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December 5, 2019

Uber: Over 3,000 sex assaults reported on rides in 2018

Over 3,000 sexual assaults were reported during Uber rides in the U.S. in 2018, according to an eye-opening company safety report released Thursday.

December 5, 2019

Indian woman who planned to testify against alleged rapists is set on fire, reports say

An Indian woman was set on fire on her way to testify against two men who allegedly raped her, according to reports.

November 21, 2019

Jeffrey Epstein estate sued by another accuser: 'I still have flashbacks'

A woman who said the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein raped her when she was as young as 17 is suing his estate for an unspecified amount of compensation for her injuries.

November 17, 2019

13 Pennsylvania correctional employees suspended after inmate dies following fight

More than a dozen employees with Pennsylvania's Department of Corrections have been suspended after an inmate died during a fight with another inmate last week, officials said. 

November 14, 2019

'Potomac River Rapist' suspect caught in South Carolina decades after DC-area attacks

The FBI and Washington, D.C. police have arrested a suspect known as the “Potomac River Rapist” whom they've been searching for since the 1990s.

November 11, 2019

Louisiana judge offers rapist a reduced sentence if victim consents to $150G payoff

A fill-in Louisiana judge last week reportedly offered a convicted rapist the possibility of a reduced sentence — if his victim agreed to a $150,000 payout.

November 6, 2019

Rodney Reed murder case: Kim Kardashian, Rihanna among celebs urging Gov. Abbott to take inmate off death row

Celebrities are banding together to try to free Rodney Reed — a Texas death row inmate accused of raping and killing a woman — ahead of his scheduled execution two weeks from Wednesday. 

November 5, 2019

Spanish protesters demand change after men acquitted of raping unconscious teen

The streets of Spain were filled with protesters – mostly women of all ages – on Monday as they demanded the country’s laws be changed after five men were acquitted of raping an unconscious 14-year-old girl.

November 1, 2019

Spain court acquits five men of rape because no forced was needed against unconscious victim

Spaniards are voicing outrage after a Barcelona court ruled Thursday that five men accused of gang-raping a 14-year-old were not guilty of rape because their victim had been unconscious at the time. 

October 31, 2019

South Carolina sexual assault victim severed assailant's penis after attack: police

A South Carolina woman who was being sexually assaulted over the summer apparently severed off her assailant's penis in an effort to stop the attack and get away, according to officials.