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Statements on the alleged sexual assault of a two - year - old Aboriginal child in Tennant Creek and broader issues on child protection from the Healing Foundation, SNAIC, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar.

* Turing Pharmaceuticals, the drug company once led by disgraced pharma bro Martin Shkreli, has been accused of retaliation following the alleged sexual assault of its chief commercial officer at the hands of its interim chief financial officer.

After a six - day trial and a «hopelessly deadlocked» jury, the judge declared a mistrial in the prosecution of comedian Bill Cosby for the alleged sexual assault of Andrea Constand.

Hardey's comments may have been a veiled reference to an alleged sexual assault of a 14 - year - old girl by a home inspector in 2014, a scenario which Colorado Senator Nancy Todd argued would have been prevented if Colorado had a state licensing board regulating inspectors and performing background checks.

The fallout from the Weinstein scandal continued today, as protestors gathered outside Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance's office to show their outrage over the way prosecutors handled a case involving the alleged sexual assault of a model in 2015.

Two Chinese officials with direct knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press that police are requesting a second Interpol arrest notice for Guo, 50, for the alleged sexual assault of a 28 - year - old former personal assistant.

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The alleged victim was very specific about the details of the sexual assault and appeared to be traumatized, and thus deserved the benefit of the doubt;

On Tuesday the board issued a statement saying it had no previous knowledge of the sexual harassment and assault claims directed towards Weinstein and called his alleged conduct «antithetical to human decency.»

San Angelo, Texas (CNN)- Texas prosecutors rested their case Wednesday in the sexual assault trial of polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs after playing a key piece of evidence for jurors: an audiotape they allege documents his sexual assault of a 12 - year - old girl.

It was the latest dramatic twist in a trial that has included sermon - like speeches about religious freedom and an audio recording that prosecutors allege documents Jeffs» sexual assault of a 12 - year - old girl in the presence of three other «wives.»

Liberty University, the private Christian school presided over by president Jerry Falwell Jr., just announced that they are hiring the former Baylor Athletic Director who resigned from his job following an alleged group sexual assault by members of the football team.

Interviews with more than a dozen former and current Mavericks employees in different departments, conducted during a months - long SPORTS ILLUSTRATED investigation, paint a picture of a corporate culture rife with misogyny and predatory sexual behavior: alleged public fondling by the team president; outright domestic assault by a high - profile member of the Mavs.com staff; unsupportive or even intimidating responses from superiors who heard complaints of inappropriate behavior from their employees; even an employee who openly watched pornography at his desk.

Amid the aftershock of the deepening scandal over producer Harvey Weinstein's alleged decades of sexual assault, New York's film and television business community is worried that a proposed amendment to the state's production tax credit would dissuade productions from shooting here.

It has now identified 13 alleged victims of Clarke, including six allegations of sexual assault.

Time's Up — an initiative and legal defense fund fighting sexual harassment and gender inequality — has called on Cuomo to open an investigation of Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance and his office after a story in New York Magazine revealed the alleged mishandling handling of a Harvey Weinstein sexual assault case.

Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was fired from the studio he co-founded after a wave of employees and actresses, including Gwyneth Paltrow and Angelina Jolie, alleged sexual harassment and assault in explosive back - to - back reports in The New York Times and The New Yorker.

The report from the attorneys» group was released a negotiations stalled this week between the state Senate and Gov. Andrew Cuomo over enactment of a law that would create a one - year period for alleged victims of sexual assault to file a lawsuit against their abusers or any organization that may have enabled the abuse.

All but five of the cases were brought by women alleging «gender discrimination, discrimination based on sexual orientation, sexual harassment, hostile work environment, and / or sexual assault,» according to the records obtained under the state Freedom of Information Law.

The #MeToo campaign — first introduced a decade ago by activist Tarana Burke — was re-ignited by actress Alyssa Milano as a response to a growing number of reports alleging rape and sexual assault by Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein.

Astorino's plan would also require colleges to report knowledge of an alleged sexual assault to local police immediately, with or without the victim's consent.

Actress Rose McGowan has finally gone public with the graphic details of Harvey Weinstein «s alleged sexual assault — writing in her new book that he cornered her next to a Jacuzzi and performed oral sex on her while pleasuring himself.

New York state will hire more forensic scientists to help tackle a backlog of thousands of untested evidence kits from alleged sexual assaults, according to the head of State Police.

The Columbia University senior who has won national notice for carrying a mattress to protest the school's failure to punish her alleged rapist attended the State of the Union address to promote legislation aimed at stopping sexual assaults on campus.

Allegations of sexual harassment and assault by Mr. Weinstein were disclosed this month in The New York Times and The New Yorker, which prompted other women to share their accounts of his alleged abuse, set off criminal investigations, roiled the entertainment world and triggered a social media movement of women from other industries and backgrounds telling their stories.

