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Feb 16 2023
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Lawyer takes on Cristiano Ronaldo for hush money in decade-old sexual assault case—and has to pay his legal fees
A Las Vegas lawyer has been hit with a $335,000 penalty for pressing a bid in U.S. courts to force Cristiano Ronaldo to pay millions of dollars more than the $375,000 in hush money he paid to a Nevada woman who claimed the international soccer star raped her in Las Vegas in 2009. “I find that Ronaldo would not have incurred a majority of the fees and costs that he spent on this litigation
FortuneFeb 12 2024
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House panel backs Karr's 'obscene live conduct' ban
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Republican Rep. Chris Karr isn’t giving up in his drive to clean up what he considers sexually inappropriate behavior at South Dakota’s public universities. He now has a panel whose members include some of the Legislature’s most politically powerful Republicans on board with his drive. The House State Affairs Committee on Monday endorsed his legislation that would
KelolandJun 17 2020
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Black Lives Matter Activist Found Dead After Protests And Sexual Assault
Oluwatoyin Salau, a 19-year-old activist and speaker, was found dead on Saturday, June 13, in Florida according to Tallahassee Police. Leading up to her death, Salau had been an active voice in the Black Lives Matter in Tallahassee.
She was reported missing on June 6 after she claimed that she’d been sexually assaulted earlier that day.
Salau spent her final days voicing her
MitúOct 20 2022
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Kevin Spacey Found Not Liable in Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
A Manhattan federal jury found actor Kevin Spacey, 63, not liable for battery in a $40 million lawsuit over allegations that he made a sexual advance toward fellow actor Anthony Rapp, 50, when Spacey was 26 and Rapp was 14.
Key Quotes: Rapp’s lawsuit claimed he had “sustained psychological injuries” of a “permanent and lasting nature” when Spacey allegedly placed then-teenage Rapp on a
Axios BuzzFeed News New York Post (News)Jan 17 2024
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Hebron school board member, brother arrested on child porn charges
HEBRON, ND (KXNET) — A member of the Hebron Public School Board has been charged with four counts of possessing child sexual abuse and child sexual conduct materials. According to court documents, Joel Lyle Opp, 44, was arrested January 11, accused of possessing about 1,000 images or videos of child sexual abuse which depicted sexual conduct. Opp is a vice president on the Hebron Public School
KX NewsApr 27 2018
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Bill Cosby, once beloved 'America's Dad,' convicted of sexual assault
Comedian Bill Cosby was convicted on Thursday of drugging and sexually assaulting a onetime friend in 2004, marking the first such conviction of a celebrity since the #MeToo movement that has brought down rich and powerful men for their treatment of women.
ReutersJan 18 2024
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Survivor winner turned Kentucky lawmaker apologizes after bill mistakenly allowed sex with first cousins
Kentucky state Rep. Nick Wilson, a past winner of the TV show "Survivor," apologized for a bill meant to combat family sexual abuse that mistakenly legally allowed sex with first cousins. "I filed HB 269 yesterday. The purpose of the bill is to add ‘sexual contact’ to the incest statute. Currently, incest only applies in cases of intercourse. So sexual touching/groping by uncles, stepdads or
Fox News DigitalJan 26 2024
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Trump lawyers push for Fani Willis' disqualification, claiming she has fomented 'racial animus and prejudice'
Fani Willis' disastrous January is nearly at an end, but her troubles appear to be just getting started. The Fulton County district attorney is expected to receive a subpoena to testify in court next month concerning accusations of misconduct and possible criminality, according to CNN. The allegations Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee will take up at a hearing scheduled for Feb.
The BlazeFeb 02 2024
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Federal judge in DC postpones Trump’s March trial on charges of plotting to overturn 2020 election
A federal judge in Washington formally postponed Donald Trump’s March trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election as a key legal appeal from the former president remains unresolved in the courts.
U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday vacated the March 4 trial date in the case brought by Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith but did not immediately set a new
Associated PressJan 29 2024
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New details emerge in case of Watertown teacher arrested for rape
WATERTOWN, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Court documents have revealed more details about a former Watertown soccer and debate coach who was arrested last week for having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old. Jordan Bakken, 32, has been charged with rape in the fourth degree, solicitation of a minor, and sexual contact with a child under 18 from a position of authority. According to an
Dakota News Now