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Damages case against ex leads to judgment for assault
An Independence woman who sued her former live-in boyfriend for trespassing, property damage and personal injuries after an alleged sexual assault was awarded nearly two-thirds of a million dollars by a Clay County judge.
Weinstein lawyers want judge off rape case over texting jabs
Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers asked the judge in his New York City rape case to step aside Wednesday, a day after he threatened to jail the disgraced movie mogul for texting in the courtroom. Weinstein’s lawyers sent a letter to Judge James Burke saying his comments Tuesday raised questions about his impartiality. Burke has not ruled […]
Weinstein’s reckoning: Trial looms 2 years after #MeToo wave
More than two years after a wave of sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein ushered in the #MeToo movement, the disgraced movie mogul faces another reckoning: a criminal trial that could him put him behind bars for the rest of his life. Jury selection was scheduled to start this week in New York City in […]
Weinstein’s reckoning: Trial looms 2 years after #MeToo wave
More than two years after a wave of sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein ushered in the #MeToo movement, the disgraced movie mogul faces another reckoning: a criminal trial that could him put him behind bars for the rest of his life. Jury selection was scheduled to start this week in New York City in […]
Group home settles for $1.75M after disabled woman assaulted
A 39-year-old mentally disabled woman who was sexually assaulted by another resident of a group home settled her claim for $1.75 million, according to her attorney. Jill Kanatzar of Dollar Burns & Becker in Kansas City said the victim, who was 35 at the time of the abuse, had been living in a group home […]
Criminal Law: Sexual Assault-Post-Conviction Relief-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Defendant was convicted of the lesser-included charge of statutory rape. Defendant filed a motion for post-conviction relief, arguing that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object and request a mistrial following testimony that freezing defendant’s urine changed the results of a chlamydia test and for failing to call the victim’s best friend as a […]
Criminal Law: Sexual Assault-Motion to Set Aside Conviction-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Defendant unsuccessfully moved to set aside his conviction for forcible rape and sodomy of three of his adopted children, arguing that trial and appellate counsel were ineffective for failing to call defendant’s older daughter as a witness, failing to object to the verdict directors for lack of specificity, failing to object to testimony about acts […]
Williams to lead effort on untested sexual assault kits
M. Keithley Williams will lead an effort to clear out a backlog of thousands of untested sexual assault kits, Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced at news conferences in Columbia and Kansas City. Williams, the treatment court administrator for the city of St. Louis and a former Jasper County associate circuit judge, will work with law […]
McSally says in Senate hearing she was raped in Air Force
U.S. Sen. Martha McSally, the first female Air Force fighter pilot to fly in combat, said she was sexually assaulted by a superior officer and later, when she tried to talk about it to military officials, she “felt like the system was raping me all over again.” The Arizona Republican, a 26-year military veteran, made […]
McSally says in Senate hearing she was raped in Air Force
U.S. Sen. Martha McSally, the first female Air Force fighter pilot to fly in combat, said she was sexually assaulted by a superior officer and later, when she tried to talk about it to military officials, she “felt like the system was raping me all over again.” The Arizona Republican, a 26-year military veteran, made […]
R. Kelly insiders may have helped R&B star with sexual abuse
After R. Kelly met a girl celebrating her 16th birthday at a restaurant, it was his manager who handed her Kelly’s business card with the R&B star’s personal phone number on it, telling the teen that Kelly wanted her to give him a call, according to prosecutors. The 52-year-old singer-songwriter was charged last week with […]
R. Kelly insiders may have helped R&B star with sexual abuse
After R. Kelly met a girl celebrating her 16th birthday at a restaurant, it was his manager who handed her Kelly’s business card with the R&B star’s personal phone number on it, telling the teen that Kelly wanted her to give him a call, according to prosecutors. The 52-year-old singer-songwriter was charged last week with […]
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