"Rape accusations" refers to when someone alleges that another person has sexually assaulted or forced them into non-consensual sexual acts without their permission.
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- Perhaps the most controversial episode of Silver's career before his indictment was his handling of rape accusations against top aide J. Michael Boxley and, later, sexual - harassment allegations against the recently deceased Assemblyman and Brooklyn Democratic power broker Vito Lopez. (nypost.com)
- A major turning point for the Assembly occurred in 2004, when, roiling from a series of rape accusations against Assemblymember Adam Clayton Powell IV and Michael Boxley, chief counsel to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, its leadership decided to bar members of the Legislature from fraternizing with interns. (gothamgazette.com)
- Writing recently in the Wall Street Journal on campus rape accusations, Peter Berkowitz asks, «Where are the professors... who will insist clearly and in public that due process is a fundamental component of American political institutions and culture... indispensable in a free society to the fair administration of justice? (firstthings.com)
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