Tag: sexual assault

The University of Michigan is currently fighting a lawsuit brought on by a former student who says school officials ignored his complaints when he reported being sexual abused by one of his professors. And they’re fighting dirty. Andrew Lipian was a grad student at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance between fall 2016 and August 2018 when he claims professor and renowned opera singer David Daniels sexually harassed and assaulted him on numerous occasions. As a general rule of thumb,...

Prosecutors have dropped criminal charges that were filed against Kevin Spacey over an alleged sexual assault. In 2016, the 18-year-old son of news anchor Heather Unruh met Spacey at a bar in Nantucket. He said that Spacey bought him eight to ten drinks and then groped his genitals under the table. Spacey was charged last year with one count of indecent assault and battery. On Tuesday, the Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe announced that the charge against Spacey was being...

A little Shih Tzu dog drove away a would-be rapist when it fiercely defended its owner, but RuPaul is getting the credit. The unidentified Australian woman was walking her dogs in a local park when the attacker sexually assaulted her. RuPaul and Louis ran off into the gloom to chase a rabbit and while the victim waited for them to return, and unknown man knocked her to the ground and tried to take her pants off. When the pups heard their...

Chicago police are investigating a now-retired sergeant amid allegations that he coerced a Black transgender woman to perform oral sex on him in his squad car while on duty. The 39-year-old woman, who’s name has not been released, said that she has been with her boyfriend when the officer’s patrol car rolled up. The officer asked her what she was doing in the neighborhood, and she told the officer she was going home. According to a report in the Chicago Tribune,...

The Chicago Police Department has stripped an officer of his badge after allegations by a transgender woman that he forced her to perform oral sex on him. The woman, whose identity has not been released, provided DNA evidence of the March 5 attack. According to her, she was out walking with her boyfriend when the officer approached. The officer threatened to arrest her for prostitution unless she performed oral sex on him. He then demanded she get into his vehicle, telling...

A Presbyterian minister in Linden, New Jersey, is accused of performing oral sex to extract “evil spirits” from men in emotional crises, according to My Central Jersey. Rev. Dr. William Weaver of Linden Presbyterian Church, 69, has been charged with “multiple acts of idolatry and sexual misconduct” by the church and was supposed to face three accusers in an internal church trial in January, but he recused the jurisdiction of the Elizabeth Presbytery one day before the start of the...

After Brandon Michael Wiley assaulted a 39-year-old man in Tennessee last July, he bragged about the attack on social media, sharing bloody selfies and claiming that his victim had sexually assaulted him. ‘Mr. Wiley had sent out several photos of himself covered in blood and was bragging about beating up a gay man for grabbing his penis,” said police in their report, as reported by the Daily News Journal. Eyewitnesses, as well as surveillance video, made it clear that Wiley...

Members of the Men’s Therapeutic Cuddle Group of Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania (an area 30 minutes north of Philadelphia) try to heal each other’s trauma through clothed cuddling sessions. The group has been meeting for over two years and welcomes a range of sexual orientations, according to Philly.com. Scott Turner, the group’s 46-year-old co-founder, says that men are often taught to be stoic. “If you show any emotional weakness or vulnerability, that’s a failure to your title of a man,” Turner...

EXCLUSIVE: Model alleges photographer said: 'I’m going to shoot you, then you’re going to make me shoot' Gay twin male models Michael and Zach Zakar have accused photographer Rick Day of sexual assault during a photoshoot on 12 October 2016. When the twins were just starting out their modeling careers, they went to Rick’s apartment for a test shoot. Rick has previously shot for GQ, Vogue Italia, Elle and DNA so the twins were excited to work with him. An ‘Australian receptionist’ in...

After the disappearance of a longtime friend led to the discovery of his body, two brothers were charged with one count of first-degree murder, first-degree rape, tampering with physical evidence, and unlawful disposal of remains. 16-year-old Ben Eastman from Randle, Washington was reported missing on June 27, according to The Olympian. Police records show that Eastman had contact with longtime friend Benito S. Marquez prior to his disappearance. Cell phone records show that the two were planning to meet up in the...

A former correctional officer from Wisconsin will soon be trading in his prison guard uniform for an orange jumpsuit after been found guilty of repeatedly sexually abusing three male inmates. A jury found 34-year-old Alex Andre Wouts guilty of five counts of second-degree sexual assault yesterday after a dramatic three-day trail. Police first became away of Wouts’ behavior back in December 2015 when they received a tip regarding a sexual assault allegation from inside the Fox Lake Correctional Institution in Fox...

Experts are calling for "robust culturally specific prevention programming." A new study suggests gay and bisexual people are much more likely to be victims of sexual violence. A 2016 survey conducted by the Utah Department of Health asked 10,000 residents if they’d ever suffered a sexual assault. Nearly half of all bisexual respondents (45.5%), and a third of lesbians and gays (33.6%), said they had been the victim of sexual violence at some point in their lives—compared to just 8.7% of...

The recovering addict says he was tortured for befriending another client. A recovering drug addict in South Africa alleges he was sexually assaulted at a rehabilitation facility as punishment for being gay, IOL reports. Mogamat Yushree Jacobs, 36, who immediately went to police after escaping from the Akhbar Rehabilitation Centre in Cape Town, also says he was beaten and covered with human feces. Jacobs, who was addicted to heroin for 12 years, entered rehab about eight months ago and eventually assisted Akhbar...