Weinstein lawyers seek mercy after his ‘historic’ fall

NEW YORK (AP) — With prosecutors seeking a severe punishment for Harvey Weinstein in his landmark #MeToo case, his lawyers argued on Monday that he deserves mercy for his already “historic fall from grace” and serious health issues. In a letter filed in advance of Weinstein’s sentencing on Wednesday for his New York City rape... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

March 9, 2020

Prosecutors say Harvey Weinstein deserves a harsh sentence

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein deserves a harsh sentence for having “trapped women into his exclusive control” so he could sexually assault them in a cycle of abuse going back to the 1970s, prosecutors told a judge in a filing on Friday. With the disgraced former movie mogul facing sentencing next week for his... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

March 9, 2020

Ohio State settling some suits over doc abuse; cost unclear

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State reached an unspecified settlement with nearly half of the roughly 350 men who say they were sexually abused decades ago by a team doctor who was jokingly known among some athletes by nicknames like “Dr. Jelly Paws.” The settlement announced Friday is the first for accusers of the late... Read More

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Richard Strauss

March 9, 2020

University of Michigan won’t change investigation into abuse

ANN ARBOR, Mich, (AP) — University of Michigan leaders said Friday that they plan to stay the course with their own investigation into allegations a deceased team doctor molested hundreds of people going back decades, declining the state attorney general’s offer to get involved and angering lawyers for the accusers, who described the school’s stance... Read More

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University of Michigan

March 6, 2020

R. Kelly pleads not guilty; feds say new charges planned

CHICAGO (AP) — R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday pleaded not guilty to an updated federal indictment that includes child pornography charges and allegations involving a new accuser, while prosecutors said more charges alleging yet another victim are upcoming. Kelly, 53, stood silently in orange prison garb with his hands behind his back as his... Read More

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R. Kelly

March 6, 2020

Harvey Weinstein moved to NYC jail after heart procedure

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was moved Thursday to an infirmary unit at New York City’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex after undergoing a heart procedure at the hospital where he’d been held since his conviction last month on rape and sexual assault charges. Weinstein’s spokesman, Juda Engelmayer, said that the former film producer’s... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

March 6, 2020

Abuse allegations, calls for state inquiry build in Michigan

YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — More men came forward Thursday with allegations of sexual abuse by a late doctor at the University of Michigan, as the state’s attorney general insisted that the school must commit to cooperating with her office before she would move to begin an independent investigation. The new allegations include four men who... Read More

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Robert Anderson

March 5, 2020

Trump lawyers ask for halt in suit from woman alleging rape

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s lawyers urged a judge Wednesday to halt a lawsuit from a woman seeking Trump’s DNA to help prove her claim that he raped her in the 1990s, though her lawyer offered to hold off the DNA request for a time. Former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll is suing... Read More

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Donald Trump, E. Jean Carroll

March 5, 2020

Ex-guard admits to sexually abusing inmate at federal jail

NEW YORK (AP) — A former correctional officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexually abusing a woman housed at the federal lockup in Manhattan — a facility that has drawn mounting criticism for security lapses such as the death last year of financier Jeffrey Epstein. The officer, Colin Akparanta, admitted using his authority to coerce the... Read More

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Colin Akparanta

March 5, 2020

Ex-wrestler sues University of Michigan over doc’s assaults

DETROIT (AP) — A man who was a college wrestler in the 1980s sued the University of Michigan on Wednesday, alleging that a school doctor molested him dozens of times despite the university knowing that he was a threat to athletes. The lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Detroit is the first since victims of... Read More

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Dr. Robert E. Anderson

March 5, 2020

R Kelly to enter plea to reworked federal charges in Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) — R&B singer R. Kelly is due in federal court on Thursday in Chicago to enter a plea to an updated federal indictment that includes sex abuse allegations involving a new accuser. Kelly, 53, is expected to plead not guilty to a 13-count superseding indictment unsealed last month that includes multiple counts of... Read More

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R. Kelly

March 4, 2020

Universities follow similar playbook in sex assault response

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As mass sexual assault scandals, some dating back decades, roil universities across the country, the schools are seemingly drawing from the same playbook in their responses. Whether a large state school like the University of Michigan, or a private one like Baylor University in Texas, the typical moves include hiring an... Read More

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March 3, 2020

Suit dismissed over Indiana attorney general groping claims

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit filed against Indiana’s attorney general by four women who say he drunkenly groped them during a party, while state legislators took their first step toward possibly forcing him from office if the state Supreme Court suspends his law license. Republican Attorney General Curtis Hill... Read More

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Curtis Hill

March 2, 2020

Buffalo Roman Catholic Diocese seeks bankruptcy protection

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The embattled Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo filed for bankruptcy protection Friday, taking another major step in its effort to recover from a clergy misconduct scandal that’s been the basis for hundreds of lawsuits, Vatican intervention and the resignation of its bishop. With its filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the western... Read More

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Weinstein lawyers seek mercy after his ‘historic’ fall

Prosecutors say Harvey Weinstein deserves a harsh sentence

Ohio State settling some suits over doc abuse; cost unclear

University of Michigan won’t change investigation into abuse

R. Kelly pleads not guilty; feds say new charges planned

Harvey Weinstein moved to NYC jail after heart procedure

Abuse allegations, calls for state inquiry build in Michigan

Trump lawyers ask for halt in suit from woman alleging rape

Ex-guard admits to sexually abusing inmate at federal jail

Ex-wrestler sues University of Michigan over doc’s assaults

R Kelly to enter plea to reworked federal charges in Chicago

Universities follow similar playbook in sex assault response

Suit dismissed over Indiana attorney general groping claims

Buffalo Roman Catholic Diocese seeks bankruptcy protection

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