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February 5, 2021

Jeffrey Epstein fund abruptly halts payouts to victims

A fund set up to provide money to scores of women who say they were abused by financier Jeffrey Epstein when they were as young as 14 has abruptly suspended payouts over uncertain funding, an action the Virgin Islands attorney general blamed Thursday on Epstein’s estate as she moved to freeze its assets.

February 4, 2021

FBI ambush suspect David Lee Huber was subject of 'run of the mill' child porn case: report

The FBI’s child pornography case against suspect David Lee Huber remains largely under wraps Thursday -- two days after he allegedly peered through a doorbell camera and fired an assault-style weapon through the closed door of his apartment in South Florida, killing two FBI agents coming to serve a federal warrant and wounding three others.

February 3, 2021

Louisiana mom killed in botched murder-for-hire plot pretended to be target to save daughter's life: officials

A Louisiana mom told a hitman – allegedly hired by her sex offender brother – that she was the rape victim he was hired to kill in order to save the life of her daughter, the gunman's intended target, officials said.

February 1, 2021

Ex-Mets manager Mickey Callaway accused of sexually harassing reporters

Former Mets manager Mickey Callaway is being accused of sexually harassing female media members.

January 29, 2021

Ex-Boy Scout chaplain sentenced to 40 years on sex abuse charges, pleads 'no contest'

The charges extend as far back as the 1980s, when the accused served in a Boy Scout camp.

January 29, 2021

New York City police officer suspended, jailed following child porn arrest

A New York City police officer arrested Thursday on a child pornography charge used social media to send sexually explicit messages to dozens of minors, persuading some of them to send him nude pictures, asking for phone sex and sometimes encouraging self-harm, federal prosecutors said. 

January 28, 2021

Ghislaine Maxwell forced girls into lurid performances for Jeffrey Epstein, court docs reveal

Accused madam Ghislaine Maxwell once directed a room of underage girls to "kiss, dance and touch one another in a sexual way" for late pedophile boss Jeffrey Epstein, according to newly released court documents.

January 26, 2021

California DA blasts Newsom for taking ‘no action’ to stop release of convicted killer who tortured teen

A man convicted of torturing, sexually assaulting and murdering a 17-year-old boy in 2001 will walk free because California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom took “no action” to prevent his release, according to the prosecutors who locked him up.

January 22, 2021

Los Angeles County DA Gascon bars prosecutors from attending parole hearing for child rapist

Prosecutors in Los Angeles County are barred from attending an upcoming parole hearing to oppose the release of a serial child rapist as part of a series of controversial reforms implemented by District Attorney George Gascón. 

January 22, 2021

Rapper Soulja Boy's former female assistant accuses him of sexual assault, holding her hostage in lawsuit

Soulja Boy's former assistant filed a lawsuit alleging he raped, beat and held her hostage.