A judge who told the mother of a sexual assault victim to “keep your mouth shut, sit down” during a hearing earlier this summer recused himself from the trial on Friday, citing the mother’s stated concerns that she feared he could not conduct the trial fairly, NJ.com reported. Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Joseph Rea was …
Wealthy Democratic donor Ed Buck was charged Thursday in federal court with providing methamphetamine to a man who overdosed and died in his home in 2017. The new charge comes two days after state charges were levied against him over another man who overdosed in his home last week, the Los Angeles Times reported. Twenty-six-year-old …
A Republican state senator in Pennsylvania has admitted that he received child pornography through his Tumblr blog and now faces felony charges of possession of child porn and criminal use of a communications facility. Mike Folmer, 63, resigned from his seat representing Lebanon and parts of York and Dauphin counties on Wednesday, a day after …
A man at the center of a lawsuit against actor Kevin Spacey has died of yet-unknown causes. According the Hollywood Reporter, a massage therapist who had accused Spacey of sexual assault, known only as “John Doe,” has died ahead of an expected trial on the case. Citing a notice filed by Spacey’s attorneys, a lawyer …
Prosecutors described Buck as a “violent, dangerous sexual predator”
An affidavit alleging that a former Boy Scout leader in New York had sung and danced naked in a locker room full of boys will be included in a pending $320 million lawsuit against the organization. According to NBC News, parents of two boys in Troop 95 had filed the multimillion lawsuit in March 2017, …
An ex-sheriff’s deputy pleaded not guilty in Louisiana this week to forcing a woman to perform oral sex on her one-year-old son in exchange for not arresting her, the Advocate reported. Shaderick Jones, 42, has been charged with first-degree rape, possession of child porn and malfeasance in office for the June 6 incident, which he …
A 19-year-old man turned himself in Wednesday night after two months on the lam, accused of using Snapchat to lure underage girls to his home and raping them. Dominic Yocco, of Florrisant, Missouri, was charged in July with four counts of first-degree rape, two counts of second-degree rape and one count of statutory rape, the …
A registered sex offender in Missouri was arrested on Wednesday, months after he allegedly raped his daughter’s friend at his home. James Michael Reed, 44, was arrested at his job and charged with rape and sodomy for the alleged June 30 incident. Police began their investigation after the victim was hospitalized and claimed Reed sexually …
A University of Florida student walked out of jail this after when a judge released him, following a defense attorney’s claim that the college senior was “high-achieving.” The Washington Post reports that Ian Milaski, a dorm resident assistant at UF, was arrested August 29 and charged with sexual battery and false imprisonment. He walked free …
The former California judge who voters recalled last year for the six-month sentence he gave to Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner for sexual assault has reportedly been fired from a high school tennis coaching position. Lynbrook High School officials confirmed Aaron Persky’s firing in a statement issued to the San Francisco Chronicle. Persky was reportedly …
