Sexual abuse

The Michigan Court of Appeals confirmed an earlier decision dismissing a case against former MSU President Lou Anna Simon due to insufficient evidence.

The British socialite has been accused of recruiting and grooming underage girls for sexual encounters with Jeffrey Epstein.

The contribution from the church is part of a fund expected to grow to $2.6 billion, making it the largest sexual abuse settlement figure in U.S. history.

"I looked up to her very much," said Maxwell's former assistant, who worked with her from 1996 to 2002.

Ghislaine Maxwell's defense case against Jeffrey Epstein-related trafficking allegations is due to start but she is reportedly unlikely to testify.

Fuller, 67, was arrested in December 2020 for the two separate killings in 1987 after a new examination of old DNA evidence.

Griffin, 44, faces a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison up to life behind bars for each count, according to the Department of Justice.

Prince Andrew's team says Virginia Giuffre was over the age of consent in New York when she says he sexually assault her while he was 41 and she was 17.

Although the pope has not read the entirety of the 500-page report, the pontiff agreed to meet the commission "in principle."

Prince Andrew's lawyers should not have accused alleged Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre of profiting from her allegations, a royal author told Newsweek.

Griffin, 44, of Stamford, Connecticut, was arrested on Friday and faces three counts.

"Our hearts and prayers are with anyone who has ever been harmed," their joint statement said.

Annie Farmer testified Friday that Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein made unwanted sexual contact with her at a New Mexico ranch in 1996.

Both men have been charged with murder and are facing the death penalty after hunters found the victim's naked body in the woods.

Some of the allegations include staff members choking children, burning them with cigarettes, and breaking their bones, attorney Rus Rilee said.

Prince Andrew's ex-wife Sarah Ferguson told a French magazine "he is a good man" despite allegations he raped a 17-year-old Jeffrey Epstein victim.

The church said it will give researchers "free access to their files and archives where possible and authorized under canonical and state law."

"Kate" testified that, like last week's accuser "Jane," she was told Epstein and Maxwell could help her start a music career before the sexual abuse started.

Prosecutors brought a massage table into court as a police officer testified it was taken from the same room in the mansion identified by an accuser this week.

A former house manager for Jeffrey Epstein testified seeing young girls at his employer's house and said he helped pick some of them up from their homes.

The settlement was agreed to by 79 women who accused former gynecologist Robert Hadden, and the two hospitals where he worked, of partaking in abuse.

Ghislaine Maxwell's trial is on the cusp of a pivotal day in court as the defendant's legal team is scheduled to cross-examine a key witness.

Ghislaine Maxwell's trial heard Jeffrey Epstein's powerful friends included Prince Andrew, Donald Trump and Bill Clinton—but an expert says it could backfire.

A woman introduced to the jury as "Jane" testified today that she was sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein and Maxwell from 1994-1997, starting when she was 14.

Prince Andrew's denials over Jeffrey Epstein-related abuse allegations are so "at odds" with evidence they indicate "guilt," a lawyer for his accuser says.

Ghislaine Maxwell's trial will hear of a 'morally reprehensible' sex act between Jeffrey Epstein and a 17-year-old girl who was of legal age under U.K. law.

Allyn Walker said a book interviewing 40-plus adults who admit sexual attraction to children and have never abused anyone was intended to prevent future abuse.

"Adults who use their access to children for their own sexual gratification...are both a danger and a disgrace," said FBI's Joseph Bonavolonta.

Virginia Giuffre claimed she was forced to have sexual encounters with billionaires, politicians, royals and heads of state because of Ghislaine Maxwell.

Frederick Cecil McLean had been on the U.S. Marshals Service's 15 Most Wanted fugitive list since 2006.