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Actor Anthony Rapp sues Kevin Spacey for alleged sexual assault

By Tina Sanders Actor Anthony Rapp and one other man are suing disgraced actor Kevin Spacey,...

Boy Scouts facing nearly 90,000 sexual abuse claims from coast to coast as deadline for filings comes to an end

By Larry McShane The Boys Scouts of America were not prepared for this. Nearly 90,000 sex...

‘It’s crushing’: Survivors react to McCarrick report

By Sarah Rankin Men who have come forward with allegations of abuse by former Cardinal Theod...

'Heartbreaking' abuse detailed in wrongful death lawsuit

By Stephen Gallien A wrongful death lawsuit over a 19-month-old homicide victim lays out her...

Russell Simmons Evades Rape Lawsuit Due to Statute of Limitations

By Zoe Haylock Russell Simmons has won the 2018 lawsuit claiming he raped and intimidated a ...

Justice Dept. faults former Epstein prosecutor for ‘poor judgment’ but finds no misconduct

By Matt Zapotosky and Beth Reinhard The Justice Department’s internal disciplinary arm conclu...

Former Miracle Meadows students reach $52M settlements with former Christian school, church officials

By Lacie Pierson Twenty-nine people who, as children, were mentally, sexually and physically...

CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / LOS ANGELES

By Carla Rivera The campus minister at Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino has been place...

Pedophile priest Paul Shanley, key figure in Boston clergy sex abuse scandal, dead at 89

By Anne Gerard-Flynn Convicted pedophile priest Paul Shanley, a key figure in the Archd...

Child Victims Act lawsuit filed against Glens Falls YMCA

By Chad Arnold In a lawsuit filed this summer, the Family YMCA of the Glens Falls Area has b...

O.C. bishop sues charity administrator who accused Catholic leader of wrongdoing

By Harriet Ryan The Roman Catholic bishop of Orange County is suing a former charity adminis...

Two women file $15m claims against California school district after suffering sexual abuse

By Nina Golgowski Two women have both filed a $15 million lawsuit against a California schoo...

Miriam Haley, Victim in Harvey Weinstein Trial, Files Civil Lawsuit

By Gene Maddus Miriam Haley, the former “Project Runway” production assistant who testified a...

Former Marist High student sues, alleging school knew of sexual abuse by administrator in 1970s

By Jordyn Brown A former student is suing Marist Catholic High School in Eugene and the Mari...

Ex-Cumberland Hospital patient says alleged sexual abuse robbed her 'innocence'

By Laura French A former Cumberland Hospital patient says she was repeatedly sexually assaul...

Slain Utah college student’s family gets $13.5M settlement

By Brady McCombs The parents of a University of Utah track athlete who was killed by her ex-...

Woman sues KU, Lawrence police a year after prosecutors drop false rape report case

By Luke Nozicka A woman who was charged with filing a false report of rape before prosec...

Thousands file sexual abuse claims against Boy Scouts as deadline in bankruptcy looms

By Kim Christensen Faced with a looming deadline next month, thousands of accusers have subm...

New Kent children’s hospital faces $127M lawsuit; 20 former patients accuse doctors, staff of sexual, physical assault

By Emily Holter Cumberland Children’s Hospital in New Kent faces a $127 million lawsuit after...

Pa. Supreme Court hears arguments on statute of limitations in priest sex abuse cases

By Paula Reed Ward Renee Rice said she was abused by a priest in the Altoona-Johnstown dioce...

MSU files motion to dismiss complaint in former MSU sprinter case

By Maddie Monroe Michigan State University filed a motion to dismiss a complaint regarding s...

Pa. Supreme Court sets hearing in clergy abuse case

By Peter Smith The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on Oct. 20...

Parkland parents fury at order demanding proof of ‘anguish’ in school lawsuit

By Harriet Alexander Parents whose children were murdered in the Parkland school shooting ha...

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT HONORS UTAH PROFESSOR AND FORMER JUDGE WITH RONALD WILSON REAGAN PUBLIC POLICY AWARD

WASHINGTON – The Justice Department’s Office for Victims of Crime, a division of the Office of J...

Florida Supreme Court Justices Reject Sexual Abuse Lawsuit

By Jim Saunders The Florida Supreme Court ruled that the statute of limitations bars two wom...

Lawsuit: Diocese of Savannah covered up sex abuse allegations by former priest in 1980s

A lawsuit filed against the Diocese of Savannah alleges officials knew about and covered up alle...

Supreme Court keeps alive lawsuit filed against DCYF

By Mark Hayward New Hampshire Union Leader The Supreme Court on Wednesday kept alive a civil ...

Laws aid sexual assault victims, those hurt by other crimes

By DON THOMPSON SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — More than 100 suspected victims of a UCLA obstetric...

Diocese Of Rockville Centre Files For Bankruptcy Amid Sexual Abuse Lawsuits

ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Diocese of Rockville Centre filed fo...

