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Cleveland man accused of kidnapping, raping 3 women held on $8 million bond

The Cleveland man accused of kidnapping three young women and sexually abusing them for a decade was ordered held Thursday on $8 million bond as details emerged about what prosecutors called “a horrifying ordeal” in which the women were repeatedly beaten and assaulted.

 

Celebrity PR guru Max Clifford is charged with eleven counts of indecent assault on girls as young as 14

PR guru Max Clifford has been charged with 11 counts of indecent assault against seven teenage girls, including one who was aged 14 at the time, Scotland Yard said tonight. The force said Clifford, who answered police bail today, faces charges linked to girls aged between 14 and 19 between 1966 and 1985.

 

Family of assaulted Calif. teen who committed suicide planning legal action

The attorney for the family of a California girl who committed suicide after she was sexually battered and then cyberbullied with a humiliating photo plans to file a civil action against the suspects Monday.

 

3 teens arrested for assault after girl's suicide

Eight days after allegedly being sexually battered while passed out at a party, and then humiliated by online photos of the assault, 15-year-old Audrie Pott posted on Facebook that her life was ruined, "worst day ever," and hanged herself....

 

CNN no-comments outcry over breaking coverage of rape verdict

... To sum up the backlash, critics jumped on the network’s extensive discussion of the implications for the perpetrators and their plight, with less countervailing discussion of the rape victim. Change.org has launched a petition seeking an apology from the network.

 

Grand jury to investigate Steubenville rape case

Steubenville Rape Trial

A grand jury will investigate whether anyone else should be charged in the events surrounding the August sexual assault of a 16-year-old, Ohio's attorney general said after a judge convicted two teenagers of rape in the incident. "This community needs assurance that no stone has been left unturned in our search for the truth." Attorney General Mike DeWine said Sunday.

 

Teen testifies he witnessed sex assault

A teenager testified Friday that he saw one of the two Steubenville, Ohio, boys accused of raping a 16-year-old girl engage in sexual conduct with the girl during a car ride.

 

Neb. woman makes deal in sex-with-stepson case

A 27-year-old Nebraska woman accused of having sex with her teenage stepson has made a deal with prosecutors and pleaded no contest to sexual assault.

 

Rape for a rape? Texas man accused of sexually assaulting teen girl to avenge attack by victim's family

Charles Andrew Capps, 21, from New Caney, reportedly confessed to cops he assaulted the 14-year-old after sending her lewd photos via Facebook.

 

Rape and killing of 3 young sisters shocks India

Rape in India

Police were searching villages in western India on Friday for suspects in the rape and killing of three young sisters, as Indians still angry over the fatal gang rape of a woman on a New Delhi bus in December face another heinous sexual attack....

 

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