Rape, sexual assault and molestation are some of the violent ways offenders commit these heinous crimes.
A Los Angeles judge privately told lawyers he would renege on a promise and imprison Roman Polanski for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl in 1977, a former prosecutor testified, setting the stage for the renowned director to flee the U.S. as a fugitive. More
July 18, 2022
A California appeals court on ordered the unsealing of some documents in the criminal case against renowned director Roman Polanski, who has been a fugitive since pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl decades ago. More
July 15, 2022
The lawyer for an Indiana doctor who has found herself at the center of a political firestorm after revealing the story of a 10-year-old girl who traveled from Ohio for an abortion says her client provided proper treatment. More
July 14, 2022
An Ohio man has been charged with raping a 10-year-old girl whose case drew national attention following a doctor’s comments that the child had to travel to Indiana for an abortion. More
July 13, 2022
R. Kelly has been returned to the federal jail in downtown Chicago ahead of his trial on child pornography and obstruction-of-justice charges. More
July 13, 2022
Georgia man Eric Tuininga sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a girl while a missionary in Uganda. More
July 12, 2022
31-year-old Colorado woman arrested for sexual assault of 13-year-old boy is pregnant. More
July 11, 2022
A judge has consolidated hundreds of lawsuits alleging physical and sexual abuse at New Hampshire’s youth detention center, more than two years after the first case was filed. More
July 11, 2022
Prosecutors say Chrystul Kizer traveled to Randall Volar's home in Kenosha in June 2018 and killed him. More
July 6, 2022
R. Kelly is no longer on suicide watch following the jailed R&B singer's sentencing in a federal sex abuse case. More
July 6, 2022
R. Kelly could be in his 80s before the singer is free again, based on a 30-year prison term imposed this week by a New York federal judge. More
July 1, 2022
Cristiano Ronaldo is asking a U.S. judge to order a woman’s lawyer to pay the international soccer star more than $626,000. More
June 30, 2022
Joseph Gabriel Van Eck, 33, was sentenced Friday for the sex assaults of four women from a vulnerable community between April and September 2020. More
June 29, 2022
A jury found Kelly, 55, guilty of racketeering and other counts last year at a trial that was seen as a signature moment in the #MeToo movement. More
June 29, 2022
“Ghislaine, like a wolf in sheep’s clothing, you used your femininity to betray us, and you led us all through it," said accuser Virginia Giuffre. More
June 27, 2022
Two of four women who testified at Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial that she had a role in their sexual abuse at the hands of financier Jeffrey Epstein may be speaking at her sentencing or have their statements read aloud. More
June 24, 2022
A former coach at a competitive cheerleading organization has been charged with sexually assaulting a student over a two-year period. More
June 23, 2022
Prosecutors said she should serve between 30 years and 55 years in prison, reflecting the federal sentencing guidelines. More
June 23, 2022
Jurors at a civil trial found that Bill Cosby sexually abused a 16-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in 1975. More
June 22, 2022
Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has reached an agreement to settle 20 of the 24 civil lawsuits that had been filed by women who accused him of sexual assault and harassment, an attorney for the women said Tuesday. More
June 21, 2022
A 26-year-old man facing first degree rape charges in Maryland was also wanted for slashing a 19-year-old woman's neck in a New York City subway station. More
June 17, 2022
Michigan Supreme Court rejected a final appeal from sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was sentenced to decades in prison for sexually assaulting gymnasts, including Olympic medalists. More
June 17, 2022
“Epstein was the mastermind, Epstein was the principal abuser, and Epstein orchestrated the crimes for his personal gratification,” the lawyers wrote. More
June 16, 2022
Kevin Spacey “strenuously denies” allegations of sexual assault, his lawyer said Thursday, as the Oscar-winning actor appeared in a London court to face five charges of offenses against three men. More
June 16, 2022
U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey in Las Vegas kicked the case out of court on Friday to punish the woman’s attorney, Leslie Mark Stovall, for “bad-faith conduct." More
June 13, 2022
A Los Angeles shelter meant to be a safe space for children as they awaited placement in foster homes was for decades a den for sexual predators among the staff — and some residents — who preyed on children as young as 5, according to a lawsuit filed by dozens of former residents. More
June 9, 2022
R. Kelly deserves at least 25 years behind bars for sexually abusing women and girls, prosecutors said in a memo in advance of the R&B superstar's sentencing later this month. More
June 8, 2022
In video testimony played for jurors at a civil trial, Bill Cosby denies sexually abusing a teenage girl at the Playboy Mansion in the mid-1970s. More
June 8, 2022
Naasón Joaquín García, leader of the Mexican megachurch La Luz del Mundo, was sentenced to more than 16 years in a California prison for sexually abusing female followers who said he made them his sex slaves. More
June 8, 2022
A Kentucky man will spend the next two decades behind bars after being handed the maximum sentence for possessing child pornography that the lead prosecutor described as "horrific." More
June 8, 2022
