The rape conviction of movie producer Harvey Weinstein has been overturned by New York's highest court. Now, Weinstein's legal team is holding a news ... Show more abcnews.go.com/US/harvey-weinstein-conviction-overturned-new-york/story
Quick Glance: Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 Rape Conviction Overturned
- New York's highest court overturned Harvey Weinstein's 2020 rape conviction, disappointing those who celebrated historic gains during the #MeToo era.
- The ruling was based on legal technicalities and did not exonerate Weinstein's behavior, according to #MeToo advocates.
- Weinstein, convicted in Los Angeles for another rape, will face retrial in New York, despite remaining in prison.
- The court criticized the admission of uncharged sexual acts as evidence, deeming it an abuse of judicial discretion.
Premier League: Two players arrested over alleged rape: Two Premier League footballers are arrested in connection with an alleged rape.
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Group of men allegedly raped two 14-year-olds in Rostock park: A group of men is said to have sexually abused two girls in Rostock. As the police announced on ...
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This rapist attacked a woman in a car park. His face tattoos meant he was caught in two hours www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/face-tattoos-see-rapist-caught-29025089
A woman asked these two men for help when she got lost... but what they did next was horrific: www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/two-jailed-raping-woman-who-29010435
He was found guilty of rape after dragging a 15-year-old girl out to sea and attacking her while telling her not to scream. www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-teen-tourist-who-raped-32614654
Yazidi children raped?: Suspected slave owners arrested in Bavaria: Police arrest a couple in Bavaria. According to the public prosecutor's office ...
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Cop accused of raping baby girl tried blaming dog for her injuries, PA officials say
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Northern Ireland's Donaldson appears in court over rape, other sexual offence charges
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Face of 'selfish, jealous and manipulative' rapist who tried to control woman: "You are a coward and a completely selfish, jealous and manipulative ...
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Most Major Crimes Are Down. Why Are Assaults Up?: Homicides, rapes and shootings in New York City have decreased, but the number of assaults has remained ...
nytimes.com/2024/04/20/nyregion/assault-rates-new-york-city.html
A 25-year-old security guard has been removed from The University of the West Indies Mona campus after it is alleged that he attempted to abduct and rape an ... Show more www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/24/security-guard-removed-post-uwi-following-rape-abduction-allegations/
A High Court judge will on Monday next week sentence a man who has admitted to raping his common law wife in 2018. www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/04/24/man-sentenced-raping-common-law-wife/
Suspected rape: Two Premier League players arrested: Two players from the English Premier League were reportedly arrested at the weekend ...
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A man was arrested in the case of statutory rape because of his underage girlfriend.
Full report: news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/4/25/lalaki-arestado-sa-kasong-statutory-rape-sa-antipolo-1819
Abuse and serious bodily harm: 21-year-old defendant is guilty: Decision before the regional court. On the first day of the trial, the 21-year-old from Brakel ...
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Rape trial at the Heilbronn regional court: court expert questions victim statements
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Almost two years after, Baba Ijesha challenges rape conviction: Baba Ijesha was sentenced in July 2022 for raping a minor after over 12 months of trial
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N.Y. Appeals Court Overturns Harvey Weinstein Rape Conviction: Harvey Weinstein's 2020 New York rape conviction has been overturned by the state appeals ...
hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/harvey-weinstein-ny-rape-conviction-overturned-1235881207/
Redbridge rapist Goher Ayub abused woman over 8-year period: A man from Redbridge has been jailed for raping a woman he abused over several years.
romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/24277944.redbridge-rapist-goher-ayub-abused-woman-8-year-period/
Girl from Pinneberg raped: 54-year-old in court: A 54-year-old has to stand trial for abusing a girl from Pinneberg. The defendant denies the allegations.
