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On Sunday night, Chris Brown performed live on television twice, and won his first Grammy, for Best R&B Album. This sparked outrage among certain people. It's tough keeping up with the ups and downs in the singer's life, but with every award and accolade he receives, a feeling of discomfort grows among his critics. How did we get here? What are folks so upset about? This timeline explains everything. More »
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The rumor mill has furiously churned out a pretty damning story about convicted abuser and man-boy at large Chris Brown. According to sources, his new courting technique involves an introduction and the line "I promise I won't beat you." With most other celebrities, this would just be another Bill Murray Punched Me in an Alley story. But with Brown, even if it's bullshit (and probably is), it's still kind of horribly believable. More »
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Here's the strangest crime we've heard about in a long time — a man is allegedly working his way across the country, getting close to high school sports teams, and then asking, paying, or forcing the athletes to give him piggyback rides. That's it. Just piggyback rides. More »
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A Florida judge has ordered a man accused of grabbing his wife by the neck and shoving her into the back of their couch to take the woman out on a proper date: Red Lobster, and bowling. Anything else shitty and totally inappropriate you want to suggest, judge? A gentle fingerbanging session, perhaps? More »
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The new issue of Us Magazine contains an excerpt of Hiding From Reality, the new book written by Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills cast member Taylor Armstrong. Reading about her late husband's cruelty, abuse, and assaults in Taylor's own words is absolutely heartbreaking. In fact, the Us story is titled, "I Thought He Might Kill Me." More »
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Greg Kelly, an anchor on Fox's "Good Day New York" and the son of New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, is currently being investigated by the Manhattan district attorney's office after a woman walked into a police station Tuesday night and complained that Kelly raped her. More »
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I have less than no interest in discussing, yet again, the merits of the sexual assault allegations against Julian Assange. So it was with trepidation that I waded into Rolling Stone's new interview with the WikiLeaks-founder/guaranteed cocktail party conversation-killer. Against all odds, though, the interview is actually chock full of fun stuff! Let's learn about Julian Assange's favorite numbers, and his relationship with a much-beloved sea captain. More »
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Things are never that serene inside a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant, what with all the overstimulated children running around and all, but things got especially wild at a Chuck E. Cheese in Dearborn, Michigan, yesterday when a brawl broke out during a birthday party. More »
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A former plumber was arrested for throwing her glass at a man's face after he hit on her in a bar. But a judge gave her a lenient sentence, ruling that she lost control because of prior sexual harassment at work. Are we seeing the birth of a new kind of defense? More »
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In response to international outcry over a photo of a female protester getting her clothing ripped off as she was dragged through the streets of Cairo, the Egyptian government has finally dropped the "they were provoking us!" act an issued an apology. The military junta in charge of the government has vowed to root out those responsible for all the lady assault and punish them. Self-regulation of a borderline totalitarian regime is a great call. That always leads to justice! More »
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Last weekend 22-year-old William Adam Lane spotted a lesbian couple embracing in a bar in Bellingham, Washington. He decided the only appropriate course of action was to drunkenly shout homophobic comments at them and smash the rear window of their car. Unfortunately for him, the women were total badasses. One tackled Lane and pinned him to the ground while they waited for help from a bouncer nearby. Lane was arrested for malicious harassment, which is a hate crime, and even though the women were unharmed, they may be able to press assault charges because he threatened them. More »
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A woman allegedly attacked a local dry cleaner with a frying pan yesterday, in what is only the latest of a series of frying pan assaults this year. More »
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A woman has come forward to accuse boxer Oscar de la Hoya of coercing her into sex while he snorted coke and quoted Charlie Sheen. Oh, but that's not the really shocking thing. More »
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According to Venues Today, Amy Harris was taking photos at an Odd Future concert in New Orleans on Sunday when the band started saying they didn't like photographers. Harris says Vyron "Left Brain" Turner approached her and slapped her in the head, knocking the camera out of her grip. She explains, "It literally knocked the lens out of the body of the camera. I had a mark on my face for a couple hours afterwards." The video above appears to show Turner taking a swat at someone around the 1:20 mark, and photos Harris took moments before the alleged assault show an enraged Turner. Fellow photographer Skip Bolen said in a statement, "Turner immediately exploded into his vile hatred of photographers with a long string of obscenities, and then hit one male photographer first — breaking his Nikon 70-200mm lens and a split second later hit the female photographer Amy Harris in front of me — it was clearly assault and battery." More »
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Many have said Facebook's "poke" function is pointless, but at least it hasn't been at the center of any actual violence. Alas, the same cannot be said for the "like" function. Benito Apolinar of Texas was arrested last week and charged with battery for allegedly punching his estranged wife in the cheek over failing to "like" a post. After posting about the anniversary of his mother's death, he drunkenly confronted his wife saying, "That's amazing everyone 'likes' my status but you, you're my wife. You should be the first one to 'like' my status." He pleaded not guilty and is scheduled to appear in court in December. More »
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Sixty-nine year old Milton Ellis of St. Petersburg, Florida was awakened by 22-year-old Josephine Rebecca Smith biting the crap out of his face and neck on Friday. Alarmed, the man fled to a nearby gas station where he reported the incident. Police returned to the scene of the crime, the porch outside of an abandoned Hooters restaurant, and found a strange sight. Reports the St. Petersburg Times, More »
