Ryan NicolFebruary 23, 2019
3min648
The singer was charged with 10 counts of sexual abuse on Friday.
Tag: sexual assault
Ryan NicolFebruary 23, 2019
Scott PowersFebruary 11, 20193min596
Victims under 18 can pursue sexual battery charges at any time, under the bill.
Scott PowersDecember 6, 2018
5min860
Citing the chilling national revelations about sexual assault cases involving Palm Beach financier Jeffrey Epstein and a case involving an Orlando woman, state Sen. Linda Stewart filed a bill Thursday to remove the statute of limitations in cases involving alleged rapes of children under 18. “Many young sexual battery victims do not come forward when they are first […]
Ryan NicolNovember 19, 2018
7min311
State Sen. Lauren Book says new proposals by the Department of Education to change the process for universities handling sexual harassment claims will ultimately be bad for victims. In short, new rules proposed by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos reduces the types of claims universities are required to investigate. And in those cases that are […]
Guest AuthorSeptember 27, 2018
5min510
Whenever a public figure faces charges of sexual assault, we follow the same broken cycle — an allegation is made, the accused person denies it, and the survivor is attacked. Then a chorus of voices amplified through cable news discounts the accusation and says, “even if it’s true, it’s not that bad.” This is a […]
Staff ReportsSeptember 26, 2018
12min192
The Senate Judiciary Committee says it is reviewing new allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Attorney Michael Avenatti provided a statement from his client to the committee. According to a document Avenatti posted on Twitter, the woman alleges she witnessed Kavanaugh “consistently engage in excessive drinking and inappropriate contact of a […]
Ryan NicolSeptember 21, 2018
4min519
Florida House candidate Emma Collum, a Democrat, is bashing Republican House members who signed a letter urging the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court — despite an allegation of a decades-old sexual assault. Christine Blasey Ford alleges Kavanaugh drunkenly accosted her at a party when the two were back in high […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 20, 2018
5min407
Florida House Republicans are calling on U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and other Democrats to immediately confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh as the next justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. The letter — sent to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Charles Grassley, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein and signed off on by 73 […]
Staff ReportsSeptember 19, 2018
10min179
Her studies first brought her West, but for Christine Margaret Blasey Ford, the move to California proved a way to leave behind what had gone wrong in her teenage years in the patrician suburbs of Washington, D.C. Born into a well-off family in Montgomery County, Maryland, Ford has said she spent years working to recover […]
Staff ReportsSeptember 17, 20186min348
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is again denying a woman’s allegation he sexually assaulted her at a party three decades ago. The White House released a new statement Monday from the nominee in which he calls the claim “completely false.” Kavanaugh says he never did what the accuser describes “to her or anyone.” The woman, […]