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The girls told personnel from the Singappen Task Force that two men had approached them while they were on the beach, promising to buy them food, and subsequently sexually assaulted them in a lodge
The influencer, whose real name is Braden Peters, is accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in 2025.
A Hong Kong tertiary student convicted of sexually assaulting at least four underage girls has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, with the judge slamming him as a “very sick individual” who showed no remorse. High Court Judge Andrew Chan Hing-wai on Thursday noted from the assessment reports that Fan Chi-yuen, 22, had shown no remorse or empathy towards his victims. They included a 14-year-old girl who was so distressed after Fan attempted to rape her that she subsequently committed...
The Cornell case shows how university bureaucracy discourages complaints and shields institutions.
Probe under way into alleged sexual assault of a 16-year-old girl from Andhra Pradesh at a spa in Kovalam
A woman told police that British actor and comedian Russell Brand had grabbed her breasts before dragging her into a toilet at a bar and orally raping her, a London court heard on Monday. Brand, once one of Britain’s most high-profile broadcasters and the former husband of US singer Katy Perry, is on trial accused of three counts of rape, three of sexual assault and one of indecent assault against six women between 1999 and 2009. The 51-year-old denies the allegations, and told police after his...
The police registered a case on the basis of the woman’s complaint and examined CCTV footage from the scene and neighbouring areas. The footage helped investigators identify the suspect, while a technical examination conducted with the cyber cell assisted in tracing him, the police said
Fraternities face immediate emergency suspensions for violations amid sweeping ban tackling parties at US university.
Tokyo, Oct. 10 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese public-interest association has established a system to certify "juku" cram schools taking sufficient measures to prevent sexual violence against children, with requirements including the installation of security cameras in classrooms. The move comes ahead of the Dec. 25 launch of a Japanese version of Britain's Disclosure and Barring Service, which o...
A Hong Kong court has sentenced a university student to seven years in prison for raping and sexually assaulting five women, with most of the offences taking place during orientation camps. The 31-year-old defendant was sentenced on Friday at the High Court after the jury found him guilty of one count of rape, another of voyeurism and three indecent assault charges. The five convictions concerned offences between January and August 2023. The defendant, identified only by his initial YLH, was a...
A wave of videos is spreading across social media under the hashtag #IAmJaneDoe to express solidarity with an anonymous Cornell University student who alleges she was sexually assaulted by several members of a fraternity in 2024.
He alleged such crimes were recurring and that the law-and-order situation in the State was deteriorating under the TVK-led government
Local residents caught the man after a call to the 112 helpline; the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights asks officials to ensure the girl gets proper care
New York lawmakers will review sexual-assault laws, including voluntary intoxication rule at the heart of Cornell case.
The accused, Hail Raju, was sentenced by Special Judge Anju Meera Birla, Fast Track Special Court (POCSO), Thiruvananthapuram, on charges of assaulting a minor girl
The arrest comes less than a month after two government physical education teachers in Kakinada were suspended over sexual assault complaints by students
A woman who filed a lawsuit saying she was sexually assaulted by seven men at a Cornell University fraternity house told police weeks after the incident that she could “say with 100 per cent confidence I was raped”, according to a report by CBS New York, which said it obtained a transcript of her interview with investigators. The transcript, which has not been publicly released, raises new questions surrounding the local district attorney’s decision not to prosecute anyone at the time. In recent...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Tuesday called for an investigation into Cornell University's response to a 2024 gang rape allegation in which a woman says she was sexually assaulted by seven students after being plied with alcohol and drugs. It comes as prosecutors reopen an investigation into the alleged rape following claims the elite college failed to properly punish the men involved.
The sprawling online hunt for information about Winston Lee, a Korean student who is among seven defendants in a Cornell University sexual assault lawsuit, is increasingly crossing borders, with English-speaking social media users calling on their Korean counterparts to help uncover more information about him. As the “Cornell 7” case continues to draw intense attention across the United States, Lee has become the subject of a parallel search focused on his Korean identity and background....
BBC correspondent Azadeh Moshiri reports from Delhi, where hundreds of women are protesting.
Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala directs department to withdraw reinstatement decision following strong opposition within Congress in Kozhikode after news of the officer’s proposed return to service emerged