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France

French actor Gérard Depardieu denies rape charges

The case relaunched in December centres on an actress in her twenties who has accused the star of sexually assaulting her twice in August 2018.

23/02/2021

Greece

Former director of Greece’s National Theatre charged with rape

Dimitris Lignadis, a well-known stage actor and director in Greece, turned himself in to police on Saturday afternoon.

20/02/2021

New Zealand

British backpacker Grace Millane’s killer convicted of more attacks

The man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane in 2018 has been convicted of sex attacks on two other women.

22/12/2020

France

Paris court convicts former Vatican envoy of sexual assault

A Paris court on Wednesday convicted a former Vatican ambassador to France of sexually assaulting five men in 2018 and 2019.

16/12/2020

Russia

Russian F1 driver Nikita Mazepin condemned for Instagram video

The American Formula One team Haas has apologised for the video, which was posted on Instagram but has since been removed.

09/12/2020

Denmark

Denmark proposes change to sexual violence laws requiring consent

The Ministry of Justice has hailed the proposal as a huge step towards equality.

02/09/2020

USA

Euroviews. Kobe Bryant was an inspiration to many — but not all. We can't ignore why ǀ View

Ignoring Bryant's sexual assault allegation doesn't just do a disservice to victims — it arguably eradicates the pivotal event of the star's life and career.

28/01/2020

World News

Weinstein charged with rape in LA as separate rape trial starts in NYC

Harvey Weinstein has been indicted on new sex crime charges in Los Angeles, just as his trial on separate rape and sexual assault charges starts in New York, prosecutors announced on Monday.

06/01/2020

France

Surgeon accused of abusing hundreds in French paedophilia case

Allegations against the surgeon cover the three decades he practised in hospitals across central and western France.

20/12/2019

United Kingdom

UK's former most wanted handed 33 life sentences for sex attacks

A huge manhunt was launched to find Joseph McCann, who had embarked on a string of horrific attacks after being released from prison.

09/12/2019

USA

Uber received over 3,000 reports of sexual assault last year in the US

Out of the 3,000 cases of sexual assault reported, more than 1,500 involved non-consensual touching of a sexual body part and 235 non-consensual penetration. Nearly all were filed by women.

06/12/2019

France

'J'accuse' screenings cancelled after anti-Polanski protest

The movie retraces the events leading to the Dreyfus affair — an antisemitic political scandal in 1894 France known for having led to a grave miscarriage of justice.

17/11/2019

USA

Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to new sexual assault charges

Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to predatory sexual assault

26/08/2019

Living

Milla Jovovich & 100 more beg Victoria's Secret to tackle sexual abuse

Former Victoria's Secret angel and supermodel Doutzen Kroes was among those leading demands to address alleged sexual harassment.

07/08/2019

USA

Sex assault case against Kevin Spacey dropped

Cape & Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe cited "unavailability of the complaining witness" in filing for dismissal.

17/07/2019

France

France fines 447 under new 'sexist outrage' street harassment law

The "sexist outrages" law was passed in late September just weeks after a video of a man hitting a woman outside a Paris cafe shocked people around the world.

30/04/2019

USA

Judge refuses to dismiss $10M rape lawsuit against Russell Simmons

The music mogul did not supply enough evidence to support his claim that the statute of limitations had run out, the judge said.

21/04/2019

USA

JetBlue crew members claim they were drugged, one raped by pilots

The suit alleges the pilots gave the female crew members beer laced with a drug and that one of them was raped during a layover in Puerto Rico.

22/03/2019

France

Barbarin resigns after receiving suspended prison sentence

A French court convicted him on Thursday of failing to report allegations of sexual abuse of boy scouts in his diocese in the 1980s and early 1990s, by a priest who is due to go on trial later this year.

07/03/2019

France

Pope's envoy to France under investigation for sexual assault

Luigi Ventura, 74, allegedly "caressed in an insistent and repeated manner" a city hall staffer's buttocks during a January 17 ceremony in Paris.

15/02/2019