Maid Sues 'Sadistic' Strauss-Kahn
A hotel maid who accuses ex-IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault sued him today over what she calls a "violent and sadistic" attack that left her life "in shambles." Lawyers for Guinean...
View ArticleSheriff to Women: Pack a Pistol to Shoot Rapists
Ladies, if you want to stop rapists, start packing heat. That's the advice from a South Carolina sheriff who reassures women that "you ain't got to be accurate; you just have to get close." Spartanburg...
View ArticleUK Denies Assange's Extradition Appeal
Julian Assange is likely headed to Sweden after a British court today rejected his claim that extraditing him to face sex assault charges there would be "unfair and unlawful." Charges of rape and...
View ArticleDSK: Maid Gave Me a Look That Said 'Quickie'
Dominique Strauss-Kahn said when he stepped naked from the shower to see the Manhattan hotel maid who later accused him of rape, their eyes met and he read an invitation to "precipitous but consensual"...
View ArticleSex Assault on Chihuahua Gets Ex-Convict 10 Years
A wheelchair-bound California parolee has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting an eight-month-old Chihuahua. He must also register as a sex offender in what could be the first...
View ArticleTravolta Accuser: I Got Date Wrong, but It Still Happened
Quite a bit of evidence has been released indicating John Travolta was not actually in Beverly Hills when he was to have allegedly sexually assaulted a masseur there, and his accuser explains why: The...
View ArticleTravolta Masseur Case Skips Trial, Heads for Mediation
Maybe the John Travolta massage scandal will quietly fade away after all: First the lawyer for the first masseur accusing Travolta of sexual assault dropped him as a client , and now Radar reports that...
View ArticleMilitary's Latest Sex Scandal: Recruiters
The latest sex crime scandal for the military involves recruiters, the Washington Post reports in a detailed look at some of the cases of sexual assault and rape found in its ranks recently. One...
View ArticleMilitary Chiefs: Sexual Assault 'Like a Cancer'
Lawmakers are attempting to deal with the apparent epidemic of sexual assault in the military, and some of the proposals currently wending their way through Congress would see commanders stripped of...
View ArticleAccused Rapist's Defense: My Twin Did It
An Army lieutenant accused of sexually assaulting several young girls will be allowed to make an unusual defense at trial: blaming his twin brother, the AP reports. DNA samples have linked the officer,...
View ArticleReports of Military Sex Assault Surge, But...
The encouraging news: After a concerted effort to get more victims to come forward and report instances of sex assault, Pentagon data shows such reports by members of the military increased 50% in the...
View ArticleEgypt Throws Book at 9 for Tahrir Square Sex Assaults
Faced with rampant and public sex assaults over the last three years, Egypt today threw out a decisive deterrent and sentenced nine men to hefty jail terms, reports the Guardian . Seven men were given...
View ArticleStudy on Women in Marines 'Flawed': Military Researchers
Some of the results from a Marine Corps study of an experimental gender-integrated unit were released last month, and they were less than flattering in many cases: Women service members were found to...
View ArticlePrince Accused of Calif. Sex Assault Escapes Felony Charge
The Saudi prince accused of sexual assault at the Beverly Hills compound he was renting last month will not be charged with a crime, at least not by Los Angeles County prosecutors. A female worker says...
View Article1K Cops in 6 Years Lost Badges for Sex Misconduct
In a yearlong investigation it calls "jolting," the AP takes a look at instances of sexual misconduct among the nation's law enforcement and finds at least 1,000 police officers who lost their badges...
View ArticleBrock Turner Judge Was Harsher in Similar Case
The Brock Turner controversy rumbles on: A defendant from a very different background than the former Stanford student received a much harsher sentence from the same judge in a similar case, the...
View ArticleGerman Rape Victims Now Don't Have to Prove They Resisted
German lawmakers passed a bill Thursday that will make it easier for victims of sex crimes to file criminal complaints if they rejected their attacker's advances with a clear "no." German law...
View ArticleWe're Not Talking About a Major Sex Assault Problem
Amidst the #metoo movement, NPR reports on a group of Americans who may have more reasons than most to utter those words—and yet have been kept in the shadows. Joseph Shapiro reports that people with...
View ArticleAccused Rapist's Defense: My Twin Did It
An Army lieutenant accused of sexually assaulting several young girls will be allowed to make an unusual defense at trial: his brother did it, the AP reports. DNA samples have linked the officer, Aaron...
View ArticleReports of Military Sex Assault Surge, But...
The encouraging news: After a concerted effort to get more victims to come forward and report instances of sex assault, Pentagon data shows such reports by members of the military increased 50% in the...
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