sexual assault
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'There Is No Model Survivor': Tarana Burke Warns Against the Derailing of #MeToo
Correction: August 21 at 2:04 p.m. EDT: An earlier version of this article mistakenly identified Rose McGowan as Rose Byrne. Earlier: As the #MeToo movement has gained steam, so have attempts to delegitimize accusers and victims of abuse; all too often, we hear “well, why didn’t she say something sooner?” Or, “this is a money-grab;…
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Tiffany Haddish Reveals She Was Raped as a Teen by a Police Cadet
It’s been said often enough to become cliché that humor is a kind of armor. For funny-woman Tiffany Haddish, that armor came at a cost. In the September issue of Glamour, the 38-year-old comedian opens up about a painful and life-changing sexual assault at the hands of a police cadet. Haddish was just 17-years-old at…
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Charlamagne Tha God Called His Wife On The Breakfast Club To Put An End To Allegations About Raping Her [Update]
Updated: Tuesday, July 24, 2018; 10:28 a.m. EDT: This morning on The Breakfast Club, Charlamagne addressed the rape allegations involving his wife. He said he was having a conversation with his wife about rape culture and whether or not having drunk sex was considered rape. He called up his wife on the show and asked,…
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Anthony Anderson Under Investigation For Allegedly Assaulting a Woman
Black-ish star Anthony Anderson is under criminal investigation by the LAPD for allegedly assaulting a woman who catered an event that the actor put on. Anderson is denying the allegation. The Blast reported that sources familiar with the situation claimed that the woman met with Anderson for a second time after she’d catered the event…
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We Don't Trust the Criminal Justice System Until It Clears a Black Man of Sexual Assault. Then We're All In
In what I imagine will eventually be a very regretful decision on her part, Angela Rye—noted #BlackGirlMagic trumpeter, public speaker, CNN contributor and women’s empowerment scion—decided to jump out the window in defense of her “brother,” Charlamagne Tha God (CTG). Through Instagram comments that referenced resurfacing allegations that CTG drugged and raped a then-15-year-old girl…
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Rep. Louie Gohmert Defends Rep. Jim Jordan Against Claims That He Knew of OSU Wrestler’s Sexual Abuse by Saying They ‘Were Adults’
The sexual-assault apologists just keep on coming out of the GOP woodwork. On Monday, Rep. Louie Gohmert defended his Republican brethren Jim Jordan of Ohio against allegations that he knew about reported abuse during his time as a wrestling coach at Ohio State University and did nothing to stop it. “Unlike the Olympians who were…
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Sil Lai Abrams Accuses Russell Simmons, A.J. Calloway of Sexual Assault, Slams NBC for Silencing Her Voice: Report [Updated]
Updated: Thursday, June 28, 2018, 5:32 p.m. EDT: Attorneys for both Russell Simmons and A.J. Calloway have sent statements of denials to The Root. Simmons’ lawyer, Patricia Glaser, said in a statement on Simmons’ behalf: Russell Simmons provided overwhelming material to THR [The Hollywood Reporter] (some on the record and some off the record) to support…
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Glamour Magazine’s College Women of Year Make It Clear: We Should All Be Fighting for Change
This generation is filled with young women willing to fight for change. (Because seriously, who else is going to fight for us?) Case in point: Ten women from Glamour Magazine’s 2018 College Women of the Year participated in a Q&A with Glamour on everything from “activism, #MeToo and calling b.s. on perfection.” Here are the…
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Survey Says: How Are Men Really Processing #MeToo?
Since it hit the mainstream last fall, the #MeToo movement has sent shockwaves through our collective consciousness, revealing predators in some of our most respected positions and forcing all of us to re-evaluate our behavior. But despite how pervasive the phrase has become, would you be shocked to know that 41 percent of men have…
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Bill Cosby to Be Sentenced in September
Bill Cosby is scheduled to be sentenced in September after being convicted of drugging and molesting former Temple University women’s basketball administrator Andrea Constand. Cosby was found guilty of three counts of aggravated indecent assault last month. Since the verdict was handed out, Cosby has been confined to the same suburban Philadelphia mansion where he…