JBLM servicemen say the Army didn't protect them from a doctor charged with abusive sexual contact

Fifteen current or retired Joint Base Lewis-McChord servicemen who say the Army failed to protect them from a military doctor who has been charged with sexual abuse are each seeking $5 million in damages for the emotional distress they say they have suffered. “I have overwhelming...

US SafeSport center asks for $10M more due to rising number of sex-abuse reports

The U.S. Center for SafeSport released its 2023 annual report Thursday, pointing to an ever-growing surge in abuse reports and the impact of inflation in claiming it needed a 40% increase in funding. CEO Ju’Riese Colón said the center needed an additional $10 million each year on...

Louisville police chief resigns after mishandling sexual harassment claims

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville's police chief, suspended earlier this month over mishandling a sexual harassment claim about an officer, has resigned, Mayor Craig Greenberg said Tuesday. Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel became the third full-time Louisville police chief to resign or be...

Texas megachurch pastor Robert Morris resigns after woman says he sexually abused her for years starting when she was 12

Louisville police major lodged the mishandled complaint leading to chief's suspension, attorney says

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville's police chief was suspended this week because she mishandled a police major's sexual harassment complaint, the major's attorney said Thursday. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg made the surprise announcement Wednesday evening that Chief Jacquelyn...

Louisville's police chief suspended over her handling of sexual harassment claim involving officers

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville's police chief has been placed on leave over her handling of a sexual harassment allegation involving her officers, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said Wednesday. In the surprise move, Greenberg announced Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel's...

Louisiana Supreme Court reopens window for lawsuits by adult victims of childhood sex abuse

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Officially reversing a controversial March ruling, Louisiana’s highest court Wednesday gave childhood victims of sexual abuse a renewed opportunity to file damage lawsuits. The state Supreme Court's 5-2 ruling Wednesday upholds a so-called look-back law that...

Pro bowler who was arrested during a tournament gets prison time for child sex abuse material

A professional bowler who was arrested while he was competing in a tournament has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to child sexual abuse material. Brandon Novak, 35, of Chillicothe, Ohio, was taken into custody Feb. 1 by U.S....

Dozens more former youth inmates sue over alleged sexual abuse at Illinois detention centers

Dozens more former youth inmates filed lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in damages for sexual abuse they allegedly endured at Illinois detention centers dating back to the late 1990s. Thirteen women and 95 men filed two separate lawsuits Friday in the Illinois Court of Claims...

Former Mississippi teacher gets nearly 200 years for sexual abuse of former students

GREENVILLE, Miss. (AP) — A former Mississippi educator was sentenced Thursday to nearly 200 years in prison for multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a child, federal prosecutors said. Chief U.S. District Judge Debra M. Brown sentenced Toshemie Wilson, 48, of Okolona, who...