Irish Firefighter’s Boston Hotel Rape Trial, Take Two

Author: Wild | Wild About Trial BOSTON – The fate of Dublin firefighter Terence Crosbie is once again in the hands of a jury. This is round two for Crosbie, 38, who is accused of raping a woman in a Boston hotel after last year’s St. Patrick’s Day parade. Prosecutors say Crosbie was in town... Read More

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March 17, 2020

Retrial of US Catholic official delayed over virus concerns

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The retrial of the only church official who has ever gone to prison in the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal was delayed Monday because of the coronavirus outbreak. The retrial of Monsignor William Lynn, the longtime secretary for clergy in the Philadelphia archdiocese, had been to start Monday in Philadelphia Common... Read More

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William Lynn

March 17, 2020

Former priest in northern Virginia charged with sexual abuse

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A former Catholic priest in northern Virginia has been charged with sexually abusing a teenager in a case that dates back nearly 35 years, and a city councilman for the District of Columbia came forward to say he was the victim. Scott Asalone, 63, of Asbury Park, New Jersey, was... Read More

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Scott Asalone

March 16, 2020

Federal prosecutors in NYC add to R Kelly’s legal woes

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors hit R. Kelly with more criminal charges Friday, accusing the disgraced R&B singer of having unprotected sex with a girl in 2015 without disclosing he had herpes. The new racketeering charges were included in a revised indictment filed in New York City a week after the 53-year-old Kelly pleaded... Read More

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R. Kelly

March 16, 2020

Monsignor in landmark church abuse case goes back on trial

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nearly two decades after the Roman Catholic priest-abuse scandal exploded in the U.S. in 2002, only one church official has ever gone to prison over it: Monsignor William Lynn, the longtime secretary for clergy in the Philadelphia archdiocese. After an appeals court found his sweeping 2012 trial flawed and his conviction was... Read More

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Catholic Church, William Lynn

March 13, 2020

A hospitalized Weinstein ‘has not given up,’ his lawyer says

NEW YORK (AP) — A day after receiving a 23-year prison term in his New York City rape case, Harvey Weinstein was in medical and legal limbo on Thursday but indicated through a lawyer that he is still eager to fight looming criminal charges in Los Angeles. Weinstein, 67, suffered chest pains the day before... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

March 13, 2020

Ex-track athletes detail alleged sex abuse by college coach

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Former Olympic high jumper Erin Aldrich claims one of her track coaches, John Rembao, began grooming her for a sexually abusive relationship when she was 16 before physically taking advantage of her two years later. “What we had between us, was not something special,” Aldrich said in an interview with... Read More

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Erin Aldrich

March 12, 2020

Charges dropped as youth center abuse investigation widens

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire attorney general’s office said Wednesday it is dropping 82 rape charges against two former youth counselors in order to strengthen its expanded investigation into sex abuse at the state’s youth detention center. Jeffrey Buskey, 53, of Boston, and Stephen Murphy, 50, of Danvers, Massachusetts, were charged in July... Read More

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Sununu Youth Services Center

March 12, 2020

Weinstein gets 23 years in sentence hailed by accusers

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison after breaking his courtroom silence with a rambling plea for mercy in which he professed to be “totally confused” by the #MeToo movement that spelled the Hollywood producer’s downfall. His accusers — those who testified against him and many others who... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

March 12, 2020

3 former track athletes suing NCAA, coach over alleged abuse

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Former Olympic high jumper Erin Aldrich planned to die with a secret she kept quiet for two-plus decades: an affair with a college coach she began falling in love with as a teenager and with whom she had an sexual relationship as a young woman. When Aldrich watched “Leaving Neverland,”... Read More

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NCAA

March 11, 2020

Weinstein faces sentencing, prison in landmark #MeToo case

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein is back in court Wednesday for the final act of the rape trial that landed him behind bars: a sentencing hearing where the once-powerful film producer will learn just how long he’ll stay in prison for his landmark #MeToo conviction. Weinstein is scheduled to be sentenced in New York... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

March 10, 2020

Self-help guru requests new trial in sex-trafficking case

NEW YORK (AP) — The leader of a cult-like self-improvement group that attracted heiresses and Hollywood actresses is requesting a new trial in his sex-trafficking case. A jury convicted Keith Raniere in June on all counts of sex-trafficking and coercing women into sex. He and his lawyers filed a motion Monday in Brooklyn federal court... Read More

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Keith Raniere

March 10, 2020

US Supreme Court rejects ex-cop’s appeal of rape convictions

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal for a former Oklahoma City police officer convicted of sexually assaulting black women he encountered while patrolling the city’s low-income neighborhoods. Attorney James L. Hankins asked the highest court in December 2019 to review a ruling against 33-year-old Daniel Holtzclaw... Read More

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Daniel Holtzclaw

March 10, 2020

Ex-Michigan football player suing school over alleged abuse

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A man who played football at the University of Michigan sued the school and its board of regents on Monday, alleging the late Dr. Robert E. Anderson sexually abused him. The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Detroit is seeking certification to be class action and aims to include anyone... Read More

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Robert E. Anderson

Irish Firefighter’s Boston Hotel Rape Trial, Take Two

Retrial of US Catholic official delayed over virus concerns

Former priest in northern Virginia charged with sexual abuse

Federal prosecutors in NYC add to R Kelly’s legal woes

Monsignor in landmark church abuse case goes back on trial

A hospitalized Weinstein ‘has not given up,’ his lawyer says

Ex-track athletes detail alleged sex abuse by college coach

Charges dropped as youth center abuse investigation widens

Weinstein gets 23 years in sentence hailed by accusers

3 former track athletes suing NCAA, coach over alleged abuse

Weinstein faces sentencing, prison in landmark #MeToo case

Self-help guru requests new trial in sex-trafficking case

US Supreme Court rejects ex-cop’s appeal of rape convictions

Ex-Michigan football player suing school over alleged abuse

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