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Rapist invited intoxicated women to his home saying he'd cook for them: Similarities were recognised between victims' accounts
mylondon.news/news/west-london-news/rapist-invited-intoxicated-women-home-29056433
Father gets life imprisonment for raping his son: A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping his son in 2021.
timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2024-04-25-father-gets-life-imprisonment-for-raping-his-son/
Last regulations of the current EU Parliament in a marathon vote: It is the last plenary session of the current European Parliament and the votes are like a ...
de.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/04/24/die-letzten-abstimmungen-des-eu-parlaments-werden-grosstenteils-abgeschwacht
National guardsman repeatedly raped child until someone caught him, Ohio officials say
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Rape suspect stalked victim for blocks before attacking her at SoHo apartment: prosecutors
nydailynews.com/2024/04/24/rape-suspect-stalked-victim-for-blocks-before-attacking-her-at-soho-apartment-prosecutors/
Courts ‘should sit in pubs and libraries’ to bring justice to the people: A former High Court judge tells The Times Crime and Justice Commission that pop-up ...
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Supreme Court permits abortion for 14-year-old rape survivor to protect her mental, physical well-being
thehindu.com/news/national/supreme-court-orders-medical-termination-of-pregnancy-of-minor-rape-survivor-from-maharashtra/article68093268.ece
Operation at 1. Südwieke: Arrest in Rhauderfehn - 30-year-old is said to have raped woman
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While acknowledging progress in prison conditions and the citizenship issue, the U.S. Department of State’s report on human rights practices in The Bahamas ... Show more www.thenassauguardian.com/
Police suggest UW athletics staff knew about, discussed Tybo Rogers’ rape allegation
seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/police-suggest-uw-athletics-staff-knew-about-discussed-tybo-rogers-rape-allegation/
The cruel twist of fate that let an accused killer walk free: Daniel Billings was charged with stalking, rape and animal cruelty. Police said he’d threatened his ...
smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-cruel-twist-of-fate-that-let-an-accused-killer-walk-free-20240424-p5fmbz.html
State wins its appeal of controversial Coko rape ruling: The supreme court of appeal confirms stringent standard for consent as defence in rape cases
mg.co.za/news/2024-04-24-state-wins-its-appeal-of-controversial-coko-rape-ruling/
Voyeurism claims: Just one in 10 reports in London led to charge: The low charge rate comes despite evidence that Sarah Everard’s killer could have been stopped ...
standard.co.uk/news/crime/voyeurism-indecent-exposure-met-police-london-sarah-everard-louisa-rolfe-b1153561.html
Men filmed rape: Verdict in Lüneburg and further trial in Berlin: In Lüneburg, a student (23) was convicted of rape after being knocked out ...
landeszeitung.de/lokales/lueneburg-lk/maenner-filmten-vergewaltigung-urteil-in-lueneburg-und-weiterer-prozess-in-berlin-TSDGHGRHXFEIZAE7ULUC5L22KM.html
Acquittal: Rape cannot be proven
bkz.de/nachrichten/freispruch-vergewaltigung-ist-nicht-nachweisbar-237656.html
Trial in Kiel for the kidnapping of a Rendsburg woman: a date has been set for the start
kn-online.de/lokales/kiel/prozess-in-kiel-zu-entfuehrung-von-rendsburgerin-termin-fuer-beginn-steht-fest-HM7PL3ASRVAUTF3AWD4KTVHJAE.html
Suspected rapist from the clan milieu arrested in Rhauderfehn: Police have arrested a man from the clan milieu in Rhauderfehn. The 30-year-old is alleged to have ...
nwzonline.de/blaulicht/polizei-einsatz-suedwieke-rhauderfehn-vergewaltiger-clan_a_4,1,862030259.html
Trial about possible rape in Öhringen: Did knockout drops play a role?: An accusation of rape is being renegotiated in a trial at the Heilbronn regional court ...
stimme.de/regional/region/vergewaltigung-prozess-ko-tropfen-oehringen-landgericht-heilbronn-art-4913096
UP gangster Ravi Nagar arrested along with girlfriend Kajal Jha in Thailand: Ravi Nagar, aged 42, is also accused in a gang-rape case registered at the Noida ...
financialexpress.com/india-news/up-gangster-ravi-nagar-arrested-along-with-girlfriend-kajal-jha-in-thailand/3466603/
Christian B. case: Does ex-BKA employee blow up the process?: How dangerous is the defendant? Christian B. (left, right his lawyer Friedrich Fülscher) is accused ...
