Tag: sexual assault

Military Officer Who Led Vaccine Campaign Faces Sexual Assault Charge

OTTAWA—The military officer who led Canada’s COVID−19 vaccine distribution campaign has been charged with one count of sexual assault. Maj.−Gen. Dany Fortin presented himself to police in Gatineau, Que., on Wednesday morning after a warrant for his arrest was issued Monday. He later told reporters that he does not know the details of the allegation…


Washington Post Reporter Sues Paper, Alleging Discrimination After She Went Public as Sexual Assault Survivor

A Washington Post reporter has sued the paper for allegedly discriminating against her by preventing her from covering stories about sexual misconduct and the #MeToo movement after she publicly spoke out about being a victim of sexual assault. Felicia Sonmez, a national politics reporter, said in a complaint filed Wednesday in D.C. Superior Court (pdf)…


‘Completely Betrayed’: Victim of Hospital Sexual Assault Speaks Out

A woman who says she was sexually assaulted while being treated at a Mission Viejo, Calif. hospital is urging other victims to come forward. Zoe Cooksey, 22, said she was violated at Mission Hospital March 31 while receiving treatment for injuries sustained during an earlier car accident. “I was completely betrayed by Mission Hospital,” Cooksey told…


Nurse Accused of Sexually Assaulting Three Patients

SANTA ANA, Calif.–A registered nurse was booked June 30 on suspicion of sexually assaulting three women on separate occasions while he was working in the emergency room of Providence Mission Hospital in Mission Viejo. Paul Alden Miller, 56, of San Clemente was arrested this morning at his residence, said Orange County sheriff’s Sgt. Todd Hylton….


Australian PM to Meet With Liberal Staffer Brittany Higgins

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will meet with former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins, who alleged that she was raped in Parliament House in 2019. Higgins says she was sexually assaulted by a fellow ministerial adviser in Parliament House while she was working for the coalition government in 2019. The prime minister said a location for the…


Texas Launches Probe Into Child Abuse Allegations at Migrant Facility

Two Texas agencies received tips alleging that children have been sexually assaulted and neglected at a federal outflow migrant facility in San Antonio, Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday, adding that he has ordered an investigation into the matter and called on the Biden administration to shut down the facility. The separate complaints came to the Texas…


New Queensland Sex Consent Law ‘Not Fit for Purpose’: Critics

Queensland Parliament has passed new sexual consent laws that require people to consent or reject a sexual act verbally. This means that silence or intoxication can no longer imply agreement was given for sexual relations. Under the new law, which had bipartisan support, consent can also be withdrawn by words or actions during the act…


Boys Forced to Apologise to Girls on Behalf of Gender at Aussie School Assembly

An Australian school has apologised to parents after male students were forced to stand up in a show of compulsory solidarity at an assembly and apologise to the female students for sexism and assault on behalf of their gender. The assembly, which was held on March 24 at Brauer College, a private school in Warrnambool,…


Aussie Police Chief Defends Sex Consent App Idea

New South Wales (NSW) Police Commissioner Mick Fuller has spoken to the attorney-general and police minister about an app that couples could use to record consent for sex. Fuller has defended his idea of a phone app to establish and record mutual consent before having sex, arguing it could keep people out of a flawed…


Border Agents Arrest Illegal Immigrants Convicted of Rape, Sexual Assault, in California and Texas

Border agents recently arrested several illegal immigrants in California and Texas who were previously convicted of rape or sexual assault, one of whom was previously deported from the United States. In California, the U.S. Border Patrol of the Yuma Sector on March 15 around 11:30 p.m. arrested a Mexican illegal alien who is a convicted rapist….