Camden’s Roman Catholic diocese declares bankruptcy, citing COVID-19 costs and priest abuse claims

by Jeremy Roebuck and Stephanie Farr The Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden filed for bankruptc...

Boy Scouts of America files for bankruptcy after facing hundreds of sexual abuse accusations

By Bhavi Mandalia It was a long-announced bankruptcy. By filing for the famous Chapter 11 ban...

Bills aim to revoke university's lawsuit immunity for sexual abuse, alter statute of limitations

By Scott McClallen | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Bipartisan bills announced Wedne...

What happens when COVID shuts civil courts?

By RONALD D. WHITE STAFF WRITER SEP. 11, 2020 | Los Angeles Times It was a question of what w...

Wagner Reese Attorneys Honored by The Best Lawyers in America© and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch

By Wagner Reese | Aug 20, 2020 INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 20, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Att...

The Zalkin Law Firm Represents Victims Alleging Childhood Sexual Abuse in New Lawsuit Against Fellowship Church

Los Angeles, CA, August 20, 2020 --(PR.com)-- Two alleged child sexual abuse survivors have file...

Jeffrey Epstein's estate lawyers accused of 'belittling' alleged victim

By James Hill | August 13, 2020 A lawyer for an alleged child-sex trafficking victim contends...

Diocese of Trenton faces more lawsuits in childhood sex abuse scandal

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman sulaiman@Trentonian.com @Sabdurr on Twitter TRENTON — Already embroi...

Pittsburgh Diocese faces wave of abuse litigation

By PETER SMITH | August 13, 2020 Twenty-eight people initiated legal actions against the Dioc...

Federal lawsuit dismissed in basketball coach's sex assault of teen

By: ED TRELEVEN | Aug 13, 2020 A lawsuit filed by a woman who was repeatedly sexually assault...

The death of Lebrawn Rankin: Warning signs

by Rachael Wilkerson | Monday, August 10th 2020 MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WPMI) — Lebrawn Ran...

Surge in filings pushes Child Victims Act suits in WNY past 700 in a year

By Jay Tokasz , Mike McAndrew | Aug 9, 2020 Former Smallwood Elementary School teacher Trent ...

Oregon Personal Injury Attorney Don Corson Named Distinguished Trial Lawyer of the Year

Eugene, OR (PRUnderground) July 28th, 2020 The Oregon Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) has na...

Tampa strip club accused of trafficking, exploiting minor with disabilities

By: Jackie Callaway , WFTS Digital Staff; Posted at 10:33 AM, Jan 29, 2020 TAMPA, Fla. — A la...

Women file another lawsuit against AG Curtis Hill for sexual misconduct

Author: WTHR.com staff; Published: 10:35 AM EDT July 28, 2020 INDIANAPOLIS — Four women who h...

Texas has a strong record against sex trafficking, but Congress has work to do

It may seem inappropriate with everything facing our nation right now — a pandemic, an economic ...

Nine new lawsuits filed against Archdiocese of Newark

UNION COUNTY, NJ — On July 13, attorneys from the law firms of Jeff Anderson & Associates an...

Historic Sexual Assault and Domestic Violation legislation signed into law

By The Berlin Sun, July 20, 2020 CONCORD — Three comprehensive omnibus bills, have been offic...

Lawsuit accuses UNL of insufficient response to complaints based on sexual misconduct and discrimination

By Lori Pilger, Lincoln Journal Star, July 20, 2020 ine women, all former or current students...

Erie County man alleges a police officer molested him as a boy

By Matthew Spina, July 20, 2020 An Erie County man alleges in a recent Child Victims Act laws...

A New Covid-19 Crisis: Domestic Abuse Rises Worldwide

Movement restrictions aimed to stop the spread of the coronavirus may be making violence in home...

Democratic lawmakers again demand Education Department documents on Title IX

Four Democratic lawmakers are again demanding documents related to controversial new Educat...

Black women, the forgotten survivors of sexual assault

African American women are at disproportionate risk of sexual violence. Here’s how you can help....

Loudoun man admits stealing $8 million intended for children of parents killed by medical negligence

A Loudoun County man admitted in federal court Monday that he stole nearly $8 million from civil...

Netflix’s Jeffrey Epstein Series Is a Different Kind of #MeToo Documentary

Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, Netflix’s new four-part documentary, isn’t really about Jeffrey Ep...

Child sexual abuse survivors deal with bankruptcy, old evidence after laws extend statute of limitations

Kevin McCoy : USA TODAY February 24th, 2020 Raul Diaz envied the kids from his New York Ci...

Boy Scouts seek bankruptcy under wave of new sex abuse lawsuits

By Kim Christensen Los Angeles Times (TNS) Feb 18, 2020 The Boy Scouts of America, one of the...

Clergy sex abuse accusers file $20 million lawsuit against Vatican

Author: Jeremy Rogalski Published: 6:24 PM CST, February 17, 2020 Updated: 6:24 PM CST, Fe...

Davis County denies allegations in golf course sex abuse civil lawsuit

By MARK SHENEFELT Standard-Examiner FARMINGTON — Attorneys representing Davis County filed co...