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Ohio National Guardsman facing multiple rape charges in Delaware County: Steven M. Vicario faces multiple counts of rape, as well as tampering with evidence and ...
dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2024/04/23/ohio-national-guardsman-steven-m-vicario-facing-multiple-charges-of-rape-delaware-county/73432158007/
22-year-old charged with raping, sexually assaulting 13-year-old cousin: MELAKA: A 22-year-old man claimed trial at the Sessions Courts in Ayer Keroh here to two ...
thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024/04/22/22-year-old-charged-with-raping-sexually-assaulting-13-year-old-cousin
Jub Jub to apply for amendment of his bail conditions on Thursday: The Johannesburg magistrate’s court on Tuesday postponed the rape case against TV presenter ...
timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2024-04-23-jub-jub-to-apply-for-amendment-of-his-bail-conditions-on-thursday/
Police arrest suspected rapist: The central office for combating criminal clan structures of the Osnabrück public prosecutor's office also came across a rape ...
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Man arrested over rape of 11-year-old girl in Jashore: Police today arrested a man for raping an 11-year-old girl in Chowgacha upazila in Jashore last night.
thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/man-arrested-over-rape-11-year-old-girl-jashore-3593756
York police officer charged with raping baby quits as commissioner works to fire him
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Serial rapes at Bielefeld clinic: superiors partly exonerated: Prosecutors drop the charge of “aiding and abetting rape.” Nevertheless, they continue to ...
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Charges against Ipswich man accused of rape dropped: Charges against an Ipswich man accused of rape, kidnapping, strangulation and impersonating a police officer ...
ipswichstar.co.uk/news/24272316.charges-ipswich-man-accused-rape-dropped/
New powers will make it easier for Bedfordshire Police to sack 'rogue' officers: Changes come after conviction of rapist David Carrick
bedfordtoday.co.uk/news/crime/new-powers-will-make-it-easier-for-bedfordshire-police-to-sack-rogue-officers-4601138
“Truth will come out”: defendants in gang rape trial testify: The defendants in the trial of an alleged gang rape in Albstadt protest their innocence at the ...
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Police instructor arrested for allegedly raping trainee: A Western Cape police instructor was arrested by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate on ...
timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2024-04-23-police-instructor-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-trainee/
Police are on the hunt for a man with a recognisable 'My Baby' and swallow face tattoos.
Liam Cowley, who is known to frequent Merseyside and Blackpool areas ... Show more www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/man-my-baby-face-tattoo-29041417
Hanover: Rapes in the children's hospital Auf der Bult? What is known so far: Since the end of March, a former nurse at the Auf der Bult children's hospital has ...
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Devon prisoners serving the longest sentences for heinous crimes - including this serial sex attacker who stalked his victim as she made her way home from a ... Show more www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/devon-prisoners-serving-longest-sentences-9231751
He is said to have raped a girl (15) in Pius Park: Defendant partly revokes confession
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1 sent to jail after girl gang-raped in Jashore: One person was sent to jail today for allegedly taking part in a gang-raping a teenage girl in Jashore's ...
thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/1-sent-jail-after-girl-gang-raped-jashore-3593061
Rape and murder in Ludwigshafen - Murder of 17-year-old: Court reserves preventive detention
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Woman raped in her Soho building by man passing her on stairs: "If you scream, I'll shoot you," the attacker told her when he encountered the ...
nydailynews.com/2024/04/22/woman-raped-in-her-soho-building-by-man-passing-her-on-stairs/
A man who served 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit gets apology from UK review body
channelnewsasia.com/world/andrew-malkinson-false-conviction-criminal-cases-review-commission-apology-4276056
Rape and child pornography in Neu-Ulm: Man (60) arrested after abusing children: Shocking report from Neu-Ulm: A 60-year-old is said to have abused ...
