Yesterday, leaders of the Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints) finally responded to the sexual assault and rape allegations that have haunted its flagship university, Brigham Young, for the past month. In a statement, LDS leaders wrote that the Church has, “no tolerance for sexual assault at BYU or…
The jurors behind the Daniel Holtzclaw trial are speaking out about their decision to convict the former police officer to 263 years in prison for sexually assaulting eight women.
Kesha is now allowed to perform at the Billboard Awards, after Dr. Luke’s label, Kemosabe Records, initially approved and then later blocked her scheduled performance.
A new report from Human Rights Watch says the Pentagon isn’t doing enough to protect military rape victims from retaliation. The report says reporting rape or sexual abuse often leads to harassment that can force survivors out of the military entirely.
Kesha was reportedly set to make a major statement during the Billboard Music Awards, but Dr. Luke’s label blocked the performance from happening. Kesha’s mom is understandably irate.
Kelly Aldinger, a married 49-year-old Pennsylvania substitute teacher, has been charged with institutional sexual assault after being found having sex with a 17-year-old student in a local cemetery. If convicted, Aldinger could face seven years in prison and up to $15,000 in fines.
Owen Labrie, now 20, was released from jail on Monday, May 16. Labrie, who was convicted of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old classmate at the elite St. Paul’s School in 2014, was sent to jail in March after violating the terms of his bail. Though he was initially sentenced to a year, Merrimack County Judge Larry…
Model Chloe Goins has re-filed a lawsuit against Bill Cosby, who she alleges drugged and sexually assaulted her when she was a teenager visiting the Playboy Mansion in 2008. In the new papers, filed on Monday in Los Angeles, Goins names Hugh Hefner, accusing him of conspiracy.
In a provocative profile from The Guardian, actress and Love & Friendship star Chloe Sevigny reflects on her past work with controversial figures like photographer Terry Richardson—who has been accused of sexual assault—Larry Clark, and Lars von Trier. Cumulatively, her experiences have left her with “total disdain…
In May 10 court filings, Dr. Luke (real name Lukasz Gottwald) has demanded to see the the medical records of Kesha, his former collaborator who alleges that Dr. Luke sexually abused her.
In a guest column for The Hollywood Reporter, Ronan Farrow writes about the thick wall of protection surrounding his father Woody Allen, whose alleged history of sexual abuse has been systematically glossed over.
Several media outlets are reporting that a second sexual assault trial against disgraced Canadian radio star Jian Ghomeshi won’t proceed. Citing sources close to the case, they all say that the charges against Ghomeshi will be formally dropped Wednesday. The new case was centered around an assault that allegedly took…
Scott Bennett, a keyboardist who’s been collaborating with founding Beach Boy Brian Wilson since 1998 and has been a touring member of his band, was convicted of rape by instrumentation and sexual battery, according to Tulsaworld, via Rolling Stone.
It took some time to do it properly, but Law and Order: SVU finally made a ripped-from-the-headlines episode that referred to the persistent sexual abuse allegations against fashion photographer and creative facial hair-haver Terry Richardson. It even featured a chipper assistant photographing the incident, as several…
In a thoughtful piece at the New York Times Magazine, Parul Sehgal considers the word “survivor,” and particularly its relatively recent use to describe those who have experienced sexual assault. Sehgal persuasively argues that the term “survivor” was once a powerful reclamation of the narrative, and that now, it’s…
In an attempt to reinstate bail for 21-year-old sex offender Owen Labrie, his attorneys presented a letter from an unnamed professor who compares Labrie to 15th century canonized military heroine Joan of Arc. Wow, so creative!
On Friday morning at the United Nations headquarters, trans activist Janet Mock spoke on a panel where she stressed the need for more visibility of trans black women in discussions about rape and sexual assault.
Reformers and state prosecutors are all calling for the Oklahoma legislature to revisit the state’s sexual assault laws after an appeals court upheld the dismissal of charges against a 17-year-old boy who was accused of sexually assaulting an unconscious 16-year-old girl.
On Monday, Kenyon College alum Michael Hayes published an open letter to his alma mater regarding the alleged rape of his sister, a current student. In the letter, shared on Facebook over 800 times, Hayes claimed Kenyon dropped his sister’s case despite overwhelming evidence of a nonconsensual encounter—including…
