Latest Sexual misconduct News
Lawyers for ex-Abercrombie CEO say dementia may leave him incompetent to face sex charges
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Defense lawyers say the former longtime CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch may have dementia, and a competency hearing is necessary to determine if he can face sex charges. Lawyers for Michael Jeffries said in court papers unsealed Monday in federal court in...
House Ethics Committee accuses Gaetz of paying for sex, including with 17-year-old girl
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee on Monday accused Matt Gaetz of “regularly” paying for sex, including once with a 17-year-old girl, and purchasing and using illicit drugs as a member of Congress, as lawmakers released the conclusions of a nearly four-year investigation that...
Top-ranking NYPD officer abruptly resigns amid sexual misconduct allegations
NEW YORK (AP) — The highest-ranking uniformed officer in the New York Police Department has resigned amid allegations he demanded sex from a subordinate in exchange for opportunities to earn extra pay. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch accepted Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey...
Blake Lively accuses 'It Ends With Us' director Justin Baldoni of harassment and smear campaign
Blake Lively has accused her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set of the movie and a subsequent effort to “destroy” her reputation in a legal complaint. The complaint obtained by The Associated Press, which The New York Times...
Report alleges Coast Guard leaders kept sexual assault investigation secret
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former top Coast Guard officials hid a yearslong investigation into sexual assault and harassment at the service's academy from both Congress and the public after leaders debated the fallout from a potential disclosure, according to a U.S. Senate committee report released...
Cuomo moves to sue a former aide who accused him of sexual harassment
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday filed a legal notice that he intends to sue a woman who accused him of sexual harassment. The filing accuses former aide Charlotte Bennett of defaming Cuomo in a Dec. 9 statement that said the former governor...
Jay-Z's lawyers challenge rapper's inclusion in rape lawsuit after accuser's TV interview
NEW YORK (AP) — Jay-Z’s lawyers asked a judge Wednesday to speedily extract the rapper from a lawsuit in which a woman alleges she was sexually assaulted by Jay-Z and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs when she was 13. The unidentified woman recently added Jay-Z, whose legal name is Shawn...
US to pay nearly $116M to settle lawsuits over rampant sexual abuse at California women's prison
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government will pay nearly $116 million to resolve lawsuits brought by more than 100 women who say they were abused or mistreated at a now-shuttered federal prison in California that was known as the “rape club” because of rampant staff-on-inmate sexual misconduct. ...
Harassment investigation clears Navajo president and stokes new wave of political upheaval
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Political turmoil erupted within one of the largest Native American tribes in the U.S. as the attorney general for the Navajo Nation announced that an investigation had cleared the tribal president of sexual harassment allegations by the vice president. Even...
Jay-Z's lawyer says accuser's rape claim is 'provably, demonstrably false'
NEW YORK (AP) — An attorney defending Jay-Z against the rape allegation brought against him last week by an unnamed woman outlined a range of evidence Monday that he said showed the accuser’s account to be “provably, demonstrably false.” The woman told NBC News last week that...
