A Maryland college professor has been fired from his role after officials concluded he sexually harassed multiple female students during lessons, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office (DOE) for Civil Rights (OCR) announced on June 28. The DOE said it had concluded its inquiry into the sexual misconduct incident at the Takoma Park/Silver Spring campus…
Maryland Professor Fired After Ordering Female Students to Strip Off During Class
Victorian Senator to Leave Parliament, Resign From Liberal Party Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations
Embattled Senator David Van is expected to leave parliament after he resigned from the Liberal Party amid accusations of sexual harassment. The Liberal senator recently came under fire after independent Senator Lidia Thorpe and former Liberal Senator Amanda Stoker alleged he had inappropriately touched them. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton also revealed there was another individual who…
Senator Kicked out of Party Room Following Allegations of Sexual Harassment Accusation
June 15, 2023
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Australian Liberal Senator David Van has been dumped from the Opposition party room following accusations by Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe and former Liberal Senator Amanda Stoker that he had sexually assaulted them. Stoker’s allegations were released in a media statement on Thursday and followed Thorpe’s accusation on Wednesday. On Wednesday afternoon, under parliamentary privilege, Thorpe accused Van of…
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton Responds Swiftly to Parliamentary Sexual Assualt Allegations
June 15, 2023
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Australian Liberal Senator David Van has been dumped from the Opposition party room following allegations by Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe and former Liberal Senator Amanda Stoker, and another unnamed individual that Van had sexually assaulted them. Stoker’s allegations were released in a media statement on Thursday and followed Thorpe’s accusation on Wednesday. While the third allegation was revealed…
Legislation Banning Wolf-Whistling Amended to Remove ‘It Was Just a Joke’ Defence
Home Secretary Suella Braverman has backed a private members’ bill that would outlaw wolf-whistling even if the person responsible thinks it is “just a joke.” Wolf-whistles and cat calls are just one type of “sex-based harassment” included in the bill which has been proposed by Conservative backbench MP Greg Clark. The bill makes it an…
NIH Doing Too Little to Stop Sexual Harassment Cases Among Its Grant Recipients, House Committee Chair Alleges
March 14, 2023
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A powerful House committee chair wants an explanation for the National Institutes for Health’s (NIH) foot-dragging on more than 300 sexual harassment reports from women working for grantees like Yale University that get billions of dollars annually from the agency in federal research grants. Noting that NIH has ignored her Aug. 11, 2022, request for…
George Santos Accused of Sexual Harassment and Ethics Violations by Former Volunteer
Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) is accused of sexual harassment by a potential congressional aide, according to a letter posted to Twitter on Feb. 3. The letter, sent by former journalist Derek Myers, accused Santos of both sexual misconduct and ethics violations, which allegedly took place during the days Myers worked as a volunteer for the…
Biden Signs Bill to Limit Enforcement of Sexual Harassment NDAs
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed into law a measure to bar enforcement of pre-dispute nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) that prohibit victims from disclosing sexual assault and harassment on the job. “I just signed the Speak Out Act, a bill that’ll enable survivors to speak out about workplace sexual assault and harassment and increase access to…
New York AG Says Private Investigation Substantiates Sexual Harassment Claims Against Chief of Staff
December 8, 2022
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New York Attorney General Letitia James on Dec. 7 said that the sexual harassment allegations made against her former chief of staff were substantiated. The Democrat’s chief of staff, Ibrahim Khan, stepped down from his role earlier this month following an investigation into at least two sexual harassment claims made against him. The longtime political adviser to…
Videographer Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking
November 9, 2022
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SAN DIEGO—A videographer for the now-defunct San Diego-based pornographic website GirlsDoPorn.com was sentenced Nov. 9 to four years in prison for taking part in a sex-trafficking conspiracy that coerced hundreds of women to appear in online pornographic videos under false pretenses. Theodore Wilfred Gyi, 44, pleaded guilty to a federal count of conspiracy to commit…
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