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Warning: This story contains distressing details of sexual offences against minors. For almost three decades, Richard John Dyke preyed indiscriminately on children who strayed into his dark orbit. The 48-year-old husband of a small-town home daycare operator pleaded guilty to 10 counts of sexual interference, child pornography and voyeurism charges on May …
Read More »French movie icon Gérard Depardieu convicted of sexual assault on film set
WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. A court in Paris on Tuesday found French actor Gérard Depardieu guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a film set in 2021 and handed him an 18-month suspended prison sentence. In one of …
Read More »Defence resumes questioning woman in sexual assault trial for ex-Team Canada junior hockey players
Cross-examination continues for the woman who has accused five members of Canada’s 2018 world juniors hockey team of sexual assault. News Source link
Read More »Russell Brand given bail after London court appearance for rape, sexual assault charges
WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. Actor-comedian Russell Brand was granted conditional bail by a London court on Friday after appearing to face charges of rape and sexual assault involving four women. Brand, 49, did not enter a plea. …
Read More »Teammate of ex-world junior hockey players on trial recalls heavy drinking on night of alleged sexual assault
‘I saw a woman laying on the bed under the sheets’ WARNING: This post contains graphic language. Katchouk is telling the court about his night. He got a slice of pizza and then came back to the hotel with Foote. Katchouk says he didn’t get any texts that night because …
Read More »Weinstein accuser tells jury about alleged sexual assault: ‘The unthinkable was happening’
WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. Five years after she first told her story to a jury, a former TV production assistant testified anew Wednesday that Harvey Weinstein held her down on a bed and forced oral sex on …
Read More »New sexual assault trial for 5 ex-junior hockey players begins in London, Ont.
I’m Karen Pauls, a senior reporter for CBC. I’ve been working on this story for years, including covering the 2023 IIHF world junior championships in Halifax. One important piece of context is how some folks believe hockey culture is on trial here. There have been questions about how we treat …
Read More »Virginia Giuffre, who accused Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse and trafficking, dead at 41
WARNING: This story contains details of sexual abuse and may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. The woman who accused Britain’s Prince Andrew and other influential men of sexually exploiting her as a teenager trafficked by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein has died. She was …
Read More »Harvey Weinstein’s New York retrial on sexual assault charges begins. What’s different this time?
WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it. Five years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and hauled to jail in handcuffs, the former movie mogul returns to a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday for a new trial covering many of the …
Read More »Soulja Boy found liable for sexual assault of ex-assistant, ordered to pay $4 million US
A jury on Thursday found that rapper Soulja Boy was liable for sexually assaulting and physically and emotionally abusing a former assistant, awarding the woman more than $4 million US in damages. The decision from the Los Angeles County jurors came after a three-week trial in Santa Monica, Calif. The …
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