5 d. ago Jury awards $1.68 billion to women who accused director Toback of sexual abuse

A New York jury on Wednesday awarded $1.68 billion in damages to 40 women who accused writer and director James Toback of sexual abuse and other crimes over a span of 35 years, according to lawyers representing the plaintiffs. The decision stems from a lawsuit filed in Manhattan in 2022 after New York state instituted […]

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6 d. ago U.S. man who kidnapped, sexually abused Edmonton teen gets 50

On Canada Day in 2022, Noah Madrano hid the then 13-year-old girl in the trunk of his car and took her across the border to a hotel in Oregon

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6 d. ago ‘A monster that used me’: Man who abducted, raped Alberta teen gets 50 years behind bars

Noah Madrano will be in his 90s by time he is able to be released from prison, after he kidnapped and smuggled girl from Edmonton across the U.S. border and sexually abused her.

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6 d. ago American man who abducted, sexually abused Edmonton girl faces sentencing, could receive decades behind bars

Warning: This story deals with child sex abuse.  The Oregon podcaster who groomed and kidnapped an Edmonton girl — taking her across the border in the trunk of his car — is set to begin a sentencing hearing Tuesday. Noah Madrano, 43, pleaded guilty in January to two U.S. felony counts for the 2022 abduction […]

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6 d. ago Prosecutors seek life in prison for American man who abducted, sexually abused Edmonton girl

Warning: This story deals with child sex abuse.  U.S. prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence the Oregon podcaster who kidnapped and sexually abused an Edmonton girl to life in prison. Noah Madrano, 43, pleaded guilty in January to two U.S. felony counts for the 2022 abduction of the then-13-year-old girl. During a sentencing hearing […]

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6 d. ago American man who abducted, sexually abused Edmonton girl sentenced to 50 years in prison

Moments after Madrano, 43, spoke to court, Mosman said he had "never" seen a person who pleaded guilty "show less acceptance of responsibility for that crime."

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1 week ago ‘AM I IN TROUBLE?’: Wild video shows married teacher’s arrest for raping teen student

Newly released body-cam footage captured the moment an Illinois teacher realized she was busted for alleged sexual abuse of a male student. Christina Formella, 30, of Downers Grove, was arrested during a traffic stop last month, just days after a 15-year-old boy claimed to police he was molested by the special education teacher in a […]

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1 week ago An Alberta father was sentenced to 23.5 years in prison for 'twisted and evil' sex abuse against his daughters. The parole board says he remains unrepentant

Warning: This story deals with child sexual abuse and contains disturbing details.  An Alberta man serving one of the longest sexual abuse sentences in Canadian history for molesting his daughters has made next to no progress reforming himself in prison and has expressed an urge to “reunite” with his family upon release, the Parole Board […]

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1 week ago An Alberta father was sentenced to 23½ years in prison for 'twisted and evil' sex abuse against his daughters. The parole board says he remains unrepentant

Warning: This story deals with child sexual abuse and contains disturbing details.  An Alberta man serving one of the longest sexual abuse sentences in Canadian history for molesting his daughters has made next to no progress reforming himself in prison and has expressed an urge to “reunite” with his family upon release, the Parole Board […]

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1 week ago Engineer wife alleges sex abuse by husband accused of trying to throw her off cliff

An engineer who accused her husband of attempted murder during their Hawaiian holiday by throwing her off a cliff alleges he has been sexually abusing her for months. Arielle Konig, 36, claimed in a restraining order that her husband, 46-year-old Gerhardt Konig, sexually abused and assaulted her for months before trying to push her off […]

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1 week ago ‘TOTALITARIAN INSANITY’: Toddler kicked out of nursery school for being transphobic

A toddler was removed from a nursery in the U.K. after it says the child was being transphobic. The child was suspended from a school’s nursery for “abuse against sexual orientation and gender identity,” data from the Department for Education (DfE) shows. The so-called offences took place during the 2022-23 academic year at a state […]

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2 w. ago Virginia Giuffre, Prince Andrew accuser says she has only days to live after crash

Details are scarce, but Virginia Giuffre, the woman who accused Prince Andrew of sexually abusing her as a teen, says she is suffering life-threatening injuries from a car crash.

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2 w. ago ‘Content creator’ busted for posting videos of sex with Chihuahua

A Florida woman has been accused of sexually abusing a Chihuahua and posting video of it online. Logan Guminski, 27, of Ocala, was charged with sexual activity involving an animal and filming sexual activity involving an animal, the Marion County Sheriff’s Office wrote in a statement on Facebook alongside a clip of the accused being […]

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2 w. ago Men in Black director Barry Sonnenfeld spills the tea from decades in Hollywood

Saying no to Trump and other stories from a long career will take centre stage at the Vancouver Writers Fest event Books & Ideas: Barry Sonnenfeld in Conversation

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3 w. ago Janitor who spread STDs by urinating in water bottles gets piddly sentence

An office janitor in Texas who urinated in workers’ water bottles, leading to 13 women getting infected with sexually transmitted diseases, received a lenient sentence for his sick actions. Lucio Catarino Diaz was arrested in October 2022 after one of the victims noticed her water tasted sour, had an odd smell and was yellowish in […]

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3 w. ago Former Toronto Raptors coach says he was sexually abused by Indiana doctor

Butch Carter is fifth former Indiana athlete to come forward with allegations

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3 w. ago Former Mississippi teacher charged with using AI to create child sexual abuse videos of students

CORINTH, Miss. — A former Mississippi middle school teacher is facing federal charges that he used artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse videos of students, officials said. Wilson Jones, 30, was arrested last week, though he resigned from Corinth Middle School last fall after the videos were first discovered, the Daily Journal reported. According […]

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3 w. ago American man held by the Taliban for more than 2 years has been released, U.S. State Department says

WASHINGTON (AP) — An American man who was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist has been released by the Taliban in a deal with the Trump administration that Qatari negotiators helped broker, the State Department said Thursday. George Glezmann, an airline mechanic from Atlanta, is the third American […]

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3 w. ago Special education teacher busted after student’s mom sees tawdry texts

An Illinois high school teacher has been charged with sexually abusing a teenage student. Christina Formella, 30, of Downers Grove, Ill., was busted on Sunday, just days after a student told police he was molested by the special education teacher in a Downers Grove South High School classroom in December 2023, the Daily Herald reported. […]

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