16 h. ago Russell Brand faces High Court lawsuit over 'sexual abuse' allegation

Russell Brand is being sued in London’s High Court over ‘sexual abuse’

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27 h. ago Menudo star makes stunning claim on Menendez brothers' sexual abuse: 'I was there'

Former boy band member Roy Rosello made an astonishing claim as he hit out at the Los Angeles District Attorney for dismissing the Menendez brother's sexual assault claims.

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33 h. ago US gynecologist charged with sexual abuse and performing unnecessary procedures

Sanjeev Kumar accused of abusing four women, medical fraud and reusing unsanitary devices arrested in MemphisA gynecologist who is accused of sexually abusing four women in Memphis, Tennessee, and reused unsanitary medical devices in unnecessary procedures was arrested on Friday.Sanjeev Kumar, 44, was charged with sexual abuse, medical fraud and illicitly reusing unsanitary medical devices after he enticed four women to travel across state lines to his clinic, where he subjected them to sexual abuse under the guise of medical procedures. Continue reading...

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68 h. ago Actor sues Shakespeare's Globe theatre over response to 'abuse' disclosure

Athena Stevens says she was traumatised by Shakespeare’s Globe bosses’ response to her disclosure of ‘sexual abuse’

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69 h. ago Heartbreaking life of first child to accuse Michael Jackson of sex abuse laid bare

Jordan Chandler got a $15million (£12million) payout after he became the first child to accuse Michael Jackson of sexual abuse - but has since tried to disappear from public view

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3 d. ago Catholic Church cash crisis: Vatican launches task force to try and boost donations from faithful after sex scandal payouts and bungled property deals caused huge financial deficit

Catholic dioceses, eparchies and men's religious communities have spent more than $5bn on allegations of sexual abuse of minors over two decades

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4 d. ago Little girl 'raped by uncle just before sixth birthday while mum watched,' court hears

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A 27-year-old woman has told a court how she endured 14 years of sexual abuse by her own family which she says began when she was little more than a toddler

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4 d. ago Little girl 'raped by uncle just before sixth birthday while mum watched'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A 27-year-old woman has told a court how she endured 14 years of sexual abuse by her own family which she says began when she was little more than a toddler

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4 d. ago Roblox paedophile groomed boy 13, on gaming platform offering him a $10 gift card for explicit shower pic, a $25 voucher to see his naked buttocks and a $100 one for sex

One 13-year-old victim has had his 'innocence snatched from him forever' because of the sexual abuse that began in the gaming platform, a lawsuit filed in California has alleged.

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5 d. ago Tim Westwood's life post allegations as BBC apologises for missed warnings about Radio 1 DJ

Tim Westwood, 67, stepped down from his show on Capital Xtra in April 2022 amid allegations of inappropriate behaviour but also faces a police probe into historical sexual abuse allegations

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5 d. ago Judge OKs prison abuse settlement, rejecting Trump administration's push to rewrite protections

A judge has given final approval to a legal settlement that subjects the federal Bureau of Prisons to independent monitoring and increased transparency in the wake of rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse at a now-shuttered federal women’s prison in California

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6 d. ago Iain Lee shares harrowing sexual abuse he 'suffered from scouts leaders'

Former Eleven O'Clock Show host Iain Lee has shared truly harrowing details about the sexual abuse he allegedly suffered at the age of nine by leaders at his local scouts club

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6 d. ago Sex Education actor jailed for 15 years after “predatory and deviant” behaviour

Alexander Westwood, 24, who appeared in the Netflix comedy drama, maintained his victims were lying about the abuse but was convicted of 26 sexual offences.

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6 d. ago Former Church of England leader faces potential disciplinary action over handling of abuse claims

A former leader of the Church of England is among several members of the clergy facing potential disciplinary action over the way the institution handled sexual abuse allegations

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6 d. ago Former archbishop of Canterbury could face disciplinary action after damning abuse report

The former Archbishop of Canterbury resigned in December following an investigation into the Church’s handling of separate sexual abuse allegations.

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7 d. ago A French surgeon is on trial accused of raping or abusing 299 people, mostly child patients

A former surgeon is set to stand trial in France for the alleged rape or sexual abuse of 299 victims

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9 d. ago How a letter hidden in Jaysley Beck's Army bedroom helped her mother get justice

A hidden letter in the room of Jaysley Beck, 19, who was subjected to a torrid campaign of sexual abuse by four superior male squaddies which contributed to her suicide, helped her get justice.

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9 d. ago ‘My paedophile letters’: French surgeon to stand trial accused of abusing 299 patients, mostly children

Joël Le Scouarnec’s ‘black books’ of handwritten notes in which alleged sexual abuse was recorded are at the heart of case against himWhen two gendarmes knocked on her door in 2019, Marie had no idea that she was about to find herself at the dark heart of one of the world’s biggest child abuse cases.The French mother of three, now 38, was shocked when the officers told her she had been the victim of Joël Le Scouarnec, a surgeon and an alleged serial paedophile accused of raping and sexually abusing hundreds of children. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago ‘My paedophile letters’: French surgeon to stand trial accused of abusing 299 child patients

Joël Le Scouarnec’s ‘black books’ of handwritten notes in which alleged sexual abuse was recorded are at the heart of case against himWhen two gendarmes knocked on her door in 2019, Marie had no idea that she was about to find herself at the dark heart of one of the world’s biggest child abuse cases.The French mother of three, now 38, was shocked when the officers told her she had been the victim of Joël Le Scouarnec, a surgeon and an alleged serial paedophile accused of raping and sexually abusing hundreds of children. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Joël Le Scouarnec: France braced for horror details in largest

A former surgeon accused of raping or sexual abusing 299 people, mostly children

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