sexual assault

Published
April 7, 2024

Diddy named as co-defendant in new suit alleging his son sexually assaulted woman on yacht

Grace O'Marcaigh, who worked as a crew member and a bartender on the boat, says that in late December 2022, Christian Combs pressured her to drink tequila that she believes was spiked with other drugs.
Published
March 28, 2024

Lawsuit alleges founder of Special Olympics Maine sexually abused child for decades

An Augusta man says Melvin 'Mickey' Boutilier, who died in 2012, starting abusing him when he was a child in the 1960s.
Published
March 17, 2024

Opinion: Workplace inequality should be consigned to the past

Not enough has been made of three federal laws that provide historic protection to women in the workplace.
Published
March 8, 2024

Trump posts $91.6 million bond in defamation case he lost to E. Jean Carroll

The filings came a day after Judge Lewis A. Kaplan refused to delay a Monday deadline for posting a bond to ensure that the 80-year-old Carroll can collect the $83.3 million if it remains intact following appeals.
Published
February 28, 2024

Father alleges former Maine DHHS caseworker sexually assaulted him

The federal lawsuit names Morgan Polky, who admitted to sexual misconduct with the father when the state revoked her social worker license in 2018.

Published
January 29, 2024

Prosecutors and advocates push Legislature for rape kit reform

Forensic evaluations are an important piece of investigating sexual assaults. But there are several reasons – some valid, others problematic – why rape kits might not immediately be tested, experts say.
Published
January 29, 2024

Trump’s stockpile of cash risks being wiped out from $450 million dual verdicts

Trump on Friday was ordered by a jury to pay $83.3 million to writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her. On top of that, a verdict is expected this week in New York’s civil fraud trial.
Published
January 25, 2024

Sexual harassment on women’s U.S. Biathlon team leads to SafeSport investigation – and sanctions

A 18-month investigation found U.S. Biathlon national champion Joanne Reid was sexually harassed and abused for years by a ski-wax technician while racing on the sport's elite World Cup circuit.
Published
January 25, 2024

Trump testifies in his defense in E. Jean Carroll defamation suit – for less than 3 minutes

Once the jury had left, Trump let his displeasure be known as he was almost out the door by turning his head and shaking it as he looked back toward a packed room, saying: 'This is not America. This is not America. This is not America.'
Published
January 22, 2024

Trump’s sex abuse defamation trial postponed due to juror illness

There was no indication that Trump himself isn't feeling well, and he didn't wear a mask in court as he watched Monday's brief proceeding.

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