Democrats in the United States have moved to force President Donald Trump to release files from the investigation into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, invoking an obscure law to keep up the pressure on an issue that has roiled Trump’s administration and base. The White House has been facing increasingly intense demands to be more transparent…
Trump says he cut off his relationship with Epstein because the sex offender poached workers from his Florida resort. United States President Donald Trump has said that he ended his relationship with disgraced financier and convicted sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein because he “stole” young female workers from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Speaking to reporters on his…
British actor Micheal Ward, known for the Netflix series “Top Boy” and and most recently Ari Aster’s movie “Eddington,” is facing charges of allegedly raping and sexually assaulting a woman in the United Kingdom in 2023. London’s Metropolitan Police announced in a Friday statement that prosecutors had charged BAFTA winner Ward, 28, with two counts…
A man in China who performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on a woman who collapsed in the street has been accused of groping her chest by online observers. The controversy drew added attention online after the man told the media he was disappointed and frightened by the derogatory comments, Jiupai News reported. The woman collapsed on…
Police have charged a Dartmouth man with sexual assault, extortion and uttering threats. Jason Bernard James, 51, was charged last month in connection with incidents that allegedly occurred between Dec. 31, 2023, and June 4, 2025. He was released on conditions not to communicate with the complainant or be within 100 metres of the complainant’s home or…
Josh is lying on a footpath, curled up into a ball, his head covered with his hands as three men lay into him with metal bars. “Am I going to make it out of here alive?” he remembered thinking. “What’s going to happen?” He managed to get up but stumbled a few times after receiving…
By Peter Aitken is a Newsweek Politics Editor based in New York. His focus is domestic U.S. politics, but he has experience covering Foreign Affairs, Business and Technology. Peter joined Newsweek in 2024 from Fox News Digital and had previously freelanced at Business Insider. He has interviewed such notable figures as Benjamin Netanyahu, Gen. David…
Former NBA player Ben McLemore has been found guilty of raping a 21-year-old woman during a lake house party attended by many of his then-teammates from the Portland Trail Blazers, a jury ruled Thursday. The jury in Clackamas County, located directly south of Portland, found McLemore, 32, guilty of rape, unlawful sexual penetration and one…
Content warning: This article contains depictions of alleged sexual assault. BYU quarterback Jake Retzlaff is anticipating a seven-game suspension from the school for an honor code violation in the wake of a sexual assault allegation against him, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Advertisement Per ESPN’s Pete Thamel, Retzlaff intends to transfer in anticipation of the…
OSLO, Norway (AP) — Oslo police on Friday announced charges against Marius Borg Høiby, the eldest son of Norway’s crown princess, on multiple counts including rape, sexual assault and bodily harm after a months-long investigation of a case that involved a “double-digit” number of alleged victims. Høiby, the son of Crown Princess Mette-Marit and stepson…