While a freshman at Gettysburg College in 2013, Shannon Keeler says she was raped by Ian Cleary, who she says followed her home AP Photo, U.S. Marshals via AP Shannon Keeler, Ian Cleary Shannon Keeler was floored when she read a Facebook message from a man she had accused of sexually assaulting her in 2013 […]
LYON, France (AP) — An American accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said, “So I raped you,” has been detained in France after a three-year search. A prosecutor in Metz, France, confirmed Tuesday that Ian Thomas Cleary, 31, of Saratoga, California, had been […]
Sean “Diddy” Combs on Friday asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that he and two co-defendants raped a 17-year-old girl in a New York recording studio in 2003, saying it was a “false and hideous claim” that was filed too late under the law. The legal move is the latest piece of […]
NEW PHILADELPHIA ‒ A New Philadelphia man has been sentenced to 55 years to life in prison for sex crimes involving three children younger than the age of 10. Common Pleas Judge Elizabeth Lehigh Thomakos imposed the sentence Monday on Jason M. Gordon, 32. Gordon was convicted by a jury in April on three counts […]
If you or someone you know has experienced sexual assault, support is available. Call the National Sexual Assault hotline at 800-656-4673 or chat online at RAINN.org Twenty-two years ago, I was the 14th and final victim of serial rapist Daniel Cummings. I often tell people he picked the wrong window to break into that night. […]
An Amazon driver doing early morning deliveries was raped in an apartment mailroom and kidnapped, Tennessee authorities said. The 25-year-old woman was delivering packages at a building in Nashville at around 4 a.m. April 26, the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department said in a news release. Then 34-year-old Carl Hamilton “pushed her further into the mailroom” […]
A judge ordered that a man accused of impregnating a 14-year-old be physically castrated, in addition to serving a 50-year prison term, Louisiana officials said. Glenn Sullivan, 54, pleaded guilty to four second-degree rape charges April 17, the 21st Judicial District Attorney Scott M. Perrilloux said in a news release. “Sex crimes against juveniles are […]
A woman told police that a man broke into her St. Paul home before dawn Monday, raped and robbed her. Police said they were called about 4:30 a.m. to the woman’s Macalester-Groveland neighborhood home in the 300 block of S. Snelling Avenue, where a woman told officers that she was sleeping when she heard a […]
Three years after the claim a young woman was raped inside Australia’s Parliament House shocked the world, a civil court has found it is true. Political staffer Bruce Lehrmann has always denied sex with Brittany Higgins and sued Network 10 for defamation over a 2021 TV interview with her. The outlet defended their story – […]
Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic and disturbing accounts of sexual violence. It was originally published on January 4, 2024, and updated on April 10, 2024, with additional information concerning the account of an attack on a kibbutz. Five men came out of the van and captured a woman, ripping off her clothes as they […]
A man who took a rideshare last month has been arrested after police say he kidnapped and raped his driver. Officers with the Alpharetta Department of Public Safety say a woman reported to them that she was driving for Lyft on March 11 when she picked up a man as a passenger. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV […]
A young girl and her guardian have sued an Oregon nonprofit organization, Portland Public Schools and Multnomah County for $9 million, alleging they were negligent when male classmates sexually abused her at school and raped her during an after-school program when she was a 9-year-old third grader. The child, who is now 11, attended a […]