Sexual assault News

The recent release by the L.A. Times of hiring documents from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department highlighted a seemingly growing problem in U.S. law enforcement agencies: those that commit sex crimes are finding their way into police agencies.

Toronto - A 64-year old Toronto anaesthesiologist was found guilty of all 21 counts of sexual assault against him. The assaults occurred while the female victims were under conscious sedation, undergoing surgery.

Florensac - A 14-year-old girl from the French town of Florensac, allegedly sexually abused for months, used a webcam to secretly videotape one of her father's sexual attacks in order to record evidence of the assault.

Seattle - Michael Stanley, a registered sex offender who fled Canada and went to the U.S., has been arrested in Seattle and faces charges of sexual assault and harassment.

New Delhi - While international news sources begin following the rise of women-only options in India, village-based male councils continue to blame Western influences like clothing and mobile phone usage for violence against women.

Pleasantville - A man is on the run after allegedly sexually assaulting, beating and robbing a 96-year-old woman early Saturday morning inside her southern New Jersey home, the place she has lived in for the past 60 years.

Before she was known as the "Material Girl," Madonna recounts in a candid essay a horrifying story about her early years in New York involving a sexual assault.

A number of my friends, on looking at the social amplifications that I have been putting forward, have asked me to give shape to the feminist cause in India, and I have some humble words.

In response to the disturbing gang rape incidents that made headlines around the world, India has begun instituting a women-only subculture.

In a viral video tackling the disturbing rape and domestic violence behaviors in India, All India Bakchod provides clarity on the issue - cheerily blaming the victim.