sexual assault

Filmmaker Morgan Spurlock Posts Online Confessional Of Sexual Misconduct

3:26pm December 14, 2017

by Scott Neuman

Spurlock, who made the 2004 Oscar-nominated Super Size Me, detailed an encounter in college that the woman viewed as rape and a sexual harassment settlement he concluded with a former employee.

At his church on Tuesday, Kentucky state Rep. Dan Johnson defended himself against accusations that he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl in January 2013.

Politics & Government

Kentucky Lawmaker Dies In Apparent Suicide Amid Accusations Of Sexual Assault

1:43pm December 14, 2017

by Scott Neuman

State Rep. Dan Johnson was found dead near his vehicle of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound days after an investigative report raised past accusations of sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl.

Actor Terry Crews was recognized last week as part of "The Silence Breakers," the group of men and women collectively named Time magazine's Person of the Year. Crews says he was sexually assaulted in 2016 by a Hollywood talent agent.

National

Terry Crews On His Sexual Assault Lawsuit: This Is About Accountability

12:26am December 11, 2017

by Michel Martin

NPR's Michel Martin spoke with actor Terry Crews about sexual assault, how he joined the #MeToo movement and why he is fighting to hold people in Hollywood accountable.

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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Tuesday that the Brooklyn Hospital Center had improperly billed patients for nearly every rape exam the hospital administered in a two-year span.

Hospital Improperly Billed Patients For Rape Exams, Says New York Attorney General

7:25pm November 28, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Rape exams are supposed to be paid for by the state. But one woman was billed seven times for her exam.

Then-candidate Donald Trump walks onstage at a presidential debate in St. Louis two days after a video was released, in which he is heard talking to Access Hollywood host Billy Bush about sexually assaulting women.

Politics & Government

Trump Enters Fraught Territory By Criticizing Al Franken

4:43pm November 17, 2017

by Brian Naylor

The president, who has been accused of sexually assaulting women, has not publicly commented on accusations against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore.

Last summer, South Koreans left messages of their sexual harassment and assaults on Post-it notes at an exit of Gangnam subway station.

World News

South Korea's Sex Ed Guidelines Suggest Victims Are To Blame for Date Rape

5:50pm November 11, 2017

by Elise Hu

When South Korea issued its sex education guidelines for public schools in 2015, there was an outcry and there were calls for them to be withdrawn. Two years later, the guidelines remain in place.

Hollywood Director James Toback Accused Of Harassment By Dozens Of Women

7:54am October 23, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The Los Angeles Times reports that 38 women have leveled accusations against the Hollywood director who also wrote the 1991 film Bugsy, starring Warren Beatty. Toback has denied the allegations.

McKayla Maroney stands on the podium at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. She says a team doctor molested her for years, including during the Olympics.

Olympic Gymnast McKayla Maroney Says She Was Molested For Years By Team Doctor

7:22pm October 18, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

The gold medalist says Dr. Larry Nassar claimed he was giving her "medically necessary treatment." She says the abuse began on a team trip when she was 13 years old.

The ousting of a powerful Hollywood producer over multiple abuse allegations prompted women and other assault survivors to proclaim a simple idea: that sexual abuse is common in their lives.

In The Wake Of Harvey Weinstein Scandal, Women Say #MeToo

12:28pm October 17, 2017

by Sarah McCammon

The ousting of a powerful Hollywood producer over multiple abuse allegations prompted women and other assault survivors to proclaim a simple idea: that sexual abuse is common in their lives.

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National

Top Exec At Amazon Studios Put On Leave After Harassment Allegations

2:38am October 13, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The company said that Roy Price has been placed on leave after allegations surfaced that he lewdly propositioned a female show producer at a Comic-Con event in 2015.