San Jose State University has reached a $3.3 million settlement with 15 former student athletes who were sexually abused by a longtime sports trainer. It is the second sexual abuse settlement reached against the university in the last two months....

A federal lawsuit filed by a Santa Ana woman who reported that a California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions has been settled for $4.5 million. Following over three years of litigation, the CHP and State...

A former Riverside, California, teacher has been charged with sexually abusing a child and ex-student over 20 years ago. Paul Edward Lowe, 61, of Corona, California, was arrested by Riverside Police Department detectives on November 9 and charged with 14...

Two U.S. senators have introduced bipartisan legislation in an effort to ensure that survivors of childhood sexual abuse may seek justice through civil lawsuits without being barred by statues of limitations. Federal civil remedy statute, 18 U.S. Code § 2255,...

The FBI is urging possible sexual abuse survivors to come forward following an announcement confirming that a U.S. Embassy staffer accused of drugging and sexually assaulting at least 24 women over the course of a 14-year period was actually a...

An alleged sexual assault of a female student in the boy’s bathroom of Hamilton High School in West Los Angeles has led to an ongoing police investigation Tuesday, according to the school district. The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)...

A music teacher from Apple Valley was arrested Friday after a hidden camera was discovered at the school where he worked, according to San Bernardino County Sheriff’s officials. Kenneth Sockwell, 63, was taken into custody on Friday, October 22, 2021,...

Rideshare company Lyft released a first-ever safety report on Thursday, confirming 4,158 reports of sexual assault on its platform in 2017, 2018, and 2019. The safety report comes over three years after both Lyft and rideshare competitor Uber had initially...

The University of Southern California’s (USC) Sigma Nu fraternity chapter has been placed on interim suspension after reports of women being drugged and sexually assaulted at the house were made to the school, officials said. On Thursday, the USC Department...

Every 68 seconds, another American is sexually assaulted, according to the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization, RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network). Furthermore, RAINN estimates that one out of every six women in America will be the victim of...