A 74-year-old grandmother burst into tears Friday as she described to lawmakers how she allegedly was sexually harassed by then LSU-star running back Derrius Guice in 2017 while working security at the Superdome — and how the school did nothing about it when informed.

“I’m not just here for myself,” Gloria Scott said, adding that she represents other women who have had similar experiences, or might in the future if she didn’t speak up. “I just had to come here today and let you all know that LSU hides a lot of things. A whole lot of things are going on on that campus. He scarred me.”

Guice was a 2018 second-round draft pick of the Washington Football Team who spent two seasons in the NFL. He was cut last August following charges of strangulation, assault, battery and destruction of property relating to three alleged domestic violence incidents. He is accused of committing sexual assault three times during his time at LSU and has denied all allegations through an attorney.

Scott’s allegation was previously known, but Friday she retold her account for the public to hear during the Louisiana Senate Select Committee on Women and Children. The alleged incident was said to have occurred when Guice and his friends were attending a high school football game, she said, according to multiple published reports.

“I like to f— women like you, you older women, because y’all know y’all like us young men to f— y’all,” Scott said Guice told her, according to USA Today. “And, you know you want this body.”

Scott said she asked Guice to stop but he only became more vulgar, including rubbing his body up and down from his chest to his genitals with a big smile on his face, when he found out she was a grandmother.

“I was so hurt, and I was so nervous and upset,” she said. “In all my life, I’d never had a man or child talk to me so disrespectful like he did.”

The incident was mentioned in a 148-page report released by a law firm hired to investigate LSU’s response to sexual misconduct cases. The report since has led to the departure of Kansas football coach Les Miles and Oregon State president F. King Alexander, both of whom were in those same roles at LSU during the bulk of the years investigated.

Scott said she informed current LSU football coach Ed Orgeron of the incident, and he offered to put Guice on the phone to apologize, asking that she “please forgive.” Orgeron denied ever speaking with Scott.

Guice was never disciplined for this alleged incident or rape allegations while at LSU, according to the law firm’s findings. Scott said she also brought her harassment incident to the police, who did not follow up.

Scott said the harassment went on for four minutes, with Guice’s unidentified friends laughing, until the group walked away. She claimed she was later moved from her normal security post at high school games with a warning from her supervisors: “Well, if they find out you’re putting a charge on Derrius, the football players might have a reaction.”

She recalled asking, “What do you mean a reaction toward me? ‘I’m the victim.’ ”

Louisiana lawmakers vouched to hold LSU accountable.

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A young mom who left her baby alone at home for six days while she celebrated her birthday has pled guilty to manslaughter.

19-year-old Verphy Kudi was convicted in court this morning where it was heard how she had walked out on 20-month-old Asiah in December 2019.

Our sister title The Mirror reports how the teenager left her home in Brighton, Sussex, on December 5 to celebrate her 18 ^th birthday and did not return until December 11.

CCTV footage captured the moments she walked out and returned to the property where her baby had starved to death.

Lewes Crown Court heard how her baby was rushed to Royal Alexandra Children’s Hospital but was confirmed dead on arrival and a post-mortem examination and forensic tests found that Asiah’s death was the result of neglect.

She was starved, dehydrated and had also contracted influenza.

Kudi appeared in the dock this morning wearing a blue face mask, a plain black top and black trousers.

She had been due to stand trial later this year but formally entered a guilty plea to manslaughter.

She held her hands to her face after the charge was read to her.

Judge Christine Laing QC told her: “You have heard that before I get to sentence you the defence want to get a report on your behalf and a doctor will no doubt make arrangements to see you and interview you over the next few weeks.”

The judge ordered that all social services records relating to the case be disclosed to the defence ahead of sentencing.

The case was adjourned to a provisional sentencing date of May 28, but Kudi was warned this may be delayed.

The mum, who has been in prison since being charged in October last year, was remanded in custody.

