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In Columbia, SC a man has been charged with the rape and murder of a woman who was killed over 40 years ago after DNA evidence linked him to the case. Thursday, 65-year-old Charles Ugvine Coleman was arrested and jailed in Fairfield County for the death of Elizabeth Ann Howell …

At a hearing over whether Harvey Weinstein should be freed on bail pending an appeal of his rape conviction, Weinstein’s attorney said that he is broke and will likely die if he remains in prison. “Weinstein’s physical and mental condition has deteriorated, I do not think it’s an overstatement to …

In 2006, at Fort Hood, U.S. Army Base, Maria Valentine said that months into her training, a sergeant with a history of alleged harassment towards soldiers wrote her up after she told him she didn’t want him touching her during body mass measurements. She said that authorities promised her that …

A Montgomery County man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting his 10-month daughter, who then died at the hospital. The incident occurred over the weekend in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. On Sunday, 29-year-old Austin Stevens was charged with involuntary deviant sexual intercourse, rape of a child, aggravated assault, and other charges …

In an unusual move, the Department of Justice has taken over the defense of Donald Trump in a defamation lawsuit by E. Jean Carroll, who accused Trump of raping her in the 1990s. While a law called the Federal Tort Claims Act does provide federal government employees immunity from many …

After being wrongfully accused of rape, a man was finally exonerated after 25 years. Rafael Ruiz was convicted and sentenced to eight to 25 years in prison after he was wrongly accused of taking part in a violent gang rape back in 1984. On Tuesday, he was formally cleared and …

In a recent study, more than 3.3 million American women, between the ages 18 to 44, shared they were raped the first time they had sexual intercourse, which clarified, “all demographic groups reported substantial roles of forced sexual initiation.” The study, published Monday in the medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine, …

A 22-year-old woman alleges that she was raped in the shared apartment of Cleveland Brown’s players, David Njoku and Rashard Higgins. Although the two #NFL athletes are not involved in the accusation, they were questioned by police regarding the involvement of their mutual friend and the accused, Kashwayne Nelson. According …

Former NFL star and convicted serial rapist Darren Sharper is seeking another appeal to reduce his current 18-year federal prison sentence for drugging and raping multiple women. The Associated Press reports, on Wednesday, Sharper’s lawyers filed a 50-page memorandum in U.S. District Court in New Orleans, arguing the disgraced baller …

Just days after the attorney in the alleged rape case against #Nelly suggested that he broke Washington state law by bullying and intimidating the alleged victim, TMZ reports that she is now refusing to testify and wants the whole case thrown out. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Earlier this week, Karen Koehler, who represents …

Women across the country have come together to share their rape stories, in light of Donald Trump’s “Access Hollywood” tape controversy. Consequently, several have also come forward with accusations against Trump. However, the Republican presidential nominee has denied all accusations. Still, women have still used the opportunity to bring awareness …