Sex assault trial starts for former MSU hoops star Cleaves

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — An attorney for former Michigan State basketball star Mateen Cleaves says during his trial on sexual assault charges that consensual sex between two adults is not a crime. Defense attorney Frank Manley made the comment Thursday in an opening statement in Cleaves’ trial in Genesee County Circuit Court. Manley said the... Read More

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Mateen Cleaves

August 9, 2019

Ice cream man gets 25 years for raping teenage worker

ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia ice cream man and convicted child molester has been sentenced to 25 years in prison and life on probation for raping a 14-year-old girl inside his work truck. News outlets report the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office says 45-year-old Khabir Daniel has been convicted on charges including aggravated child molestation... Read More

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Khabir Daniel

August 8, 2019

Man gets life for impregnating 10-year-old in South Carolina

HAMPTON, S.C. (AP) — A 37-year-old man in South Carolina will spend the rest of his life in prison for impregnating a 10-year-old. Prosecutors said Tony Orlanda Singleton was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree criminal sexual assault. Authorities say they took DNA evidence from the fetus after the girl had an abortion and it proved... Read More

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Tony Orlanda Singleton

August 8, 2019

Ronaldo lawyers file documents after Vegas rape case ruling

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo’s lawyers have filed court documents following a judge’s decision not to dismiss or keep completely secret a lawsuit by a Nevada woman who accuses the Portuguese soccer star of raping her in 2009. Partially blacked-out pleadings submitted Tuesday in U.S. District Court revealed no new information, and lawyers for... Read More

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Cristiano Ronaldo

August 8, 2019

Former Boy Scout leader sentenced for possessing child porn

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A former New York Boy Scout leader who had 10,000 images and 600 videos of child pornography has been sentenced to more than six years in prison. Federal prosecutors say 34-year-old Russell Ruth of Lyons was sentenced Wednesday to 80 months in prison after pleading guilty in May to possessing child... Read More

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Russell Ruth

August 7, 2019

Federal charges ramp up pressure on R. Kelly to make deal

CHICAGO (AP) — R. Kelly couldn’t be faulted if he felt some confidence he could beat the sex charges brought by Cook County prosecutors earlier this year. He had beaten them before, winning acquittal on all counts in a 2008 child pornography trial. Any confidence the R&B star may have felt likely melted away last... Read More

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R. Kelly

August 7, 2019

Ex-Memphis player sues school over handling of rape claim

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former University of Memphis football player is suing the school over its handling of a rape allegation. The federal lawsuit filed Monday by Ernest Suttles says the school branded him as a rapist and cost him a possible NFL career. Court records say the state dismissed the charge last month... Read More

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August 7, 2019

Sentencing set for ex-dean who had oversight of Larry Nassar

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Sentencing is scheduled for a former dean who had oversight of now-imprisoned sports doctor Larry Nassar at Michigan State University. William Strampel goes back before a judge Wednesday, nearly two months after the College of Osteopathic Medicine’s ex-dean was convicted of neglect of duty and misconduct in office. He was acquitted... Read More

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Larry Nassar, William Strampel

August 6, 2019

Former executive sues Tinder, claims sex assault by ex-CEO

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former executive at the dating site Tinder sued the company and its former CEO on Monday alleging he sexually assaulted her and the company fired her in retaliation for her complaint. Rosette Pambakian said in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court that former Match Group and Tinder CEO... Read More

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Gregory Blatt, Tinder

August 6, 2019

Class action lawsuit filed against UCLA gynecologist

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two women said in a federal class action lawsuit they were sexually assaulted by a former gynecologist who worked for the University of California, Los Angeles. The lawsuit states Dr. James Heaps sexually assaulted the women and made sexually inappropriate comments during their appointments. The suit also alleges that UCLA failed... Read More

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Dr. James Heaps

August 5, 2019

R. Kelly pleads not guilty to sexually abusing women, girls

NEW YORK (AP) — Embattled R&B singer R. Kelly pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges he sexually abused women and girls who attended his concerts as his lawyers continued to label the alleged victims disgruntled “groupies.” A sullen-looking Kelly appeared in a Brooklyn courtroom where a magistrate judge also denied his request for bail,... Read More

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R. Kelly

August 5, 2019

Former Wisconsin football player found not guilty of rape

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A jury deliberated for just 30 minutes on Friday before it acquitted former University of Wisconsin wide receiver Quintez Cephus on charges alleging that he sexually assaulted two female students. Cephus, 21, was suspended from the football team last August and was expelled from the university earlier this year for violating... Read More

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Quintez Cephus

August 5, 2019

Ronaldo loses bid to dismiss or fully seal Vegas rape case

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has lost a bid for dismissal or complete secrecy in a federal lawsuit by a Nevada woman who accuses him of raping her at a Las Vegas resort in 2009. Attorney Larissa Drohobyczer, representing Ronaldo’s accuser, Kathryn Mayorga, said Friday she was satisfied with U.S. District Judge... Read More

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Cristiano Ronaldo

August 1, 2019

Judge tosses college assault suit amid more rape charges

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge said a lawsuit brought by a former Marshall University student failed to show the West Virginia school could be held legally liable for its handling of an on-campus rape case. District Judge Robert C. Chambers on Tuesday filed an order explaining that he threw out Alicia Gonzales’ case... Read More

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Alicia Gonzales, Joseph Chase Hardin

Sex assault trial starts for former MSU hoops star Cleaves

Ice cream man gets 25 years for raping teenage worker

Man gets life for impregnating 10-year-old in South Carolina

Ronaldo lawyers file documents after Vegas rape case ruling

Former Boy Scout leader sentenced for possessing child porn

Federal charges ramp up pressure on R. Kelly to make deal

Ex-Memphis player sues school over handling of rape claim

Sentencing set for ex-dean who had oversight of Larry Nassar

Former executive sues Tinder, claims sex assault by ex-CEO

Class action lawsuit filed against UCLA gynecologist

R. Kelly pleads not guilty to sexually abusing women, girls

Former Wisconsin football player found not guilty of rape

Ronaldo loses bid to dismiss or fully seal Vegas rape case

Judge tosses college assault suit amid more rape charges

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