Rape suspect turns himself into LCSD
A Columbus man is in Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office custody after he turned himself in on a suspected rape.
Police searching for rape suspect
Investigators with the Columbus Police Department are looking for a rape suspect.
3 UVa graduates sue Rolling Stone over retracted rape story
Three University of Virginia graduates and members of a fraternity profiled in a debunked account of a gang rape in a retracted Rolling Stone magazine story filed a lawsuit against the publication and the article’s author Wednesday, court records show.
Study: Rape prevention training works
A program that taught college women ways to prevent sexual assault cut in half the chances they would be raped over the next year, a Canadian study found.
Will new focus on rape kit tests put thousands behind bars?
The evidence piled up for years, abandoned in police property rooms, warehouses and crime labs. Now, thousands of sexual assault kits are giving up their secrets — and rapists who’ve long remained free may finally face justice.
Campus sex crime reporting increases, says Education Dept.
Reports of sex offenses on college campuses provided to the Education Department have nearly doubled over a five-year period.
Man arrested in statutory rape case
Columbus police have arrested a local man on suspicion of statutory rape.
Maben man charged with statutory rape
The Starkville Police Department arrested and charged a 24-year-old Maben man with statutory rape Saturday.
Cosby has a ‘wonderful time’ as returns to stage in Canada
Bill Cosby said he had a “wonderful time” and got a standing ovation from polite Canadian fans at his first show following a string of cancellations.
Mitch Albom: Erasing Bill Cosby with the speed of light
Ever since Bill Cosby was accused by one, then two, then four, then almost uncountable women of everything from unwelcome kissing to flat-out rape, the one reaction I can’t quite figure is TV Land pulling “The Cosby Show” reruns from its air.
Few campus sex assaults reported to police
Senators on Tuesday grappled with the thorny issue of why some just let their college handle it — or don’t report it at all.
Latest Cosby accuser also testified against Marv Albert
A woman who said Friday that Bill Cosby had drugged her and sexually assaulted her in 1979 also accused another famous man of attempted sexual assault: sportscaster Marv Albert.
Bill Cosby seeks to dismiss new sex abuse lawsuit
A woman suing Bill Cosby for sexual battery attempted to sell a story about the comedian to a tabloid a decade ago and tried to extort money in exchange for her silence, Cosby’s attorney said in a court filing Thursday.
New lawsuit brings Cosby abuse claims to court
A lawsuit by a woman who claims Bill Cosby molested her when she was 15 years old has moved allegations of sexual misconduct against the comedian from the court of public opinion into the courthouse.
For one night on stage, embattled Cosby his old self
The protesters didn’t show, the would-be hecklers didn’t take the bait, the weeks of headlines about sexual assaults disappeared and Bill Cosby, for 90 minutes at least, regained the revered status he long enjoyed.
Florida woman latest to accuse Cosby of forced sex
A Florida woman who came forward Thursday became the fourth in recent weeks to say Bill Cosby gave her pills that made her feel groggy then forced himself on her sexually.
TV Land pulls ‘Cosby Show’ from lineup
NBC has scrapped a Bill Cosby comedy that was under development and TV Land will stop airing reruns of “The Cosby Show.”
Model-TV host Dickinson accuses Cosby of assault
Model and TV host Janice Dickinson added her name to the women who have accused comic Bill Cosby of sexual assault.
Suspect in Va. abduction charged in DC area rape
The suspect in the disappearance of a University of Virginia student was charged Monday with abducting and raping a woman in suburban Washington, D.C., in 2005.
Lawsuit: Ala. teen used as bait in school sex sting
Some facts of the case aren’t in dispute: A teacher’s aide asked a 14-year-old girl to go into a middle school bathroom as bait so a 16-year-old eight-grader with a history of sexual harassment could be caught trying to have sex with her and disciplined.