R. Kelly failed to appear for court proceedings in a sex abuse lawsuit because he can’t read, according to the singer’s new legal team. Days after an Illinois judge issued a default judgment against Kelly, 52, for failing to respond to the lawsuit, his lawyers asked the courts to reverse the ruling. Kelly was served …
The father of a former Sarah Lawrence student is accused of recruiting college students into a controlling, sex-fueled cult, and and forcing them pay him back thousands of dollars in “damage” to his property — leading one student to consider suicide if he could not come up with the money. New York Magazine published an …
An Alabama man is accused of raping a 5-year-old girl, who was subsequently hospitalized and underwent surgery following the attack. Montgomery Adviser reports that 28-year-old Steven Sarandon Barnes was captured over the weekend and charged with first-degree rape and chemical endangerment of a child. According to Millbrook Police Chief P.K. Johnson, Barnes is accused of …
Attorneys for R. Kelly are trying to overturn a default judgment in favor of a woman who accused Kelly of sexually abusing her when she was a minor. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a Chicago judge ruled against Kelly in a lawsuit brought by Heather Williams, one of the four alleged victims named in Kelly’s criminal …
A Georgia man who sexually abused a North Carolina girl and held her captive for more than a year will not spend a day in prison. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Michael Wysolovski, 33, was sentenced to 10 years, with eight months of that time to be spent in jail and the remainder to be spent …
Police in Pakistan have identified three suspects who they believe abducted and sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy who is visiting the country from the United States. DAWN reported that the victim is a Pakistani-American dual national who came to Pakistan a year-and-a-half ago to study. The main suspect is reportedly a 12th-grade student who attends the …
A Tennessee woman is behind bars after police say she shared two videos to social media, showing her raping a 4-year-old boy. CBS 3 Memphis reports that police received a call Monday after someone online saw disturbing videos being shared across social media. After viewing the videos and investigating, authorities arrested 24-year-old Tamara Marion and …
A Florida man convicted of sexually abusing and trying to marry his 12-year-old niece was sentenced last week to 37 years in prison. In January, a federal jury found Mirza Afzal Hussain, 56, guilty of aggravated identity theft, document fraud, and enticing a minor. Hussain, an immigrant from Pakistan, had abused the tween and treated her as …
‘Those children you injured will never recover,’ the sentencing judge said while choking back tears
A woman who accused R. Kelly of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager has won a judgment in a lawsuit she filed against him after Kelly’s legal team ignored the suit. The New York Times reports that a judge ruled in favor of the plaintiff, Heather Williams, after Kelly failed to respond to the …
A New Jersey man accused of sexually assaulting a sleeping child with a woman has admitted to his crimes in court years later. Jaime Mauricio Leon, 34, pleaded guilty last week to aggravated sexual assault and possession of child pornography for his role in the 2017 incident. WKXW identified the female suspect as Olga M. Diaz, …
Authorities in Washington say a driver in the Seattle area has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman earlier this year and is facing additional allegations from behind bars. According to Fox News, Ghassan Shakir was arrested in Bellevue last week after police spotted his vehicle. He was wanted in connection with an …
