sexual assault
30 Dec 2023
Jermaine Jackson, the eldest brother of the late Michael Jackson and a founding member of the legendary Jackson 5, faces a sexual assault lawsuit alleging an incident from the late 1980s. Rolling Stone obtained the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles on Wednesday, December 28, 2023. The plaintiff, Rita Barrett, details an encounter with Jackson at…
28 Dec 2023
An Ado-Ekiti magistrate’s court, yesterday, remanded a 35-year-old man, Gboyega Ogunlola, at the correctional centre in the Ekiti State capital for alleged sexual assault charges. Police prosecutor, Inspector Akinwale Oriyomi, had earlier told the court that Ogunlola defiled a 14-year-old girl at Iworoko-Ekiti on December 18. He said the victim was running an errand for…
12 Dec 2023
Three Japanese ex-soldiers were found guilty Tuesday but given only suspended jail sentences for sexually assaulting a female colleague who won praise but also online hate for going public with her accusations. Rina Gonoi, 24, broke the mould by speaking out publicly last year about her ordeal in 2021 in a country where the #MeToo…
11 Dec 2023
Thailand's first Olympic gold medal winner has been accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl, police said Monday, an allegation he denies
8 Dec 2023
An Asaba-based legal practitioner and human rights activist, Favour Enuji, has raised the alarm over the state of a 17-year-old, Chiemere Nneji, allegedly dying at a police cell in Agbor, where he is detained after a court conviction.
24 Nov 2023
Sean "Diddy" Combs is facing a new lawsuit accusing him of sexually assaulting a woman he drugged on a date in 1991. The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan Supreme Court, is one of the last brought under New York's Adult Survivors Act, which allows victims of sexual abuse to file claims regardless of when the alleged…
21 Nov 2023
Justice Abiola Soladoye of a Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, yesterday, sentenced 65-year-old Igwe Ambrose to double life imprisonment for inserting his fingers into the private parts of his tenant’s under-aged children.
20 Nov 2023
The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos has sentenced 65-year-old landlord Igwe Ambrose to double life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his tenant's children. Ambrose faced a four-count charge related to sexual assault by penetration and indecent treatment of a child. The victims, aged 7 and 11, were subjected to the heinous acts…
9 Nov 2023
An internationally known musician, who has previously graced the stage at Carnegie Hall, has filed a lawsuit against former CEO of the Recording Academy, Neil Portnow, alleging sexual assault. The lawsuit claims that the assault took place during a meeting between the two in New York City in 2018, in which the victim states she…
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