#MeToo Founder Tarana Burke Leads Survivors’ March and Rally in Hollywood
November 16, 2017
Black women and other women of color represent at rally about sexual abuse and harassment.
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Cosby Hires Michael Jackson’s Former Lawyer
August 23, 2017
Bill Cosby has hired former Michael Jackson attorney Tom Mesereau to lead his defense team going into the November retrial of the comedian’s sexual assault case.
LAPD Officer Charged With Sexually Assaulting Teen
July 27, 2017
A Los Angeles police officer has been charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced.
Ex-NFL star Sharper sentenced to 20 years in drugging rapes
November 30, 2016
Darren Sharper was sentenced Tuesday a 20-year prison term, ending a tour of shame and punishment in the courthouse where he first admitted drugging and raping women in four states.
School Officials Say They Didn’t Know of Abuse of Black Teen
June 14, 2016
Idaho school officials deny they knew about months of racial taunts and physical abuse against a black teenager who prosecutors say was sexually assaulted by three white football players in a locker room.
Trial to start in Vegas for former pastor in child sex case
January 6, 2016
After years of delays, a former storefront church pastor and international fugitive is due for trial Monday in Las Vegas on allegations that he sexually assaulted girls in his congregation under the guise of counseling. Otis Holland, 59, faces life in prison on charges he abused girls as young as 7. He has been in jail since his arrest in January 2012 in Tijuana, Mexico. Known to his United Faith Church congregation as “Reverend Otis,” he was featured before his arrest on the television show “America’s Most Wanted.” “He told my mother that he was going to take me for
Cosby says 7 women who sued him made false accusations
December 16, 2015
Bill Cosby fired back Monday at seven women who are suing him for defamation, accusing them of making false accusations of sexual misconduct for financial gain.
In a countersuit filed in federal court, Cosby alleges the women made “malicious, opportunistic, and false and defamatory accusations” against him. Cosby is seeking monetary damages “to the maximum extent permitted by law.”