Women’s prison fostered culture of abuse

AP

Inside one of the only federal women’s prisons in the United States, inmates say they have been subjected to rampant sexual abuse by correctional officers and even the warden, and were often threatened or punished when they tried to speak up. read more »

Bill Cosby likely to avoid testifying in sex assault lawsuit

AP

A Los Angeles judge on Friday appeared strongly inclined to allow Bill Cosby to invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege and avoid giving a deposition in the lawsuit of a woman who alleges he sexually abused her when she was 15 in the mid-1970s. read more »

Prince Andrew to be deposed in civil lawsuit

ABC

Prince Andrew has agreed to a deposition date of March 10 in connection with the civil lawsuit filed against him by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, according to an attorney for Giuffre and a source close to the prince. read more »

Ghislaine Maxwell retrial arguments must be public, prosecutors tell judge

THE GUARDIAN

Ghislaine Maxwell’s legal arguments involving the juror who might not have disclosed childhood sexual abuse during jury selection should be public, prosecutors said in a letter Friday. read more »