Rape, sexual assault and molestation are some of the violent ways offenders commit these heinous crimes.
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
Kentucky man, who was already a convicted sex offender, solicited at least three different children for sex through his Playstation and cell phone. More
June 8, 2022
British prosecutors said Wednesday they have authorized police to charge ex-film producer Harvey Weinstein with two counts of indecent assault against a woman in London in 1996. More
June 8, 2022
"It is time for the FBI to be held accountable,” said Maggie Nichols, a national champion gymnast at Oklahoma in 2017-19. More
June 8, 2022
Advanced DNA technology helped detectives link the cases of six women to a man accused of being the “pillowcase rapist” for a string of rapes back in the 1980s. More
June 7, 2022
A sex-assault civil lawsuit against actor Kevin Spacey can proceed in federal court in New York City. Actor Anthony Rapp alleges Spacey acted to gratify sexual desire during an encounter at a Manhattan party in 1986 when Rapp was 14. More
June 6, 2022
The "Donkey Kong defense" came into play Monday at a civil trial over sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby, as his attorney pressed a key witness over previous statements that she had played the arcade game during a visit with Cosby to the Playboy Mansion in 1975, six years before its release. More
June 6, 2022
A woman testified that she was 14 when Bill Cosby took her into a trailer on a movie set in 1975, grabbed her so she couldn't move her arms, and kissed her. More
June 3, 2022
Military veteran Jacob Blair Scott, who once faked his own death to try to avoid criminal charges, has been convicted of sexually assaulting a girl and impregnating her when he was 40 and she was 14. More
June 3, 2022
A New York appellate court has upheld Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction, rejecting the disgraced movie mogul’s claims that the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced him by allowing women to testify about allegations that weren’t part of the criminal case. More
June 2, 2022
“She said Bill Cosby had tried to have sex with her,” said the first witness in a Los Angeles County civil trial stemming from Judy Huth's lawsuit against Cosby. More
June 2, 2022
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Bill Cosby is again facing sex abuse allegations in court as a civil trial begins in California. More
June 1, 2022
Bill Cosby will again be the defendant in a sexual assault proceeding, this time a civil case in California. Judy Huth alleges that in 1975 when she was 16, Cosby sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion. More
May 31, 2022
British prosecutors said Thursday they have charged actor Kevin Spacey with four counts of sexual assault against three men. More
May 26, 2022
Former reality TV star Josh Duggar was sentenced Wednesday to about 12 1/2 years in prison after he was convicted of receiving and possessing child pornography. More
May 25, 2022
In seeking a 20-year sentence, prosecutors cited the graphic images — and the ages of the children involved — as well as court testimony about the alleged abuse of Duggar's sisters. More
May 25, 2022
Maryland man Matthew Ryan Miller, who was draped in a Confederate flag when he stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced to 33 months in prison for assaulting police officers and obstructing an official proceeding. More
May 24, 2022
The seven-month investigation was conducted by Guidepost Solutions, an independent firm contracted by the Executive Committee after delegates to last year’s national meeting pressed for a probe by outsiders. More
May 23, 2022
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. (Scripps News West Michigan) — Investigators with Homeland Security arrested a registered sex offender from South Carolina Tuesday, after they say he traveled to Michigan to sexually assault a teenage girl he had been communicating with online and over the phone with for years. Christopher James Masterson, who is currently 35 […] More
May 19, 2022
Surgical assistant Mir Asadullah Naqvi has been arrested in Montgomery County, Maryland for allegedly sexually assaulting a patient. More
May 19, 2022
Amber Heard's sister, Whitney Heard Henriquez, testified that she found herself in the middle of fights between her sister and Johnny Depp. More
May 18, 2022
