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Rape, sexual assault and molestation are some of the violent ways offenders commit these heinous crimes.

Man arrested in connection to sexual assault of a 6-year-old child
Man arrested in connection to sexual assault of a 6-year-old child

The Pinal County Sheriff's Office is investigating the sexual assault of a child. On Nov. 14, deputies were contacted by a Queen Creek urgent care clinic after a 6-year-old child reportedly tested positive for a sexually transmitted diseased, according to PCSO. Jacob Sullivan (Pinal County Sheriff's Office)Through further investigation, the child disclosed to authorities that her father's roommate had sexually assaulted her. On Dec. 20, a warrant was issued for 26-year-old Jacob Sullivan. More

December 22, 2021

Michigan prosecutors lose appeal in key Nassar-related case
Michigan prosecutors lose appeal in key Nassar-related case

State prosecutors lost their bid to reinstate charges against the former president of Michigan State University who was accused of lying to investigators in 2018 when they tried to learn what she knew years earlier about sexual assault complaints involving Larry Nassar. More

December 22, 2021

Ghislaine Maxwell trial deliberations halt until Monday
Ghislaine Maxwell trial deliberations halt until Monday

Ghislaine Maxwell will spend Christmas — and her 60th birthday — in jail without a resolution to her sex trafficking trial as a jury ended an abbreviated first week of deliberations Wednesday without reaching a verdict. More

December 22, 2021

Ex-gymnastics coach wins appeal on Nassar-related conviction
Ex-gymnastics coach wins appeal on Nassar-related conviction

By ANNA LIZ NICHOLS Associated Press / Report for America LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The Michigan Court of Appeals on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a former Michigan State University gymnastics coach who was accused of lying to investigators about her knowledge of sexual abuse complaints against Larry Nassar in the 1990s. In a 2-1 […] More

December 21, 2021

Maxwell trial jury finishes first full day of deliberations
Maxwell trial jury finishes first full day of deliberations

The jury deliberating at Ghislaine Maxwell's trial finished its first full day of deliberations Tuesday without reaching a verdict, having asked to review the testimony of three of four women who said they were teens when the British socialite aided financier Jeffrey Epstein in sexually abusing them. More

December 21, 2021

Former child protective officer sentenced to prison for the receipt and possession of child pornography
Former child protective officer sentenced to prison for the receipt and possession of child pornography

BALTIMORE (Scripps News Baltimore) — A former child protective officer has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for the receipt and possession of child pornography. According to testimony presented at his trial, 40-year-old Jean Buteau Remarque, who previously held positions at the International Bureau of Children’s Rights in Montreal, Canada, and as […] More

December 20, 2021

Ghislaine Maxwell declines to testify as defense rests case
Ghislaine Maxwell declines to testify as defense rests case

Ghislaine Maxwell's defense called another of Jeffrey Epstein's one-time paramours to the stand Friday: a former Miss Sweden, New York City doctor and tabloid fixture who told the jury that she trusted the financier with her young daughters and denied taking part in a group sexual encounter with a key accuser. More

December 17, 2021

Prosecution rests in sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell
Prosecution rests in sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors completed presenting their case against Ghislaine Maxwell on Friday, after a key accuser at the British socialite’s sex-abuse trial testified that Maxwell and her companion, Jeffrey Epstein, forced themselves on her when she was just 16.    Annie Farmer told jurors […] More

December 10, 2021

Woman says Maxwell abused her at age 14
Woman says Maxwell abused her at age 14

Carolyn offered some of the most explicit descriptions so far at the New York trial of Maxwell’s alleged grooming of underage victims, who prosecutors say were lured into “a pyramid scheme of abuse.” More

December 8, 2021