8 h. ago After mistrial, jury set in new sexual assault trial for 5 ex

After mistrial, jury set in new sexual assault trial for 5 ex-major junior hockey players in London, Ont.  CBC

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11 h. ago After mistrial, jury selection restarts for new sexual assault trial for 5 ex

After mistrial, jury selection restarts for new sexual assault trial for 5 ex-world junior hockey players  CBC

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57 h. ago Justice wants further discussion with lawyers at hockey sexual assault trial

Justice wants further discussion with lawyers at hockey sexual assault trial  Sportsnet.ca

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57 h. ago Prosecutors begin presenting their case in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial

Prosecutors allege five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team “did what they wanted” to an intoxicated young woman in a London, Ontario, hotel room in June of that year after she had consensual sex with one of them

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60 h. ago 'This is a case about consent,' Crown says to open sexual assault trial of ex

'This is a case about consent,' Crown says to open sexual assault trial of ex-world junior hockey players  CBC

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3 d. ago RECAP: Our live coverage from Day 1 of the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial

RECAP: Our live coverage from Day 1 of the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial  London Free Press

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3 d. ago Jesse Lingard gives evidence at grandfather’s sexual assault trial

The former Manchester United footballer appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday.

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2 w. ago Soulja Boy ordered to pay $4 million to former assistant after sexual assault trial

After ordering those compensatory damages, the jury will next decide on punitive damages

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2 w. ago Hollywood director accused of preying on young starlets ordered to pay $1.6 BILLION in shocking sex abuse suit

James Toback, the disgraced filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting dozens of women, was ordered to pay more than a billion dollars after a sexual assault trial in New York.

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2 w. ago ‘Deception, fraud and coercion’: the Miami property magnate brothers accused of rape

Alon, Oren and Tal Alexander used their money and influence to build a sex-trafficking network, prosecutors sayThe Alexanders are the ultimate Miami crime story: three brothers from one of Florida’s wealthiest families, opulent real estate, luxury yachts and fast cars; there are drugs, fashion models and A-list celebrities. And, ultimately, a trio who flew too close to the sun, only to crash back down to Earth.The downfall of the Alexander twins Alon and Oren, and their elder sibling Tal, is reflected in their current residence, a federal jail in New York ahead of their trial next year. They face charges including rape, sexual assault and the sexual trafficking of dozens of victims. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Gérard Depardieu trial finally gives France its #MeToo moment

Actor’s week in court seen as turning point as French film industry has been slow to take abuse claims seriouslyWhen the actor Gérard Depardieu took the stand at his sexual assault trial in Paris this week, it was seen as a turning point for the #MeToo movement in France.As a parliamentary commission examines why the French film industry has been slow – even resistant – to take women’s claims of abuse seriously, Depardieu, the nation’s biggest film star, faced accusations that he trapped a set decorator between his legs and sexually assaulted her while shooting the film Les Volets verts (The Green Shutters) in 2021. He is also accused of touching the breasts and buttocks of an assistant director on the same film on three separate occasions. Depardieu, 76, has denied all the charges, telling the court he had been “dragged through the mud by calumny and lies”. Continue reading...

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