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Ex-Israeli President Convicted of Rape

Moshe Katsav faces between 4 and 16 years in prison

(Newser) - Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav likely faces four to 16 years in prison after being convicted of raping an employee in 1998 when he was a Cabinet minister, reports the AP . Katsav was president of Israel from 2000 to 2007, but resigned two weeks before his term expired under a...

Julian Assange: Sleazebag or Sex Offender?
Julian Assange:
Sleazebag or Sex Offender?
OPINION
Dec 29, 2010 4:02 AM CST

Julian Assange: Sleazebag or Sex Offender?

When does offensive sex become a sex offense?

(Newser) - Julian Assange is probably a dirtbag, but how far do we go in calling him a sex offender? That's the question posed by Katrin Bennhold in a column in today's New York Times . “It cheapens rape,” she quotes a friend of hers as saying. “He sounds really...

Prosecutors Won't Try Notre Dame Rape Case

Because Lizzy Seeberg's suicide makes report inadmissible

(Newser) - A county prosecutor has decided not to bring charges in response to allegations that a University of Notre Dame football player sexually assaulted freshman Elizabeth “Lizzy” Seeberg—in part because Seeberg killed herself, making her statements to campus police inadmissible in court. Neither the player accused of the assault...

TV Meteorologist Charged With Faking Rape Report

Police say Heidi Jones made up Central Park attack

(Newser) - New York City weather girl Heidi Jones has been arrested on charges that she made up a rape she reported to police. Jones, an occasional Good Morning America fill-in, told police on Nov. 24 that a pair of Hispanic men had jumped and raped her while she was jogging through...

Girl, 13, Stabbed 30 Times in Rape Attack

Boy, 14, then slashes her baby brother: cops

(Newser) - A young teen attacker stabbed a 13-year-old girl more than 30 times before raping her, then slashed her baby brother, police said yesterday The girl was sleeping at home with her 18-month-old sibling when the 14-year-old boy burst into their northern California home, according to the Vacaville Reporter . He stabbed...

Brits Bust Julian Asssange
Brits Arrest Julian Assange
on Sex Charges
wikileaks bust
Dec 7, 2010 7:58 AM CST

Brits Arrest Julian Assange on Sex Charges

He surrenders in London

(Newser) - Julian Assange has surrendered to London authorities, who have arrested him on a Swedish warrant for suspicion of sex crimes. His lawyer arranged to deliver the controversial WikiLeaks founder to police for questioning. The 39-year-old Australian is wanted on suspicion of "sex by surprise," sexual molestation, and unlawful...

Angie Shouldn't Be UN Ambassador: Rape Victims

Bosnian women call her 'ignorant'

(Newser) - Bosnian rape victims have again attacked Angelina Jolie over her directorial-debut war movie, calling her "ignorant" about their homeland tragedy. They also challenged her right to remain UN goodwill ambassador, reports the Seattle Post-Intelligencer . "Our voices are worthwhile and we deserve much more respect," said a letter...

1 of 3 South African Men Admit to Rape

More than a quarter of women are victims, finds survey

(Newser) - More than 1 out of every 3 South African men admitted to rape in a recent survey, and 3 of every 4 said they had been violent with a woman. More than a quarter of the women surveyed said they had been raped, reports the Guardian . The survey also found...

'Argentine Fritzl' Had 10 Kids With Daughter: Judge

43-year-old woman says she was abused for 30 years

(Newser) - To add to the list of "Brazilian Fritzl" , "Colombian Frizl" , and "Aussie Fritzl" : an Argentine Fritzl. The Telegraph reports on the case, revealed yesterday, of a 62-year-old man accused of fathering 10 kids with his own daughter. Judge Virgilio Palud spoke with local radio about the man,...

Rape-Scene Row Forces Jolie Out of Bosnia

Victims claim her directorial debut will show 'loving surrender' to rapists

(Newser) - A film production involving inter-ethnic love and a rumored rape scene sparked so much controversy in Bosnia that novice director Angelina Jolie has been forced to abandon shooting there. Bosnian rape victims protested that Jolie's movie aimed to depict a "loving surrender" by women to Serbian rapists who used...

