sexual assault

A federal judge is allowing the Education Department to move forward with new rules governing how schools and universities respond to sexual assault complaints.

The New York Times looks looks back at Antioch College’s groundbreaking first affirmative consent policy for sex which was ridiculed 25 years ago but is now considered groundbreaking in the #MeToo movement.

If calls to “defund the police” and divert funds to nonpolicing efforts are successful, what happens to rapists and sex offenders?

The death of Army Specialist Vanessa Guillen has sparked a military “Me Too” movement online using the hashtags #IamVanessaGuillen and #JusticeforVanessa. Women are posting the hashtags along with graphic accounts of sexual assaults they say they experienced while in the U.S. military. One of those women, Marine combat veteran Kayla Carnevale said of her assault, “It ruined me for...

A rapidly growing number of people are voicing their support, reports NBC 7’s Bridget Naso.

On Friday morning, a Twitter user who goes by the name Gabby posted a message to her followers where she shared “my story” with the Hollywood actor. In her post that has since gone private, Gabby claims the 26-year-old actor “sexually assaulted me when I was 17. I had DMed him on when it was two days before my 17th...

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has issued final rules that will reshape the way schools and universities respond to complaints of sexual misconduct

More than a dozen felony charges were filed Monday against a Poway anesthesiologist who faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted of sexually assaulting three incapacitated patients.

The Pentagon says reports of sexual assaults across the military increased slightly last year, with the Air Force showing the biggest jump of all the services

Fears of getting infected with the coronavirus have prompted authorities in Northern California to allow some sexual assault victims to collect evidence with a nurse directing them in the hourslong process through a video call. The temporary measure put in place in Marin County after shelter-in-place orders were issued last month to stop the spread of the virus raises issues…

A North County doctor was arrested Monday after he was accused of sexually assaulting a patient while she was unconscious and Escondido police believe there may be more victims.

A transient man is in jail accused of sexually assaulting a 70-year-old woman at Las Villas de Carlsbad Senior Living Community, an assisted living facility on Laguna Drive in Carlsbad. Police say, Austin Miller, 25, entered the facility just before 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, went into a room and sexually assaulted the 70-year-old woman. A staff member confronted the man and…

NBC 7’s Rory Devine shares details of the arrest and the investigation to this point.

A North County woman says a San Marcos dermatologist inappropriately touched her and retaliated against her after she refused to allow him to do a vaginal exam.

Prosecutors who won a conviction in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case are defending their work as they fight the imprisoned actor’s latest appeal

San Jose police, with the help of a security guard, arrested a 70-year-old man this week on suspicion of kidnapping and molesting a 13-year-old girl, according to the police department.

Allegations in a newly filed lawsuit suggest an ambulance company could have potentially warned future employers about the actions of an EMT, now convicted of sexually assaulting a teenage girl.

For years, Lyft has been the good guy of ride-hailing. In early days, its cars were adorned with whimsical pink mustaches. Its founders talked about improving peoples’ lives by reducing individual car ownership. And while Uber drivers grabbed headlines for assaulting passengers, somehow — despite many drivers working for both companies — Lyft remained unscathed. That changed when dozens of…

There are new allegations against the ambulance companies for negligence in the incident. NBC 7 Investigates Mari Payton has more.

For more than a year, Dr. Leon Fajerman denied that he groped, forcefully kissed, fondled and sexually assaulted vulnerable female patients.