Posts Tagged ‘Sexual Assault’
Patriots cut Antonio Brown
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England Patriots released wide receiver Antonio Brown on Friday. “We appreciate the hard work of many people over the past 11 days, but we feel…
Read MoreYouth Iowa coach gets 180 years for molesting, abusing boys players
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A judge sent an influential youth basketball coach to prison for the rest of his life on Thursday, saying he secretly collected sexual images of…
Read MoreReport blasts Michigan State’s handling of sex cases
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A U.S. Department of Education report says Michigan State University’s failure to detect and stop sexual assaults by now-imprisoned sports doctor Larry Nassar indicates a…
Read MoreWisconsin receiver sues university over discipline probe
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Embattled University of Wisconsin receiver Quintez Cephus is suing the school because he says a disciplinary probe it is conducting while he’s trying to defend himself…
Read MoreWisconsin WR Cephus charged with felony sexual assault
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin wide receiver Quintez Cephus was charged with felony sexual assault on Monday, accused of misconduct involving two women at his apartment last April. Cephus, a…
Read MoreOutside firm will head Meyer probe; expected to take 2 weeks
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State will rely on an outside law firm to investigate what coach Urban Meyer knew and did about domestic abuse accusations against a former assistant,…
Read MoreEx-wrestlers say congressman knew of alleged Ohio St abuse
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio congressman isn’t being truthful when asserting he was unaware of allegations that a now-dead team doctor was abusing athletes, according to two former university…
Read MoreGymnastics exec says she was told to keep quiet about Nassar
WASHINGTON (AP) — The former president of USA Gymnastics refused to answer questions Tuesday from a Senate subcommittee about how he handled allegations of sexual abuse by former team doctor…
Read MoreLawmakers: Funding, urgency lacking in Olympic abuse crisis
WASHINGTON (AP) — The tears and anger this time came from lawmakers who spent the day fuming over a growing sex-abuse problem in Olympic sports that leaders have taken too…
Read MoreMichigan State agrees to pay $500M to settle Nassar claims
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University agreed to pay $500 million to settle claims from more than 300 women and girls who said they were assaulted by sports doctor…
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