Prosecutor Wants to Detain Assange
Prosecutor Wants to Detain Assange
Nov 18, 2010 8:07 AM CST

Prosecutor Wants to Detain Assange

WikiLeaks founder wanted for questioning in Swedish rape case

(Newser) - A Swedish prosecutor has asked a court for an order to detain Julian Assange for questioning on suspicions of rape, sexual molestation, and unlawful coercion. The prosecutor says she’s asked for the order because investigators haven’t been able to bring the WikiLeaks founder in for an interrogation. Assange...

Rape Charge Dropped After Teen Accuser's Suicide

Samantha Kelly, 14, was bullied by classmates after senior charged

(Newser) - Friends and family of Samantha Kelly say the 14-year-old girl was relentlessly bullied after accusing a popular senior at her high school of raping her. The charges against Joseph Tarnopolski, 18, have now been dropped after Kelly hanged herself at her Michigan home after coming home from school earlier this...

Elizabeth Smart Takes the Stand Against Alleged Kidnapper

She recalls 'begging' him not to rape her

(Newser) - Elizabeth Smart took the stand today against the man accused of kidnapping and raping her, recounting in a calm voice how Brian David Mitchell allegedly woke her up on the morning of June 5, 2002, with a knife to her throat. He said, “Come with me or I will...

Hayes Sentenced to Death for Grisly Triple Murder

Conn. man convicted in fatal home invasion

(Newser) - A Connecticut man was condemned to death today for a night of terror inside a suburban home in which Jennifer Hawke-Petit was strangled and her two daughters tied to their beds, doused in gasoline, and left to die in a fire. Jurors in New Haven Superior Court voted unanimously to...

Central Park Crime Jumps 45%
 Central Park Crime Jumps 45% 
Nov 2, 2010 1:43 AM CDT

Central Park Crime Jumps 45%

Poor economy blamed

(Newser) - Crimes in Central Park have skyrocketed 45% over last year, and Manhattan officials are blaming the poor economy. Rapes jumped from zero to 7 so far this year, and grand larceny is up 60% to 56 cases. "A bad economy doesn’t help. Many more people are using the...

Rape Victims to Angie: Don't Tell Our Stories

Bosnian women insist their experiences can't be filmed

(Newser) - Angelina Jolie’s upcoming film has already created quite a stir in Bosnia—so much so that her permit to film there was revoked . Now, the Independent talks to Bosnian rape victims who are begging Jolie to leave their stories alone. The rumor is that Jolie’s film will center...

Aussies Ban Calvin Klein 'Rape' Ad

Troubling scene is 'suggestive of violence and rape,' says advertising board

(Newser) - A Calvin Klein ad showing an agitated woman held down by her hair apparently set upon by three bare-chested men behind a chain-link fence has been banned in Australia for promoting rape. The black-and-white ad features Calvin Klein model Lara Stone in a bra or bustier shirt with one strap...

Old Rape Allegation Surfaces Against Whitman's Son

Griff Harsh never disciplined or charged for 2006 incident

(Newser) - Gawker takes an exclusive look at a 2006 rape accusation against Griff Harsh, son of California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, and concludes it was "hushed up." Griff Harsh is accused of going home with a Princeton classmate after a night of partying and having sex with her....

More Fallout for Yale Frat's Rape Chant

National board suspends pledge activities, outcry continues

(Newser) - A Yale fraternity is coming under further scrutiny after pledges were heard chanting "No means yes! Yes means anal!" among other gems last week. The executive director of Delta Kappa Epsilon has told the chapter to suspend all pledging activities, and is due to drop by campus for...

Congo's Rape Victims Go on the March

Women fill the streets with a call to end sexual violence

(Newser) - Congo’s rape survivors “have had enough, enough, enough, enough,” says one activist—and to show it, many of them marched yesterday to protest the country’s rash of sexual violence. Some victims even left hospital beds to join up, singing, “My heart is in pain, why...

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