Category: SEXUAL HARASSMENT

CAIRO — Their accounts are similar. The girls and women describe meeting the young man — a former student at Egypt’s most elite university — in person and online, followed by deceit, then escalating sexual harassment, assault, blackmail or rape. Some were minors when the alleged crimes took place. In all, more than 100 accusers…

When Vanessa Guillen was a little girl, she dreamed of joining the Army, her family said. The Houston native graduated César E. Chavez High School in 2018 and shortly thereafter enlisted, becoming a private first class who worked to repair small arms and artillery while serving with the 3rd Cavalry Regiment. At some point, her…

Army investigators found Guillen was harassed, but not sexual harassment. July 11, 2020, 2:02 AM8 min read The secretary of the Army has ordered a broad independent review of the command climate and culture at Fort Hood, Texas, in the wake of the murder of Spc. Vanessa Guillen. Meanwhile, an official said Army investigators have…

Asset freeze has ‘complicated’ Weinstein appeal and L.A. defense, sources said. July 10, 2020, 6:54 PM6 min read Harvey Weinstein’s two ex-wives went to court in April and successfully convinced judges to freeze nearly $6 million of his assets, according to court records reviewed by ABC News this week and three sources close to the…

Cecily Aguilar has been charged with conspiracy to tamper with evidence.July 7, 2020, 12:25 AM5 min read A woman accused of helping to hide the body of murdered Fort Hood Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen made her first court appearance Monday to face conspiracy charges. Cecily Aguilar, 22, appeared via closed-circuit television in the Waco, Texas,…

PHILADELPHIA — Officer Derek Chauvin had more than a dozen misconduct complaints against him before he put his knee on George Floyd’s neck. Daniel Pantaleo, the New York City officer who seized Eric Garner in a deadly chokehold, had eight. Ryan Pownall, a Philadelphia officer facing murder charges in the shooting of David Jones, had…

A panicked white woman in New York City’s Central Park calls 911 to say that a black man threatened her and her dog. A Florida mom claims two black men abducted her son, who had autism, and was later found dead. But the harrowing story from Manhattan was just that — a tall tale about…

At least three times in the past two years, Tara Reade – the woman who now accuses Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden of sexual assault – took the witness stand in a trial centered on domestic violence. Each time, before a judge would allow her to describe the insidious cycles of domestic violence, she had…

Democratic Congressman Steven Horsford of Nevada has acknowledged he had an extramarital affair with a woman who said the on-and-off relationship began in 2009 before ending last SeptemberMay 16, 2020, 10:17 PM4 min readLAS VEGAS — Democratic Congressman Steven Horsford of Nevada on Saturday acknowledged he had an extramarital affair with a woman who said…

Prosecutors in Monterey County, California, have opened a probe into whether Tara Reade, the woman accusing Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden of sexual assault nearly two decades ago, lied under oath when testifying in recent trials focused on domestic violence, the district attorney’s office said. “We are investigating whether [she] gave false testimony under oath,”…