sexual assault

A U.S. court will hold a pretrial conference Monday in the civil suit filed by a woman who claims Prince Andrew sexually assaulted her as the two sides argue over whether the prince has been properly served with documents in the case

Bail was set at $5,000 for defrocked former cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who is charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy at Wellesley College in the 1970s. A not-guilty plea was entered on McCarrick’s behalf during his arraignment in Dedham District Court Friday, where he remained silent. Wellesley police charged McCarrick, now 91 and living in Missouri, more than a month…

A woman was sexually assaulted Friday while sleeping in her Westwood apartment, and police were seeking the public’s help to identify the assailant.

Alibaba said it would set up a five-woman committee that will be the “decision-making body for matters related but not limited to sexual harassment prevention.”

Over the weekend, a female employee wrote a post on Alibaba’s intranet accusing her supervisor Wang Chengwen and a company client of sexual assault.

A 45-year-old Lyft driver is scheduled to be sentenced in October for raping a woman he was driving home nearly two years ago, according to court records obtained.

Defrocked former cardinal Theodore McCarrick is facing charges that he sexually assaulted a 16-year-old boy at Wellesley College in the 1970s. Wellesley police have charged McCarrick, now 91 and living in Missouri, with indecent assault and battery on a person over 14, the Norfolk District Attorney’s Office confirmed Thursday. The Boston Globe was first to report the charges. McCarrick was…

When Bill Cosby went to prison nearly three years ago, it was the most stunning development yet of the year-old #MeToo movement.

Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction was overturned Wednesday after finding an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented him from being charged in the case.

Cosby was convicted of drugging and molesting Andrea Constand at his suburban estate. He served two years of his three-to-10-year sentence. He was released from a Pennsylvania prison two hours after the court’s opinion came down.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says he will support long-debated changes to the military justice system that would remove decisions on prosecuting sexual assault cases from military commanders

A 50-year-old dentist was charged Monday with sexually abusing nine patients at his Koreatown office.

The Associated Press has learned that leaders of the military services have expressed reservations to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about removing sexual assault cases from the chain of command

A San Francisco man charged with a hate crime in a March 10 sexual assault of an Asian woman at Diridon Station in San Jose had his scheduled court appearance Tuesday pushed back to August.

The Fremont community is on edge after three sexual assaults occurred there in the last month.

A longtime American Airlines flight attendant is suing the airline over how it handled her complaint that she was sexually assaulted by a celebrity chef during a work trip.

A woman testified that she was five years into a relationship with actor Danny Masterson when he began having sex with her while she slept, as he often did

Authorities Friday sought the public’s help to find possible additional victims of a man police said is serving a five-year prison sentence for committing lewd acts with several minors.

A Virginia truck driver wanted in Texas for sexual assault of a child was found in Rhode Island with a teenage girl reported missing nearly a year ago, authorities said.

April Hernandez Castillo has a number of high-profile acting credits under her belt, including guest spots on hit shows like “New Amsterdam,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “30 Rock,” and “Dexter.” In 2007, Castillo starred opposite Oscar-winner Hilary Swank in the drama “Freedom Writers.” But before her success, there was life-threatening trauma. Like a regrettably large number of women,…