

Nation Jan 31

A key accuser in Harvey Weinstein's trial says he raped her twice, once bellowing that she owed him as he dragged her into a bedroom.
By Tom Hays, Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press
Nation Jan 30

Lawyers for a woman who says President Donald Trump raped her in the 1990s are asking for a sample of his DNA. The attorneys for advice columnist E. Jean Carroll say they want to determine whether Trump's genetic material is…
By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press
Nation Jan 17

A jury was selected after an arduous, two-week process in which scores of people were dismissed because they had already made up their minds about the disgraced Hollywood mogul.
By Tom Hays, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press
Nation Jan 06

The former Hollywood mogul has been charged with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents over a two-day period in 2013, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey said in a news release.
Sep 24

For years, she was known to the world as "Emily Doe," the survivor of a sexual assault that garnered national attention in part because her attacker served only three months in prison, a sentence that sparked outrage. This week, Chanel…
The response to sexual assault allegations made by writer E. Jean Carroll against President Trump is again raising questions about what women face when they take their accusations public. Judy Woodruff speaks with Emily Bazelon of The New York Times…
Mar 12

By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press
Languishing evidence in over 100,000 sexual assault cases around the country has been sent for DNA testing with money from a New York prosecutor and federal authorities, spurring over 1,000 arrests and hundreds of convictions in three years, officials say.

By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport
After being gang-raped as a teenager in Mumbai, Sohaila Abulali broke taboos around sexual assault by speaking out publicly about her experience. Jeffrey Brown spoke with Abulali about her new book, "What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape,"…
Scientists debunk four myths about teenage brains, sexual aggression and what we remember about assault.
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