Sexual Assault

Jussie Smollett Arrested, Police Allege He Staged Attack to Promote Career

UPDATED 2019/02/21 “Empire” star Jussie Smollett was arrested on Thursday morning (2/21/19) on suspicion of filing a false report after alleging that he was attacked on January 29th. His bail hearing is scheduled for Thursday afternoon. According to Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie T. Johnson, Actor Jussie Smollett paid two brothers $3,500 to stage an attack

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Former Philadelphia Homicide Detective Charged with Rape and Intimidation During Investigations

UPDATED: 2019/02/20 5:00PM 52-year-old Philip Nordo, a former Philadelphia Homicide detective who was fired in 2017 after 20 years on the force, was arrested on Tuesday, February 19th. The former detective is accused of grooming and sexually assaulting male witnesses during investigations and then using intimidation to keep them from speaking out about the abuse.

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Sexually Assaulting Parishioners

58 Priests Named as “Credibly Accused” for Sexually Assaulting Parishioners in a List Released by VA Dioceses

UPDATED: 2019/02/14 12:00 PM A new update in the ongoing investigation being done by the Catholic Church of it’s leaders yields a list of 58 Virginia priests who have been credibly accused of sexually abusing minors. Virginia’s two Catholic dioceses, the Diocese of Arlington and the Diocese of Richmond each released a list of 16

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Suit Filed Against Atlanta Nightclub After Facebook Live Video Records Sexual Assault

UPDATED: 2019/02/13 1:00PM Jasmine Eiland and her attorney, L. Chris Stewart, are suing the popular Atlanta nightclub, Opera Atlanta, for allegedly failing to properly protect their patrons after Elland was sexually assaulted in their establishment. On January 20th, the night of the incident in question, the club was hosting a concert, and according to Eiland

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Fairfax Accuser Says Knowledge of Previous Unpunished Assault May Have Led to His Alleged Crime

UPDATED: 2019/02/12 1:00PM In the wake of the rape allegation brought against Virginia’s Lt. Governor, Justin Fairfax, Meredith Watson (via counsel) has also announced a second rape allegation against former duke basketball player and current Fox Sports West analyst, Corey Maggette. While Maggette maintains his innocence in a statement taken for New York Times article

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Vanessa Tyson, the Woman Who Accused Virginia’s Lt. Gov Justin Fairfax of Sexual Assault, Describes Incident

UPDATED: 2019/02/07 Vanessa Tyson, the woman who has accused, Justin Fairfax, the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia of sexual assault has issued a statement through a law firm of her 2004 encounter with Fairfax at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. Dr. Tyson is an expert in black history and associate professor of politics at Scripps

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Judge Gives 67-Year-Old Man Lighter Sentence in Sex Abuse Case, Calls Young Girls ‘Aggressors’

UPDATED: 2019/02/07 Raymond Stoden, 67, knew the ages of the two young girls, 13  and 14, who he solicited nude photographs from, but a Kansas judge is now saying that the young women were “more aggressor than a participant.” Leavenworth Country District Judge Michael Gibbens, according to court transcripts from the December trial, said, “I

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Pope Francis Acknowledges Sexual Abuse of Nuns by Priests For First Time

UPDATED: 2019/02/06 11AM For the first time since becoming pope, Pope Francis publicly acknowledged that nuns have been victims of sexual abuse at the hands of predatory Catholic priests and bishops. He also vowed to do more to protect the women. On a flight back to Rome from his visit to the United Arab Emirates

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