The Latest Breaking News from sexual assault

The 2021–22 school year had the highest rate of restricted reports since 2007.

Suspended Australian rugby union player Kurtley Beale is preparing to fight sexual assault allegations after his legal team received the evidence against him.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office is reviewing a case brought against actor Armie Hammer, who has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women and who allegedly coerced others to engage in aggressive sexual activities.

Brazilian soccer player Dani Alves said on Monday he had consensual sex with a woman who has accused him of sexual assault, changing his version of what happened in a Barcelona nightclub in late December.

A Kent physiotherapist has been charged with sexually assaulting five women during treatments.

Dani Alves has testified in court and told the judge investigating a sexual assault accusation against him that he had consensual sex with the alleged victim

New figures show that more than 6,500 rapes and sexual assaults were committed in hospitals in England and Wales between January 2019 and October 2022

MORROW COVE, Calif. — For nearly three decades, the navy-and-gold Training Ship Golden Bear has plied oceans around the globe for California State University’s Maritime Academy, providing a unique classroom for students training to be leaders in the seafaring industry.

The 35-year-old was this month found guilty of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent, stemming from the assault of a woman in Newcastle more than four years ago. He will be sentenced next month.

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The women’s professional tennis tour will return to China later this year, ending a boycott instituted in late 2021 over concerns about the safety of former player Peng Shuai after she accused a high-ranking government official there of sexual assault