of sexual assault that resurfaced in recent weeks.
Cosby, 77, responded by shaking his head to signal “No” at […]
FAIRFAX, Va. — The suspect in the disappearance of a University of Virginia student was charged Monday with abducting and raping a woman in suburban Washington, D.C., in 2005.
The indictment against Jesse L. Matthew Jr. was handed up by a […]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Jane Fonda told an audience of activists and philanthropists that her mother had been sexually abused as a child before eventually committing suicide at 42.
Fonda shared the personal story at an event celebrating the 40th anniversary […]
PHOENIX — Arizona’s workplace safety agency on Wednesday launched a full investigation of the prison system’s safety policies after the rape of a teacher inside a state prison classroom.
The teacher was alone in a classroom with no guard nearby on […]
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