rape

  • 14-year-old girl threatened to cover rape or die with family members

    A 14-year-old girl kept her sexual assault a secret and spent the entire day at school because she feared her assailant would come to her house and kill her family, prosecutors said. Marquise Myles, 22, on parole for gun charges, appeared before Cook County Judge John Mahoney Friday on felony charges of aggravated criminal sexual…

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  • Mexico has a high rate of violence against women

    Mexico City police have suspended six officers as part of investigations into the rape of two teenage girls. The allegations by the teenagers, who claim members of the police force raped them earlier this month, prompted hundreds of protesters to fill city streets demanding justice. A 17-year-old girl claimed four police officers raped her in their patrol car, while a 16-year-old…

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  • A woman who made claims of organised child sexual abuse involving politicians is under investigation for allegedly lying about her account. Staffordshire Police confirmed it was probing whether Esther Baker misled detectives who originally investigated her story. Image: Esther Baker  Former MP John Hemming, one of those she accused, described himself as a victim of the…

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  • U.S. court clears Cristiano Ronaldo of sexual assault charges

    Cristiano Ronaldo will not face charges in the US after being accused of sexual assault, the prosecutors have confirmed. Kathryn Mayorga has alleged that the Juventus star sexually assaulted her in a Las Vegas hotel in 2009, a claim which he strenuously denies. “The allegations of sexual assault against Cristiano Ronaldo cannot be proven beyond…

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  • My wife’s virginity was never discussed – Timi Dakolo

    Singer Timi Dakolo has insisted that he never discussed his wife’s virginity with anyone neither did he do that with any media house. The singer made said this during a Press Conference which held earlier today, and he said he himself wondered where the news came from as he never granted any such interview. He…

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  • I don’t support rape or violence in any form and I believe Busola Dakolo’s story

    Apostle Chris Omatsola, a Lagos based cleric has said that the decision of the founder of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly, Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, to step down over the rape allegation against him is the right thing to do. He said he believed Busola Dakolo’s story and urged Fatoyinbo to retrace his step. Omatsola, who…

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  • Ex-COZA staff alleges rape by Biodun Fatoyinbo, calls out pastor’s wife for abetting crime

    Another woman, a former staff of Biodun Fatoyinbo, founder of the Commonwealth of Zion Church in Abuja has come out to detail how he raped her when she worked with the church as a legal guardian to Fatoyinbo’s children in a foreign country. The woman who spoke anonymously in an exclusive interview with Chude Jideonwo,…

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  • Modele Fatoyinbo, wife of Biodun Fatoyinbo, founder of Commonwealth of Zion Assembly (COZA), has said nobody can take the place of her husband in the wake of rape allegations leveled against him by popular photographer, Busola Dakolo. Fatoyinbo also vowed to retain her surname, Fatoyinbo, until Jesus returns. Her comment is coming hours after her…

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  • The international reputation of India took another dive on Friday as news broke of the abduction, rape and murder of a 5-year old girl. The latest attack took place in the country’s largest city Mumbai, also known by its former name Bombay. The girl was snatched from her home, a pavement shack, in the Mahim…

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  •     Lady Gaga has apologized for working with R Kelly and promised to remove the song they made together from streaming services amid fresh allegations of sexual assault against the R&B singer. A documentary aired in the US last week in which several women came forward to allege Kelly had sexually assaulted them. The…

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  •   Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbot has urged Twitter to take action over “highly offensive racist and misogynist” abuse on the platform after a major study found thousands of tweets disproportionately targeting black female politicians and journalists. The Amnesty International study found that black women were 84% more likely than white women to be mentioned…

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  •   Cardinal Reinhard Marx, a top German bishop in Germany who also holds position as head of the German Bishops Conference, has tendered unreserved apologies to thousands of sexual abuse victims. Image: Cardinal Reinhard Marx In his reference to series of sexual molestation cases which occurred inside the Catholic Church in Germany, Marx acknowledged that…

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  • Police are searching for a group of sex-crazed Indian men who allegedly raped a heavily-pregnant woman after attacking her husband, local reports confirm. The victim’s husband was tied and locked up in a van while the rapists took turns on his 20-year-old wife. According to a report from NDTV.com, the rape victim is carrying an eight-month-old…

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  • A group of eleven activists from India’s Khunti region, about 11km from the state capital Ranchi, fell victims to kidnappers and rapists whose dehumanizing crimes were known and supported by the host community. According to a report from NDTV, the kidnapped activists include five women aged between 20 and 35 years. Their purpose of visit…

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  • A teenager in Sudan who was given the death penalty for killing her husband, who she says raped her, has had the sentence reduced to five years on appeal, her lawyer said on Tuesday. The court in Khartoum commuted Noura Hussein’s death penalty to five years as well as ordered her to pay blood money…

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  • Andrea Constand, the victim of sexual abuse who first exposed Bill Cosby’s sexual misconducts with women, says she is excited with her contribution towards saving others from eternal pain. Constand, who alleged that Cosby drugged and assaulted her, said she has forgiven the man, however, refusing to take credit for his conviction. In her first…

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