Tag: Sex Crimes

New Developments in Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Against Jimmie Allen, The Country Music Singer

Trigger Warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault and rape. Updated as of 3/18/2024 at 2:15p.m. PT: Country music star Jimmie Allen can breath a little easier as it’s just been announced he’s no longer at the center of the bombshell sexual abuse lawsuit filed against him by his former manager. Oscar Winner, Regina […]

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Mayor Adams Is Accused of Sexually Assaulting a Colleague in 1993

Mayor Eric Adams asked a colleague for oral sex in exchange for career help in 1993 and sexually assaulted her when she refused, she said in a legal complaint filed on Monday. The detailed complaint, which is part of a lawsuit that was originally filed in November in Manhattan under the Adult Survivors Act, said […]

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Mike Pence Rues the Day

Gail Collins: Bret, I feel obligated to start out by asking you — TikTok? Potential foreign agent? Bret Stephens: I think of TikTok in two ways. First, as a gigantic vacuum cleaner of personal data — possibly including your location — that goes directly from the unsuspecting eyes, thumbs and minds of its 170 million […]

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Oh Young-soo, ‘Squid Game’ Actor, Found Guilty of Sexual Misconduct

A South Korean court on Friday found Oh Young-soo, an actor who won a Golden Globe for his portrayal of a contestant in the Netflix survival drama “Squid Game,” guilty of indecent assault. Mr. Oh, 79, was given an eight-month suspended sentence and ordered to attend 40 hours of classes on sexual violence. The verdict […]

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Horrifying New Allegations Emerge Against Illinois Mayor Tiffany Henyard

Dolton, Ill., Mayor Tiffany Henyard is facing new disturbing allegations after weeks of speculation around her reported misuse of taxpayer dollars. ‘The Good Wife’ Alum Cush Jumbo On Murder Mystery Show ‘Criminal Record’, Reveals Her Weapon of Choice Off English According to NBC Chicago, the Illinois Department of Human Rights is investigating sexual harassment and […]

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A Brooklyn Sex Club Promised Freedom. Some Called It Rape.

The townhouse in Bushwick, Brooklyn, was once a beacon for Jennifer Fisher, a place where she did not have to hide that she was polyamorous and kinky, because her housemates were too. The landlord, a group called Hacienda, had a unique vision: creating a community of sexually adventurous people whose house rules preached consent above […]

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Iran’s 2022 Protest Crackdown Included Killings, Torture and Rape, U.N. Finds

United Nations investigators say Iranian authorities killed, tortured and raped women, men and children in a brutal repression of mass protests that erupted over the death in police custody of a young Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, who was arrested for allegedly wearing a mandatory hijab incorrectly. A U.N. fact-finding mission reporting to the Human Rights […]

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Southern Baptists Say Justice Dept. Has Closed Abuse Inquiry Into Leadership Body

A Southern Baptist Convention leader said on Wednesday that the Justice Department had concluded a sexual abuse investigation into the organization’s executive committee without issuing any charges. The statement from Jonathan Howe, the executive committee’s interim president and chief executive, referred only to the closing of an investigation into the executive committee, and did not […]

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One Twin Was Hurt, the Other Was Not. Their Adult Mental Health Diverged.

Twins are a bonanza for research psychologists. In a field perpetually seeking to tease out the effects of genetics, environment and life experience, they provide a natural controlled experiment as their paths diverge, subtly or dramatically, through adulthood. Take Dennis and Douglas. In high school, they were so alike that friends told them apart by […]

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The New Rape Denialism

On Oct. 7, Hamas invaded Israel and filmed itself committing scores of human-rights atrocities. Some of the footage was later captured by the Israeli military and screened to hundreds of journalists, including me. The “pure, predatory sadism,” as Atlantic writer Graeme Wood described it, is bottomless. Yet Hamas denies that its men sexually assaulted Israelis, […]

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Israel Sees Vindication in U.N.’s Report, but Tensions Between Them Rise

Israelis largely welcomed a U.N. report that supported allegations of sexual violence during the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack, even as a top Israeli official accused the United Nations of not doing enough to address the findings — a sign of the rising tensions between them. The U.N. report, released on Monday, found both “reasonable grounds […]

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Liberty University Fined $14 Million for Mishandling Sex Assaults and Other Crimes

Liberty University, the evangelical Christian university in Lynchburg, Va., agreed to pay a record $14 million fine for breaking federal campus safety laws, the Education Department announced on Tuesday, accusing the school of creating a “culture of silence” that discouraged the reporting of crimes and repeatedly mishandling sexual assaults. In a 108-page report, the department […]

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Spring Break Travel Advisories Reissued for Mexico, Jamaica and the Bahamas

Don’t wander off the resort after dark. Keep the flashy clothing and jewelry to a minimum. Stay aware of your surroundings. Those are some of the travel rules that Ginger Moore, a retired logistics analyst from Panama City, Fla., adheres to on her solo trips throughout the Caribbean. Ms. Moore, 75, has always felt safe […]

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Trump’s on the Ballot for Super Tuesday, and France Puts Abortion in Its Constitution

The New York Times Audio app is home to journalism and storytelling, and provides news, depth and serendipity. If you haven’t already, download it here — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and sign up for our weekly newsletter. The Headlines brings you the biggest stories of the day from the Times journalists […]

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U.N. Team Finds Grounds to Support Reports of Sexual Violence in Hamas Attack

A United Nations report released on Monday found signs that sexual violence was committed in multiple locations during the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack on Israel and said that some hostages being held in the Gaza Strip had also been subjected to rape and sexual torture. From late January to early February, the United Nations deployed […]

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Diddy Accused Of Sexual Harassment Again?? Here Are The Latest Details.

