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'I'm having a bad week': Aries Spears brushes off child sexual abuse allegations

Aries Spears has personally denied the child sexual abuse allegations leveled against him and fellow comic Tiffany Haddish.

Los Angeles Times

Ukraine police uncover child sexual abuse ring involving Russian children

Suspect arrested and 15 children identified but authorities say war is hampering efforts to pursue case

The Guardian - UK

Catholic abuse compo court case delayed

The start of a trial looking at compensation for victims of child sexual abuse by a Catholic brother in South Australia has been delayed.

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Tas hospital manager denies abuse cover-up

A human resources manager at Tasmania's Launceston General Hospital has denied deliberately covering up an allegation of child sexual abuse against a nurse.

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Texas DA says sex abuse case against John Wetteland will go forward after mistrial

DALLAS — The Denton County district attorney’s office said Tuesday that prosecutors will retry former Texas Rangers pitcher John Wetteland’s sexual abuse case, which ended in a mistrial last week.

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Accuser to DA: Arrest Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears immediately amid allegations

LOS ANGELES — The woman who recently sued Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears for alleged child sexual abuse submitted a letter Monday to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office calling for the comedians' immediate arrest and prosecution.

Los Angeles Times

Tas youth centre boss 'not told' of abuse

The ex-manager of a Tasmanian youth detention centre has told an inquiry that he wasn't made aware of historical allegations against a senior staffer.

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Nirvana win lawsuit over Nevermind baby album cover

A US judge has dismissed Spencer Elden’s claim that an image of him as a naked baby on the 1991 album constituted child sexual abuse

The Guardian - UK

Three children rescued, 45 people facing child exploitation charges after WA police operation

Three alleged child sexual abuse victims are rescued as part of an operation involving WA and federal police, as 45 people are charged with a total of 149 offences and more than 35,000 images and videos are seized.

ABC News

HC restrains media from publishing or telecasting Pollachi sexual abuse case trial proceedings

Following CBI’s complaint against Nakheeran Publications, judge laments that media had belied the court’s expectations

The Hindu

Mistrial declared in former Texas Rangers pitcher’s sex abuse case after jury deadlocks

DENTON, Texas — The judge declared a mistrial Friday in the sexual abuse trial of former Texas Rangers pitcher John Wetteland after a Denton County jury said they were deadlocked.

Tribune News Service

State of denial: How police child abuse inquiries ran aground

In part two of a series on Crown Law withholding evidence from police, Aaron Smale asks: how did the government and its lawyers behave when they knew the state was guilty of serious crimes again

Newsroom.co.nz

Jury deliberating fate of former Texas Rangers pitcher accused of sexual abuse

A Denton County, Texas, jury Friday is deliberating the fate of former Texas Rangers pitcher John Wetteland, who is accused of sexually abusing a young relative in the early 2000s.

Tribune News Service

Tas abuse inquiry prompts public forums

Community forums will be held in Tasmania as the health department aims to rebuild trust after harrowing evidence heard at a child sexual abuse inquiry.

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Comedians Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears accused of child sexual abuse

Comedians accused of ‘intentional infliction of emotional distress, gross negligence, sexual battery, sexual harassment, and sexual abuse of a minor’

The Hindu

Karnataka seer arrested in sexual abuse case hospitalised

In a day of dramatic developments in connection with POCSO case, the seer was shifted from jail to hospital and finally to police custody

Los Angeles Times

Tiffany Haddish's reps dismiss sexual abuse allegations against her and Aries Spears

LOS ANGELES — Comedians Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears are being sued after being accused of child sexual abuse.

The Guardian - UK

African football head criticised for visiting Gabon FA president in jail

Alleged victims and Fifpro have criticised the head of African football’s governing body for publicly supporting the president of the Gabon’s football federation, who has been accused of covering up widespread sexual abuse.

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The Hindu

Superintendent of Patna shelter home held over allegations of sexual abuse

An SIT has been constituted to look into complaints

Sports Illustrated

Two Women Sue George Foreman for Rape, Sexual Abuse

The former heavyweight boxing champion raped them when they were under the age of legal consent, the women said.

ABC News

Former worker at Ashley Youth Detention Centre held job for almost a decade after complaints raised, commission of inquiry told

A former worker at Tasmania's notorious Ashley Youth Detention Centre, who was the subject of multiple redress claims, continued to work there for almost another decade, a commission of inquiry examining the centre has heard.

AAP

State 'aware' of Tas youth detention abuse

An inquiry has been told an alleged pedophile worked for years at Tasmania's youth detention centre while abuse accusations sat idle on government records.

ABC News

Ashley youth prison guards 'encouraged fights between inmates for sport', inquiry hears

A former detainee of Tasmania's youth detention centre urges the commission of inquiry into child sexual abuse to "tear the place down and start again", amid allegations one area of the prison was known as the "gladiator pit" due to fights.

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Paedophile surgeon Michael Shine praises decision to drop cases against him as 'right thing'

He was released from prison in January after serving three years for sexual abuse of seven boys

ABC News

Female detainee tells of Ashley prison abuse and 'favouritism' of some male inmates by staff

The inquiry investigating child sexual abuse at Tasmania's only youth prison is told by a former female detainee she was preyed upon by male inmates and staff at the facility — and that the experience had left her "without words" to express herself.

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