Sex crime

A court ruling last week stated that a 14-year-old victim's inebriated state meant she could neither "agree to (nor) oppose the sexual relations" and that excessive force had therefore not been applied.

Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Justice Ministry in Madrid to denounce a recent ruling on sex assault case involved a 14-year-old girl.

French prosecutors have launched an appeal for potential victims of late financier Jeffrey Epstein to come forward after investigating three alleged victims.

Jeffrey Epstein's death in a jail cell in Manhattan has been ruled a suicide by hanging, according to the New York medical examiner.

Two women who say they're living with Kelly attended his arraignment on Tuesday and sat in the front row.

The judge is expected to rule on Thursday whether the 66-year-old financier and registered sex offender should get bail.

Some say Epstein was the subject of a sweetheart prosecution deal after authorities investigated alleged sex with underage victims.

Fifteen young Brazilian transsexuals in the southeastern city of Murcia have been rescued from a sex trafficking ring, which forced them into prostitution through physical abuse and threats of black magic.

New York Judge Jame Burke has dismissed a major charge in the criminal case against Harvey Weinstein, regarding accusations made by Lucia Evans. Evans was a 21-year-old college student in 2004 when she claims Weinstein forced her to perform oral sex when the met alone in his office

Judges will be obliged to impose the measure on almost all those convicted of sexual offences against vulnerable victims.