On Monday, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported that it had obtained information that accused Israel of detaining and executing women and girls in Gaza. Israel’s government has refuted the allegations, calling the claims “despicable and unfounded”. Several Palestinian females have “reportedly been arbitrarily executed in Gaza, often together … Read more
The ex-Barcelona and Brazil right-back has been found guilty of sexual assault and therefore has been sentenced to serve four and a half years in prison. Alves was arrested by Spanish authorities in his home in Barcelona in January 2023 as part of an investigation into an alleged sexual assault in a nightclub in the … Read more
The UK Foreign Office has issued a warning for travellers heading to Turkey in the coming days amid the rise in sexual assaults in the country. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) keeps its people updated about the risks of travel to any of the 226 countries and territories with their timely releases. Everyone … Read more
The high profile sexual assault case against five former members of Canada’s World Junior team has re-sparked scrutiny over toxic hockey culture, something Hockey Canada CEO Katherine Henderson says the organization is taking very seriously. Henderson, who took over the role from Hugh Fraser last year, told Global National Friday that Hockey Canada is making … Read more
At Donald Trump’s first criminal arraignment, in April, the security measures were out of a Hollywood action movie. Several blocks surrounding the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse were closed off, as were entire floors of the building itself. Lower Manhattan was flooded with police. A few days before the hearing, Trump had warned of “potential death and … Read more
By Michael R. Sisak and Larry Neumeister | Associated Press NEW YORK — Donald Trump shook his head in disgust Tuesday as the judge in his New York defamation trial told prospective jurors that another jury had already decided the former president sexually abused columnist E. Jean Carroll in the 1990s. Fresh from a political … Read more
The Supreme Court of Canada decided on Thursday morning that it will not hear the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s challenge of a court order that demanded it identify a source and release related documents in the sexual misconduct case against Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson. Edmundson was charged in December 2021 with sexual assault and committing indecent acts. The alleged offences date back to 1991. He … Read more
TV producer Nigel Lythgoe said Friday that he is stepping aside as a judge on So You Think You Can Dance after lawsuits accusing him of sexual assault, including one from Paula Abdul. Lythgoe is also co-creator and executive producer of the Fox dance competition series, which is set to launch its 18th season in March. … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. PARIS — The storm sparked by Emmanuel Macron’s defense of film star Gérard Depardieu shows no sign of abating as the showbiz world tears itself apart over accusations targeting one of France’s best-known actors. The French film star is at the center of a … Read more
WARNING: This article contains descriptions of sexual assault. Paula Abdul has accused former American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexually assaulting her in the early 2000s when she was a judge on the reality competition show, according to a new lawsuit. The lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles also accuses Lythgoe of sexually assaulting Abdul after she left American … Read more
