rape
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2nd Boy, 15, Arrested in Connection With Facebook Live Gang Rape of Chicago Girl
A 15-year-old boy wanted in connection with the gang rape of a 15-year-old girl that was broadcast on Facebook Live has turned himself in, police confirmed Monday, making him the second juvenile to be arrested in the case. According to USA Today, the boy was accompanied by his mother when he turned himself in and…
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White Woman Jailed After Lying About Being Raped and Kidnapped by 3 Black Men: Police
Eighteen-year-old Breana Harmon Talbott of Denison, Texas, ran into a church and told people she had been kidnapped and raped by three masked black men. Talbott, who was wearing only a bra, T-shirt and underwear, was bloodied and looked battered. News of the incident swept the community and incited racist tweets on social media. One…
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Mom Says 15-Year-Old Daughter Who Was Sexually Assaulted on Facebook Live Is Now Receiving Online Threats
A 15-year-old Chicago girl who allegedly suffered through being sexually assaulted on a Facebook Live broadcast is now the target of online threats, adding insult to an indescribably horrific injury. According to the Associated Press, the mother of the teenager told police that the child has been receiving the threats online ever since the attack,…
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15-Year-Old Chicago Girl Sexually Assaulted in Facebook Live Broadcast That Went Unreported: Police
Approximately 40 people watched the Facebook Live video reportedly showing a 15-year-old Chicago girl being sexually assaulted by five or six men or boys. However, none of those individuals reported the publicly broadcast incident, authorities said Tuesday. The Associated Press reports that authorities became involved only when the child’s mother approached Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie…
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NC Cop Pleads Guilty to Statutory Rape After Impregnating 13-Year-Old Girl He Was Mentoring
A Lowell, N.C., police officer was sentenced to at least 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl who ended up pregnant because of the cop’s sick advances. According to WCNC-TV, James Blair, 51, will also register as a lifetime sex offender and is prohibited from having any…
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Judge in Idaho High School Football Hanger Case Lashes Out, Says It Was Not ‘Rape’ or ‘Racial’
The Idaho judge who sentenced a former high school football player to just 300 hours of community service after he “more than likely” raped a developmentally disabled African-American teammate has accused the press (and public) of misrepresenting what happened. The judge says the case is not about “rape” or “sex” and that “people from the…
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17-Year-Old Mich. Girl Charged in Knifepoint Rape of 19-Year-Old
A 17-year-old Michigan girl from Saginaw is facing life in prison after being charged with raping a 19-year-old man at knifepoint, MLive reports. The girl was arraigned Tuesday on two felony counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. If she’s convicted, each count carries a maximum sentence of life in prison, the site notes. According to…
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Reclaiming My Body During the Month of My Rapist’s Birth
January is usually a time of celebration. It’s a time when people can revisit goals from the previous year, create new ones, craft vision boards and determine our course for the year, all while anticipating some unexpected hurdles along the way. I, too, can always appreciate how important celebrating the new year is—a time with…
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4 Sentenced in Kidnapping, Torture of NY College Students
On Wednesday, four people were sentenced in the December 2015 abduction and torture of two University of Rochester students, the Washington Post reports. Nicholas Kollias and Ani Okeke Ewo, both 21-year-old students, were lured to a house several miles from campus for what they believed was a party. Ewo and a female acquaintance had been…
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Nate Parker Bashed for Sexual Assault Allegations, but What About Casey Affleck?
Recently, on Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, co-host Charlamagne tha God asked guests Jamilah Lemieux and Amber Phillips about Nate Parker. Among his varying questions on the controversial subject, Charlamagne referenced the notion of a double standard in that Parker can’t evade backlash over accusations of sexual assault the way that white celebrities such as…