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Bill Cosby sexual assault cases. Bill Cosby in 1969. In late 2014, multiple allegations emerged that Bill Cosby, an American media personality, had sexually assaulted dozens of women throughout his career. [ 1][ 2] Cosby was well known in the United States for his eccentric image, and gained a reputation as "America's Dad" for his portrayal of ...
Andrea Constand v. William H. Cosby, Jr. - First six actions in Court Docket in case. Andrea Constand v. William H. Cosby, Jr. is a civil suit filed in federal court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in March 2005 and resolved with an undisclosed cash settlement (including a confidentiality agreement between its two parties) in November 2006.
The first case to rely on Lawrence v. Texas as precedent. Kansas law allowing for opposite-sex statutory rape to be punished less severely than same-sex statutory rape is unconstitutional. Martin v. Ziherl, 607 S.E.2d 367 (Va. 2005). The Supreme Court of Virginia rules that the state criminal prohibition of sex between unmarried individuals ...
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas court on Wednesday exonerated four women convicted of sexual assault in the 1990s after lawyers argued that they were sent to prison because of junk science ...
July 26, 2024 at 8:08 AM. ARLINGTON, Texas - The founding pastor of an Arlington church turned himself into the Tarrant County jail on Thursday after being charged with sex crimes. Ronnie Goines ...
Rape, sexual assault and aggravated indecent assault without consent. On October 13, 2021, a passenger was sexually assaulted by another rider on a train running on SEPTA 's Market–Frankford Line in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This incident gained international attention due to the lack of calls to authorities despite several bystanders ...
The Archdiocese of Boston placed Strahan on administrative leave in 2019 after sexual assault allegations became known. Strahan had been pastor at the church since 1983 and marked his 60th ...
Doe v. MySpace, Inc., 528 F.3d 413 (2008), is a 2008 Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that MySpace was immune under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 from liability for a sexual assault of a minor that arose from posts on the MySpace platform. [1]