7 h. ago The problem with this ‘incredibly harmful’ White Lotus scene

As researchers of sibling sexual abuse, we were particularly perturbed by the show’s take on this issue, Sophie King-Hill and Kieran McCartan write

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8 h. ago Albanian lesbian couple win asylum claim to stay in Britain after arguing people in their home country are homophobic

The women had trafficked after being 'abducted by masked men, sexually assaulted by multiple men and subjected to physical and verbal abuse on account of their sexual orientation', a court heard.

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41 h. ago MPs demand new candidates face criminal checks before they can be elected

The demands come as Labour MP Dan Norris faces serious sexual abuse allegations and amid claims that another MP committed a sex assault before being elected.

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3 d. ago Jesse Lingard's grandfather 'left girl so traumatised after sexually abusing her for 14 years she wanted to kill herself', court told

The alleged victim made her claims against Kenneth Lingard, of Warrington, Cheshire, to police after watching a Channel 4 documentary about the life of his footballer grandson.

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3 d. ago Evil Scots rapist who attacked schoolgirl as she slept dies in jail

Kieran Beck was caged for seven years in June 2023 after being found guilty of multiple rapes, sexual assault, physical assault and abusive behaviour towards girls as young as 15 in the Scottish Borders.

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3 d. ago A jury finds Soulja Boy liable for abuse and sexual assault of ex

A jury on has found rapper Soulja Boy liable for sexually assaulting and physically and emotionally abusing a former assistant

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3 d. ago Jury orders rapper Soulja Boy to pay $4m to woman who accused him of sexual assault

Star was held liable for claims of sexual battery, assault and imprisonment by woman who said she was his assistantA jury has ordered rapper Soulja Boy to pay $4m to a woman who has accused him of sexual assault during their nearly two-year relationship.On Thursday, a jury in Santa Monica, California, found the 34-year-old rapper – whose real name is DeAndre Cortez Way – liable for a handful of claims including sexual battery, assault and imprisonment in a lawsuit brought by a woman who said she worked as his assistant. A representative for Way had previously called the case “nonsense”. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago New York jury awards $1.68 billion to women who accused writer and director Toback of sexual abuse

Lawyers for 40 women who accused writer and director James Toback of sexual abuse over a 35-year span say they have been awarded $1.68 billion from a New York jury

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5 d. ago Coach suspected of killing teen boy was in the US illegally and has been tied to older sex abuse cases, authorities say

A youth soccer coach charged with the murder of a 13-year-old Los Angeles boy was living in the U.S. illegally and now faces charges of child sexual abuse on another boy that happened years earlier.

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5 d. ago Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott faces sexual abuse charges

The 47-year-old is charged with abuse of a boy and a girlHe defeated Peter Ebdon to win 2006 world titleThe former world snooker champion Graeme Dott has been accused of sexually abusing children. The 47-year-old is facing charges of sexual abuse against a boy and a girl.Court papers allege he abused the girl in Glasgow between 1993 and 1996. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Snooker world champion Graeme Dott, 47, is charged with historic sexual abuse against two ten

The 47-year-old, who took the world title in 2006 and the China Open a year later, is facing charges of historic sex abuse against a boy and a girl.

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5 d. ago Former snooker champion Graeme Dott accused of sexually abusing two children

Former world champion Graeme Dott has been removed from World Snooker Championship qualifying after being suspended by the WPBSA, having been accused of sexual abuse against two children

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5 d. ago Labour denies 'watering down' grooming gang inquiries as new child protection authority announced

There has been pressure to implement 20 recommendations made by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in its final report in 2022.

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5 d. ago Social media firms profiting from surge in sextortion cases, experts warn

Exclusive: Companies ‘playing a role in the sexual exploitation and abuse that occurs on their services’, UK-based experts warn

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6 d. ago Government accused of 'watering down' grooming gang inquires as new child protection authority announced

There has been pressure to implement 20 recommendations made by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in its final report in 2022.

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6 d. ago Child protection authority to be set up after child sex abuse inquiry

There has been pressure to implement 20 recommendations made by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in its final report in 2022.

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7 d. ago Virginia Giuffre released from hospital after six days following mysterious crash

The 41-year-old, who accused Prince Andrew of sexual abuse, made headlines last week when she announced on social media she had only four days to live following a crash with a bus

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8 d. ago Maryland lawmakers pass bill to try to limit liabilities for thousands of claims of sexual abuse

Maryland lawmakers have passed a measure to try to limit future liabilities from claims of sexual abuse at state and private institutions

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9 d. ago ‘The anger became bigger than shame’: the writer whose memoir of child abuse has taken France by storm

As Neige Sinno’s critically acclaimed memoir about being sexually abused by her stepfather is published in English, she reveals how writing her story has helped set her freeWhen it came out in France, Neige Sinno’s heart-stopping Sad Tiger, which pieces together in fragments the lifelong impact of the sexual abuse of a girl in the French Alps by her mountain guide stepfather, blew the literary world apart. Its experimental form of creative nonfiction – a memoir that ditches linear narrative, yet races along like a thriller – was hailed as groundbreaking, the book an instant classic. It sold hundreds of thousands of copies, won a swathe of prizes and became one of the most borrowed books in libraries across France when it was published in 2023. The Nobel prize-winning French author Annie Ernaux was so impressed that she made a public appearance in conversation with Sinno, saying: “Reading Sad Tiger is like descending into an abyss with your eyes open. It forces you to see, ...

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9 d. ago Former Washington archbishop Theodore McCarrick, defrocked over abuse allegations, dies aged 94

Most senior American prelate in Catholic church to face accusations of sexual abuse died in state of MissouriThe first cardinal to be defrocked by the Pope over allegations of sexual abuse has died in the United States, a senior US churchman said on Friday.Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington and the most senior American prelate in the Catholic church to face claims of abuse, died in the state of Missouri aged 94, the New York Times reported, citing a Vatican statement. Continue reading...

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