Panel Finds Daniel Snyder Interfered With Sexual Harassment Investigation NEW YORK TIMES As the N.F.L. was investigating his team for widespread workplace misconduct, the Washington Commanders owner Daniel Snyder directed a “shadow investigation” to interfere with and undermine its findings, a Congressional committee found. read more »
Bill Cosby Loses Sex Assault Lawsuit and Must Pay Damages NEW YORK TIMES A jury on Tuesday found that Bill Cosby sexually assaulted Judy Huth in 1975, when as a 16-year-old girl she accepted his invitation to join him at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles. read more »
Lyft reaches $25 million settlement of claims it hid safety problems before IPO REUTERS Lyft Inc (LYFT.O) has reached a $25 million settlement to resolve shareholder claims that the ride-hailing company concealed safety problems, including sexual assaults by drivers, prior to its 2019 initial public offering. read more »
Southern Baptists Release List of Alleged Sex Abusers NEW YORK TIMES Leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention published a 205-page list Thursday evening of hundreds of ministers and other church workers it described as being “credibly accused” of sexual abuse. read more »
UK prosecutor charges actor Kevin Spacey with sexual assault REUTERS Britain's Crown Prosecution Service said on Thursday it had authorised criminal charges against actor Kevin Spacey for four counts of sexual assault against three men. read more » Her Tennis Coach Abused Her. Could the Sport Have Prevented It? NEW YORK TIMES
Southern Baptist Sex Abuse Report Stuns, From Pulpit to Pews NEW YORK TIMES The results of a sprawling investigation are coursing through every level of Baptist society, at an already fraught moment for the nation’s largest Protestant denomination. Tesla loses bid to move sexual harassment lawsuit to arbitration REUTERS
Musk denies he sexually harassed flight attendant on private jet REUTERS Billionaire Elon Musk has denounced as "utterly untrue" claims in a news report that he sexually harassed a flight attendant on a private jet in 2016. read more » Albany to pass bill giving adult survivors of sexual abuse another year to sue NEW YORK POST
His Report of Abuse Drew Ridicule at First. Years Later, a Jury Listened NEW YORK TIMES Alex Harrison sued his school district for negligence after his high school tennis coach molested him. The case landed him back at the courthouse where he’d first told his story years earlier. read more »
In a First for the Air Force, a General Is Convicted of Sex Abuse NEW YORK TIMES An Air Force major general was found guilty of forcibly kissing a woman in 2018, in the first court-martial trial and conviction of a general officer in the 75-year history of the military branch, its authorities said. read more »
Jeffrey Epstein, a Rare Cello and an Enduring Mystery NEW YORK TIMES When Jeffrey Epstein died in prison in 2019, he took many secrets with him. One was how a sexual predator and college dropout managed to forge bonds with an astonishing number of the world’s richest and most powerful men, like Britain’s Prince Andrew and the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. read more »