NYPD officers stand outside of the Richmond County Clerk in Staten Island on March 8, 2024. The officers are accused of abusing a woman who was “physically helpless or mentally incapacitated” last July. [ more › ]
Dallas police will not pursue criminal charges against Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott over allegations made by a woman of sexual assault against him, according to multiple reports.
The 75-year-old French actor has been accused by more than a dozen women of
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. A Superior Court judge has taken over the case of five former junior champion hockey players charged with sexual assault in London, Ont. And hearings were continuing Tuesday as the case moves toward a trial. The five hockey players or their lawyers were due in court here this morning for a routine hearing to ensure […]
Warning: This story contains descriptions of sexual assault. Jennifer Levine thought she knew what to expect when she arrived at Rikers Island in 2002. She was homeless at the time and had been cycling in and out of jail. Levine anticipated the crowded holding cell filled with other women. She knew officers would order her into the showers, order her to strip, and search her body for contraband like drugs or weapons. She knew she would have to put the clothes she was wearing into a clear plastic...
Jennifer Levine said she was sexually assaulted by a doctor at Rikers during a routine physical exam. In lawsuits filed under New York's Adult Survivors Act, more than 30 women said they were groped, forced to perform oral sex and raped by medical staff at Rikers and other city correctional facilities. [ more › ]
The World Anti-Doping Agency on Tuesday defended the “strong reputation” of its choice of veteran Swiss prosecutor Eric Cottier to review how it handled the case of positive doping tests by 23 Chinese swimmers.
French actor Gerard Depardieu will be tried on charges he sexually assaulted two people, the Paris Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday. French police detained Depardieu for several hours Monday for questioning over the accusations made by two women, who said he sexually assaulted them on movie sets, The Associated Press reported. The women accused Depardieu of groping them on movie sets, with one alleged assault occurring in 2014 and the other in 2021, according to the AP. The incidents were...
The sign at the entrance to Rikers Island in Queens. City Council members questioned the Department of Correction’s "convoluted" process for investigating sexual assault claims by detainees. [ more › ]
French prosecutors say that actor Gérard Depardieu will face a criminal trial in October over the alleged sexual assaults in 2021 of two women on the set of the film “The Green Shutters."
Actor Gérard Depardieu will face a criminal trial in October over the alleged sexual assaults in 2021 of two women on the set of the film “The Green Shutters." Police detained the 75-year-old actor for questioning Monday, and the Paris public prosecutor’s office said later he was summoned to appear in court. The statement said his trial will start in October “for sexual assaults likely to have been committed in September 2021” against two accusers. Depardieu has previously denied wrongdoing. His...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A judge is mulling whether the Bernalillo County District Attorney's Office can prosecute a Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office deputy for aggravated assault. Michael Borrecco is accused of pulling a gun on two people at a Circle K on Osuna earlier this year. He was off-duty at the time but authorities believe he []