sexual assault

There has been a surge in the number of reported sexual assaults, with over six per cent of women saying they had been victims of sex crimes in the past year alone.

A group of Dartmouth students has filed a lawsuit that accuses three male professors of sexual harassment.

A Montana woman is accused of raping and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl on two separate occasions.

A 28-year-old female house guest allegedly raped a 14-year-old autistic Texas boy while his grandparents watched, according to police.

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday released a report on “endemic” sexual violence in North Korea. The report was three years in the making, due in part to the exceptional difficulty of obtaining reliable data and testimony from one of history’s most oppressive nations. HRW concluded the abuse of women has “come to be accepted as part of ordinary life” in North Korea and called for international intervention.

Police have been called in to investigate accusations by skateboard professional Julz Lynn, who says she was molested by skateboarding star Neal Hendrix when she was a minor.

This October marks the one year anniversary of the start of the #MeToo movement, launched when scores of actresses, models, producers, and women in the entertainment industry accused Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment, abuse, and rape.

Another gang of mostly Muslim Pakistani thugs in the north of England (Huddersfield, this time) has been jailed for raping hundreds of mostly underage white girls. But that’s only half the story.

Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, has come under fire after it was revealed that it expelled a male student for sexual assault even though his accuser allegedly admitted to sexually assaulting him as well.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) said Wednesday that she would be “in favor of” reopening the investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

An Uber driver has been accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a female customer before dumping her on the side of the road. According to NBC Connecticut, 24-year-old New York Uber driver Harbir Parmar allegedly “picked up a woman in

Justin Crawford, a former Georgia high school and college football star and NFL flameout, has been arrested and accused of having sexual contact with a 12-year-old girl, police say.

An Ohio judge ordered a disgraced lawyer currently serving time for hypnotizing female clients before sexually assaulting them to pay several million dollars to one of his victims.

A Texas man was sentenced Thursday to 244 years in prison for brutally raping his 38-day-old daughter while high on methamphetamine.

A Texas high school math teacher, accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old student, admitted she and the boy had sex four to five times, say police.

A group that identifies itself as “the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization” said that following Ford’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, its hotline call center saw a record jump in calls from sexual assault survivors.

“Schools have a duty to protect the privacy and safety of all students and Decatur Schools clearly failed this young girl. The current approach that many schools are taking of passing these transgender bathroom policies isn’t working; they fail to provide basic privacy or ensure the safety of all students.”

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) announced Friday morning that he will vote to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh as the next U.S. Supreme Court Justice.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) mocked a protester on Thursday for calling for a polygraph test for Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Sen. David Perdue (D-GA) said on Wednesday that Republicans should not put up with the intimidation of left-wing, anti-Kavanaugh protesters.

The parents of a teenager falsely accused of sexual assault are suing the five “mean girls” who later admitted to lying about the boy’s alleged attack.

A group of graduate students at Cornell University is condemning a group of professors who signed a letter defending NYU professor Avital Ronell, who was accused of sexual harassment by a former student.

Chris Britt, a Creators Syndicate editorial cartoonist, published a cartoon during the weekend that mocked Brett Kavanaugh’s young daughter for praying.

Prosecutor Rachel Mitchell told the Senate Judiciary Committee that no “reasonable prosecutor” would take Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual assault case against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

New Jersey Senate Republican candidate Bob Hugin and Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) are in a statistical dead heat, according to a Stockton University poll released on Monday.

An Indiana woman admitted in court this week that she let her boyfriend sexually assault her ten-year-old daughter, causing her to get pregnant.

A GoFundMe campaign has raised nearly $500,000 to pay expenses for Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser, Christine Blasey Ford.

Mark Judge, a friend of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, sent a second letter to the Senate denying Christine Blasey Ford’s claim of sexual assault.

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh had to pause to fight back tears as he told Senators during Thursday testimony of his 10-year-old daughter offering prayers for the woman accusing him of sexual assault.

Dr. Christine Blasey Ford said in her spoken testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday that she met with the staff of Rep. Anna Eshoo’s (D-CA) office July 18 and July 20 to discuss the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but her written testimony tells a different story.

Appearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, California psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford testified that she believed Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was going to “accidentally” kill her during an alleged decades-old incident of sexual assault.

Bill Clinton rape accuser Juanita Broaddrick spoke out on Capitol Hill Thursday pointing to hypocrisy from Democrats focused on allegations against Republican Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh while not showing the same attention to allegations against Democrat Rep. Keith Ellison.

Documents obtained by CNN suggest Bishop Richard J. Malone of Buffalo, New York, protected sexual predators in the diocese.

Emotions ran high this week at a South Texas border school district where parents protested in response to a viral social media post that accused administrators of bungling the alleged sexual assault of a five-year-old girl by a 14-year-old boy during the last school year.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on Monday that being accused of sexual assault could benefit one’s career, rather than end it.