5 h. ago Judge rules case threatening Virginia Giuffre’s Prince Andrew payout to proceed

A judge has ordered that the £7.5million suit against Prince Andrew's sex abuse accuser be passed on to her estate following her suicide . It could mean the mother-of-three’s children could stand to lose out on their inheritance

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32 h. ago Fresh claims emerge that late Queen's cousin Lord Mountbatten abused children at Northern Ireland boys' home

A new book by journalist Chris Moore, Kincora: Britain's Shame - Mountbatten, MI5 , the Belfast Boys' Home Sex Abuse Scandal and the British Cover-Up, details the allegations.

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5 d. ago Female teacher, 40, arrested for grooming and sexually assaulting 16

Female educator’s abuse of trust uncovered after boy’s parents notice change in behaviour

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6 d. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces growing wave of civil suits as criminal trial ends

Combs remains jailed awaiting sentencing as more than 50 civil cases alleging abuse and assault move forwardAfter two months, the federal sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs came to a close on Wednesday with a mixed verdict. The jury acquitted the 55-year-old music mogul of the most serious charges – racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking – but found him guilty on the two lesser counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.Still, this verdict marks only one chapter in Combs’s mounting legal battles. Combs, who remains incarcerated at the Metropolitan detention center in Brooklyn, is now awaiting sentencing and faces a growing number of civil lawsuits against him alleging sexual assault and abuse. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago East Kilbride man had over 800 child sex abuse photos and videos

His lawyer produced character references and said he had engaged voluntarily in the ‘Stop It Now’ programme for sex offenders.

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7 d. ago Revealed: Child sex offender who abused schoolgirl, 15, on livestream poses with kids at sports club while on BAIL for sex attack

Michael Linfoot, 24, trained at a gym in Chorley, Greater Manchester after being arrested and bailed on charges of sexual abuse against the girl when he was 18.

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7 d. ago Revealed: Child sex offender who orally raped schoolgirl, 15, and abused her on livestream poses with kids at sports club while on BAIL for sex attack

Michael Linfoot, 24, trained at a gym in Chorley, Greater Manchester after being arrested and bailed on charges of sexual abuse against the girl when he was 18.

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7 d. ago Revealed: Paedophile who raped schoolgirl, 15, and livestreamed abuse poses with children at sports club while on BAIL for sex attack

Michael Linfoot, 24, trained at a gym in Chorley, Greater Manchester after being arrested and bailed on charges of sexual abuse against the girl when he was 18.

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9 d. ago Paedophile who raped children in Scots care homes caged for 15 years

Edward Stanton, 73, who has a prolific history of committing child sex abuse crimes, has been caged again.

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1 week ago Maggie Oliver launches legal proceedings against government over child sex abuse

The former GMP detective wants the government to implement all 20 recommendations from a 2022 report 'without further delay'

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1 week ago Tampa Bay Rays’ Wander Franco found guilty in sex abuse case, receives 2

Wander Franco, the suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop, has been found guilty of sexual abuse charges

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1 week ago Men arrested on suspicion of rape by police investigating historic child sex abuse

Both arrests were made in Oldham

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2 w. ago Pope Leo issues orders insisting that priests must be celibate

Leo also said there must be ‘firm and decisive’ action on addressing church sexual abuse

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2 w. ago I had a demon inside me... sex abuse fed the monster and drove my horrific crimes: One of Britain's biggest drug smugglers who was jailed with Reggie Kray comes clean

'When I got involved with crime, I loved it,' Michael admitted. 'It was exciting. People say: "How can you like criminality?" I'm not saying I like the action of crime - I liked the feeling, the high it brought.'

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2 w. ago Devious paedophile abused young boy claiming he was teaching him sex education

Michael Brewer, 75, was later convicted of sexually abusing a young girl using a similar method.

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3 w. ago Andy Burnham's child sex abuse inquiry team 'resigned' after authorities 'lawyered up', MPs told

Baroness Louise Casey said that authorities in Greater Manchester were 'lawyering up' to fight over what data would be shared

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3 w. ago ‘We were powerless’: inside the devastating Ohio State sexual abuse scandal

A college physician allegedly abused at least 177 male students during his tenure, a story revived in a harrowing new film that highlights how he got away with itOhio State sets the standard in intercollegiate sports. The university’s athletics department, a statewide source of pride that includes 36 varsity sports teams (from pistol shooting to college football’s reigning national champion), rivals some Fortune 500 companies for scale. In 2024 Ohio State spent $292.8m on its sports programs, more than every school in the well-heeled Big Ten conference and every college in the country besides the University of Texas, while hoovering in more than $1.2bn in revenue over the past seven years. The Ohio State brand – flaunted through scarlet red block-O logos and buckeye tree iconography – is so synonymous with flush times inside and outside the lines that even now few really associate the university with one of most shocking and widespread sex abuse scandals in US history.Eva Orner – th...

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3 w. ago Modern Family star Ariel Winter, 27, talks 'scary' move of posing as a 12

The Hollywood veteran became a part of undercover operations for the nonprofit SOSA - Safe from Online Sex Abuse - for a true crime docuseries on YouTube called SOSA Undercover.

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3 w. ago Alleged child sex abuse victim of Gateway Church founder Robert Morris sues him for defamation

The disgraced televangelist has made millions ‘preaching about sexual immorality’ while attempting to downplay allegations that he raped 12-year-old Cindy Clemishire, a new lawsuit claims

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3 w. ago Rochdale Asian grooming gang found guilty of raping and abusing two teenage girls who were used as 'sex slaves' over period of five years

The defendants preyed on the vulnerabilities of the victims to groom them as 'sex slaves' from the age of 13 on various dates in the Greater Manchester town between 2001 and 2006.

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