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Sergeant drunkenly 'smirked' as he groped female soldier's bottom on work night out

SSgt Porter was convicted of sexual assault and handed a three year community service order to complete 80 hours of unpaid work within the next 12 months

Daily Mirror

Harvey Weinstein trial on further sexual assault charges begins in Los Angeles

Jury selection began in trial for former Hollywood producer, 70, who faces 11 counts for alleged attacks on five women

The Guardian - US

Concerns about Queensland forensic lab's crime scene DNA testing were raised in 2020 but ignored, inquiry hears

Forensic scientist Alicia Quartermain tells the inquiry her concerns were sparked after sexual assault swabs with sperm were being reported as having insufficient DNA for further processing, prompting her to rework samples that later gave usable profiles.

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New Weinstein trial to begin in Los Angeles, five years after bombshell reports

Disgraced producer, already poised to spend life in prison, faces 11 additional sexual assault charges

The Guardian - US

More funds for Qld sexual assault services

An extra million dollars will go to sexual assault services in response to a likely increase in demand due to Queensland's forensic lab inquiry.

AAP

Two women sexually assaulted in Liverpool city centre bar

Dewi Dempsey appeared before a judge on Friday after admitting the assaults earlier this year

Liverpool Echo

Power and politics: how the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins sparked a reckoning

The trial concerning an alleged sexual assault in the heart of Canberra has heard about the effects of ‘party implications’ and the culture of parliament

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Kevin Spacey in Court over 1980s Misconduct Claim

Five years after misconduct allegations ended his Hollywood career, Kevin Spacey appeared in a New York court Thursday to face fellow actor Anthony Rapp's accusation that the disgraced Oscar winner sexually assaulted Rapp in 1986 when he was a minor. One of the first stars to be caught up in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

NYC civil sex abuse trial against actor Kevin Spacey is underway as lawyers shine spotlight on his sexuality

NEW YORK — A New York City jury was asked Thursday not to underestimate decades-old sexual assault allegations against actor Kevin Spacey because he and his accuser are gay.

Tribune News Service

Scrubs producer arrested on sexual assault charges

Investigators have called on women to come forward

The Independent UK

'Scrubs' producer Eric Weinberg charged with multiple sexual assaults

The executive producer and writer for the hit TV show Scrubs and many others has been charged with sexually assaulting five women. Investigators say there may be other victims dating back to the '90s.

WEKU

Eric Weinberg: Scrubs co-executive producer charged with 18 counts of sexual assault

The co-executive producer of popular US comedy series Scrubs has been charged with 18 counts of sexual assault.

Evening Standard

Queensland police inquiry hears allegations of recruits being taught racism, officers being raped

State’s police commissioner reveals she too suffered sexual assault and harassment early in her career

The Guardian - AU

Kevin Spacey to appear in US court to face allegations of sexual assault

Spacey has been in exile from Hollywood since he was accused of inappropriate behaviour in October 2017.

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Scrubs co-executive producer charged with 18 counts of sexual assault

Eric Weinberg is said to have ‘relied on his Hollywood credentials’ to lure young women to photo shoots where he allegedly assaulted them.

Tribune News Service

Kevin Spacey headed to trial on NYC sexual assault allegations

NEW YORK — Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey goes on trial Thursday in Manhattan to defend himself against the first in a string of sexual assault allegations he faces worldwide.

Reason

District Court in Title IX Sexual Assault Case Rejects One-Sided Pseudonymity

"Plaintiff has sought to avail herself of the protections of anonymity (without prior Court order), all the while single-handedly precluding the Named Defendant from the ability to avail himself of similar protections."

The Conversation

Women in Antarctica face assault and harassment – and a legacy of exclusion and mistreatment

A federal report that, in the words of its key finding, “sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking are problems in the U.S. Antarctic Program community” – and that efforts “dedicated to prevention [are] nearly absent” – drew attention around the world. But as a historian of Antarctic science, I did…

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The Guardian - US

Kevin Spacey trial begins in New York, five years after sexual abuse accusations

Anthony Rapp alleges Spacey acted to gratify sexual desire during an encounter in 1986, when he was 14 and the Oscar winner was 26 or 27

AAP

Child sex crime duty-of-care reform push

An alleged victim of historical acts of sexual assault will meet with Queensland's Attorney General in a push for reform to ensure a proper police response.

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Sexual Assault Complainants Could Get Immunity From Defamation Suits How Was This Not A Thing?

New proposed legislation could give people who make sexual assault and harassment complaints full immunity against being sued for defamation.

Daily Record

Glasgow city centre lane taped off by cops after woman 'sexually assaulted'

Cops cordoned off Renfield Lane to carry out enquiries into the serious sexual assault of a woman on Sunday morning.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow city centre lane cordoned off by police after woman sexually assaulted

An investigation has been launched by police following reports of the serious sexual assault of a woman on Sunday morning. Officers cordoned off a city centre lane to carry out enquiries.

ABC News

Queensland strippers make disturbing allegations of wage theft, exploitation and sexual assault in clubs

Dancers at Brisbane strip clubs allege workplace failures, including wage theft, exploitative working conditions and sexual assaults as the state's law reform commission leaves strippers out of a review into sex work laws.

Los Angeles Times

Trevor Bauer's defamation case against accuser's former attorney could be thrown out

LOS ANGELES — Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer and his attorneys misrepresented the findings of the judge who denied a restraining order to a woman who accused him of sexual assault, according to a tentative ruling posted on a federal court website Friday.

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