Sexual assault

Japan’s football association said Thursday that winger Junya Ito has left the Asian Cup in Qatar following media reports that two women had accused him of sexual assault, a claim he denies. The JFA said Ito was leaving “out of…
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The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has expressed grave concerns that other “opportunistic” armed groups and militias could exploit the current instability in Sudan, underlined by impunity, to escalate violence even…
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An unrepentant Donald Trump held firm to past grievances at the first televised town hall of the 2024 US presidential election on Wednesday, making clear from the moment he took the stage that he has little intention of mounting a more…
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A jury found Donald Trump liable Tuesday for sexually abusing advice columnist E. Jean Carroll in 1996, awarding her $5 million in a judgment that could haunt the former president as he campaigns to regain the White House. The verdict…
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Former Jewish girls school principal and now convicted sex offender Malka Leifer was ordered on Wednesday to appear in an Australian court in June for a two-day sentencing hearing. A Victoria state County Court jury convicted the…
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A former headmistress was found guilty on Monday of sexually assaulting two sisters at an ultra-orthodox Jewish school in Australia, 15 years after she escaped arrest by fleeing to Israel. Malka Leifer was guilty on 18 charges, the jury…
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Harvey Weinstein is facing a sentence of up to 24 years after being found guilty of rape and sexual assault. The disgraced movie mogul is due to be sentenced in Los Angeles on Thursday in the ‘Jane Doe’ case, after a trial which took…
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A woman has dropped a lawsuit she had filed against American singer Bob Dylan, accusing him of sexually assaulting her nearly 60 years ago, the lawyer for the Nobel Prize-winning singer announced Thursday. Lawyer Oren Snyder said in a…
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