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Politicians and law enforcement figures in Houston are dealing with the massive blowback after an audit revealed that for at least eight years, authorities had “suspended” and not investigated more than 260,000 criminal cases. Officials say a lack of manpower

A British woman has been jailed for eight-and-a-half years for falsely claiming that she was raped and trafficked by multiple men.

A former Suffolk County Prosecutor and radical criminal justice activist, Adam Foss, 42, was indicted on charges of rape by a District Attorney’s Office of Manhattan on Tuesday.

John Barnes of Louisiana denies allegations from the mother of his child, who says their daughter was conceived in rape.

A 19 year-old British woman pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a Cyprus court to a public mischief charge for making what prosecutors say was a false claim that she was raped by 12 Israelis at a holiday resort on the east Mediterranean island nation.

A lawsuit filed against Michigan State University may become the first prospective class-action suit to benefit students accused of campus sex assault.

A college student at Salve Regina University was allowed to graduate after school investigators found him “not responsible” for the rape accusation made against him by a female student.

Muslim scholar Tariq Ramadan, who was arrested late last year in France on charges of rape, has been denied bail by a court of appeal who said that he is not only a flight risk but there is a possibility he may engage in the same type of behaviour he is indicted for.

The chairman of the Pennsylvania Board of Education has resigned after allegations by several women that he initiated sexual relationships with them when they were teens over 30 years ago.

Actress Bobette Riales tweeted this week, claiming that she was ‘repeatedly’ raped by actor Danny Masterson.

Senior Netflix executive Andy Yeatman reportedly told a woman that the company’s bosses don’t believe the rape allegations she made against one of the streaming giant’s star actors Danny Masterson — unaware of the fact that the woman was one of Masterson’s accusers.

Streaming giant Netflix will apparently continue to work with actor Danny Masterson, star of its show ‘The Ranch,’ though four women have now accused the actor of sexual assault.

French police are investigating death threats made against satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo over a cartoon of Islamist scholar Tariq Ramadan, who is facing rape allegations.

French authorities have opened an investigation into Swiss-born controversial Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan after a French feminist accused him of sexual misconduct and sending her death threats.

Scandal-ridden Hollywood megaproducer Harvey Weinstein attended Planned Parenthood’s gala fundraising event in May and donated $100,000 to the abortion chain that claims to be at the forefront of women’s rights.