Sex Crimes - Page 202

May 15, 2022

Seattle convict admits he used Facebook to coerce Massachusetts girl to run away with him

Jabarie Phillips, a 44-year-old man from Seattle, pleaded guilty to federal charged in Boston after allegedly preying on a Massachusetts 14-year-old girl on Facebook and convincing her to run away with him. The two got halfway across the country before authorities intercepted a bus in Minneapolis.

May 13, 2022

Johns Hopkins center against child sexual abuse hires professor who defended 'minor-attracted persons'

Johns Hopkins University's Moore Center for the Prevention of Sexual Abuse hired Allyn Walker, a professor notorious for trying to normalize the term "minor-attracted persons."

May 12, 2022

South Carolina teen accused of 3 sex assaults faces more new charges after alleged drunken probation violation

South Carolina prosecutors filed new charges Thursday against a 19-year-old who was sentenced to probation just last month after a plea deal designed to allow him to avoid jail and the sex offender registry in the wake of multiple allegations of sex assaults, court records show.

May 12, 2022

Texas Border Patrol agents arrest two sex offenders who illegally entered US from Mexico

Border Patrol agents in Texas arrested two convicted sex offenders after they illegally entered the U.S. from Mexico earlier this week.

May 9, 2022

South Carolina man accused of three sexual assaults is charged with violating probation, disorderly conduct

A 19-year-old South Carolina man accused of three sexual assaults who struck a plea deal that allowed him to avoid prison time last month was arrested for disorderly conduct and violating his probation on Monday morning, according to court records and an arrest report.

May 8, 2022

NJ transgender woman who forced daughter into child porn operation sentenced with 3 others

A New Jersey judge sentenced four defendants to a combined 67 years in prison for their roles in the human trafficking and repeated sexual assault of a seven-year-old girl. One of the defendants, a transgender woman, is the young girl’s biological father.

May 7, 2022

Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard defamation trial: This week's craziest and most disturbing moments

There was no shortage of explosive moments during the fourth week of Johnny Depp’s defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard, who took the stand in her own defense and accused the actor of repeated sexual assaults.

May 5, 2022

Accused South Carolina rapist's inner circle asked alleged victim's family to stop chatter about case: Sister

Family members of a South Carolina woman who was sexually assaulted and who later died say they have received a number of phone calls from her accused rapist's family and someone claiming to be calling on his behalf – allegedly asking them to stop talking about the case as the man has "an extremely bright future." 

May 3, 2022

Bill Gates met with Jeffrey Epstein 'a number of times,' admits it was 'huge mistake'

Billionaire tech founder and philanthropist Bill Gates acknowledged that he made a "huge" mistake in meeting with Jeffrey Epstein, and said he did so "a number of times."

May 3, 2022

Ex-prosecutor allegedly caught with prostitute 'on leave' from Boston firm exposing school's sex abuse

Bruce Singal, a former prosecutor recently arrested for allegedly picking up a prostitute, is now on leave from a law firm whose investigation exposed pervasive sexual abuse at Mission Hill School.