Photo: MEGA (Getty Images) Sean “Diddy” Combs’ legal problems just keep getting worse. On Monday, the music mogul was sued in federal court by a producer who worked on his latest album “The Love Album: Off the Grid.” Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones stated in the lawsuit that he lived and traveled with Combs from September […]

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Two of Epstein’s Closest Advisers Are Sued by His Victims

Lawyers representing victims of Jeffrey Epstein sued two of the disgraced financier’s closest advisers on Friday, accusing them of “aiding, abetting and facilitating” his sex trafficking of young women and teenage girls. The civil suit, filed in federal court in Manhattan, seeks class action status on behalf of Mr. Epstein’s many victims. It comes just […]

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Amid Another Alleged Rape Accusation, Will Russell Simmons Ever See Real Consequences?

CW: Rape Russell Simmons has once again been accused of sexual assault by a woman he used to work with, leading us to wonder if he will ever suffer any actual consequences for his alleged actions. Jesse L. Martin Addresses Taraji P. Henson On Hollywood Inequity, Plus New Show ‘The Irrational’ Off English According to […]

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Will This New Horrible Rape Allegation be The One To Do Russell Simmons In?

CW: Rape Russell Simmons has once again been accused of sexual assault by a woman he used to work with, leading us to wonder if he will ever suffer any actual consequences for his alleged actions. Jesse L. Martin Addresses Taraji P. Henson On Hollywood Inequity, Plus New Show ‘The Irrational’ Off English According to […]

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Chief Witness Against Gaetz Is Cooperating With House Ethics Investigation

A lawyer for the chief witness against Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, said on Friday that the witness was cooperating with a House Ethics Committee investigation into whether Mr. Gaetz had sex with an underage girl while he was serving in Congress. Fritz Scheller, a lawyer for Mr. Gaetz’s former friend and political ally […]

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Canadian Hockey Players to Face Sexual Assault Hearing

At the Leon’s Centre arena, home to the junior hockey team in Kingston, Ontario, a sense of outrage mixed with anticipation as fans who had gathered for a game grappled with the news that five former Canadian junior hockey players — four of whom played in the National Hockey League — had been charged last […]

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Senators Denounce Tech Companies Over Child Sex Abuse Online

Lawmakers on Wednesday denounced the chief executives of Meta, TikTok, X, Snap and Discord for creating “a crisis in America” by willfully ignoring the harmful content against children on their platforms, as concerns over the effect of technology on youths have mushroomed. In a highly charged 3.5-hour hearing, members of the powerful Senate Judiciary Committee […]

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Law Enforcement Braces for Flood of Child Sex Abuse Images Generated by A.I.

Law enforcement officials are bracing for an explosion of material generated by artificial intelligence that realistically depicts children being sexually exploited, deepening the challenge of identifying victims and combating such abuse. The concerns come as Meta, a primary resource for the authorities in flagging sexually explicit content, has made it tougher to track criminals by […]

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U.N. to Study Reports of Sexual Violence in Israel During Oct. 7 Attack

A United Nations team has arrived in Israel to examine reports of sexual violence during the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7 even as Hamas and some critics of Israel continue to reject evidence that such assaults occurred. Israeli officials have said that Hamas terrorists brutalized women throughout their incursion into southern Israel and have complained […]

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E. Jean Carroll and the Value of a Woman ‘Past Her Prime’

Today she’s typically described as a former advice columnist — but that term doesn’t really do justice to E. Jean Carroll’s career pre-Donald Trump. Long before she was one of the longest-serving advice columnists in America, Ms. Carroll blazed trails as a gonzo-style journalist The Times once called “feminism’s answer to Hunter Thompson.” She profiled […]

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Sex Assault Claims Against Vince McMahon Shadow a W.W.E. Trying to Move Forward

Cody Rhodes emerged victorious from World Wrestling Entertainment’s “Royal Rumble” on Saturday night, an annual marquee event for the company that culminates in a battle royale match in which 30 wrestlers enter the ring and fight it out until only one remains. It was a bombastic end to one of the most consequential, and tumultuous, […]

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When the Right Ignores Its Sex Scandals

Let me share with you one of the worst and most important recent news stories that you’ve probably never heard about. Late last month, the Southern Baptist Convention settled a sex abuse lawsuit brought against a man named Paul Pressler for an undisclosed sum. The lawsuit was filed in 2017 and alleged that Pressler had […]

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Trump Testified in E. Jean Carroll Defamation Trial For Only a Few Minutes

Former President Donald J. Trump took the stand in his own defense on Thursday in the trial of E. Jean Carroll’s defamation lawsuit against him, a civil case that grew out of her accusation that he raped her in a department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. His testimony, after days of anticipation, lasted less […]

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Luis Rubiales, Ex-Chief of Spanish Soccer, to Face Trial Over World Cup Kiss

A judge with Spain’s National Court recommended on Thursday that the country’s onetime soccer boss, Luis Rubiales, be tried on a sexual assault charge over his non-consensual kiss of a star player during the Women’s World Cup medal ceremony in Sydney, Australia, last summer. If found guilty of sexual assault in the case, which upended […]

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In Trump’s Defamation Trial, the Jury Remain Completely Anonymous

Attorneys for E. Jean Carroll and Donald J. Trump, pitted against each other in a civil defamation trial in Manhattan, know little about the nine people considering her claim for millions of dollars in damages against the former president. So, their lawyers have been left making pitches to those nine, the jurors, about whom they […]

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MoMA Sued by Artist Who Performed Nude in Marina Abramovic Work

A performance artist has sued the Museum of Modern Art, saying that officials neglected to take corrective action after several visitors groped him during a nude performance for the 2010 retrospective “Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present.” The allegations were submitted this week in New York Supreme Court, with the artist, John Bonafede, seeking compensation […]

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