Grand jury investigators are ‘dead serious’ about revealing sexual-abuse cover-ups among Jehovah’s Witnesses

by David Gambacorta, Updated: February 14, 2020 Brian Chase listened carefully from his Tucso...

Ex–Ohio State Wrestler Says Rep. Jim Jordan Asked Him to Deny Abuse Allegations

AVERY YANG FEB 12, 2020 Ohio representative and former Ohio State University wrestling coach ...

Crime Victims Can See Costs Pile Up, But New Law May Help

By Jeannie O'Sullivan | February 9, 2020, 8:02 PM EST A newly signed law in New Jersey allowi...

Revenge porn issue subject of legislation

By ALLISON GATLIN Valley Press Staff WriterFeb 10, 2020 SACRAMENTO — Assemblyman Tom Lackey h...

South Bay school employees knew coach had student’s child, lawsuit alleges

By FIONA KELLIHER | fkelliher@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News GroupPUBL...

Girl's suit alleges 7 St. Mary's High students sexually abused her

By Mike McAndrewPublished February 2, 2020|Updated February 2, 2020 Seven St. ...

Teenage girl sexually abused, exploited at Scores strip club: lawsuit

By THERESA BRAINE and NELSON OLIVEIRANEW YORK DAILY NEWS |JAN 29, 2020 ...

New Lawsuit: Four Victims Sue Catlin Gabel School for Sexual Abuse by Teachers; Former Prosecutor Says School Has “Less than Cooperative” History with Police

January 29, 2019 PORTLAND, OR – A new civil lawsuit was filed today in Multnomah County Ci...

3 members of Blackfeet Nation sue IHS over sexual abuse

By: Associated Press. Posted Jan 27, 2020 KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) – Three members of the B...

Guy D'Andrea, Laffey, Bucci, & Kent LLP

The NCVBA would like to highlight, and congratulate, Guy D'Andrea of Laffey, Bucci, & Kent L...

Class-action lawsuit filed against Frontier Airlines after alleged sexual assaults

POSTED 6:00 PM, DECEMBER 16, 2019, BY KIM POSEY, UPDATED AT 11:28AM, DECEMBER 26, 2019 DENVER...

Fired for Violating or Upholding Title IX Law?

Ohio magistrate recommends a federal judge allow a Title IX lawsuit against the University of Ci...

Ex-student's Title IX suit against UA gets go-ahead from judge

by Jaime Adame | November 20, 2019 at 7:03 a.m. FAYETTEVILLE -- A federal district court ruli...

Latest sexual abuse suit against the Boy Scouts of America could open the door to many more

By Evan Simko-Bednarski and Arman Azad, CNN (CNN) Charles Kessinger was 10 in 1994 when he se...

Weinstein charged with sex crimes in LA on eve of NY trial

By ANDREW DALTON , TOM HAYS and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press Los Angeles prosecutors cha...

Preview: Victims demand their voices be heard

‘Justice For All’: Victims Demand Their Voices Be Heard | NBC Nightly News

NCVBA director Renee Williams was featured in a segment on Nightly News with Lester Holt wh...

National Law Journal Awards Mary Alexander With 2019 Trailblazer Award

Originally posted on Mary Alexander & Associates, P.C. in May 2019 The National Law Journ...

Nationally-recognized Attorney Launches Comprehensive Database of Clergy Accused of Sexual Misconduct in the Diocese of Allentown

Originally published on PR Newswire on May 1, 2019 ALLENTOWN, Pa., May 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -...

Family's use of Title IX to seek $25 million judgment against LSU in hazing death gains traction

Originally posted on the Louisiana Record, August 29, 2019 Max Gruver was only 18 when he die...

Scientology accused of forced labor, child abuse, kidnapping in lawsuit

NCVBA member Brian Kent was featured in this article originally posted on Fox13 on June 20, 2019...

‘Basketball Diaries’ coach ‘Lefty’ named in Boys & Girls Club sexual abuse lawsuit

NCVBA attorney James Marsh was featured in this article originally posted on CTPost on September...

He Sued Over a Priest’s Abuse. Then the Diocese Filed for Bankruptcy.

Originally published on The New York Times, September 26, 2019 The Rochester diocese’s move h...

3 Women Sue Estate of Jeffrey Epstein, Alleging Rape and Other Forced Sex Acts

Originally posted on KTLA5 on August 20, 2019 Three women filed lawsuits Tuesday accusing Jef...

Sex Trafficking Awareness Is Increasing and So Are Civil Claims

Originally posted on Law.com on July 22, 2019 Court watchers said growing media attention ha...

The Catholic Church and Boy Scouts are lobbying against child abuse statutes. This is their playbook

Originally published by USA Today, October 2, 2019 Pennsylvania state Rep. Tom Murt slid ...

Preview: Victims demand their voices be heard

‘Justice For All’: Victims Demand Their Voices Be Heard | NBC Nightly News

NCVBA director Renee Williams was featured in a segment on Nightly News with Lester Holt where