Beyond Survival: Life After Rape
Lori Robinson and her husband, Ollie Johnson (Photo courtesy of Lori Robinson) By Jazelle Hunt Washington Correspondent LAST IN A SERIES WASHINGTON (NNPA) – “On May 15, 1995, two men ran up behind me...
View ArticleBill Cosby Accuser’s Mom Appeals to Comedian’s Wife
In this March 6, 2015 photo, Jennifer Thompson pauses before answering a question during an interview at her family’s home in Spring Hill, Fla. When Thompson’s parents met comedian Bill Cosby in the...
View ArticleAn 11-Year-Old Reported Being Raped Twice, Wound Up with a Conviction
(The Washington Post) – Almost seven years ago, a troubled 11-year-old girl reported that she had been raped — twice — in her Northwest Washington neighborhood. Despite medical evidence of sexual...
View ArticleDarren Sharper Sentenced to Nine Years in First of Plea Deals
In this Feb. 14, 2014, photo, former NFL safety Darren Sharper leaves a courthouse in Los Angeles. An arrest warrant has been issued for Sharper and another man, accusing them of raping two women in...
View ArticleCharlottesville Police Find No Evidence in U-Va. Sexual Assault Case
An exterior view of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia, in Charlottsville, Va., the site of an alleged sexual assault of a student revealed in a Rolling Stone article...
View ArticleEx-NFL Star Darren Sharper Starts Acknowledging Sex Assaults
Former NFL safety Darren Sharper, center, with his attorneys, Lisa Wayne, left, and Leonard Levine, right, appear in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, March 23, 2015. Sharper was sentenced to nine...
View ArticleJamaica Woman Brings Attention to Rapes Targeting Lesbians
In this March 24, 2015 photo, gay rights activist Angeline Jackson, 24, speaks with a colleague in Kingston, Jamaica. Jackson, a victim of a targeted sexual assault when she was 19, now directs the...
View ArticleHewitt Still on Bail After South African Sentence for Rape
Retired tennis player Bob Hewitt, left, chats with his wife, Delaille, in the court room ahead his appeal at the high court in Pretoria, South Africa Tuesday, May 19, 2015. Judge Bert Bam on Monday...
View ArticleJanice Dickinson Sues Bill Cosby for Defamation After He Denies Raping Her
In this Monday, Nov. 4, 2013 file photo, model and television personality Janice Dickinson arrives at the Make Equality Reality Gala at the Montage Beverly Hills, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Dan...
View ArticleStudy: Rape Prevention Training Works, Cuts Sex Assault Risk
In this Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014 file photo, Texas Tech freshman Regan Elder helps drape a bed sheet with the message “No Means No” over the university’s seal at the Lubbock, Texas campus to protest...
View ArticleRachel Dolezal’s Brother Faces Child Sex Assault Charges in Colorado, Source...
Rachel Dolezal resigned Monday as president of the Spokane, Wash., chapter of the NAACP. (Nicholas K. Geranios, The Associated Press) (Denver Post) – Child sex assault charges leveled in Colorado...
View ArticleAPNewsBreak: Cosby Said He Got Drugs to Give Women for Sex
In this Nov. 21, 2014 file photo, comedian Bill Cosby performs during a show at the Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts in Melbourne, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File) MARYCLAIRE...
View ArticleBill Cosby’s Public Moralizing Was His Undoing
This Nov. 11, 2014, file photo shows entertainer and Navy veteran Bill Cosby speaking during a Veterans Day ceremony, at the The All Wars Memorial to Colored Soldiers and Sailors in Philadelphia. (AP...
View ArticleBill Cosby’s Lawyers Ask Judge to Keep Settlement Sealed
(AP Photo) MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby’s lawyers argued on Tuesday that his admission to using quaaludes in the 1970s doesn’t mean he drugged and sexually assaulted...
View ArticleBill Cosby’s Own Words Provide Scandalous Details of His Hidden Life
In this Nov. 21, 2014 file photo, comedian Bill Cosby performs during a show at the Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts in Melbourne, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File) (The Washington...
View ArticleGenius Seducer Bill Cosby Didn’t Realize Key Accuser Was Gay, New Documents Say
In this Nov. 21, 2014 file photo, comedian Bill Cosby performs during a show at the Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts in Melbourne, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File) (The Washington...
View ArticleLawyer: Cosby to be Deposed by Sept. 30
This Nov. 18, 2013 photo shows actor-comedian Bill Cosby in New York. (Photo by Victoria Will/Invision/AP, File) (USA Today) – Bill Cosby will soon speak on at least one old allegation of sexual...
View ArticleRape Kits Untested in Kentucky, Destroyed in North Carolina
(AP Photo) (CNN) – Two more states are now in the spotlight for failing to handle examinations in alleged rape cases. DNA from what are known as rape kits can be used to help identify suspects,...
View ArticleDerrick Rose Says Assault Charge is Providing Him with Motivation
Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose, center, drives to the basket against Milwaukee Bucks forward Ersan Ilyasova, right, and guard Michael Carter-Williams during the second half in Game 1 of the NBA...
View ArticleBill Cosby Asks Judge to Dismiss 3 Accusers’ Defamation Suit
Philip Marcelo, ASSOCIATED PRESS BOSTON (AP) — Bill Cosby’s lawyers asked a federal judge on Friday to throw out a defamation lawsuit filed by three women accusing the comedian of decades-old sexual...
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