The disgraced singer is appealing his 2021 sex trafficking conviction on all 9 charges he faced, also struggling to overturn his 30-year prison sentence
In R. Kelly’s sexual abuse case appeal, his attorney wants the RICO verdict against him overturned says federal racketeering charges weren't proven.
Members from five iconic UK girl groups united for one epic selfie at Women's History Month event shared to Instagram by Girls Aloud's Nicola Roberts, 38, on Friday.
Tighten those helmets, lace up those skates and grab your hockey sticks. Girls and women did just that on Sunday, and headed to The Pavilion in Bend for the third annual Girls and Women Have the Edge hockey event. It was an opportunity for dozens of girls and women ages 5 and up to came together on
LOGAN — A 41-year-old Smithfield man, awaiting sentencing for raping and sexually abusing two girls, is now facing new allegations of sexually abusing another child years ago. Joshua Coti Lippold remains in the Cache County Jail since being arrested September 2022. Lippold was charged Tuesday, March 26, with one count of aggravated sexual abuse of […]
Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni said that a Castroville man was convicted on Wednesday for sex trafficking a 14-year-old girl.
Ninth Judicial District Attorney Quentin Ray reported on Tuesday that a Clovis man was recently found guilty by a federal court in Curry County for "Trafficking a Controlled Substance, a Second-Degree Felony."
eny is among hundreds of women who have sued the city. Her lawsuit alleges that Rikers Island guards repeatedly forced her to perform oral sex during the month she was held at the women’s jail in 2015. A Gothamist analysis shows decades of alleged abuse in the Rikers Island women’s jail. [ more › ]
The Public Prosecution Service (OM) recommended that the court sentence 25-year-old Gianni de W. to seven years in prison with institutionalized psychiatric treatment for the online sexual abuse of 30 girls, including 28 minors. The man used his last chance to speak in court to apologize again. He should get into treatment as quickly as possible, his lawyer said.
Lawyer Jennifer Bonjean argued that prosecutors didn’t prove Kelly headed up a racketeering organization that recruited underage girls for his sexual pleasure.
Arguments attempting to throw out R. Kelly’s federal racketeering conviction in New York were as broad and complicated as the criminal scheme he was found guilty of running.
The Justice Department’s investigation into allegations that Rep. Matt Gaetz had sex with a 17-year-old girl ended with no criminal charges against the Florida Republican. Yet the fallout from the now-closed investigation continues to plague Gaetz, who this week was subpoenaed as part of a lawsuit brought by a state legislator who alleges he was defamed in the course of the investigation. Former Florida state Rep. Chris Dorworth, Gaetz’s friend and ally, brought a civil lawsuit against Joel...