May 28 French pedophile sentenced to 20 years in jail for sexually assaulting hundreds of patients in his care By Nicolas Vaux-Montagny, Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press Most of the 299 victims were unconscious or sedated hospital patients at the time of the assaults. The average age was 11. Continue reading
May 14 What's next for the Menendez brothers after their sentences were reduced? By Jaimie Ding, Associated Press On Tuesday, the brothers were granted their first chance at freedom in decades. Continue reading
Apr 28 Job cuts delay Pentagon plans to expand work on preventing military suicides and sex abuse By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Senior officials say personnel cuts across the Defense Department will delay plans to hire at least 1,000 more civilians to help prevent sexual assault, suicides and behavior problems within the military. Continue reading
Apr 23 Pope Francis' troubled course on addressing clergy sexual abuse By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Few could have predicted that a comment Pope Francis made during a 2018 visit to Chile would blow up into the biggest crisis of his papacy. Continue reading
Feb 24 A French surgeon is on trial accused of raping or abusing 299 people, mostly child patients By Jade le Deley, Nicolas Vaux-Montagny, Associated Press A former surgeon went on trial in France on Monday for the alleged rape or sexual abuse of 299 victims, most of them children who were his patients, in what investigators and his own notebooks describe as a pattern of… Continue reading
Dec 30 $5 million verdict in sexual abuse case against President-elect Donald Trump upheld by appeals court By Larry Neumeister, Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press A federal appeals court has upheld a jury's finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in an upscale department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. Continue reading
Dec 11 U.S. Biathlon leaders ignored reports of sexual harassment and abuse for decades, female athletes say By Martha Bellisle, Associated Press While the men climbed the sport's ranks, these women say they were forced to end their careers early. The women and others describe a culture of misogyny and say they faced retaliation for speaking up. Continue reading
Nov 25 Decision on Menendez brothers resentencing delayed until January By Jaimie Ding, Associated Press Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic said at the hearing in Los Angeles that he needed time to review 17 boxes of documents and give a new district attorney in Los Angeles County time to weigh in on the case. Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch 10:56 Florida teen forced to collect her own evidence to prove she was sexually abused By Rachel de Leon, The Center for Investigative Reporting We’re told if you’re a victim of a crime, to go to the police and report it. But what happens when they don’t believe you? From the Center of Investigative Reporting, Rachel de Leon tells how far one child had… Continue watching
Oct 01 120 people have accused Sean 'Diddy' Combs of sexual misconduct, attorney says By Juan A. Lozano, Associated Press An attorney said Tuesday he is representing 120 accusers who have come forward. Houston attorney Tony Buzbee described the victims as 60 males and 60 females, and that 25 were minors at the time of the alleged misconduct. Continue reading