Sexual misconduct

U.S. 10/25/19, 04:13

This is not how Rep. Katie Hill (D-Calif.) would have envisioned her freshman year to pan out. Still, as the saying goes, "you do the crime, you do the time." Using your position of power for sexual gratification is not acceptable. After reports surfaced last week of allegations that Democrat  Hill ...

Politics 06/20/19, 16:41

Alabama Republican Roy Moore announced Thursday that he is running for U.S. Senate again in 2020 after failing to win the seat two years ago amid sexual misconduct accusations. With his return to the political stage, Moore ignores the urgings of some Republican Party leaders to stay out of the race ...

U.S. 06/06/19, 18:58

The top Democrat in the Pennsylvania Senate said Thursday that an investigation of sexual misconduct claims against Sen. Daylin Leach found a "lengthy pattern of troubling behavior" and that he should resign.But Leach, a fellow Democrat, said he felt vindicated after reading a summary of the findings.The investigation examined an ...

U.S. 06/05/19, 18:10

A Texas couple that accused top U.S. Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of mishandling a sexual misconduct case says his office is treating them the way the church treats other victims — by trying to discredit their story.DiNardo's Galveston-Houston diocese has said that it "categorically rejects" an Associated Press story about the ...

U.S. 06/04/19, 18:24

The former head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct violation related to his arrest last year for alleged sexual misconduct.Dr. Thomas Frieden appeared Tuesday in Brooklyn Criminal Court. Frieden is also a former New York City health commissioner.Frieden was arrested ...

Politics 05/29/19, 08:44

President Donald Trump warned Wednesday the "consequences will be devastating" for his party and policies if Alabama Republican Roy Moore seeks a U.S. Senate seat again in 2020 after his last campaign was battered by allegations of long-ago sexual harassment of teenagers. Moore lost in the once-reliably red state in a ...

Entertainment 05/24/19, 08:31

Celebrity chef Mario Batali, whose career crumbled amid several sexual misconduct accusations, pleaded not guilty Friday to a charge that he forcibly kissed and groped a woman at a Boston restaurant in 2017.Batali, 58, wearing his signature red ponytail and a blazer, did not speak during the brief hearing but ...

Entertainment 05/23/19, 21:20

A tentative deal is close to settling lawsuits brought against the television and film company co-founded by Harvey Weinstein, who has been accused of sexual misconduct by scores of women.Adam Harris, a lawyer for studio co-founder Bob Weinstein, told a bankruptcy court judge Thursday that "an economic agreement in principal" ...

U.S. 05/22/19, 18:20

A key Republican leader who is next in line to take over the Tennessee House said on Wednesday he believes the women who have accused a Republican member of sexual misconduct. Speaker Pro Tem Bill Dunn said it is the speaker's responsibility to investigate the claims three women have made against ...

U.S. 05/17/19, 20:05

The Roman Catholic bishop of the Dallas diocese has challenged the accuracy of a Dallas police affidavit's allegations that the diocese had "thwarted" its investigation of past sexual misconduct by priests.Police used the affidavit to authorize Monday raids on diocesan headquarters, a storage unit it uses and a church office. ...

Europe 05/13/19, 04:42

The Latest on Swedish prosecutors' decision whether to reopen a rape case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (all times local):11:35 a.m.Julian Assange's Swedish lawyer says he is "very surprised" by prosecutors' decision to reopen a rape case against the WikiLeaks founder and says that his client is innocent.Prosecutors in Stockholm ...

U.S. 05/12/19, 21:04

University of Oklahoma President Jim Gallogly, whose short tenure at the state's flagship university included a sexual harassment probe of its longtime former president and bitter student reaction to a racist incident on campus, announced his resignation on Sunday.A former energy industry CEO and major OU donor who began his ...

Sports 05/10/19, 10:43

A sixth former patient has come forward to accuse a Pennsylvania sports medicine doctor of sexual misconduct. Dr. William Vollmar was charged Friday with two felony counts of sexual assault. Prosecutors say the latest accuser saw Vollmar for sports massage while he was a track athlete at Lampeter-Strasburg High School. Vollmar ...

U.S. 05/08/19, 14:40

Former University of Oklahoma President David Boren has asked for an opportunity to personally address the university's regents about allegations of sexual misconduct made against him.Boren's attorney Clark Brewster said Wednesday that the ex-president wants to speak to regents about the "obvious and provable falsities that need to be addressed." ...

Sports 05/08/19, 08:49

The State Medical Board says a judge shouldn't let Ohio State University publicly share information from an old board investigation involving a team doctor accused of decades-old sexual misconduct.In a court filing Tuesday, the board says its records on the investigation involving Richard Strauss are confidential under state law. It ...

U.S. 04/30/19, 19:37

Gambling regulators in Massachusetts on Tuesday levied a $35 million fine on Wynn Resorts but allowed the company to keep its state casino license and open its Boston-area resort as planned after executives failed to disclose years of allegations of sexual misconduct against company founder Steve Wynn.The Massachusetts Gaming Commission ...

U.S. 04/25/19, 17:03

A 72-year-old Michigan priest has been sentenced to two to 15 years in prison after pleading no contest to sexual misconduct. The Rev. Robert DeLand also will spend five years on probation under the sentence handed down Thursday. The Saginaw County prosecutor's office has said the plea entered last month closed three ...

Business 04/25/19, 16:13

Google says it has updated the way it investigates misconduct claims, changes it pledged to make after thousands of employees walked out in protest last November.Earlier this week, two walkout organizers claimed that they faced Google retaliation for helping to put together that protest.The company says its changes make it ...

Europe 04/19/19, 08:28

A French court cleared of defamation charges six women who accused a former French lawmaker of sexual misconduct and the journalists who reported the allegations.The court ordered Friday the former lawmaker, Denis Baupin, to pay 1,000 euros ($1,120) in damages to each of the 12 persons he sued.In May 2016, ...

U.S. 04/09/19, 18:08

The chair of the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents says an outside investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by former OU President David Boren was fair and objective, although none of its findings have been released.OU Board of Regents Chairwoman Leslie Rainbolt-Forbes said Tuesday the investigation by the Jones ...