The filmmaker was caught on tape apologizing for the alleged sexual assault — described by the victim, Ambra Battilana Gutierrez, as a groping of her breast — but he was able to avoid arrest after Vance declined to prosecute the case.

JAMESTOWN - Jamestown Community College has provided an update on the investigation into the alleged sexual assault that took place Jan. 29 in one of the college's residents halls.

The governor cited questions about the working relationship between Vance's office and the New York Police Department's special victims division when it came to looking into Weinstein's alleged 2015 sexual assault of Ambra Battilana.

Actress Rose McGowan accused Ben Affleck of lying about his knowledge — or lack thereof — of Weinstein's alleged sexual harassment and assaults of women.

The woman who accused the now - former commissioner for the Erie County Department of Social Services of raping her at an Albany hotel has filed court documents claiming the county's negligence led to the alleged sexual assault.

Three weeks after complaints of sexual harassment and misconduct by Harvey Weinstein were first reported, women from different continents, fields and generations have come forward with allegations of rape, sexual assault and groping, with new accounts include expanding the time frame of alleged wrongdoing to the 1970s.

Another requirement is that victims or bystanders who report alleged incidents of sexual assault not be prosecuted for college violations they reveal, such as alcohol or drug use that was connected to the incidents.

On February 22, 2016, the Erie County District Attorney informed 1 7 - year - old Elijah Bethel of Troy, New York, that a grand jury «dismissed the charges» against him in an alleged sexual assault case on SUNY Buffalo State's campus.

Cuomo's policy would also allow victims of sexual assault to choose whether to involve state police in the investigation of an alleged incident.

Nick Clegg's difficulties in handling complaints against senior figures in his party will continue on Friday when solicitors acting for an alleged sexual assault victim of the MP Mike Hancock will ask the high court to force a Lib - Dem - led council to release an unredacted version of a damning QC's report.

Ben Fellows, 40, from Birmingham, alleged that the leading politician had plied him with alcohol and carried out the sexual assault in the office of a lobbyist while he was working undercover for ITV's Cook Report in 1994.

Following the damning report published by the Human Rights Watch about the alleged sexual assault by some police soldiers, vigilante, and other government officials on female IDPs in various camps in the North east, President Buhari instructed the Inspector General of Police and governor of the states with IDP camps, to investigate the allegations.

Meanwhile, the U.S. Education Department is cracking down on institutions across the country for alleged mishandling of sexual assault complaints.

The Times Union is not identifying him or the woman because she is an alleged victim of sexual assault.

Last year in the wake of sexual assault charges — later dropped — against Dominique Strauss - Kahn, then a Socialist presidential hopeful, several female MPs protested against alleged sexist behaviour in the national assembly.

In addition to the «Me Too» movement, Milano penned an op - ed for Patriot Not Patriotism in response to the numerous allegations of sexual harassment and assault against Harvey Weinstein, including Milano's Charmed co-star, Rose McGowan, who alleges that the movie mogul raped her.

A woman who worked in the film industry has filed the first civil claim in Britain against Harvey Weinstein, alleging a series of sexual assaults by the producer and seeking personal injury damages to exceed $ 400,000.

In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, which rocked Hollywood after bringing down the disgraced movie producer after sexual assault allegations spanning decades came to light, also brought to light the alleged behaviours of former Tinseltown kings such as Kevin Spacey and Ryan Seacrest.

Alleging that numerous directors had historically used Cannes as their «hunting ground», she described how sexual assaults had regularly taken place on the yachts and hotels of the resort.

Parker, of course, has been widely excluded from awards - season consideration and barely visible since the movie's release was dogged by his involvement in an alleged sexual assault in 2001, but DGA voters evidently didn't consider that a deal breaker.

Is it solely about financial creditors or is there a moral obligation to provide compensation for the victims of Harvey Weinstein's alleged sexual assaults?

Ailing health and the sordid details of an alleged sexual assault kept British filmmaker and photographer David Hamilton a virtual recluse in his final years; he died from an apparent suicide in his Paris apartment.

Prominent universities like Yale, the University of North Carolina and Notre Dame have been the subject of investigations by the Department of Education; the alleged involvement of football players in sexual assaults has intensified the spotlight on incidents at Vanderbilt University, the U.S. Naval Academy, Florida State University and the University of Montana.

Markus «Notch» Persson has some words to say in response to an alleged incident of sexual assault during the Minecraft Party at PAX.

The belief that true victims of sexual assault would go to the police straight away is particularly dangerous, as this way of thinking creates scepticism about the claim of victims if they are not reported immediately after the alleged assaults.

The New Brunswick Court of Queen's Bench recently admitted into a criminal case screenshots of a Facebook conversation that took place the day after an alleged sexual assault between the complainant and the accused.