In that moment my life as I knew it was gone. Those were the words of one victim as he described how a dalliance with Adam Hall had left him facing homophobic abuse at work after he contracted HIV.
Afrika Bambaataa gained fame in the burgeoning hip-hop scene for DJing house shows and block parties, becoming a key figure in the Universal Zulu Nation and releasing the influential single 'Zulu Nation Throwdown.'
The allegations against the water polo star surfaced in the suit filed last month by former teammate Romain, who says Van der Woude subjected him to months of racist harassment and sexual abuse while playing on Harvard-Westlake's elite team.
"Everybody knew something wasn't right with her. She would flirt with all the boys on the football team, she would favor them. She would be rude to all the girls."
Police have questioned a man over allegations of human trafficking and facilitating rape in connection with the former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed. The suspect, who is in his 60s, was interviewed under caution this month after 154 people came forward to report allegations of sexual abuse by Al Fayed.
I am nearly 96 years old, and for the last 60 years have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farmworker movement I have spent my entire life fighting for. As a young mother in the 1960s, I experienced two separate sexual encounters with Cesar. The first time I was manipulated and pressured into having sex with him, and I didn't feel I could say no because he was someone that I admired, my boss and the leader of the movement I had already devoted years of my life to. The second time I was forced, against my will, and in an environment where I felt trapped.
On Tuesday, Columbia released a long-awaited report that details a culture of silence that allowed OB-GYN Robert Hadden to abuse more than 1,000 patients during his nearly 25-year career at Columbia. In unveiling the report, the university also announced that two long-time administrators are leaving their positions.
A former teacher and coach at the shuttered Summit Everest school has been arrested and charged with sex crimes for having alleged sexual relationships with two high school students. 31-year-old Anthony Gutierrez-Molina of Palo Alto was taken into custody this past Thursday by the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office for the crimes. The relationships with the students occurred from around 2023 to 2025.
An investigation into Anthony Gutierrez Molina, 31, of Palo Alto, began after a student from Summit Everest, which closed last year, came forward in January, sheriff's spokeswoman Gretchen Spiker said in a statement. The student was 16 at the time of the alleged incidents, according to Spiker. Gutierrez Molina was a coach and program manager for the school, according to Spiker.
Van der Woude was arrested on Harvard-Westlake's campus in February 2024 after another parent complained to police that their son had also been abused, the outlet reported. By that time 17, he was ordered to complete probation and pay $50,000 in restitution under a plea deal with Los Angeles County prosecutors that dropped a more serious charge - the restitution remains unpaid, per the outlet.
The trial, held in a court in the religious capital of the country, concluded on Monday night with a 20-year prison sentence for the doctor, after the victims presented a detailed account of the horrors they endured. It began as a story of jealousy. The psychiatrist S.I. had declined to accompany his wife on a trip to France that they had arranged the previous year.
"Thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill, ICE has new funding to expand detention space to keep murderers, rapists, pedophiles, gang members, and terrorists off American streets before they are removed for good from our communities," the statement continues. "Secretary [Kristi] Noem aims to work with officials on both sides of the aisle to expand detention space to help ICE law enforcement carry out the largest deportation effort in American history."
A captain with the Pasadena Fire Department has been charged with nine counts of committing lewd acts with a minor under age 14. Prosecutors allege he sexually abused three victims over a period spanning more than two decades. Christopher James Ramstead, 47, of Thousand Oaks was arrested Wednesday and, if convicted, faces up to 135 years to life in state prison, according to the L.A. County district attorney's office. He pleaded not guilty Monday and was ordered held without bail.
A new tranche of Epstein files has blasted its way through the worlds of media, politics, tech, academia, finance and Hollywood. High-profile individuals have once again been forced to explain their relationship with the billionaire financier and why exactly they sent that email, or what they were doing in that photo, in that place, at that time. There have been resignations in Norway, Slovakia, France, the UK and on Wall Street.
