Tag: Sexual assault
‘So I raped you.’ Facebook message renews fight for justice
MOORESTOWN, New Jersey — Shannon Keeler was enjoying a weekend getaway with her boyfriend last year when she checked her Facebook messages for the...
Canucks’ Jake Virtanen accused in lawsuit of sexual assault
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Vancouver Canucks forward Jake Virtanen has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting a woman in a hotel four...
French jockey Boudot suspended for 3 months amid rape charge
PARIS — French horse racing has suspended star jockey Pierre-Charles Boudot for three months pending a rape investigation.
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Lawsuit alleges sexual assault by hockey coach, cover-up
MINNEAPOLIS — A 1980s University of Minnesota hockey recruit is among five men suing a former Gophers assistant coach and the school as well...
Fremont police stop sexual assault ‘in broad daylight’
FREMONT, Calif. — A man suspected of sexually assaulting three women this month was arrested after officers caught him brutally attacking a 67-year-old woman...
2 men wrongfully sent to death row awarded $75M in damages
RALEIGH, N.C. — A jury in a North Carolina federal civil rights case has awarded $75 million to two Black, intellectually disabled half brothers...
Federal agent charged in cyberstalking plot against ex-lover
WASHINGTON — A deputy U.S. marshal was charged in a cyberstalking scheme that authorities said he perpetuated with his ex-wife to have a former...
Officials: Tiny uptick in 2020 military sex assault reports
WASHINGTON — Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military increased by a very small amount in 2020, a year when troops were largely...
Senate panel likely to OK 1st female Army secretary
WASHINGTON — The woman poised to be the first female secretary of the Army told Congress Thursday that combating sexual assault and harassment is...
Prosecutors shelves probe of gang rape that shocked Egypt
CAIRO — Egyptian prosecutors said they have shelved their months-long investigation into an alleged 2014 gang rape of a 17-year-old girl by young men...
