On Friday, after three years of pre-trial hearings in a sexual assault case, Samuel Curtis “S.C.” Johnson III was sentenced to just four months in jail and a $6,000 fine. The 59-year-old heir to the SC Johnson & Son fortune was first charged with repeated sexual assault of a child in 2011. He faced a […]
An Education Department report released Tuesday says 3,330 forcible sex offenses were reported on campuses in 2011. That is a 51 percent increase from the 2,200 reported a decade ago. Even though sex crimes are steadily increasing, the number of campus crimes in other categories, like car theft and burglary, decreased over the same period of time. […]
On Thursday, a senior politician from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party made some pretty offensive comments about sexual assault that no doubt perpetuates the prevalent rape culture in India. Babulal Gaur, the minister responsible for law and order in Madhya Pradesh, reportedly defended rape when he said this: “Sometimes it’s right, sometimes it’s wrong.” The controversial remarks come at a time […]
A new Netflix original series is making its way to your computers, televisions and tablets and this time, it’s entirely in Spanish. The streaming giant announced their plans to create a comedy series entirely in Spanish. The show will be directed by Gaz Alazraki, who created one of Mexico’s most popular movies, Nosotros Los Nobles […]
A child bride forced into marriage in Nigeria is being accused of killing her groom and three of his friends with a poisoned meal, according to police. Wasila Umaru, 14, was forced to marry 35-year-old Umaru Sani last week. Over the weekend, the groom invited friends to celebrate the marriage in his Ungwar Yansoro village. The girl bought […]
UPDATE: Monday, February 3, 2014 Woody Allen’s publicist, Leslee Dart, spoke on Allen’s behalf regarding Dylan Farrow’s accusations that her adoptive father sexually abused her, calling the claims “untrue and disgraceful.” Dart told reporters on Monday that Allen would respond directly “very soon.” We’ll keep you updated. —– It’s been many years since the news […]
A 25-year-old Indiana woman confessed to police this week to selling her baby for sex eight times. Natisha Hillard now faces charges of selling a child for sex and allowing a child to take part in child pornography. The child involved was between four and 18 months old, according to an FBI official. According to […]
More than 40 children who gathered with the immigration advocacy group Fair Immigration Reform Movement (FIRM) were threatened with arrests after marching to the Congressional offices of House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) and singing about immigration reform. Watch the video above to see a police officer demand that […]
Damn homie! Former Major League Baseball player, Chad Curtis is facing up to 15 years behind bars after he was convicted Friday of ‘inappropriate touching’ involving three girls, that were also underage. In a Michigan court room after a week-long trial during which all three of the girls, two of them only 15 at the time […]
Now this is disturbing. A 35-year-old woman has been charged with 20 counts of rape for allegedly having an eight-month-long sexual relationship with an 11-year-old boy, who was a friend of the family. Sarah Beth Hopkins, from Salem, Oregon, was arrested on Sunday after the parents of the alleged victim reported her to police. The boy, who […]
