3 h. ago Prince Andrew 'not surprised' at accuser Virginia Giuffre's claims as crash riddle continues

Virginia Giuffre accused Prince Andrew, Duke of York, of sexually abusing her when she was 17 - claims he has vehemently denied - and now she has been involved in a bus crash

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49 h. ago US Olympic and Paralympic officials fire coach and director after AP report on sexual abuse

The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee has fired a coach and a director after The Associated Press reported that the coach was accused of sexually abusing a young biathlete

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52 h. ago Fast start propels Wimberley past London girls soccer in regional final

Fast start propels Wimberley past London girls soccer in regional final  Corpus Christi Caller-Times

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61 h. ago ‘I’m welling up thinking about it’: how a comedian used humour to beat trauma – and made it into a podcast

After Mark O’Sullivan’s My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom helped him move past his childhood trauma, he’s launched a tearful, joyful new show – about creativity’s power to rebuild livesMark O’Sullivan is still buzzing from winning a Royal Television Society (RTS) award for his documentary, My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom. “I’m grinning like a mid-party Michael Gove,” he chuckles. “It’s lovely for it to be recognised as an important and powerful piece. I just got a message from someone I knew years ago to say they’d seen the news about the award, watched the show and finally felt able to say they were also abused. That moved me to tears. Again!”Comedian and writer O’Sullivan – co-star of cult Channel 4 sitcom Lee & Dean and creator of ITV teen drama Tell Me Everything – is now launching the weekly podcast Making Lemonade. It explores the healing power of creating something positive out of negative experiences, after his own life was radically transformed by his deeply personal film, confro...

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64 h. ago Wife of doctor who 'tried to push her off hiking trail' says she was sexually abused by him

Nuclear scientist Arielle Konig has claimed Dr Gerhardt Konig tried to kill her after he attempted to lure her off the edge of a hiking trail in Oahu, Hawaii last week

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65 h. ago The questions that Virginia Giuffre faces from Prince Andrew allies over claim she has 'four days left to live'

Prince Andrew's sexual abuse accuser Virginia Giuffre posted a photo of her bruised face lying on a hospital bed on Instagram and said doctors told her she is going to die due to kidney failure after a crash.

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66 h. ago Settlements agreed over claims of historical sexual abuse at Celtic Boys Club

Celtic Plc settles around 70% of cases in class actionLaw firm expects further settlements in coming weeksA seven-figure payout has been agreed for a lawsuit over claims of historical sexual abuse at Celtic Boys Club, a law firm has said.Thompsons Solicitors is acting for about 30 former Celtic Boys Club players and said about 70% of the cases had been settled by Celtic Plc. The firm expects further settlements in the coming weeks. Continue reading...

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66 h. ago Prince Andrew's ex launches vile blistering attack on 'dying' Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre

The woman who accused Prince Andrew of sexually abusing her claimed she had 'four days to live' after a car crash but police have since stated there were no serious injuries

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66 h. ago JK Rowling says suspension of toddler from nursery for 'transphobia or homophobia' is 'totalitarian insanity'

The child, aged either three or four, was suspended from a state school for ‘abuse against sexual orientation and gender identity’

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68 h. ago Gary Glitter made bankrupt for failing to pay damages to abuse victim

Glitter was jailed for 16 years in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls.

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69 h. ago Gary Glitter faces bankruptcy for failing to pay £500,000 compensation to sex abuse victim

The former Glam rock star remains in prison for sex crimes against girls in the 1970s and 1980s

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2 d. ago Wife makes sexual abuse claims against doctor husband accused of trying to kill her on Hawaii hiking trail

Arielle Konig, 36, has made a bombshell sexual abuse claim against her husband, Gerhardt Konig, 46, in her application for a restraining order after he allegedly tried to push her off a Hawaiian hiking trail.

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3 d. ago The wrestler with nine lives: how Saraya survived alcohol, abuse, injury and a leaked sex tape

At 18, Saraya-Jade Bevis had a rags-to-riches signing that took her from Norwich to the largest wrestling promotion in the world. A few years later, she hit rock bottom. Here is how she started overIt’s hard to know where to start with champion wrestler Saraya-Jade Bevis. Do we start in the same place as her memoir, at rock bottom aged 25 when a sex tape of Bevis taking part in a threesome was leaked and went viral? At that time, Bevis was suspended from wrestling, addicted to alcohol and, she says, snorting so much cocaine that her nose was spraying out blood.Or do we start with her childhood in Norwich, raised by a family of wrestlers, ex-cons and alcoholics, living in a council house where, she says, the rent was always due and dinner might be mashed potato sandwiches. The childhood sexual abuse that she had kept hidden for most of her life? Her rags-to-riches signing at 18 to WWE, the largest wrestling promotion in the world? Her new life in the US, when she was enjoying success...

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3 d. ago Chilling final texts sent to abused girlfriend before boyfriend punches her to death

The sickening final texts abused girlfriend Maryam Hamka received were discovered years after she was brutally murdered by her evil ex, Toby Loughnane, who buried her lifeless body in a shallow grave

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3 d. ago Toddler accused of being transphobic or homophobic was suspended from nursery

Data from the Department for Education reveals the child was suspended for ‘abuse against sexual orientation and gender identity’

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3 d. ago Toddler kicked out of nursery after being accused of 'transphobia or homophobia'

The child, aged either three or four, was suspended from a state school for ‘abuse against sexual orientation and gender identity’

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4 d. ago UK art teacher given 'death sentence' after abusing 14 young boys in his 'secret sex club'

Art teacher James Waters, who was a 'favourite' of his pupils, used his position to sexually abuse 14 boys in a 'death sentence' of 14 years after being convicted of an array of horrifying offences

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4 d. ago Five women plan legal claim against Mohamed Al Fayed’s estate after abuse allegations

More than 100 alleged victims have contacted police to say they were sexually abused by the tycoon

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4 d. ago Texas private school slammed for 'covering up' piano teacher's abuse as 16 girls, as young as 6, come forward

Trent Muse, a former teacher at Trinity Valley High School in Fort Worth, is accused of sexually abusing 16 students ranging in age from six to 11 years old.

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4 d. ago I thought I'd escaped my abusive foster father when he was locked up for raping me, but my world came crashing down when I came face to face with him in the supermarket

Emma Bardney, 54, was 13 years old when she was sexually abused by her foster father Stephen Noy, 67. She was horrified when she saw him again last June, doing her shop in Retford Morrisons.

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