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Why Nate Parker's College Rape Accusations Resurfacing Isn't Because Of Some Conspiracy, Explained
Who is Nate Parker? Nate Parker is an actor, director, writer, and producer who’s been in over a dozen movies, including Red Tails, The Great Debaters, Beyond the Lights, and The Secret Life of Bees. Interestingly enough, the 36-year-old Parker, who was an All-American wrestler in college, can trace his acting career to an especially fortuitous…
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Indianapolis Police Searching for Man Who Kept Woman Chained in Basement for Days
Indianapolis Metropolitan police are searching for a man who they say kidnapped and raped a woman found chained in a basement, the Indianapolis Star reports. According to court documents, Maurice Nelson, 28, is accused of abducting and torturing the 23-year-old victim, who was held as a prisoner. A neighbor reportedly heard the woman’s screams and…
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Vanderbilt Football Player Cory Batey Gets 15 Years for Rape
Former Vanderbilt football player Cory Batey was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday for raping an unconscious woman, weeks after a Stanford student received what many believe was a slap on the wrist for a rape conviction. The New York Daily News reports that Batey was convicted in April of aggravated rape, which carries a…
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Donald Trump Accused of Raping 13-Year-Old in Federal Lawsuit
In a new federal lawsuit filed by a New York City woman, Donald Trump is being accused of having raped her in 1994 when she was 13 years old. The woman, known only as Jane Doe in the lawsuit, said she met Trump at parties thrown by an investor. According to Gothamist, the lawsuit alleges that Trump…
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Pa. Man Faces Multiple Charges After 12 Girls Found in Home
A suburban Philadelphia man is facing multiple charges after being found living with 12 girls, one of whom was a “gift” from financially struggling parents, WBIR reports. Charges against 51-year-old Lee Kaplan include statutory sexual assault and aggravated indecent assault. According to the report, acting on a tip from a neighbor, authorities found Kaplan in…
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Fla. Man Sentenced to 25 Years After Raping Woman in Order to Get Prison Time
A Florida man has been been sentenced to 25 years in prison after raping a woman so that he could get into prison to get even with the person who killed his 14-year-old son, the Palm Beach Post reports. Joel Jones raped the unidentified victim in August 2014 after she responded to a Craigslist ad…
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Brian Banks, Wrongly Convicted of Rape as a Teen, Calls Stanford Case One of ‘Privilege’
By now we are all familiar with the outrage sweeping the nation since a Santa Clara County, Calif., judge sentenced Stanford swimmer Brock Turner to six months in county jail after the 20-year-old was convicted of raping an unconscious and intoxicated woman in 2015. However, Brian Banks, a once-promising high school football player who was…
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Bronx, NY, Man Charged With Fatally Beating Man Who Allegedly Tried to Rape His Wife
A New York City man has been arrested and charged after, police say, he fatally beat the man who allegedly tried to rape his wife inside their Bronx apartment, CBS New York reports. Mamadou Diallo, 61, is now facing charges of manslaughter. According to the report, police responded to emergency calls at the apartment building just…
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White Idaho High School Football Players Charged in Brutal Sexual Assault of Black, Disabled Teammate
Three Dietrich, Idaho, teenagers have been charged with sexual assault in the brutal rape of their high school football teammate, the Washington Post reports. One teammate, under the guise of giving the victim—who reportedly has “mental disorders, including learning disabilities”—a hug, restrained the boy while another player allegedly thrust a coat hanger into his rectum,…
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How Hotep Thinking Like Erykah Badu's Robs Black Children Of Their Childhoods
My childhood before the age of 10 had some big milestones. I moved to the US and learned English. I adopted Harlem as my hometown. I got my first self-purchased cassette—Sisqo’s underrated but absolutely flames Unleash the Dragon. I had also seen and touched and touched an adult man’s penis, on multiple occasions, by the…