Feb 22 Taylor Swift donates $250,000 to Kesha after court denies injunction By Corinne Segal Taylor Swift has announced she will donate $250,000 to Kesha after a court ruled Friday that Kesha must continue to record with Dr. Luke, a producer who she says sexually assaulted her. Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch 6:15 Why was a rape victim interrogated as a crime suspect? By PBS NewsHour A woman reports she was raped at knifepoint in her apartment, but days later, after police question her about inconsistencies, she says she made the whole thing up. In "An Unbelievable Story of Rape," a project from the Marshall Project… Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch 10:03 Prep school rape trial raises questions about teen consent By PBS NewsHour Nineteen-year-old Owen Labrie, a former student at a prep school in New Hampshire, was accused of raping a freshman girl in 2014, but a jury cleared him of felony rape, convicting him on other lesser charges. Jeffrey Brown discusses the… Continue watching
Jul 27 Watch 6:13 Women accusing Bill Cosby of assault speak out with similar stories By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
Jul 18 Watch Report: At least 70k rape kits remain untested in U.S. police depts By PBS NewsHour A new investigation by the USA Today Media Network has found that at least 70,000 rape kits are lying untested in 1,000 U.S. police departments. The report also discovered police departments in 34 states have never taken an inventory of… Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch 7:30 Pain, stigma and little justice for victims of sexual violence in Democratic Republic of the Congo By PBS NewsHour Bukavu, a city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is slowly emerging from a long, violent conflict that has spared no one. Special correspondent Jonathan Silvers reports on how health workers and local law enforcement are struggling to confront… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch 6:29 Jon Krakauer tackles campus rape in ‘typical’ college town By PBS NewsHour In many ways, Missoula, Montana, is a typical American college town. Now it’s the setting of author and journalist Jon Krakauer’s new investigative book, which dissects a series of student sexual assault cases and the challenges of prosecuting certain abusers. Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch 5:47 Leaving the case open, Charlottesville police find no proof of UVA gang rape By PBS NewsHour Continue watching
Mar 23 Police say they can’t confirm gang rape at University of Virginia By Justin Scuiletti Police on Monday said that an investigation was unable to confirm that a gang rape, as described in a November 2014 Rolling Stone article, occurred during a fraternity party at the University of Virginia. Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 10:24 Freed but not free: Yazidi girls who escaped Islamic State are trapped by trauma By Marcia Biggs Last summer, militants from the Islamic State group attacked a small ethnic group called the Yazidis, executing men and taking thousands of women and girls as slaves. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs reports from Northern Iraq on the rape, violence, threats… Continue watching