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Bronx Priest Active in Local Politics Suspended in Abuse Case
Brendan O'Connor · 01/21/16 11:18PMNYPD Cop Arrested on Child Molestation Charges
Brendan O'Connor · 12/17/15 01:51AMWhy Did Dennis Hastert Pay All That Hush Money? Feds: "It Was About Sex"
Adam Weinstein · 05/29/15 03:10PMStorytime With Mom: A Genealogy of Rape
Linda Chavers · 02/28/15 02:05PM"If two people come together," my mother began, "who've never had any power except by the way of abuse, it's going to be bad. Both of us had power exerted over us as children. I eventually learned that as an adult, I was still doing the dance, seeking out abusive relationships. That doesn't mean it was my fault. But I played a role. And your father was abused by his father and, as an adult, he became a rage-aholic, exerting power over others."
War Machine Laughs in Court at Ex-Girlfriend's Sexual Abuse Testimony
Hudson Hongo · 11/15/14 05:20PMJonathan Koppenhaver, the mixed martial arts fighter known as "War Machine," was admonished in a Las Vegas courtroom yesterday for laughing during the testimony of alleged victim Christy Mack. Koppenhaver's lawyer denied his client had laughed at all, causing judge Melanie Andress-Tobiasson to respond, "I watched him laugh."
Bryan Singer's Connection to Hollywood Kid Sex Scene Explored in Doc
Rich Juzwiak · 11/15/14 04:47PMIf Amy Berg's documentary An Open Secret eventually finds the distribution that is currently eluding it, it's going to mean more problems for director Bryan Singer, who earlier this year was accused of repeatedly drugging, threatening and forcibly sodomizing a minor in a lawsuit. It could mean problems, in fact, for a whole lot of people in Hollywood. Our awareness of the exploitation of minors by powerful men is just the tip of an iceberg, according to Anne Henry of the non-profit BizParentz.
Amanda Bynes: "The Microchip in My Brain Made Me Say" My Dad Abused Me
Allie Jones · 10/10/14 10:40AMAlt Lit Is Dead and Its Women Writers Are Creating Their Own Scene
Allie Jones · 10/03/14 03:55PMAlt lit is caving in on itself. After a week of multiple rape and abuse allegations against prominent authors and editors, the earnest, internet-obsessed literary scene is in full crisis: Today, the alt lit criticism site and scene blog of record Htmlgiant announced that it's shutting down. Meanwhile, in a private Facebook group associated with the blog Alt Lit Gossip, women writers have suggested forming an entirely new scene, "no boys allowed."
Sarah Hyland Says Ex-BF Choked Her, Threatened to Set Her House on Fire
Dayna Evans · 09/24/14 09:45AMMy Abuser Was Quiet
Stacey Muhammad · 09/20/14 03:27PMMy abuser was quiet, soft-spoken and charming. He was the kind of man who would knock you down a flight of stairs then run down to kiss every wound. Despite the signs, he didn't fit the description of a violent person in my mind. I ignored the storm that was brewing and convinced myself that since he hadn't hit me, I in fact was not in an abusive relationship.
Cops Find Monsters Who Dumped Poop-Filled "Ice Bucket" on Autistic Boy
Andy Cush · 09/09/14 01:20PMMan Arrested as Video of Him Beating Autistic Boy at Party Goes Viral
Adam Weinstein · 08/15/14 10:51AMPolice have arrested a man for allegedly beating an autistic teen at a house party in Okeechobee, Florida, a brutal incident caught on tape and shared widely on social media.
Archbishop Says the Vatican Has Punished Thousands of Priests
Gabrielle Bluestone · 05/06/14 06:23PMWoody Allen Is Not a Monster. He Is a Person. Like My Father.
William Warwick · 02/07/14 04:15PMWoman Tapes Encounter With Teacher Who Allegedly Molested Her
Sarah Hedgecock · 01/21/14 04:30PMWhen the statute of limitations for sexual abuse came up before one California woman could work up the courage to report her abuser, she took the matter into her own hands. A California woman identifying herself as Jamie, claiming that a teacher had molested her, said she recently found the teacher's phone number and confronted her. Jamie taped the whole conversation.
School Teacher Pleads Guilty To Feeding Students Semen-Laced Cookies
Max Rivlin-Nadler · 11/17/13 01:29PMMike Arrington Punches Back; Julia Allison Says Other Ex Was Abused
Adrian Chen · 04/12/13 11:36AMAfter keeping relatively quiet for the past two weeks, TechCrunch founder and Silicon Valley kingmaker Mike Arrington issued an exhaustive rebuttal on his blog yesterday to his ex-girlfriend Jenn Allen's public claims that he raped and physically abused her. Arrington's pushback against Allen comes as Gawker has uncovered more detail on allegations that he assaulted another ex-girlfriend, Meghan Asha—including corroboration from Asha's friend and former partner, Julia Allison.
Photographer Says Alec Baldwin Called Him 'Coon' and 'Crackhead'
Max Read · 02/18/13 08:55AMHow One Writer Tried to Defy Her Publisher and Reveal the Abusive Relationship Hidden in Her Romantic Memoir
Max Read · 01/11/13 07:26PM"I set out to write a memoir that was a love letter to a man I was deeply in love with, a man who challenged me in myriad ways, a man who changed my life profoundly, a man I respected and honored greatly at the time," Alisa Valdes wrote on her blog on Wednesday. She was talking about her book The Feminist and the Cowboy: An Unlikely Love Story. "[W]hat I actually wrote was a handbook for women on how to fall in love with a manipulative, controlling, abusive narcissist. [...] I feel I owe it to my loyal readers and fans to be truthful now. It is the decent thing to do."