Embattled former USC gynecologist Dr. George Tyndall was released from jail just after 5 p.m. Friday on $160,000 bond.

The 72-year-old was arrested in June and was charged with sexually assaulting 16 patients. Since then, hundreds of other women have come forward with allegations against him.

Tyndall was a gynecologist at USC for almost 30 years before he was fired in 2017.

He has pleaded not guilty to the charges levied against him.

If convicted, Tyndall could face up to 53 years in prison. read more »

MIT apologises for accepting $800,000 in donations from Jeffrey Epstein

Massachusetts Institute of Technology president reveals scale of funding in letter of apology to disgraced financier’s victims

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been plunged further into crisis as a letter from its president revealed the scale of financial donations it received from the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

One of its top scientists and recipients of Epstein donations, Seth Lloyd, also penned a public apology for accepting the funds, saying: “I helped Mr Epstein protect his reputation, and I disempowered his victims. I should have focused on them instead of him.” read more »

Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to new indictment forcing trial delay

Revised charges against Weinstein may enable the prosecution to add testimony from actor Annabella Sciorra

Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty on Monday to a new indictment that included revised charges of predatory sexual assault. The revisions forced the delay of Weinstein’s trial from 9 September to 6 January 2020.

The changes, which reflect new evidence presented to a grand jury this month, may enable the prosecution to add testimony from actor Annabella Sciorra, who has claimed she was assaulted by Weinstein in 1993. read more »

More Lawsuits Allege Boy Scouts Covered Up Decades Of Child Sex Abuse

he already embattled Boy Scouts of America has been hit with a new slate of lawsuits claiming the youth organization hid or mishandled child sexual abuse claims for years.

Last week, nine plaintiffs filed suit against the BSA in New York and Long Island, all claiming the Scouts failed to protect them from abuse, some in incidents going as far back as the 1950s.

One alleged victim, now 61, told The Washington Post the Scouts allowed his abuser to keep working with other boys—despite, he alleges, the organization knowing of the man's behavior. "It's bad enough what one individual human being does, that's between him and God," the alleged victim, identified as David, told the Post. "What an organization does to thousands of people, that's between society and those people."

"I felt honestly more incensed by their concealment than my abuse when I was a child," David added. read more »