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19-year-old Lyle Monroe Bensley, who says he's a vampire, has been arrested in Galveston, Texas for allegedly forcing his way into a woman's home, then biting and hitting her in bed. After she was dragged out of her apartment, she was able to escape by jumping into a neighbor's car. Police say Bensley told them, "I'm a vampire and I've been alive for over 500 years," and was "begging us to restrain him because he didn't want to kill us." We're going to need everyone claiming to be a vampire to go back to brooding and obsessively watching old episodes of Buffy because you're scaring the hell out of us. More »
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A Missouri school is being sued for some of the most disturbing allegations in recent memory: according to the suit, officials not only disregarded a girl's rape claim, but forced her to deliver an apology letter to her alleged attacker. Then, she says, the same student raped her again. More »
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Women acting crazy? Penises? Divorce? California? Well, this should give Jay Leno enough material to get him through the end of the 2014 TV season. More »
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Following revelations about his accuser's past, Dominique Strauss-Kahn was released without bail at a court hearing today. However, prosecutors could still bring charges against him. More »
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Actress Gabrielle Union — whom you may have seen in movies like Bring It On, Bad Boys II, and Daddy's Little Girls — has openly spoken about about being raped when she was 19, and is now an advocate for victims of sexual assault. Union recently Tweeted her support of Rihanna's "Man Down" video, and revealed that she actually fired a gun at the man who attacked her. More »
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After an altercation between two students in a fraternity basement last weekend, Dartmouth sororities have enacted a stringent new policy requiring frats to discipline members accused of assault or face social isolation. But not everybody thinks it's a good idea. More »
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A woman is suing Match.com after she went on a date with a man she met on the site, who then followed her home and assaulted her. After the incident, a quick Google search revealed that the man had been convicted of several counts of sexual battery, prompting her to ask why aren't online dating sites pre-screening their members? More »
]]> http://jezebel.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5792409&view=rss&microfeed=true Earlier this month, Crystal Mangum, who accused three Duke lacrosse players of rape in 2006, was arrested for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend. Now Durham police say the man, identified as 46-year-old Reginald Daye, has died. A police spokesperson said Mangum's charge — currently assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury — would probably be upgraded in light of his death. More »
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Today's news brings two horrifying examples of sex crimes occurring in the course of air travel. And both raise questions of the role of bystanders in the strange, semi-public space created in the course of flying. More »
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A Florida high school student faces assault charges after pistol-whipping her own mom to make her co-sign for a sports car. The weirdest part: the mom didn't want to press charges because the girl is such a good student. More »
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Nevermind! That whole report filed last year by JFK airport service worker Kathryn Williams was a toootal misunderstanding, as assault so very often is. More »
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Jennifer Petkov, who rose to internet infamy after taunting a neighbor girl who has Huntington's Disease, is being forced to move out of her home after admitting she tried to run over another neighbor. More »
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There's at least one family that's holiday was worse than yours: A drunk 19-year-old was arrested on the 24th for trying to assault her parents with their Christmas tree. She spent the rest of the weekend in a Connecticut jail. More »
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Johnathan William Hartman allegedly put his pistol in his girlfriend's mouth and threatened to kill her during an argument about his impending prison sentence. He fired a couple shots, put his gun in his pants, and bang! Instant extra butthole. More »
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University of Virginia lacrosse player Yeardley Love died after her boyfriend attacked her — that's no longer in dispute. But now the defense is claiming the real cause of death was her Adderall prescription. More »
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• Lady Gaga's meat dress was named the top fashion moment of 2010 by the sartorial sages at Time, closely followed by M.I.A.'s burqa, and Venus Williams' lingerie-inspired French Open get-up. Let's discuss. [Time]

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Vitaly Borker, whose DecorMyEyes.com was exposed as a front to harass people and game Google, has been charged with mail fraud, wire fraud, making interstate threats and cyberstalking. His language is inappropriate for a family newspaper, to say the least. More »
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Melissa Lee Williams of West Virginia is facing assault and weapons charges after she showed up at her estranged husband's door with a knife and demanded of him and another man: "Eat my pussy." More »
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The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are investigating Justin Bieber after a 12-year-old boy claimed Bieber hit him during a game of laser tag. The boy's father reported the incident, and the countdown to a lawsuit starts now. [TMZ] More »
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A New York City juvenile justice counselor raped at least three teenagers in his custody. His sentence? Probation. Meanwhile, one of his victims was sentenced to 12 months on a minor charge. How could something like this happen? More »
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While shopping at a Florida store in an Elmo costume, children's performer Jeramie Trespalacios was assaulted by another customer. He was unharmed, but broke two of his attacker's fingers. "It looks good for the kids. Elmo's kicking butt," says Trespalacios. More »
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• A plane crash is being hailed as a "miracle" after only one of the 131 passengers died. The jetliner hit a thunderstorm and broke apart on a Caribbean island runway. According to officials, only five people were seriously injured.

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An epic Facebook confession involving infidelity, divorce, pregnancy, assault, and, of course, law school provides a helpful illustration of why the social networking site is not the place to air your personal failings. More »
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Everyone has bad days. Even billionaire politician Meg Whitman, who once lost her temper in the workplace and physically attacked an underling. More »
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