Former Conn. Boarding School Dean Charged With Sexual Assault
LITCHFIELD, Conn., 07 October 2009: The former dean of an exclusive Connecticut boarding school has been charged with sexually assaulting a fourth student.
Forty-four-year-old Robert Reinhardt, who was fired from The Gunnery school in Washington, Conn., in June, was arraigned Tuesday in Litchfield Superior Court on charges of second-degree sexual assault and giving alcohol to a minor.
Port Alberni man charged with kidnapping, sexual assault
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. (Update) John Ambrose Seward, 22, has been charged with four counts of sexual assault with a weapon, kidnapping and threatening after a knife-point sex attack.
Seward has been remanded in custody until Thursday, October 8, 2009.
Paedophile ring in UK court
A British nursery worker formed part of a triangle of paedophiles who met on Facebook and subjected their victims to a catalogue of horrific child abuse.
Vanessa George (39), and her two accomplices Angela Allen and Colin Blanchard, abused children as young as 12 months old and recorded the acts on mobile phones.
Man arrested over David Letterman blackmail sex case
From behind his desk on the Late Show, David Letterman has been wryly poking fun at the failings of his fellow Americans for 27 years.
But on Thursday night’s show, the CBS television star turned reluctantly to his own shortcomings.
Man arrested, charged in pair of sexual assaults
Police have arrested a man suspected of a pair of sexual assaults within 12 hours of each other on Monday.
John Ambrose Seward, 21, was arrested late Wednesday morning in Roger Creek Park, the scene of the first assault.
Two men from B.C. facing sexual assault charges in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX, N.S.: Two men from British Columbia are facing charges related to an alleged sexual assault in Nova Scotia.
Garry Peak, 32, and James Hanson, both from Prince George, B.C., are each charged with aggravated sexual assault and forcible confinement.
Forest Park postal worker charged in 5th sexual assault
Chicago, 27 Sept.: A postal worker who is awaiting trial on charges he sexually assaulted four women was charged in a fifth case, Chicago police said Friday.
Tommie Naylor, 41, of the 7900 block of South Yale Avenue, was linked through DNA evidence to the Nov. 1 attack on a 16-year-old girl in the 6100 block of South Rockwell Street.
Papas star ’slept with daughter’
London, 24 sept. 2009: The daughter of John Phillips, leader of 1960s group the Mamas and the Papas, has claimed she had a 10-year sexual relationship with her late father.
Mackenzie Phillips, a former child TV star, alleges the consensual incest – disclosed in her recently published memoir – began in 1979 when she was 19.
Purdue police investigate sexual assault, battery
West Lafayette, Ind., 21 Sept.: Purdue University police are investigating a sexual assault and an unrelated battery that occurred early Saturday (Sept. 19).
The sexual assault took place around 1:17 a.m. Saturday (Sept. 19) in the 200 block of University Street. Purdue Police Chief John Cox said a woman reported that she was posing for a picture with a group of friends when a man walked up from behind and fondled her. When the woman screamed, the man released her and left the area heading east.
Schools ’safe’ despite alleged playground sex assaults
Brisbane, 21 Sept.: The director-general of Education Queensland (EQ) says everything possible is being done to make a school north of Brisbane safe after allegations of playground sexual assault.
EQ says there has been three incidents of alleged sexual assault at the school since June involving year one and two students.