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  • Ohio Mom Stabbed Boyfriend 6 Times After Finding Him Naked on Top of Her 12-Year-Old Daughter: Report

    Police are investigating after officials say a Cleveland woman stabbed her boyfriend several times in a fit of righteous anger after finding him on top of her young daughter, naked, police records confirm. According to Cleveland.com, neither the mother nor the “man” (and that term is used loosely) has been charged in connection with the…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Mystikal Arrested for Rape … Again

    First of all, what did you think was going to happen? The lyrics of his most popular song begin: I came here with my dick in my hand!Don’t make me leave here with my foot in your ass!Be cool! —“Shake Ya Ass” Well, after a previous stint in jail for the same crime, rapper Mystikal…

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    Michael Harriot

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  • Raven-Symoné Speaks Out on Cosby Allegations and Surprises Us All … Also, She’s Still ‘Dating Girls’

    Raven-Symoné—I know, at this point she’s trained us to roll our eyes when we hear her name because the things that come out of her mouth are often unsavory. From not wanting to hire people with ghetto names (cough—like hers—cough) to believing that former first lady Michelle Obama does indeed look apish, Raven-Symoné may well…

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    Danielle Young

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  • Judge of Characters: When Black Men Stop Caring About Women

    This week, we’ve been faced with famous black men who clearly don’t care about women. Rick Ross, who has a sordid history of rapey lyrics, proved just how rapey he could be in his latest appearance on The Breakfast Club. On top of telling the world that he can’t help himself when dealing with a…

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    Danielle Young

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  • Watch: A Timeline of R. Kelly’s Troubling History of Sexual Allegations

    By now you’ve heard that R. Kelly has allegedly formed a sex cult with women ranging in age from their late teens to late 20s (Kelly denies the allegations). Was anyone really surprised, though? Kelly, who acknowledges that he was molested by a family member from age 7 to 15, according to an interview last…

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    Peter J. Rickards

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  • The Cosby Trial Reminded Me Why I’ll Never Seek Justice

    I have been sexually assaulted twice in my life. Each incident was almost textbook in what we know about how sexual assault usually works. I was younger than my assaulter, and in both instances, he was in a position of power over me. In one instance, we had a relationship prior to the attack, including…

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    Aliya S. King

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  • ‘Stealthing’ Is Just Rape by a Different Name 

    Lately I have been seeing “stealthing” on my social media timelines. Intrigued, and likely against my better judgment, I searched for clearer meaning. In short, stealthing is when a man intentionally removes or damages his condom without his partner’s knowledge and/or consent. While stealthing may not be a new phenomenon, we should make no mistake…

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    Preston Mitchum

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  • Bill Cosby’s Daughter Says Her Father Is Not a Rapist

    Bill Cosby’s youngest daughter, Evin Cosby, says that her father isn’t a rapist and “loves and respects” women. Evin, one of the first family members to speak out about the embattled comedian, says that he’s being judged unfairly. “I am his fourth daughter. He raised me to go to college, start my own business, and…

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    Yesha Callahan

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  • NYC Man Indicted on Rape, Murder of Jogger 

    A Brooklyn, N.Y., man, who is accused of rape and murder in the death of 30-year-old jogger Karina Vetrano was formally indicted by a Queens, N.Y., grand jury Wednesday on four counts of first-degree murder, five counts of second-degree murder, two counts of first-degree aggravated sexual abuse and two counts of first-degree sexual abuse. Chanel…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Bill Cosby’s Sexual Assault Trial Has June Start Date and Is to Last 2 Weeks

    Bill Cosby looked to be in good spirits Monday as he entered the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., for a pretrial hearing in his sexual assault case. Cosby and his team of attorneys were in court Monday to iron out last-minute details about the trial, specifically if jurors would hear his 25-year-old “Spanish fly”…

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    Yesha Callahan

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