Swetnick, in an affidavit, claims that Kavanaugh as a high school student in the early 1980s, with others spiked the drinks of girls at house parties with grain alcohol and/or drugs.

District failed to address early complaints about former Prairie Middle School teacher Brian Vasquez. By Noelle Phillips.

A well-known surgeon from Newport Beach and his girlfriend are accused of drugging and sexually assaulting two women, and Southern California authorities said they believe there could be many more victims. Grant William Robicheaux, 38, and Cerissa Laura Riley, 31, are charged with rape by use of drugs, oral copulation by anesthesia or controlled substance, assault with intent to commit sexual offense, and possession of a controlled substance for sale. Robicheaux is also accused of firearms violations.

Kevin Spacey will not be prosecuted over a sexual assault claim because too much time has passed since the alleged incident took place. A man alleged the actor had assaulted him in West Hollywood in October 1992, but Los Angeles prosecutors said on Tuesday they could not take the case forward because any alleged sex crime involving an adult that occurred in that year would fall outside of California’s statute of limitations.

French actor Gérard Depardieu has been accused of rape and sexual assault by a 22-year-old woman, a spokesman for the Paris prosecutor told CNN on Thursday. "The Paris public prosecutor's office is making a preliminary investigation on counts of rape and sexual assault," the spokesman said. In the French judicial system, Depardieu would be placed under formal investigation if officials find grounds for pursuing the matter further.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is preparing to propose new sexual misconduct rules that cement the rights of the accused and reduce liability for institutions.

I remember the last papal visit to Ireland. It was 1979, and I was aged 13. I went to a Christian Brothers school. I sang at mass every Sunday, occasionally did readings, and the youth group I attended every week took place in a convent. I remember being envious because my older brother and sister got to see the pope, but I didn’t. I was in the minority in that regard: a staggering 75% of the population saw John Paul II during his three-day visit. One-third of the population attended the papal mass in Dublin’s Phoenix Park. That event remains the largest single mobilisation of people in Irish history.

ROME—On Wednesday morning, Pope Francis stood in the window of the apostolic palace looking over St. Peter’s Square and blessed the crowds that had gathered for the Catholic celebration of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into heaven. He talked about saints and heaven and sent his prayers to the victims of the bridge collapse in the northern Italian city of Genoa the day before.

Police have charged an Uber driver after they say he sexually assaulted a passenger early Thursday morning. According to a police report, at about 12:20 a.m. the victim, a 21-year-old Brown University student, requested an Uber ride from Thayer Street to her home, and then to Medway Street. When they arrived at her home, police said the driver, 29-year-old Carlos Carrillo, asked to use her bathroom. She allowed him to use it and when they returned to the car Carrillo insisted that she sit in the front seat.

Harvey Weinstein has taken his first shot at attempting to dismiss a lawsuit from Ashley Judd. The actress sued the movie mogul in April and alleged her career suffered as the result of sexual harassment. She accuses Weinstein of making sexual demands in a hotel room about 20 years ago — an encounter she allegedly only escaped after relenting to...

A Plymouth woman is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy during a Fourth of July gathering in Random Lake. Tori Mason, 33, of Plymouth faces one count of sexual assault of a child under the age of 16. According to a criminal complaint, the host of the Fourth of July gathering said Mason showed up around 10 p.m. or 10:30 p.m. — already drunk.

The CEO of Billboard and The Hollywood Reporter was pushed out earlier this week after a private internal investigation raised concerns about evidence of sexual harassment and other wrongdoing, according to three sources with direct knowledge of the outcome of the internal investigation. The probe stemmed from allegations of sexual harassment, and expanded over the past few weeks after an audit was launched looking into other allegations of impropriety by John Amato.

Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to charges of sexually assaulting a woman in 2006 - the third criminal sex assault case to have been brought against him. The producer of films such as Shakespeare in Love and The English Patient, appeared in court in New York where he denied sexually assaulting a woman in 2006.

Two weeks ago, Nerdist erased all traces of founder and CEO Chris Hardwick after actress Chloe Dykstra published a Medium post that alleged “long-term” abuse, both emotional and sexual, (along with career blacklisting) against an unnamed ex-boyfriend who she accused of controlling behavior. Due to the specified timing and several other details, many people believed that Hardwick was the ex in question, and his career has taken several hits, including the shelving of his AMC talk show and cancellation of Comic-Con appearances.

James Franco has been filming the second season of his HBO drama series “The Deuce,” which his friend and collaborator Seth Rogen says is a “sign that thing seem to be OK” for Franco following multiple accusations of sexual harassment earlier this year. Franco has remained out of the spotlight since five women accused him of sexually exploitative behavior in a January 2018 report published in the Los Angeles Times.

Chloe Dykstra spoke out on Wednesday to thank her supporters after seeming to accuse her ex-boyfriend Chris Hardwick of abuse. In a lengthy Twitter message, Dykstra also said that she hopes “that women and men on both sides of abuse will make changes.” “It is my hope, and it always was, that women and men on both sides of abuse will make changes to either protect themselves, or to stop the cycle of pain their own behavior can cause,” Dykstra wrote. “These behaviors are insidious and often hard to spot – we make excuses for them and, bit by bit, we can lose ourselves entirely.”

AMC Networks says it has a "positive relationship" with the Talking Dead presenter but took the "troubling" allegations seriously.

The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office is reviewing a sexual assault case against Sylvester Stallone, a D.A. spokesperson said. The case was presented today by the Santa Monica Police Department, which confirmed to Deadline that it was a woman who said in November 2017 she planned to file a police report over an alleged sexual assault that she claims occurred in the 1990s.

Lulabel Seitz was giving the commencement address at her high school graduation when school officials cut off her microphone after she began talking about sexual assault allegations.

Harvey Weinstein was facing a new rape allegation on Friday, including claims that a woman captured video of Weinstein assaulting her, as part of a lawsuit alleging that he had help covering up his misconduct with women. The lawsuit was filed in New York by three women, including one who says Weinstein raped her at a Manhattan hotel in 2011. It comes a week after Weinstein was arrested on New York state rape and criminal sex act charges.