Rape, sexual assault and molestation are some of the violent ways offenders commit these heinous crimes.
Closing arguments began Monday for R. Kelly and two co-defendants on federal charges of trial-fixing, child pornography and enticing minors for sex. More
September 12, 2022
At R. Kelly's Chicago federal trial, ex business manager Derrell McDavid expressed doubts about Kelly’s insistence he never sexually abused minors. More
September 9, 2022
Kevin Thomas Ryan, a 43-year-old Estes park, Colorado man, was arrested on multiple felony allegations related to child sex crimes. More
September 8, 2022
Lawrence Costella, special education teacher at Atholton High School in Maryland, is charged with possession and distribution of child pornography. More
September 8, 2022
Derrell McDavid, a co-defendant at Kelly’s trial in federal court in Chicago, said he saw no early signs Kelly sought minors for sex. More
September 8, 2022
In Michigan, an Oakland County Sheriff's Office deputy is accused of trying to have sex with a 15-year-old girl. More
September 7, 2022
Virginia man Hector Rojo will spend 36 years behind bars for rape of a child. The victim told detectives Rojo sexually abused her for nearly... More
September 7, 2022
Music writer Jim DeRogatis is fighting a bid to force him to testify at R&B singer R. Kelly's's federal trial on child pornography and trial-fixing... More
September 6, 2022
Colby Ryan, 26, was booked into the Maricopa County Jail on Sept. 3 on two counts of domestic violence sexual assault. More
September 6, 2022
An indictment said Jordan kept a roster of women who lived across the U.S. and performed sexual acts for his clients in exchange for money. More
September 2, 2022
Sexual encounters were touted to members as a form of “healing” and offered a path to scaling the seven levels of the school’s strict hierarchy.... More
September 2, 2022
Authorities released video and documents related to charges against Gary Busey, accused of inappropriately touching at least three women. More
September 1, 2022
Singer R. Kelly told a federal judge Thursday that he won't testify at his ongoing trial in Chicago on charges that accuse him of child pornography, enticement... More
September 1, 2022
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A former Idaho lawmaker convicted of raping a 19-year-old legislative intern has been sentenced to More
August 31, 2022
Prosecutors rested their case Tuesday at R. Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago after presenting two weeks of testimony, including from four Kelly accusers, in their bid... More
August 30, 2022
Matt Araiza, nicknamed the “Punt God,” was cut by the Buffalo Bills on Saturday, two days after the civil lawsuit was filed. More
August 30, 2022
Two more accusers took the witness stand at R. Kelly’s child pornography and solicitation of minors trial. More
August 29, 2022
During a recorded phone call with the accuser, he said, “This is Matt Araiza. I don’t remember anything that happened that night” and hung up. More
August 26, 2022
A Black man wrongfully convicted as a teenager for a New Orleans rape more than 36 years ago was ordered freed Thursday after a judge... More
August 25, 2022
A law firm that helped defend Ghislaine Maxwell is suing her, her brother and husband, saying it was never paid for more than $878,000 for... More
August 25, 2022
New York's highest court has agreed to hear an appeal from Harvey Weinstein over his 2020 rape conviction. More
August 25, 2022
Defense lawyers at R. Kelly’s child pornography trial in Chicago sought Wednesday to portray a key government witness as a liar and extortionist, contending the... More
August 24, 2022
Mario Batali has agreed to settle two Massachusetts lawsuits that accused the celebrity chef of sexual assault. The decision to settle the cases comes more... More
August 24, 2022
A former merchandizing agent for R. Kelly testified Tuesday that the singer offered him $1 million to find a VHS tape featuring Kelly as prosecutors... More
August 23, 2022
Actor Gary Busey has been charged with sexual offenses following alleged actions at the Monster Mania Convention in the Philadelphia suburb of Cherry Hill. More
August 22, 2022
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... 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... 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... 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... 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... More
August 17, 2022
