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Swedish prosecutors defended their handling of a rape allegation against the founder of WikiLeaks, saying Sunday that they had made no mistakes in issuing an arrest warrant and withdrawing it less than a day later.

A lack of screening of oil spill cleanup workers may have resulted in a convicted sex offender being charged with raping a co-worker. A CNN investigation into the incident reveals that basic background checks were not done on those hired to remove oil from the beaches in and around Pascagoula.

The Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed the convictions of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs and ordered a new trial. Jeffs, 54, was convicted by a southern Utah jury in 2007 of two counts of first-degree felony rape as an accomplice for his role in the 2001 nuptials of Elissa Wall, then 14, to her 19-year-old cousin, Allen Steed.

Samantha Geimer, who as a 13-year-old girl was at the center of the Roman Polanski sex case, called on prosecutors to halt the case against the famed director.

Lawrence Taylor appeared in a New York state courtroom on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to a rape charge levied against him in May. Taylor was arrested on May 6 when police alleged that he had sex with what they said was a prostituted 16-year-old girl ...

The film director won’t be extradited to face charges of unlawful sex with a minor because of a possible fault in the American extradition application, an official said.

Former NFL player Lawrence Taylor was also indicted on charges of endangering the welfare of a child and patronizing a prostitute. Former Giants great Lawrence Taylor was indicted Wednesday for having sex with a teenage prostitute.

Lady Gaga's new music video for her single "Alejandro" is chock full of bed-ridden S&M imagery that makes it look like the softcore answer to "The Matrix." Oh, and let's not forget, the nun rape.

A Savannah High student raped a female schoolmate in a campus hallway during school hours.

A British actress took center stage in the Roman Polanski case on Friday, holding a press conference to say the famed director forced her to have sex with him when she was 16 years old.