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Understanding Weinstein’s charges and potential punishment

By MICHAEL R. SISAK | February 19, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — A look at the charges against Harvey Weinstein and the punishment the former Hollywood producer could face if convicted at his New York City rape trial. A jury of seven men and five women started deliberating Tuesday in the closely watched...

Deliberating a 2nd day, Weinstein jury revisits ’06 account

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS | February 19, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial spent much of their second day of deliberations Wednesday revisiting a former film and TV production assistant's allegation that he sexually assaulted her in July 2006.Jurors sent a note shortly...

National shortage of forensic nurses frustrates rape victims

By DENISE LAVOIE | February 19, 2020

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The young woman who walked into an emergency room in Milwaukee began her journey about 12 hours earlier, at a Chicago-area hospital, more than 90 miles away.She had been raped, but there was no one trained to do a forensic examination...

Jury ends 1st day of deliberations in Weinstein’s rape trial

By TOM HAYS and MICHAEL R. SISAK | February 18, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial ended their first day of deliberations Tuesday with lots of questions and no verdict in the landmark #MeToo case that could put the once-powerful Hollywood producer behind bars for the rest of...

Disgraced religious order tried to get abuse victim to lie

By NICOLE WINFIELD and MARÍA VERZA | February 17, 2020

MILAN (AP) — The cardinal’s response was not what Yolanda Martínez had expected — or could abide.Her son had been sexually abused by a priest of the Legion of Christ, a disgraced religious order. And now she was calling Cardinal Valasio De Paolis...

Prosecutor: Weinstein saw victims as ‘complete disposables’

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS | February 14, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein considered himself such a big shot in Hollywood that he thought he could get away with treating aspiring actresses like "complete disposables," a prosecutor told a jury in closing arguments Friday at his New York City...

Lawsuit: Mexican megachurch leaders abused woman for years

By STEFANIE DAZIO | February 13, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California woman says the father and son leaders of a Mexican megachurch sexually abused her for 18 years starting when she was 12, manipulating Bible passages to convince her the mistreatment actually was a gift from God,...

2 Ohio State football players plead not guilty to rape

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and MITCH STACY | February 13, 2020

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two former Ohio State football players pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges that they held a woman against her will and raped her this month.Defensive backs Amir Riep and Jahsen Wint — who were kicked off the team Wednesday...

Weinstein lawyer: Prosecutors have a ‘tale,’ not a case

By TOM HAYS, JENNIFER PELTZ, and MICHAEL R. SISAK | February 13, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer told jurors Thursday that prosecutors in the rape case against him were acting like moviemakers, conjuring up a world "where women had no free will.”“In the alternative universe that prosecutors have created...

UK regulators probe Barclays CEO’s link to Jeffrey Epstein

By JILL LAWLESS | February 13, 2020

LONDON (AP) — Barclays chief executive Jes Staley said Thursday that he deeply regrets his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, as the bank revealed that British financial regulators are investigating whether Staley had disclosed the full truth about...

2 Ohio State football players dismissed amid rape charges

By MITCH STACY | February 12, 2020

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two Ohio State University football players were kicked off the team Wednesday after being charged with rape and kidnapping.Defensive backs Amir Riep and Jahsen Wint, both 21, were booked into jail earlier in the day after they...

Military still struggles to handle kid-on-kid sex assaults

By REESE DUNKLIN and JUSTIN PRITCHARD | February 12, 2020

The U.S. Department of Defense is struggling to change how it handles the abuse of military kids, including cases involving sexual assault by other children, according to a report commissioned by Congress.The military has been slow to implement reforms...