Marc Bracke: Doltcini-Van Eyck's team manager banned for three years for sexual harassment

BBC

Doltcini-Van Eyck's team manager Marc Bracke has been banned for three years by cycling's governing body (UCI) for sexually harassing a number of riders. read more »

Defense secretary backs removing sexual assault prosecutions from military justice system

WASHINGTON POST

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday that he will work with Congress to remove sexual assault prosecutions from the military justice system, marking a dramatic about-face for the Pentagon, which for years has not meaningfully confronted an epidemic believed to affect thousands of personnel every year. read more »

‘Epstein’s Shadow’: How the well-off Ghislaine Maxwell became crony to a criminal

CHICAGO SUN TIMES

Heiress, socialite — and alleged accomplice to a monster. Ghislaine Maxwell was arrested in Bradford, New Hampshire, by the FBI last July and awaits trial this November on charges of six federal crimes, including enticement of minors, sex trafficking of children and perjury, all while aiding and abetting Jeffrey Epstein. In the three-part Peacock original documentary series “Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell,” we get a thorough and straightforward and comprehensive look at the woman who grew up privileged and could have done anything with her life but wound up a fugitive and eventually behind bars after years of allegedly procuring victims for the hideous Epstein. read more »