Sexual Assault

Survivors Of Accused Serial Killer Anthony Sowell Sought By Cleveland Police

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 11.18.2009 | Home


CLEVELAND — Now that most of the bodies found at the home of a suspected serial killer have been identified, Cleveland is turning its attention ...

Mark Mathias Prostitution Case: Denver Mother Sold Sex With Her Own Daughter

Posted 11.09.2009 | Denver


A Denver man has been charged by the District Attorney for sexual assault on a child. Mark Mathias, 48, allegedly arranged the assault through the gi...

Richmond Gang Rape 911 Caller Speaks: Margarita Vargas Heard About Attack, Reported It

Posted 11.08.2009 | Los Angeles


A 15-year-old girl who was raped, robbed and beaten by multiple attackers outside of her high school homecoming dance was found by police after 18-yea...

Kevin Jackson, Denver Police Officer, Demoted For Sexual Texts

CBS4 Denver | Brian Maas | Posted 11.03.2009 | Denver


A Denver police sergeant has been demoted after the department says he sent a female recruit sexy text messages and made personal phone calls to the w...

Richmond High Rape--What Do We Do With This?

Byron Williams | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living


Byron Williams

Onlookers used their cell phones to take photos of the spectacle in Richmond, Calif., rather than use them to call police. When did rape become a spectator sport?

Woman Denied Health Care Insurance After Rape Tells Her Story (Video)

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics


Christina Turner was drugged and raped by two men in 2002. After taking anti-HIV drugs prescribed by her doctor as a preventative measure, Turner was ...

Police: People Watched Gang Rape Of Teen And Did Nothing To Help

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 11.01.2009 | Home


RICHMOND, Calif. -- Police believe as many as a dozen people watched a 15-year-old girl get beaten and gang-raped outside her high school homecoming d...

This Halloween, Let's Protect Our Children from Anti-Stranger Hype

Philip N. Cohen | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics


Philip N. Cohen

A recent analysis on sex abuse concluded there isn't even the smallest blip at Halloween -- no increase in the rates on the days around Halloween compared with days two weeks before or after.

Rape Victim's Choice: Risk AIDS or Health Insurance?

Huffington Post Investigative Fund | Danielle Ivory | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business


Christina Turner feared that she might have been sexually assaulted after two men slipped her a knockout drug. She thought she was taking proper preca...

Republicans for Rape: Lets Get Real

Nathan Havey | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics


Nathan Havey

Do the Senators against Al Franken's bill consciously support rape? Of course not. But their actions absolutely support a status quo in which rape and sexual violence flourish.

Mrs. Obama, There's a Call from Australia

Trish Kinney | Posted 10.21.2009 | World


Trish Kinney

Sexual assault and abuse victims deserve our support, encouragement, validation and dignity. In fact, it seems we could learn a lot from our friends in Australia.

Women Warriors: Supporting She 'Who Has Borne the Battle'

Paul Rieckhoff | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics


Paul Rieckhoff

After honorably fighting overseas, female veterans shouldn't have to wage new battles once they get home. And they should be treated like heroes, not candy stripers.

Give Them What They Want: 5 Tips To Avoid Sexual Harrassment

Eli Davidson | Posted 10.13.2009 | Living


Eli Davidson

Has the heady fragrance of Breast Health Month made it Sexual Harassment Month?

The Gunnery Sex Scandal: Robert Reinhardt, Former Prep School Dean, Charged With 4th Sexual Assault

AP | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York


LITCHFIELD, Conn. — The former dean of an exclusive Connecticut boarding school has been charged with sexually assaulting a fourth student. For...

A Losing Proposition -- How Immigration Enforcement Hurts Women and Communities

Irasema Garza | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics


Irasema Garza

A teenage immigrant girl wants to report a sexual assault by her employer but fears that local law enforcement will detain her, rather than prosecute the perpetrator.

Roman Polanski, And The Making Of A Legend

Megan Carpentier | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment


Megan Carpentier

Polanski, the master story-teller, has been refining his story for 30 years, weaving his little lies one by one into a cloak intended to shield him from both moral judgment and the legal system.

Disabled man tackles suspected child molester at Westminster Wal-Mart

Fox 31 | Fox 31 | Posted 11.29.2009 | Home


It was anything but an ordinary Saturday at the Wal-Mart at 92nd and Sheridan....

A Beautiful Life

Deborah Calla | Posted 11.29.2009 | Living


Deborah Calla

I worry about people who are abused who are silent and surrounded by others who continue to blame them for their role as "victims" and perpetrate another painful form of abuse: the malice of ignorance.

Thirty Years Later Rape Is Still Rape: Polanski's Date with Lady Justice

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 11.29.2009 | Entertainment


C. Nicole Mason

How naïve of Roman Polanski to think we'd forget that he was a wanted man despite the many films he's made and awards he's won over the last three decades.

Littleton Man Who's Home Was "Haven For Children" Held On Sexual Assault Charges

The Denver Post | Bruce Finley | Posted 11.19.2009 | Denver


A 36-year-old man whose home was described as a "haven" for neighborhood children has been charged with multiple counts of sexual assault on a child, ...

Jamie Leigh Jones: Halliburton Employee's Gang Rape Not Workplace Injury, Court Rules

Mother Jones | � by Stephanie Mencimer | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business


Remember Jamie Leigh Jones, the Halliburton/KBR contractor who alleged she was gang raped by her co-workers in Iraq and then imprisoned in a shipping ...

Michail Sorodsky Hit With $33 Million Bail Bond, Highest In New York

New York Post | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York


An allegedly phony Brooklyn doctor accused of sexually abusing patients while they were under anesthesia has the dubious distinction of having the hig...

Code Red for Women and Girls

Irasema Garza | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics


Irasema Garza

In a five year study, women whose male partners experience two or more periods of unemployment are almost three times as likely to be victims of intimate partner violence.

South African Women Still Second-Class Citizens

Alex Matthews | Posted 09.10.2009 | World


Alex Matthews

South Africa has a crisis of values in which men are brought up to believe they are entitled to treat women as objects to abuse, hurt, exploit, rape, harass, control and patronize.

Truth Or Dare Assault

AP | Posted 09.05.2009 | New York


BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - Police in Connecticut say they arrested a Bridgeport man after a 12-year-old girl alleged she was sexually assaulted during a...