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Panel to examine corporate culture behind Johnny & Associates

A third-party special panel of experts investigating the sexual abuse allegations against Johnny Kitagawa, the founder of the all-male talent agency Johnny & Associates Inc., said it will examine the corporate culture that allowed the alleged acts to occur.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Japan entertainment company launches probe into sexual abuse allegations against founder

A major Japanese talent agency has begun an investigation into sexual abuse allegations against its founder

The Independent UK

King’s charity ‘has insufficient funds’ for child sexual abuse payments

Survivors owed compensation by the Prince’s Trust have been told they will only receive about 1% of the figure they were promised.

The Independent UK

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Delayed justice: 3 states remove all time limits on child sex abuse lawsuits

Advocates for survivors of child sexual abuse say momentum is growing for completely removing the statute of limitations for such crimes

The Independent UK

Trump requests reduced damages or new trial in E Jean Carroll case

Attorneys, in Manhattan federal court filing, say award of $5m in damages for sexual abuse and defamation was excessive

The Guardian - US

Donald Trump's lawyers seek to cut sex abuse jury award from $5M to under $1M

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump say a $5 million jury award for his sexual abuse and defamation of a columnist in a department store dressing room in 1996 should be slashed to less than $1 million

The Independent UK

Meta taskforce to combat trade of child sex abuse materials after damning report

The Stanford Internet Observatory documented how a web of social media accounts advertises and distributes abuse materials

The Guardian - US

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Prison sexual assault victims can now petition for compassionate release

Advocates are hoping more survivors of sexual assaults in federal prison can use a new method to win early release.

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Michigan lawmakers renew effort to give sex abuse victims more time to sue

Michigan lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation that would give victims of sexual abuse more time to sue for damages and create a two-year revival window for cases where the statute of limitations has expired

The Independent UK

Doctors must strictly comply with law on reporting POCSO offences: Karnataka High Court

Reporting of offences under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, particularly by doctors, requires strict compliance, failing which the offender committing the offence arising out of a consensual sexual activity or rape or sexual abuse on a child will get away from the clutches of law, said…

The Hindu

Yemeni activist who revealed Houthi sexual abuses ‘detained by Saudi Arabia’

Samira al-Houri disappeared after allegations that claims of female prisoners being raped were embellished

The Guardian - UK

Pressure builds on Johnny Kitagawa’s J-pop agency to address abuse claims

Survivors want talent firm Johnny & Associates to fully investigate sexual abuse allegations against late founder

The Guardian - UK

Spain's Catholic Church finds hundreds of alleged child abusers over eight decades

An investigation by the Spanish Catholic Church into child sexual abuse by members of the clergy and non-clerical staff has so far identified 728 alleged abusers and 927 victims since the 1940s, according to its first report.

Reuters

E. Jean Carroll and Mary Trump to co-author a romance novel

Former US President Donald Trump's niece Mary Trump, a psychologist-author who is quite critical of him and the Trump family, published her book about Donald Trump titled 'Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man' in 2020. And now, the news is that Mary…

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The Independent UK

What led to Danny Masterson’s rape retrial and what happens next

A Los Angeles jury has found “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson guilty of two counts of rape and failed to reach a verdict on a third woman's sexual abuse allegations

The Guardian - UK

How to hold the government to account on public inquiries

Letter: Select committees are well-equipped to scrutinise the response to inquiries such the one on child sexual abuse, says Diana Johnson, the chair of the home affairs select committee

The Independent UK

Government response weak and at times disingenuous – abuse inquiry chairwoman

The panel said it fears action on its recommendations could be deferred indefinitely ‘for the sake of other political priorities’.

ABC News

Melbourne's Adass Israel School reaches settlement over fresh Malka Leifer abuse claims

A new civil trial alleging sexual abuse by former Melbourne school principal Malka Leifer is averted after a last-minute settlement is reached.

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The extraordinary legal tactics institutions are using to fight compensation claims by abuse victims

Reforms in the wake of the child sexual abuse royal commission made it easier for victims to seek compensation, but now a fierce new battleground is emerging as some organisations at the centre of the claims push to have cases thrown out altogether.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on the child sexual abuse inquiry: survivors deserve better

Editorial: The government’s response to Alexis Jay’s report is inadequate. Ministers must step up and show victims the effort was worthwhile

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Met officers admit plot to share child sexual abuse images with senior officer

Jack Addis and Jeremy Laxton pleaded guilty to conspiring with Ch Insp Richard Watkinson who was found dead in January

The Guardian - UK

‘Inaccurate’ grooming gang claims putting children at risk, Sunak and Braverman told

Exclusive: Joint letter from organisations and experts says singling out British-Pakistani men draws attention away from other sources of sexual abuse

The Independent UK

Bolivia's Catholic Church acknowledges being 'deaf' to sex abuse victims

Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church in Bolivia are acknowledging that the institution has been deaf to the suffering of victims of sexual abuse at a time when the country has been rocked by a pedophilia scandal involving priests

Chicago Sun-Times

Cupich’s lackluster response to alarming undercount of Catholic clergy sex abuse won’t cut it

There’s no room for anything other than full acceptance of the hard, brutal truth revealed by a five-year investigation: The Catholic Church in Illinois failed to acknowledge hundreds of allegedly abusive priests and other religious figures.

The Independent UK

Catholic clergy 700-page abuse report could prompt lawsuits and changes to Illinois law

Illinois’ attorney general ended a five-year investigation into sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy in the state Tuesday, releasing a nearly 700-page report that revealed the problem was far worse than the church had said in 2018 at the start of the state’s review

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