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May 30

Andrew Tate loses appeal to relax judicial restrictions as he awaits human trafficking trial in Romania

By Stephen McGrath, Nicolae Dumitrache, Associated Press

The Bucharest Court of Appeal ruled against Tate's appeal, which challenged a court's earlier decision to extend restrictions stipulating Tate, 37, may not leave the country.

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May 09

After Weinstein’s case was overturned, New York lawmakers move to change sex crime legal standards

By Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press

The state's highest court late last month threw out Weinstein's conviction in a ruling that said a trial judge wrongly allowed women to testify about allegations that weren't part of his criminal charges.

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May 01

Prosecutors seek September retrial for Harvey Weinstein after rape conviction was overturned

By Associated Press

Prosecutors on Wednesday suggested locking in a date after Labor Day for the retrial. The 72-year-old disgraced movie mogul remains detained because of a 2022 rape conviction in Los Angeles that netted a 16-year prison sentence.

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Apr 15

Bureau of Prisons to close California women’s prison where inmates have been subjected to sex abuse

By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press

The federal Bureau of Prisons says it is planning to close a women's prison in California known as the "rape club" despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse.

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Feb 23

Rape and sexual violence in Sudan’s ongoing conflict may amount to war crimes, a new UN report says

By Jamey Keaten, Associated Press

Sudan plunged into chaos in April when clashes erupted in the capital, Khartoum, between rival Sudanese forces — the country's military and a paramilitary faction known as the Rapid Support Forces.

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Feb 07

Missouri Senate votes against allowing abortion in cases of rape and incest

By Summer Ballentine, Associated Press

Some Republicans say blocking rape and incest victims from getting abortions was too extreme. One Republican is trying to amend the state constitution to allow abortions in cases of rape, incest and fatal fetal abnormalities until viability.

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Jan 30

New York expands the legal definition of rape to include many forms of nonconsensual sexual contact

By Maysoon Khan, Associated Press/Report for America

New York will expand its legal definition of rape to include various forms of nonconsensual sexual contact, under a bill signed into law by Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul.

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Sep 07

‘That ’70s Show’ actor Danny Masterson gets 30 years to life in prison for rapes of 2 women in 2003

By Andrew Dalton, Associated Press

Los Angeles Judge Charlaine Olmedo handed down the sentence to the 47-year-old Masterson at a hearing on Thursday. Masterson was convicted of raping two women at his Hollywood-area home in 2003.

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Jul 05

Man gets life sentence for raping 9-year-old girl who later sought an abortion in Indiana

By Associated Press

A man who confessed to raping and impregnating a 9-year-old Ohio girl has been sentenced to life in prison in a case that became a national flashpoint on abortion rights because the girl had to travel out of state to…

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May 25

Indiana doctor faces discipline hearing over abortion for 10-year-old rape survivor

By Tom Davies, Associated Press

State law gives the board wide latitude, allowing it to issue reprimand letters or suspend, revoke or place on probation a doctor’s license.

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