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British Actress Thandiwe Newton is the cover star of British Vogue’s May issue. The actress talked with Diana Evans over Zoom about her identity, the Me Too movement, and her experiences with racism. Newton’s mother is a Black Zimbabwean and granddaughter of a Shona chief. Her father is a white …

A female high school reading teacher is accused of molesting a young girl for over four years. Authorities say Jeanette Barbara Valle-Tejeda groomed the 14-year-old and helped her financially. Valle-Tejeda, 41, is also accused of signing the girl out of school without her mother’s permission and excusing her from other …

Since sexual abuse allegations against rapper TI and his wife Tiny have emerged, Marvel Studios has decided that T.I. will not be apart of the cast for the upcoming Ant-Man and Wasp: Quantumania. In the 2015 Ant-Man film and 2018 sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp, T.I. played Dave, a friend …

A lawyer is calling on law enforcement officials to investigate T.I. and Tiny following allegations of sexual abuse.  According to a New York Times report on Sunday, Tyrone A. Blackburn has reached out to officials in Georgia and California on behalf of 11 people. The victims claim they were abused by the …

R. Kelly is set to go to trial in less than three months, and now his attorneys are accusing prosecutors of withholding evidence in his case.  A motion was filed on Sunday in Brooklyn federal court, and Kelly’s attorney Michael Leonard argued the evidence should have been turned over months …

Edgar Gustavo Villamarin was sentenced to four years in state prison on Thursday. The former Pasadena, California marriage and family therapist is accused of sexually abusing seven of his patients, People reported. Villamarin, 66, will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life, Los Angeles …

A former Illinois junior high school teacher pleaded guilty to having sexual contact with two former students and was sentenced to 24 months of probation. Cara Labus, 36, pleaded guilty to the charges of aggravated battery at a hearing on Thursday. After sentencing the former teacher, Judge Kerry Kennedy warned …

An Illinois teaching assistant has been given a slap on the wrist after confessing to sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy with learning challenges.  According to court docs, Allyssa Gustafson sexually assaulted the 14-year-old victim on at least five occasions. The abuse took place between March 1st, 2019, and August 30th, …

A shocking lawsuit filed in Marion County claims a 3-week-old girl was sexually assaulted and battered in an Ocala area foster home, and child welfare officials could have prevented it from happening. According to USA Today, the lawsuit filed last week contends that Kids Central, the Ocala nonprofit agency charged …

Embattled R&B superstar R. Kelly and his attorneys are asking a Cook County judge to dismiss a civil sexual abuse case, filed by one of the four alleged victims in Kelly’s criminal case. The lawsuit was filed on February 21, a day before Kelly was charged with 10 counts of …

Just weeks after R. Kelly’s accuser won a default judgment in her criminal complaint against the singer, a judge has decided to vacate the original ruling, giving Kelly one last chance to defend himself. Late last month, a judge ruled in favor of the victim, Heather Williams, after Kelly failed …

As news continues to surface about Team USA doctor Larry Nassar, model Chrissy Teigen is now pleading for McKayla Maroney to speak up against Nassar’s behavior. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀ Teigen says she would be “honored” to pay the $100,000 fine Maroney may be forced to pay for breaking a nondisclosure agreement. …