Sex Crimes

Filmmaker Paul Haggis’ defense sought to undermine the credibility of publicist Haleigh Breest, who accused him of rape. More

October 21, 2022

A jury of nine men and three women was seated Thursday in the Los Angeles rape and sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein. More

October 20, 2022

A jury concluded that Kevin Spacey did not molest actor Anthony Rapp when Rapp was 14, while both were actors in Broadway plays in the 1980s. More

October 20, 2022

A woman who has accused filmmaker Paul Haggis of raping her has told a jury that she felt ‘like a trapped animal’ during the 2013 encounter. More

October 20, 2022

John Pastor-Mendoza would allegedly commit the attacks either inside his vehicle or at his apartment, according to prosecutors. More

October 20, 2022

The #MeToo movement is having another moment in the spotlight as high-profile sexual assault trials play out in courtrooms from coast to coast. More

October 20, 2022

The first accuser to testify said at one point she grabbed Danny Masterson's hair to try to pull him away, but he shoved a pillow into her face. More

October 20, 2022

Raymond Moody was sentenced to life in prison after confessing to killing a 17-year-old girl who disappeared on a 2009 beach vacation in S.C. More

October 19, 2022

Police said there's no indication any of the evidence being processed at Timothy Haslett Jr.'s home is related to missing person reports throughout the Kansas City area. More

October 19, 2022

The defense urged the jurors not to consider Danny Masterson's affiliation with the Church of Scientology and its relationship to the case. More

October 19, 2022

“It was a flirtatious and playful moment between two people who were attracted to each other,” Kevin Spacey said. “I was captivated by John Barrowman.” More

October 19, 2022

UTAH COUNTY, Utah (Scripps News Salt Lake City) — Former Utah County therapist David Hamblin is facing additional sexual abuse charges, nearly three weeks after his initial arrest. Hamblin now faces six more counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony. At the end of September, Hamblin was taken into custody and […] More

October 18, 2022

Patrick Green, a teacher at Garland Elementary School in Utah, was terminated and arrested for allegedly sexually abusing two female students. More

October 18, 2022

Baltimore County, Maryland foster father Keith Savage is charged with rape and multiple counts of filming child porn, among other offenses. More

October 18, 2022

In Maryland, Melvin Joseph Tucker has been convicted of sexual abuse of a 7-year-old boy. Tucker, 34, was a baseball coach for the young boy. More

October 18, 2022

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jurors in the trial of Harvey Weinstein will be allowed to hear that Jennifer Siebel Newsom, wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom, emailed the movie magnate for advice about dealing with the media amid a scandal involving Gavin Newsom two years after Weinstein allegedly raped and sexually […] More

October 18, 2022

One of the accusers had been Danny Masterson's longtime girlfriend. Another was a longtime friend, and the third a newer acquaintance. More

October 18, 2022

Opening statements are expected this week in a civil case brought by publicist Haleigh Breest, who accused filmmaker Paul Haggis of raping her. More

October 17, 2022

A judge ruled that Mel Gibson can testify at the rape and sexual assault trial of Harvey Weinstein about one of the former movie mogul's accusers. More

October 17, 2022

Kevin Spacey testified in a New York Court that he never made a sexual pass at a then 14-year-old actor Anthony Rapp back in 1986. More

October 17, 2022

Kevin Spacey's lawyer has COVID, but his sex abuse civil trial goes on. Actor Anthony Rapp accused Spacey of sexually abusing him when Rapp was 14. More

October 13, 2022

Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. resolved his New York City forcible touching case with a guilty plea to a lesser charge and no jail time. More

October 13, 2022

Anthony Rapp testified he publicly revealed an encounter with Kevin Spacey because he wasn’t the only one Spacey had made inappropriate advances on. More

October 12, 2022

Harvey Weinstein's attorney said conditions in the holding cell where he's being kept after court are “unhygienic” and “almost medieval.” More

October 12, 2022

A Missouri woman was allegedly held captive in the basement of suspect Timothy M. Haslett for about a month and was raped repeatedly before escaping. More

October 11, 2022

On the stand, Kevin Spacey's lawyer grilled actor Anthony Rapp regarding his claim Spacey made a sexual advance on him when he was 14. More

October 11, 2022

Jennifer Siebel Newsom, who's married to Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom, is a Harvey Weinstein accuser set to testify at his LA rape trial. More

October 10, 2022

In Ohio, Loveland High School employee was arrested Friday and charged with multiple counts of child pornography, the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office said. More

October 10, 2022

Ohio man Francisco Leal-Carranza was arrested after inappropriately touching and kissing a 12-year-old girl at a Dave and Busters. More

October 10, 2022

Actor Anthony Rapp sued Kevin Spacey, accusing him of assault, battery and intentionally inflecting emotional distress when Rapp was 14. More

October 10, 2022