Rape, sexual assault and molestation are some of the violent ways offenders commit these heinous crimes.
A Baltimore man has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking at least three women, one of whom he forced to get his nicknames tattooed on her body. Ryan Odell Oliver -- who went by "Dre," "Fame" and "Foreign" -- advertised the victims online for commercial sex dates and gave them daily quotas for the dates; he then kept the money they made. More
August 19, 2022
R. Kelly’s legal team will get its chance to question the government’s star witness on Friday after she testified at his federal trial in Chicago that the R&B singer sexually abused her hundreds of times before she turned 18. More
August 19, 2022
By MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A woman who has been central to R. Kelly’s legal troubles for more than two decades testified Thursday that the R&B singer sexually abused her “hundreds” of times before she turned 18 and that it was her and Kelly in a videotape that was at the heart […] More
August 18, 2022
An attorney for R. Kelly implored jurors at the singer's trial-fixing and child pornography case Wednesday not to accept what she said is the prosecution’s portrayal of her client as “a monster.” More
August 17, 2022
Kelly is accused of enticing minors for sex, of producing child pornography and of fixing his 2008 state child pornography trial at which he was acquitted. More
August 17, 2022
The case centers on a Section 8 tenant with five children who says she was forced to sign a sex contract in order to lease a home Allan Rothstein was managing. More
August 16, 2022
R. Kelly's musical accomplishments have been accompanied by a long history of allegations that he sexually abused women and children. Now the R&B singer faces a trial in his hometown of Chicago on charges accusing him of rigging his 2008 child pornography trial and of enticing minors for sex. More
August 16, 2022
Jury selection begins Monday at R. Kelly’s federal trial in his hometown of Chicago, where he faces charges that he rigged his 2008 state child pornography trial. More
August 15, 2022
Soon, it will be Cruz's attorneys arguing why he should be spared, hoping to convince at least one juror their mitigating factors outweigh the prosecution's aggravating circumstances — a death sentence must be unanimous. More
August 15, 2022
Denver Police Dept. Sgt. Timothy Hyatt was arrested in Colorado for investigation of internet luring of a child after he allegedly made “explicit advances” on a person online who he thought was a 14-year-old girl. More
August 11, 2022
Daniel Boerner, 37, was sentenced to 16 years to life in prison after he was convicted of two counts of sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust; two counts of sexual assault on a child; one county of sexual assault on a child—pattern of abuse; and one count of aggravated incest. More
August 11, 2022
An employee and former coach at a Colorado soccer club has been arrested on 17 counts of of sexual exploitation of children. The Internet Crimes Against Children unit identified the suspect as Howard "Bud" Harper, 63. More
August 11, 2022
Layton, Utah Police and family members are asking the public for help in locating 16-year-old Natalee, who ran away from a treatment facility and is a survivor of human trafficking. More
August 9, 2022
Jordan Jago has been arrested in Colorado Springs for the human trafficking of a minor for sexual servitude and several other felony sexual offenses involving a minor. More
August 8, 2022
The Utah State Senate has launched an investigation into accusations of sexual harassment against Sen. Gene Davis, D-Salt Lake City. More
August 5, 2022
A judge on Thursday ruled that Kevin Spacey and his production companies must pay the makers of “House of Cards” nearly $31 million. More
August 5, 2022
According to police reports, James Weems, 57, was shot by his wife, 50-year-old Shanteari Weems, after at least three children said he molested them at her child daycare facility - Lil' Kidz Kastle Daycare Center. More
August 2, 2022
The 51-year-old hip-hop legend is being held without bond on 10 charges, according to the sheriff's office inmate lookup. More
August 2, 2022
By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A once-prominent neurologist was found guilty Friday on charges of sexually abusing patients while treating them with pain medications. A New York City jury reached the verdict after deliberating for about three days at the trial of Dr. Ricardo Cruciani. Cruciani, 68, was convicted of five […] More
July 29, 2022
The FBI has reached out to attorneys representing Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and other women who were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar to begin settlement talks in the $1 billion claim they brought against the federal government. More
July 28, 2022
Gerson Fuentes, 27, faces two counts of raping the girl, who turned 10 before having the abortion. He has pleaded not guilty. More
July 28, 2022
Prosecutors said the harassment campaign stretched from November 2018 to February 2020 after the woman filed a civil lawsuit against Kelly. More
July 27, 2022
A 76-year-old man suspected of a 2021 rape has been arrested in the killings of two women that had been unsolved for decades, authorities said. More
July 26, 2022
A Baltimore man pleaded guilty to creating child pornography by pretending to be a teen girl online, and getting teen boys to send him sexually explicit images. Matthew K. Walsh, 24, targeted more than 40 boys, ages 12 to 17. More
July 25, 2022
Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved to a Florida federal prison to continue serving her 20-year sentence. More
July 25, 2022
The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office has arrested Maryland chiropractor Blake Kalkstein after he traveled to Texas to sexually assault a child he met through an online video gaming platform. More
July 25, 2022
R. Kelly’s manager Donnell Russell was convicted of making a phone threat that gunfire was about to occur at a crowded Manhattan theater preparing to show a documentary about the singer’s sexual abuse of women and girls. More
July 22, 2022
A grand jury in Ohio has indicted the man accused of raping and impregnating a 10-year-old girl who traveled to Indiana for an abortion. More
July 21, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) — The trial of R. Kelly’s manager has opened on charges that he forced the cancellation of a screening of a documentary about the singer’s sexual abuse of women and girls by calling in a threat to the crowded Manhattan theater. Prosecutor Lara Pomerantz told federal court jurors Tuesday that Donnell Russell claimed in his December 2018 phone call that someone with a gun was planning to fire on the crowd. More
July 20, 2022
Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist who gave the girl a medication-induced abortion on June 30, filed a tort claim notice over what she says are false statements that Attorney General Todd Rokita has made about her and her work. More
July 19, 2022
