Tag: Sexual assault

Judge OKs $73M payout to alleged UCLA doctor sex victims

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LOS ANGELES — A federal judge on Monday gave final approval to a $73 million settlement of a lawsuit that alleged some 6,000 women...

German court sentences rapist who wore wolf mask to 12 years

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BERLIN — A German court on Tuesday convicted a man of raping an 11-year-old girl while wearing a wolf mask and sentenced him to...

Former player unlikely to participate in Blackhawks review

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CHICAGO — An attorney who represents a former Chicago Blackhawks player who alleges he was sexually assaulted by a then-assistant coach in 2010 is...

Victim’s negligence cited as defense in youth abuse case

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CONCORD, N.H. — Attorneys for New Hampshire's state-run youth detention center are suggesting that a man who claims he was physically and sexually assaulted...

Former Pennsylvania prosecutor sentenced in sex case

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TOWANDA, Pa. — A Pennsylvania county prosecutor who pleaded guilty to pressuring clients for sex when he was a defense attorney was sentenced Friday...

Mexico high court strikes down limit in rape case abortions

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MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a state law limiting legal abortions for rape victims to the first trimester of a...

UK court allows US to appeal denial of Assange’s extradition

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LONDON — Britain’s High Court has granted the U.S. government permission to appeal a decision that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange cannot be sent to...

Spanish govt endorses clearer, tougher law on sexual consent

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MADRID — Spain’s government on Tuesday approved sexual consent legislation that aims to crack down on sexual violence and harassment by codifying offenses and...

Rittenhouse attorney wants to show victim was sex offender

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MADISON, Wis. — Kyle Rittenhouse's attorney wants a judge to allow him to argue that one of the men his client fatally shot during...

Kosovo: Serb ex-police officer jailed for rape during war

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PRISTINA, Kosovo — A Kosovar court on Monday sentenced to 10 years in prison a Serbian ex-policeman accused of raping an ethnic Albanian woman...