Jan 27 Vince McMahon resigns from WWE after former employee files sexual abuse suit By Associated Press Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigned Friday from WWE's parent company the day after a former employee filed a federal lawsuit accusing him and another former executive of serious sexual misconduct, including offering her to a star wrestler for sex. Continue reading
Jan 22 Possible Trump testimony in E. Jean Carroll defamation trial postponed due to juror illness By Jennifer Peltz, Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Trump had been expected to testify as early as Monday about why he has spoken disparagingly about Carroll since she revealed her claims in a 2019 memoir. One of the jurors reported feeling ill and was told to go home… Continue reading
Jan 19 Trump's attorney renews call for mistrial in defamation case brought by writer in sexual abuse case By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Attorney Alina Habba told a judge in a letter Friday that writer E. Jean Carroll's defamation case was spoiled when Carroll deleted social media messages containing death threats. Continue reading
Jan 11 Watch 4:30 What the newly released Jeffrey Epstein documents reveal about his sex-trafficking ring By Geoff Bennett, Dorothy Hastings Thousands of court documents tied to Jeffrey Epstein have been made public as part of a settled lawsuit involving one of his victims. The records detail Epstein’s sexual abuse and trafficking of underage girls and include the names of 150… Continue watching
Jan 03 What you need to know about the release of court records related to Jeffrey Epstein By David B. Caruso, Associated Press Some previously sealed court records are going to be made public, but the great majority of the people whose names appear in those documents are not accused of any wrongdoing, and there is no client list. Continue reading
Dec 20 Study shows AI image-generators are being trained on explicit photos of children By Matt O'Brien, Haleluya Hadero, Associated Press The Stanford Internet Observatory found more than 3,200 images of suspected child sexual abuse in a database used to train leading AI image-makers. Continue reading
Nov 18 Sean 'Diddy' Combs reaches settlement with Cassie a day after she files abuse lawsuit By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press A lawsuit by singer Cassie containing allegations of beatings, rape and abuse by music producer Sean “Diddy” Combs has been settled, the artists announced Friday, one day after the lawsuit was filed. Continue reading
Nov 17 Cassie accuses Sean 'Diddy' Combs of rape, violent abuse in new lawsuit By Associated Press R&B singer Cassie, who filed a lawsuit Thursday in New York federal court, said Combs began the pattern of abuse as soon as their relationship started more than a decade ago. Continue reading
Oct 05 Former USC doctor charged with sexual abuse of students dies before going to trial By Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press George Tyndall, 76, was awaiting trial on more than two dozen criminal counts of sexual misconduct between 2009 and 2016 at the University of Southern California’s student health center. His lawyer confirmed his death Thursday. Continue reading
Aug 30 Judge rules former Catholic cardinal not competent to stand trial on teen sexual abuse charges By Steve LeBlanc, Associated Press A judge has ruled that former Roman Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is not competent to stand trial. Continue reading