UPDATED: Monday, March 23, 2015, 8:35pm ET: One year for each rape. Today in a Los Angeles Superior Court, former NFL safety Darren Sharper entered a no contest plea for drugging and raping two women in Los Angeles; he also plead guilty via video conference for sexual assault in Arizona, part of a multi-state plea deal […]
The legalization of marijuana has been a hot topic lately, and President Barack Obama has decided to publicly share his thoughts concerning the issue. During a recent interview with VICE, the president suggested that young people should be focusing on the larger issues that affect our country — like climate change and the economy — rather […]
Police officials are searching for two suspects after two cops were shot and wounded in Los Angeles Sunday. The officers, who were dressed in plain clothes, were driving along Broadway yesterday evening when their car was shot at. The officers returned fire and the suspects fled the scene. Several people have been detained in relation […]
UPDATED, 12:56 PM EST, 3-10-15: A Good Samaritan at New York’s Rikers Island prison was beaten up Thursday by other prisoners who were upset that he failed to credit them for also assisting a corrections officer who was being sexually assaulted by a convicted sex criminal, a jail source tells the New York Daily News. […]
When Duke basketball player Rasheed Sulaimon was dropped from the team earlier this year by Coach Mike Krzyzewski, many people questioned his reasoning. The basketball program released a statement saying he was “unable to consistently live up to the standards required to be a member of our program.” But the truth behind the situation has finally come to […]
The San Francisco 49ers have ousted defensive tackle Ray McDonald (pictured), just hours after an a woman alleged she was sexually assaulted. According to Ray’s team general manager, Trent Baalke, the decision to cut McDonald from the franchise was due to an apparent “pattern of poor decision-making,” according to ESPN. The San Jose Police Department claims that an […]
Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel look at the latest accusations being made against Bill Cosby for allegedly sexually assaulting a large number of women over the course of the past 30 years. The count now stands at 26 women who have alleged Cosby sexually assaulted them or tried to assault them. “NewsOne Now” […]
Renita Chaney Hill, a former cast member of “Picture Pages,” a children’s educational program hosted by Bill Cosby in the 1980s, is the latest woman to come forward with sexual abuse allegations against the 77-year-old comedian, The Daily Mail reports. RELATED: Bill Cosby Jokes About Being An ‘Evil Man,’ Attorney Says Stop ‘Media Vilification’ Bill Cosby […]
Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel (featuring Kim Brown, Cleo Manago and Lauren Victoria Burke) discuss the decades old sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby that have reemerged in recent months. During their discussion, Burke said the claims being made against Cosby are “pretty indicting,” especially given the number of women coming forward with allegations. […]
Podcast: Download Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel (featuring Kim Brown, Cleo Manago and Lauren Victoria Burke) discuss the decades old sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby that have reemerged in recent months. During their discussion, Burke said the claims being made against Cosby are “pretty indicting,” especially given the number of women coming forward […]
An HBCU president in Pennsylvania is under fire for insensitive comments he made to female students about sexual assault during a school address earlier this year, the Huffington Post reports. Robert R. Jennings, (pictured right) president of Lincoln University in Lincoln, Pa., made the remarks on Sept. 16 at the school’s annual All Women’s Convocation after […]
