Violence Against Women
In an incident that could unravel a college football player's career before it starts, a top recruit with Mississippi State University has been charged with two misdemeanors after a video surfaced of him violently punching a woman, according to the Huffington Post.
An Idaho county sheriff in charge of deciding whether or not to test rape kits angered the public after he suggested that most victims' rape kits don't need to be tested because they were never actually assaulted.
According to WTAE, Janese Talton-Jackson, 29, was shot early Friday morning after she declined to speak to 41-year-old Charles McKinney inside a Homewood neighborhood establishment.
Bill Cosby has already been charged with sexual assault in Pennsylvania.
Ben Crump is teaming up with local attorneys to file a federal civil suit against former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw.
In July of 2014, Greg was found guilty of threatening and assaulting former girlfriend Nicole Holder stemming from a event that occurred in May of 2014.
Derrick Rose has filed a lawsuit against the woman accusing him of drugging and gang raping her back in 2013.
Supermodel Beverly Johnson recently recounted her run-in with the high-profile Cosby Show actor via her memoir.
Comedian Damon Wayans has been defending controversial comments he made during a Breakfast Club interview on New York’s 105.1 FM regarding the women who accused Bill Cosby of sexual misconduct. Since the interview, which has struck a nerve with many who are against the degradation of rape victims and victim blaming, Wayans took to Twitter to provide the […]
Derrick Rose, star point guard for the NBA's Chicago Bulls, has been sued for sexual assault for allegedly gang raping his ex-girlfriend
Nearly ten years after Bill Cosby spoke about his extramarital affairs and the reports against him for sexual assault, the comedian will again be deposed this fall for accusations he molested a 15-year-old at the Playboy Mansion in 1974. Cosby was ordered by a Los Angeles superior court judge Tuesday to answer questions about Judy Huth, who accused the […]
Just days after Spelman College cut ties with Bill Cosby amid rising allegations of rape and sexual assault, 35 accusers of the fallen entertainer are featured in a powerful New York Magazine cover story that was unveiled Sunday night on Twitter. Since then, the magazine’s online site was hacked by a man who claims to […]
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