PERKASIE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania high school is apologizing after students were given a math homework assignment that asked which family member had sexually assaulted a girl. The assignment focused on Maya Angelou and her autobiography “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.” It provided a math formula that asked: “Angelou was sexually abused […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California judge was cleared of misconduct Monday for sentencing a former Stanford University swimmer to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman on campus, a punishment decried as too lenient by critics across the country. There was no evidence that Santa Clara County Judge Aaron Persky displayed […]
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A judge admonished lawyers on both sides of Bill Cosby‘s sexual assault case Tuesday after a courtroom shouting match over the defense team’s practice of publicizing the names of the women accusing the comedian of sexual assault. Montgomery County Judge Steven O’Neill denounced the outburst as uncivil. It came at the […]
Dr. Candice Bridge plans on creating innovative ways to catch sexual assault suspects outside of DNA evidence.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A judge on Wednesday denied Bill Cosby‘s latest attempt to end his sexual assault case and rejected his request for competency testing of the 13 women who want to testify that they were drugged and violated by the comedian. Judge Steven O’Neill hasn’t yet ruled on whether prosecutors will be allowed to […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The night after Derrick Rose and two of his friends had sex with his ex-girlfriend, he had a hunch she was going to claim they raped her, the NBA star testified Tuesday. Rose said he became suspicious of the woman when she texted later the same day of the alleged early […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Derrick Rose’s rape trial got underway in a Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday and the NBA star was halfway across the country saying he planned to win the lawsuit. Rose told reporters in Houston before the Knicks exhibition opener that he didn’t settle the case seeking $21 million because he thinks he […]
CBS has released a clip from Nate Parker’s 60 Minutes interview, airing this Sunday. “I don’t feel guilty,” he told Anderson Cooper in his first television interview about the 1999 rape case that resurfaced this summer just as buzz surrounding his film The Birth of a Nation was reaching its peak. Parker also said, according to […]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Viola Davis said her own experiences with sexual assault led her to become an advocate for the Rape Foundation and encouraged others to visit treatment centers so they’ll become supporters. “You must,” she said. “And then let your heart do the rest.” “Myself, my mother, my sisters, my friend Rebecca, […]
ESCONDIDO, Calif. (AP) — A former driver for Uber and Lyft was charged Wednesday with sexually assaulting several women while on the job, and Southern California investigators said that there are likely more victims. An 18-year-old college student reported that she was assaulted Friday afternoon after requesting an Uber car in a city near San […]
Robinson, a former member of the Riverdale Police Department, was formally charged with rape and sexual assault against a person in custody on Wednesday.
Robinson, a former member of the Riverdale Police Department, was formally charged with rape and sexual assault against a person in custody on Wednesday.
