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PublishedDecember 28, 2023
Independent lawyers begin prosecuting cases of sexual assault and other crimes in U.S. military
Under new law, special counsels will have the authority to make prosecution decisions on several major crimes, including murder, rape, and several other sexual assault-related offenses.
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PublishedNovember 19, 2023
Reports say Russell Brand interviewed by British police over claims of sexual offenses
Without naming Brand, the Metropolitan Police Force said that “a man in his 40s attended a police station in south London on Thursday.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2023
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of years of rape, abuse by singer Cassie in lawsuit
Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, said Combs began the pattern of abuse as soon as their relationship did.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2023
Actress Julia Ormond sues Harvey Weinstein for battery
Julia Ormond is suing disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein for sexual assault and battery.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2023
Second U.K. police force investigating sexual offense allegations against Russell Brand
Brand, 48, denies allegations of sexual assault made by four women in a Channel 4 television documentary and The Times and Sunday Times newspapers.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2023
Former Kennebec County deputy headed for jury trial on charges he assaulted wife, threatened to shoot child
Daniel Ross of West Gardiner is accused of over a dozen crimes. Jury selection is scheduled to begin in October.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2023
Winslow man sentenced to 11 years for sexually assaulting child
Nicholas Eldredge, 29, of Winslow, pleaded guilty to a charge of gross sexual assault Tuesday.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2023
Advocates say children surrounded by honesty, neutrality during forensic interviews
"I'm not coming in here to decide if a kid's telling the truth or not telling the truth," forensic interviewer Jenny Moody said. "I'm coming in here to say, 'I need every single detail that you can possibly remember.'"
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PublishedJuly 2, 2023
Compassionate law or bad precedent? Children’s advocates, defense attorneys at odds over changes to rules of evidence in child sexual assault cases
A law passed recently by the Legislature will allow prosecutors to present as direct evidence at trial recorded interviews of alleged child victims of sex crimes instead of putting them on the witness stand.
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PublishedMay 10, 2023
Trump digs in on election lies, insults accuser during CNN town hall event
Former President Donald Trump, when pressed, repeatedly downplayed the violence on Jan. 6, 2021, and continued to insist the election had been 'rigged.'
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