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Accuser describes Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey as 'slippery, snaky difficult person'

One of Kevin Spacey's accusers described the actor as a “slippery, snaky, difficult person” and says his escalating sexual assaults caused him shame, anxiety and depression

The Independent UK

Centre announces scheme for minor rape victims

The government has decided to provide medical, financial and infrastructural support to victims in cases where the sexual assault results in pregnancies

The Hindu

Watch live: Kevin Spacey arrives at London court as sexual assault trial continues

Kevin Spacey's UK sex assault trial is set to continue this morning (3 July), following a round of damning opening statements on the trial's second day on Friday (30 June).

The Independent UK

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Michigan resumes monitoring troubled Wayne County juvenile jail

The Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility is again operating under state supervision less than a month after a public emergency order was lifted following the alleged sexual assault of a child and months of overcrowding and understaffing in the troubled facility.

Tribune News Service

Ex-‘American Idol’ contestant Ron Bultongez takes plea deal on sexual assault charge

A former American Idol contestant from Plano was sentenced to eight years of probation after accepting a plea deal Friday on a sexual assault charge out of Grapevine.

Tribune News Service

Man accused of sexually assaulting, robbing five women he met on Snapchat

Kashaun Massey faces aggravated criminal sexual assault with a weapon, armed robbery and robbery charges in the alleged attacks on five women.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kevin Spacey a ‘sexual bully’ who enjoyed making victims feel powerless, court told

Hollywood star denies 12 charges, including sexual assault and indecent assault

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Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey a ‘sexual bully’, court told

The Hollywood star denies 12 charges, including sexual assault and indecent assault, and is on trial at Southwark Crown Court.

The Independent UK

Jean Carroll's Libel Lawsuit Against Donald Trump for His 2019 Statements Can Go Forward

From Judge Lewis Kaplan's opinion today in Carroll v. Trump (S.D.N.Y.): This is a defamation case brought by writer E. Jean Carroll against President Donald Trump, as he then was, for statements Mr. Trump made in June 2019 shortly after Ms. Carroll publicly accused him of sexual assault. In those…

Reason

Met Police officer sexually assaulted woman in Brighton sea on his stag-do

Sergeant Laurence Knight found not guilty of rape but convicted of sexual assault

The Independent UK

Senior Tory calls for ‘zero tolerance’ approach to sexual assault after Daniel Korski groping claims

Caroline Nokes has called for political candidates to sign a ‘zero tolerance’ charter before being allowed to run for office

The Independent UK

Kevin Spacey in UK court for sex trial

LONDON: Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey returned to a London courtroom on Wednesday to stand trial for a dozen sexual offences that allegedly occurred more than a decade ago.

Bangkok Post

Kevin Spacey to stand trial in London this week for alleged sex offences

Spacey faces 12 charges including sexual assault and indecent assault

The Independent UK

Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey to stand trial for alleged sex offences

Spacey faces 12 charges including sexual assault and indecent assault.

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Trevor Bauer withdraws defamation suit after the Athletic amends story

LOS ANGELES — Former Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer withdrew his defamation suit against the Athletic on Tuesday after the website publicly stated it “did not intend to state or imply” that a woman who accused the pitcher of sexual assault two years ago suffered a fractured skull.

WEKU

Lexington nonprofit serving sexual assault victims fires 7 of 10 employees

Ampersand, a Lexington-based nonprofit that provides counseling and other services to rape and sexual assault victims, fired seven of its 10 employees Thursday – apparently without notice.

Reason

No Absolute Privilege for Accuser's Allegations in College Disciplinary Proceedings; #TheyLied Libel Lawsuit

alleging the accuser lied in the proceedings can thus go forward, holds the Connecticut Supreme Court

The Guardian - AU

The millions of Australians in the survivor community are asking: what does justice look like for us?

To have our experience retried near-daily in the kangaroo courts of leaks, political expedience and sloppy journalism looks nothing like justice

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The Independent UK

Virginia jury acquits school spokesman of perjury in probe that was a focus of governor’s campaign

A jury has acquitted the longtime spokesman for a northern Virginia school system of perjuring himself during a high-profile investigation of two school-based sexual assaults

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Attorney for Conor McGregor’s sexual assault accuser says NBA offered hush money; league denies claim

An NBA spokesperson says it is "categorically false" that the woman accusing Conor McGregor of raping her was offered $100,000 to stay quiet.

The Guardian - US

Cash dictates the UFC won’t cut ties with the troubled Conor McGregor

The MMA star has been the focal point for a number of serious allegations. But his ability to draw in fans means he continues to prosper financially

Al Jazeera

Netflix show unleashes wave of MeToo allegations in Taiwan

Self-ruled island’s reckoning with sexual harassment and assault has been a long time coming.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Daniel Cormier: Conor McGregor has ‘almost become a victim to the fame,’ needs people to tell him no

Daniel Cormier offers some thoughts on what's plaguing Conor McGregor in the wake of his latest sexual assault allegation.

Edinburgh Live

West Lothian man jailed for six years after attack on 'vulnerable' young woman

Darren Hastie, 34, was sentence during a trial at the High Court in Glasgow after being found guilty for a serious sexual assault on May 30, 2023. The incident took place in 2022

The Independent UK

Campus assault suspect eludes arrest for 2 years, after "So I raped you" Facebook message

It's been two years since officials in Pennsylvania armed with a startling Facebook message that said, “So I raped you,” filed charges in a 2013 sexual assault at Gettysburg College

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