Sexual Abuse

The landscape of television programming today is nothing like it was when the ”Cosby Show” ended in 1992, but that’s not stopping Bill Cosby from re-entering the television world. There are talks of a new comedy show being developed between Cosby and NBC to launch in the summer or fall of 2015, according to Deadline. SEE […]

After being forced to perform oral sex on an 11-year-old bully on a school bus, a 7-year-old boy twice attempted suicide, reports the Daily Mail UK. According to a lawsuit filed July 2, administrators failed to take action when the sexual abuse was reported. In November 2011, the boy told his mother that the older […]

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — The Department of Defense estimates that more than 19,000 military men and women were sexually assaulted by fellow troops in 2010 while serving in the United States armed forces. At least 20 percent of servicewomen and 1 percent of men – an estimated 500,000 troops – have experienced sexual trauma […]

The Shelby County school board in Birmingham, Alabama, is being forced to defend its decision to reinstate 4th grade teacher Danny Acker (pictured), after he was accused of molesting a student nearly 20 years ago.  Now that the man is behind bars for doing the same thing to countless other children, the board’s feet are […]

PORTLAND, Maine— A Maine man who accused former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach Bernie Fine of molesting him is admitting to The Associated Press that he molested a boy in Maine. Zach Tomaselli of Lewiston said Monday that he sexually abused a 13-year-old boy he met at a camp where he was serving as a […]

MSNBC pundit Goldie Taylor opened up and told her own story of sexual abuse on Twitter after the Penn State molestation scandal broke. Taylor said she felt ashamed that she never had the courage to speak up earlier. See Also: Bradley Cooper Named Sexiest Man In The World See Also: Black Travel: Visit Martha’s Vineyard Speaking to […]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A Colorado man was sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison Tuesday for sexually abusing children for more than a decade at a school he founded in Haiti, including some who faced him in the courtroom and testified that he threatened to put them back on the streets if they did […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — William Lynch’s life spiraled out of control in the 35 years since he alleges he and his brother were molested by a Jesuit priest: He struggled with depression, had nightmares and tried to kill himself twice. Authorities believe that anger and pain erupted when Lynch lured the Rev. Jerold Lindner […]

CHICAGO (AP) – Oprah Winfrey is again taking on sexual abuse in a pair of shows she calls “two of the most phenomenal” she’s ever done. Harpo Productions said Thursday that each of 200 men in “The Oprah Winfrey Show” audience will hold a photo of himself at the age when he says he was […]

Tyler Perry told Oprah about being abused as a child on a show that will air this Wednesday according to Contact Music.In the interview, he told her that the abuse led to suicide efforts. The mogul recalled being beaten and sexually abused by a male and a female relative – and how he once blacked […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) – A woman accused of abusing teenagers at Oprah Winfrey’s school for girls in South Africa has been acquitted. Prosecutors had accused Tiny Virginia Makopo of trying to kiss and fondle the girls. She also was accused of assaulting one of the teens as well as a fellow supervisor. A spokeswoman from South […]

EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso high school dance teacher is accused of recording more than 200 videotapes of himself having sex with as many as 70 children, some of whom were elementary school age. Federal agents testified that they found the videos in the home of 34-year-old Marco Alferez. He was jailed without […]