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The convicted child rapist walks free after court breach: Paul Davies, 36, was previously convicted of raping a child
birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/convicted-dudley-child-rapist-walks-28998702
Faces of rapists every woman and girl should know: Sickening crimes exposed at court and through police thanks to the bravery of victims across the region
birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/faces-vile-rapists-every-woman-28996874
Police file chargesheet against Allahabad University professor facing rape allegations by student
indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/police-file-chargesheet-against-allahabad-university-professor-facing-rape-allegations-by-student-9283374/
The prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann has appeared in court today www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/pictured-madeleine-mccann-suspect-christian-29023697
Rapist who evaded justice for 15 years after manhunt is finally jailed: Kurt Forbes was jailed for 11 years at Wood Green Crown Court on March 10 after a jury ...
essexlive.news/news/essex-news/rapist-who-evaded-justice-15-9234204
Grade two pupil raped by a Grade seven pupil in a school toilet in Lephalale, Limpopo
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JUSTICE STORY: NYC rapist-killer nabbed after routine traffic stop: Manhattan police believed the rapist who attacked and killed Dorothy Westwater, 14 ...
nydailynews.com/2024/04/21/justice-story-nyc-rapist-killer-nabbed-after-routine-traffic-stop/
Man who lured teenager to bedsit on Yorkshire coast before he raped her jailed for 12 years
yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/crime/man-who-lured-teenager-to-bedsit-on-yorkshire-coast-before-he-raped-her-jailed-for-12-years-4595270
‘Employer’ promises 17-year-old job, then rapes her: KUALA LUMPUR: She was only 17, fresh out of school and excited about the prospect of getting a job ...
thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024/04/21/employer-promises-17-year-old-job-then-rapes-her
6 booked for trying to ‘extort’ Ravi Kishan: Among 6 is woman who claimed Kishan ‘married her, is her daughter’s father’
indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/6-booked-for-trying-to-extort-ravi-kishan-9276587/
PBI submits investigation report against Pori Moni: PBI submits investigation report against actress Pori Moni and her costume designer Junaid Baghdadi Jimmy to ...
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Man jailed for historic rape of 15-year-old in Burnley: Martin Greenwood told his victim, who was 15 at the time, that 'nobody would believe her' if she raised ...
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/24262301.man-jailed-raping-15-year-old-burnley/
Hong Kong police arrest 29-year-old man over rape, sex offences after he tries to flee city
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Convicted rapist sacked from football club manager job after just three days: Samuel Wilson was jailed in 2015 for the rape of a woman.
dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/convicted-rapist-sacked-football-club-32617166
Accused rapist who tried to clear his name loses blockbuster defamation trial against TV network
cnn.com/2024/04/15/australia/australia-lehrmann-defamation-verdict-intl-hnk/
Quick Glance: How Justice Michael Lee unraveled the Higgins-Lehrmann 'Omnishambles'
- Justice Michael Lee meticulously unpicked the complex allegations in the Lehrmann-Higgins case with sharp clarity and meticulous precision.
- Lee assessed the truth question separately for the rape and cover-up allegations, finding the former proven and the latter not.
- He criticized Ten, Wilkinson, and her team for inadequate research efforts and found the testimonies of Lehrmann and Higgins unconvincing.
- Lee's judgment provides valuable insights for future defamation and sexual assault prosecutions as well as for media practice.
Rapist boasts of cushy life in jail with own TV, shower and 'loadsa money': William Churchill, 50, of Meir Hay, was convicted of rape and false imprisonment by a ...
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