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Appeals court overturns ex-49er Dana Stubblefield's rape conviction
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court has overturned the rape conviction of former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield after determining prosecutors made racially discriminatory statements during the Black man's trial. The retired football player was sentenced to 15 years...
Former Abercrombie CEO's partner pleads not guilty to sex trafficking charges, is freed on bond
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Matthew Smith, the partner of former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries, was released on $10 million bond Tuesday in their sex trafficking case with conditions including home detention and GPS monitoring. Smith, 61, pleaded not guilty to sex...
A new Belgium law gives sex workers contracts, benefits and safety protection
PARIS (AP) — Starting Sunday, sex workers in Belgium will be able to sign formal employment contracts and gain labor rights on par with those in other professions in a legal breakthrough some call a “revolution." The new law also establishes fundamental rights for sex workers...
NYC man sentenced to life in prison for killing, dismembering a woman in life insurance fraud scheme
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for a scheme that involved killing and dismembering a woman after fraudulently taking out a life insurance policy in her name to collect the benefits, federal prosecutors said. Cory Martin, 37, was also...
Man pleads guilty to booking politicians and professors to brothels near Washington and Boston
MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — A second person has pleaded guilty to helping run a high-end brothel network whose clients around Boston and Washington, D.C., included elected officials, military officers, professors and lawyers, prosecutors said Thursday. Junmyung Lee, 31, of Dedham,...
Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO pleads not guilty to sex trafficking and prostitution charges
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — The former longtime CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch pleaded not guilty Friday to federal sex trafficking and interstate prostitution charges. Michael Jeffries, 80, declined to comment after his lawyer entered the plea on his behalf in federal court in...
Sean 'Diddy' Combs to stay in jail while appeals court takes up bail fight
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court judge has ruled to keep Sean “Diddy” Combs locked up while he makes a third bid for bail in his sex trafficking case, which is slated to go to trial in May. In a decision filed Friday, Circuit Judge William J. Nardini denied the hip-hop...
Sex workers find themselves at the center of Congo's mpox outbreak
KAMITUGA, Congo (AP) — It's been four months since Sifa Kunguja recovered from mpox, but as a sex worker, she said, she's still struggling to regain clients, with fear and stigma driving away people who've heard she had the virus. “It’s risky work,” Kunguja, 40, said from...
Sean 'Diddy' Combs appeals for release while he awaits sex trafficking trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs is appealing a federal judge's decision to keep him in jail while he awaits trial on sex trafficking charges. The hip-hop mogul's lawyers filed a notice of appeal Monday in the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after previously saying they...
