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Former social worker sentenced for sex crimes with minors
Former social worker sentenced for sex crimes with minors

IUKA, Miss. (AP) — A former social worker with the Mississippi Department of Child Protection Services has received eight years in prison for sex crimes involving two teenage boys under her care. Lauren Rose Cavness, 27, of Tishomingo, appeared Wednesday before Tishomingo County Circuit Judge Kelly Mims, the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported. He sentenced […] More

January 5, 2022

Maxwell to seek new trial after reports of juror’s sex abuse
Maxwell to seek new trial after reports of juror’s sex abuse

Ghislaine Maxwell, convicted last week of conspiring to recruit and groom teenage girls to be abused by Jeffrey Epstein, intends to request a new trial after revelations by one of the jurors in her case that he was a victim of sexual abuse, her defense lawyers said Wednesday. More

January 5, 2022

‘Substitute camera’ captures Ghislaine Maxwell trial drama
‘Substitute camera’ captures Ghislaine Maxwell trial drama

As Ghislaine Maxwell strode into the courtroom for the first day of her sex-trafficking trial, no photographer was allowed to catch it. Courtroom artist Elizabeth Williams, however, was at the ready and before the hour was up, the curtain-raising scene was transmitted to news outlets around the world. More

January 5, 2022

Prince Andrew effort to toss sex assault suit hits roadblock
Prince Andrew effort to toss sex assault suit hits roadblock

A judge was mostly dismissive Tuesday of oral arguments by a lawyer for Prince Andrew who wants to win fast dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that the prince two decades ago sexually assaulted a 17-year-old American who was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein. More

January 4, 2022

Judge: Prince Andrew can’t halt lawsuit with domicile claim
Judge: Prince Andrew can’t halt lawsuit with domicile claim

Prince Andrew's effort to immediately block the progression of a lawsuit by a woman who says he sexually assaulted her when she was 17 — on the grounds that she no longer lives in the U.S. — was rejected by a federal judge as oral arguments were set to proceed Monday on the prince's request to dismiss the lawsuit. More

January 3, 2022

Misinformation persists after Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial ends
Misinformation persists after Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial ends

The sex-trafficking trial of Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, ended with a guilty verdict, but that hasn’t stopped the flow of false news that has swirled around the case. On Thursday, posts emerged falsely claiming that trial documents were sealed to protect Epstein — who died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial for sex crimes […] More

December 31, 2021

What’s next for Ghislaine Maxwell after guilty verdict?
What’s next for Ghislaine Maxwell after guilty verdict?

By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With Wednesday’s guilty verdict in the sex-trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, here’s a look at what the once high-flying Jeffrey Epstein confidante was accused of and what’s next for her: WHO WERE GHISLAINE MAXWELL’S ACCUSERS? The prosecution hinged on the accusations of four women — Annie Farmer and the […] More

December 30, 2021

Maxwell verdict bodes ill for Prince Andrew’s civil case
Maxwell verdict bodes ill for Prince Andrew’s civil case

LONDON (AP) — Prince Andrew wasn’t on trial in the Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case but her conviction is bad news for the man who is ninth in line to the British throne. With the conclusion of the Maxwell case, attention will now turn to a U.S. civil suit in which the plaintiff alleges Maxwell […] More

December 30, 2021

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