sexual assault

Published
February 25, 2021

Former U.S. gymnastics coach dies by suicide hours after being charged with abuse

John Geddert, who had ties to disgraced doctor Larry Nassar, was charged with two dozen crimes, from abusing girls to lying to investigators in 2016 about Nassar.
Published
February 2, 2021

Ocasio-Cortez reveals past sexual assault, faults Republicans over riot

Invoking her past experiences, she criticized conservatives who downplay the threats to lawmakers and say that she and other Democrats should move on.
Published
December 8, 2020

Fourteen Fort Hood soldiers fired, suspended over pattern of violence at base

Army leaders are ordering policy changes to address chronic leadership failures at the base that fostered a widespread pattern of violence including murder, sexual assaults and harassment.
Published
December 5, 2020

Another View: Justice Department still stonewalling on Epstein sex-crimes deal

It’s been over a decade since Alexander Acosta, then-U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, allowed the billionaire predator to evade prosecution. But the feds continue to resist a full accounting.
Published
October 27, 2020

Judge rejects Justice Department effort to short-circuit lawsuit by woman who accused Trump of rape

A judge has denied the president's request that the United States - and American taxpayers - replace him as the defendant in the defamation lawsuit alleging he raped a woman in the 1990s.
Published
August 7, 2020

How an arrest upended filming of ‘Surviving Jeffrey Epstein’ docuseries

The filmmakers behind the Lifetime docuseries “Surviving Jeffrey Epstein” have had to regroup twice ahead of its Sunday premiere.
Published
July 14, 2020

Ghislaine Maxwell denied bail in Epstein-related sex abuse case

An indictment alleged that Jeffrey Epstein's former girlfriend helped groom the victims to endure sexual abuse and was sometimes there when Epstein abused them.
Published
June 25, 2020

Appeals court reviews ruling that put Cape Elizabeth student’s suspension on hold

The district suspended Aela Mansmann for 3 days last year after she posted notes in a school bathroom about a rapist in the high school, an act she and her mother argue constitutes protected speech.
Published
June 14, 2020

Spike Lee issues apology after defending Woody Allen

Spike Lee has apologized for words he said were “wrong" after voicing support for Woody Allen and criticizing cancel culture.
Published
April 30, 2020

Pelosi ‘satisfied’ with Biden’s response to sexual assault allegation, praises his ‘integrity’

The House speaker offered her fullest defense to date of the presumptive Democratic nominee, who has been accused of misconduct in the mid-1990s by a former Senate staffer.