15 h. ago Disgraced MLB star Wander Franco learns fate amid sexual abuse trial

The former Tampa Bay Rays shortstop is on trial in his native Dominican Republic, facing charges of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation against a minor and human trafficking.

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8 d. ago Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s father found guilty of hitting daughter

Gjert Ingebrigtsen was found not guilty of abusing double Olympic champion Jakob

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1 week ago Trump fails to overturn $5m damages award to E Jean Carroll for defamation

US appeals court denies challenge after 2023 civil jury trial found Trump sexually abused Carroll then defamed herDonald Trump has lost his latest legal attempt to challenge the $5m in damages awarded against him for defaming E Jean Carroll, the New York writer who a jury found was sexually abused by the president in the 1990s, before he embarked on his political career.A US appeals court in New York City on Friday denied Trump’s request to reconsider its decision in December to uphold the jury’s award of $5m to Carroll. The court was divided in its opinion, with two Trump-appointed judges, Steven Menashi and Michael Park, dissenting. Continue reading...

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1 week ago LIVE updates as Rochdale sex abuse trial jurors to deliver verdicts on more than 50 counts involving seven defendants

They deny all the charges they face

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1 week ago LIVE Rochdale sex abuse trial updates as seven men found guilty of string of offences against two teenage girls

The victims' abusers were mainly either taxi drivers or market stall traders in the town. The girls were 'passed around' for sex by the predators before being discarded.

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2 w. ago Wander Franco charged with gun possession as his trial on child sexual abuse charges continues

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco has been charged with illegal possession of a handgun

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2 w. ago P Diddy trial LIVE: Ex to testify about 'abusive freak offs' and horror sex trafficking claims

Sean "Diddy" Combs's ex-girlfriend is set to testify after a woman claims she was abused during the music mogul's marathon sex sessions, known as "freak-offs"

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2 w. ago Diddy trial recap: Cassie’s longtime friend testifies about abuse and balcony fight with Combs that has left her traumatized

Bryana Bongolan, a friend of Cassie’s, told jurors Combs threatened to kill her and dangled her over a 17-story balcony

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3 w. ago Wander Franco trial: Rays star faces sexual abuse, human trafficking charges in Dominican Republic

Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco is scheduled to go to trial Monday in the Dominican Republic in a sexual abuse case involving a 14-year-old girl

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3 w. ago Bill Maher sparks backlash over Cassie and Diddy comments as trial continues

Maher delivered a monologue about the Combs’s ongoing trial plus thoughts on abuse and stardom

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3 w. ago Diddy's former assistant sobs in court over alleged rape and forced sleep deprivation

A former personal assistant to Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs testified in his racketeering and sex trafficking federal trial about alleged sexual abuse and that she wouldn't be allowed to sleep for days

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3 w. ago ‘The devil dressed in a white coat’: Inside France’s largest

Tara Cobham and Rachel Clun report on the case of Joel Le Scouarnec, believed to be France's worst-ever paedophile. He abused victims over 25 years with an average age of just 11

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3 w. ago French surgeon who abused children for decades sentenced to 20 years in prison

Biggest child abuse trial in French history reveals decades of failures in medical oversightA former French surgeon has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the sexual abuse of hundreds of patients, mostly aged under 15, following the biggest child abuse trial in French history.Joël Le Scouarnec, 74, worked as a digestive surgeon in public and private hospitals across Brittany and the west of France, often operating on children with appendicitis. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago French court to sentence former surgeon who abused children for decades

Biggest child abuse trial in French history reveals decades of medical oversight failuresA former French surgeon is expected to be sentenced to 20 years in prison on Wednesday for the sexual abuse of hundreds of patients mostly aged under 15, as the biggest child abuse trial in French history ends.Joël Le Scouarnec, 74, worked as a digestive surgeon in public and private hospitals across Brittany and the west of France, often operating on children with appendicitis. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago P Diddy's ex girlfriend Cassie Ventura 'goes into labour' just days after testifying in rapper's trial

P Diddy's ex girlfriend Cassie Ventura has reportedly gone into labour with her third child, just days after taking the stand at the rapper's sex abuse trial

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