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Sex Crimes

q&a Oct. 14, 2021

How Do We Investigate Sexual Offenses Fairly?If you care about sexual violence, you have to care about due process, argues the lawyer and activist Alexandra Brodsky.

By Irin Carmon
crime Sept. 18, 2019

Democratic Donor Ed Buck Arrested After Third Suspicious OD at His HomeProsecutors accuse Buck of manipulating victims into taking huge doses of meth. Since 2017, two men have died in his L.A. home from overdoses.

By Matt Stieb
scandals Mar. 29, 2019

A Guide to the Major Sex-Video Scandal Engulfing K-PopSeveral top artists are involved in a scandal involving allegations of drugging, sexual assault, and filming non-consenting women during sex.

By Amanda Arnold
crime Mar. 30, 2018

New York Cops Will Soon Be Banned From Having Sex With People in CustodyA new bill passed by state lawmakers gets rid of a legal loophole.

By Gabriella Paiella
the harvey weinstein case Feb. 8, 2018

L.A. Prosecutors Reportedly Reviewing Criminal Cases Against Harvey WeinsteinThree cases have been sent to prosecutors by L.A.P.D.

By Katie Van Syckle
sex crimes Nov. 9, 2017

L.A. Prosecutors Form Special Sexual-Assault Task ForceSix veteran sex-crimes prosecutors will respond to claims of sexual abuse in Hollywood.

By Katie Van Syckle
sex crimes Sept. 29, 2016

California Just Got Rid of the Statute of Limitations for RapePreviously, charges generally had to be filed within a 10-year window of the alleged crime.

By Theresa Avila
sex crimes Aug. 23, 2016

Judge Who Sentenced Brock Turner Recused Himself From Another Sex-Crimes CaseJudge Aaron Persky recused himself from his first sex-crimes case following his sentencing of Brock Turner.

By Theresa Avila
quotables Oct. 7, 2014

Jennifer Lawrence Had to Tell Her Dad About Nude PhotosShe finally gives a statement in Vanity Fair.

By Allison P. Davis
on steubenville Jan. 11, 2013

We’re Obsessed With Rape. Is It Helpful?Steubenville’s bystanders are villains — but everyone else is rubbernecking, too.

By Ann Friedman
first person Oct. 12, 2012

The Childhood Molestation I Don’t RememberIf I’d never found out, would I still be traumatized?

By Anonymous