sexual assault

Buffalo Bills first-round draft pick Maxwell Hairston has been named in a civil suit claiming he sexually assaulted a woman while at the University of Kentucky in 2021.

Wander Franco, shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays, was found guilty on charges of sexual abuse on Thursday with a suspended sentence.

The increasingly multicultural ‘Fête de la Musique’ festival in France was marred by wanton violence, clashes with police, looting, and hundreds of people believed to have been victims of the growing trend of non-consensual injections otherwise known as “evening bites”.

Unrest following the alleged attempted rape of a teenage girl entered its third night on Wednesday with continued clashes with police.

A judge has ordered the woman who accused former Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer of sexual assault to pay damages for violating the settlement agreement terms. 

NEW YORK — Sean “Diddy” Combs ’ former personal assistant testified Thursday that the hip-hop mogul sexually assaulted her, threw her into a swimming pool, dumped a bucket of ice on her and slammed a door against her arm during a torturous eight-year tenure.

A mother in Indianapolis shot a man on May 24, 2025, who was allegedly trying to rape her 12-year-old daughter in a hotel room.

NEW YORK — The R&B singer Cassie could testify as soon as Tuesday in Sean “Diddy” Combs sex trafficking trial, as the Bad Boy Records founder faces charges that he orchestrated a deviant empire of exploitation that forced women into drugged-up sex parties called “freak-offs.”

Crime rates have grown in Italy to such an extent that around seven in ten women in the country report that they are afraid to walk outside alone at night.

A woman has filed a lawsuit against former Los Angeles Lakers star and coach Byron Scott, alleging he sexually assaulted her in 1987.

An illegal migrant has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after raping a woman at a restaurant in Madison, Mississippi.

A man applying to for a job with the Chicago Police Dept. apparently accidentally admitted to his part in a kidnapping and sexual assault

Bond has been reduced for a man in Nashville, Tennessee, who was charged with raping two teenage girls at gunpoint in 2024, a move that brought heavy criticism.

Isaiah Bond, the former Texas wide receiver projected as a likely second-day pick in this month’s NFL draft, surrendered on an outstanding  sexual assault warrant Thursday morning.

A now former special education teacher allegedly bombarded the boy she is accused of sexually assaulting with thousands of text messages.

PARIS — Prosecutors in the sexual abuse trial of Gerard Depardieu on Thursday recommended a suspended jail sentence of 18 months for the French star actor.

PARIS – French star actor Gerard Depardieu, on trial for sexual assault, told the Paris court Tuesday that he was not in the habit of “groping” women, and called the #MeToo movement a “reign of terror.”

PARIS — French actor Gerard Depardieu, who has faced a string of assault and rape allegations, goes on trial in Paris on Monday accused of sexually abusing two women during a film shoot in 2021.

PARIS — French actor Gerard Depardieu, who has faced a string of assault and rape allegations, goes on trial in Paris on Monday accused of sexually abusing two women during a film shoot in 2021.

UNICEF reports armed men in Sudan are sexually assaulting children, including infants as young as one year old.

MADISON, Wis. — A woman from New Zealand has filed three civil lawsuits against best-selling British author Neil Gaiman and his wife, accusing Gaiman of repeatedly sexually assaulting her while she was working as the couple’s babysitter and nanny.

The Miami Heat has been named as a defendant by a woman who alleges that Conor McGregor sexually assaulted her.

A school security guard is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl at a school in Detroit, Michigan.

A man in the U.S. illegally has been charged with assaulting a 13-year-old girl in Florida after police followed DNA evidence.

Most violent and sex offences reported go unsolved, with some neighbourhoods seeing no serious crimes solved whatsoever.

More than 100 women who said they were abused and sexually assaulted at a California prison dubbed the “rape club” have been awarded nearly $116 million in a settlement agreement.

It has been three years since Conor McGregor last fought in the UFC Octagon, and the wait will continue.

An illegal alien is accused of breaking into a woman’s home and raping her at gunpoint in Martin County, Florida. 

A stranger is accused of trailing a 26-year-old woman before brutally beating and raping her early Wednesday morning in New York City.

Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson will not face fines or a suspension and did not violate the NFL personal conduct policy for recent sexual assault allegations, an NFL spokesman announced Friday.

An Oklahoma dental assistant is accused of recording and sharing videos of himself sexually assaulting 16 patients, six of which were minors, while they were sedated for surgery, police said.

Scotland Yard has recommended that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) consider bringing criminal charges against comedian Russell Brand over historic sexual abuse allegations

International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Karim Khan reportedly pressured an unnamed woman into not cooperating with a sexual misconduct investigation against him.

PARIS — Actor Gerard Depardieu on Monday asked for a delay to the start of his trial on sexual assault charges, saying his health prevented him from attending the proceedings, with numerous other complaints and a possible second court case already lying in wait.

A man accusing Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexual assault has testified that a “pro athlete” intervened to stop the rapper from assaulting him

A Nicaraguan migrant is accused of sexually assaulting an 80-year-old woman in Miami-Dade County, Florida, after she fell in her home.