Abuse News

Deming - Recently, 4 On Your Side reported an incident which took place at Luna and Grant County. It's been described as "a science fiction film" but sadly, it's real.

In order to secure testimony in a domestic violence case, a Colorado judge ordered the victims of the alleged abuse to be placed in jail after they refused to testify.

Destin - The ladies of Florida came out in style to wine and dine in support of Shelter House, a local domestic violence shelter on September 26th at an Arabian Nights themed event.

Council Bluffs - Brent Girouex, 31, received a 17-year sentence, which was immediately suspended, for more than sixty counts of 60 counts of suspicion of sexual exploitation by a counselor or therapist.

Piscataway - Julie Hermann, Rutgers' new athletic director hired after the firing of men’s basketball head coach Mike Rice, who was caught on video abusing players –– quit as a coach 16 years ago for apparently doing the same, The Star-Ledger reported Saturday.

A video has surfaced showing teens at a orphanage in Russia, beating and kicking young orphans. It shows the young children lined up against the wall as they wait for their turn to be abused.

Thirty-nine teachers from two leading music schools in Manchester are under investigation in relation to allegation of pupils who were sexually abused.

Harned - Family and friends of a Kentucky teenager who is being tried in the case of his stepfather's death are now rallying behind the teen, trying to raise money for his defense.

Durham - The childhood saying "sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt me," may have been wrong after all according to a new study that finds adults bullied as children carry the scars of their experience within them for decades.

Melbourne - The Roman Catholic Church in Australia's state of Victoria has admitted that hundreds of children have been sexually abused since the 1930s.