sexual assault
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HIV-Positive Maryland School Track Coach Sentenced to 105 Years in Prison on Child-Pornography Charges
A former Maryland middle school aide was sentenced to 105 years in prison on federal child-pornography charges. Back in January, Carlos DeAngelo Bell, who was also a high school track coach, pleaded guilty to coercing children to engage in sexually explicit conduct in order to produce the pornography from 2014 to 2016, the Washington Post…
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#CopsToo: When Police Officers Use Sexual Assault to Terrorize Vulnerable Communities
In August of last year, Texas attorney Samuel Cammack III published a disturbing and graphic video on his website in an effort to send shockwaves throughout Harris County and the entire state of Texas. “Once the community sees this, they’re going to be outraged and disgusted,” Cammack asserted to Houston’s KTRK-TV. The video was dashcam…
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Terry Crews: Hollywood Is ‘Like a Plantation’
When Terry Crews opened up about an alleged sexual assault he experienced at the hands of WME agent Adam Venit in October, he understood the inherent risks: What if no one believes you? What if you can’t find work again? What if you’re ostracized from the industry? In a sprawling new interview with BuzzFeed, Crews…
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Lisa Bonet Opens Up, Says She Sensed ‘Sinister, Shadow Energy’ From Co-Star Bill Cosby
Lisa Bonet finally has something to say about the sexual assault allegations against her former TV father, Bill Cosby, and it ain’t good, as one might expect. In an interview published in Net-a-Porter, the actress voiced no surprise at the accusations but acknowledged that she had no sense of anything that was happening. Instead, she…
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Why Are WME’s Lawyers Asking Terry Crews to Take a Mental Health Examination?
Terry Crews did a brave thing in October when he took to Twitter to describe a sexual assault he endured during a Hollywood party. He stood in solidarity with the many women in Hollywood who have endured the same type of abuse from the white men who hold the power in the industry. He then…
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Bill Cosby Heads to Court to Stop Accusers From Testifying in Retrial as Prosecutors Seek to Call 19 Additional Women as Witnesses
Bill Cosby is scheduled to be in court Monday in a bid to stop several of his accusers from testifying in his sexual assault retrial April 2. According to NBC 5 Chicago, Cosby’s defense team is expected to argue with prosecutors over the potential witnesses at the pretrial hearing. The Associated Press reports that prosecutors…
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Ivanka Trump on Her Father’s 19 Sexual Assault Accusers: ‘I Believe My Father’
The number of accusers claiming that President Donald Trump sexually assaulted them stands at 19. Nineteen women have come out to claim that before the president became the president, he was sexually inappropriate. The claims of these 19 women run the gamut from unwanted touching to unwanted kissing, and Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump, a champion…
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Trump Takes to Twitter to Bash Sexual Assault Accuser Because He’s Trash
When 53 percent of white women vote against their self-interests to elect a reality star to the highest office in the land, then no one can be surprised at the drama that ensues. Once again, President TinyFingers von GrabHands is back to bashing his accusers on social media because that’s really presidential. On Sunday, the…
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Our Sisters’ Keeper: Tarana Burke Keeps Us Focused
How do we count the ways we love Tarana Burke? The #MeToo founder has been rightfully getting her shine since the movement bearing the name she coined caught Hollywood’s attention last fall. In the months since, she has appeared on red carpets, been honored in Time magazine, and become a regular on the talk and…