She waved at dad Muba Kudi, 59, after staff pointed him out during the hearing.

Speaking after, he said: “My heart is so broken. My daughter was missing. She had been missing since the age of 14.”

Asiah was born on March 22, 2018.

She had been living at the flat in Brighton with her mother, which they had been housed by social services since September 30, 2019.

The baby was under a child protection plan but there was no social worker assigned when she died.

On December 11, at 6:06pm, Kudi dialled 999 telling a call handler her baby would not wake up.

Staff at the Brighton mother and baby unit for teen mums where they had been living contacted police days later after reviewing CCTV footage.

Cameras showed Kudi leaving the building on December 5 at 5:39pm. She did not return until December 11.

Data gathered by Sussex Police showed Kudi had been at parties in London, Coventry and Solihull before returning to Brighton.

A safeguarding review into the case has been launched by Brighton and Hove Safeguarding Children Partnership (BHSCP).

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ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) — A corrections officer at the St. Louis City Jail was charged with assault Friday after being accused of letting two inmates attack another man and then not reporting the attack. 

According to court documents, jailhouse footage shows two inmates walking up to talk to corrections officer Demeria Thomas, and then one of them walks toward the victim’s cell. Thomas is reportedly on camera opening the victim’s cell door, allowing the first inmate to go in and assault him. 

The assailant reportedly attacked the man for more than three minutes, punching and kicking him in the cell. Then the second inmate entered the cell and joined in the assault. 

Police say other inmates began walking toward the assault, but Thomas told them to stay where they were. She also at no point called for help or tried to stop the assault, according to charging documents. 

The victim reportedly suffered a concussion and a broken jaw, as well as multiple wounds on his face and neck. Police say Thomas never reported the assault, and never sought medical help for the man. It was only two days later when someone else saw his injuries that he was taken to the hospital. 

Thomas, 38, is charged with third degree assault. 

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A Florida woman faces up to 60 days behind bars after pleading guilty to deliberately coughing in a cancer patient’s face in a store – but is now reportedly asking a judge to consider the backlash she has experienced.

Debra Jo Hunter pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault in the June 25 incident in a Pier 1 at the St. Johns Town Center in Jacksonville, where she berated employees and coughed on a woman who captured the incident on video, News4Jax reported.

The victim, Heather Sprague, told authorities that she observed Hunter upbraiding store staff as she tried to return an item she didn’t have in her possession, according to the news outlet.

Sprague whipped out her phone and began recording the heated encounter – prompting Hunter, 53, to make obscene gestures toward her.

“I think I’ll get really close to you and cough on you then. How’s that?” Hunter, who was not wearing a mask, is heard saying before she is seen coughing on the woman and then walking out of the store with her children.

Sprague, who described herself as a brain tumor patient and was wearing a mask, later filed a police report, saying she had not been feeling well since the incident, News4Jax reported.

On Monday, Hunter pleaded guilty after Judge James Ruth told her that he was ready to pick a jury. She also had agreed to plead guilty on two previous hearings, but the judge rejected them because it didn’t involve jail time.

Meanwhile, Hunter — who could get up to 60 days in the slammer at her sentencing – said she was not seeking “mercy,” but urged the judge to take into consideration the backlash she has endured since the episode.

In a three-page letter, she said her kids “continue to suffer indignities caused by my mistake […] embarrassed, chastised and mocked by both their peers as well as adults. Each of my three children have lost nearly every friend they had,” First Coast News reported.

“And that highly regrettable, split second, knee jerk reaction has cost my family dearly,” she added.

Hunter also submitted reams of vitriolic messages she said she has received, including one that read: “Despicable, vile skank. I hope your whole family gets COVID and suffers immensely, then dies.”

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Sharon Osbourne quit “The Talk” Friday, two weeks after rocking the daytime chat show by getting into a testy argument over racial issues with co-host Sheryl Underwood and shocking allegations of racist name-calling.

“Sharon Osbourne has decided to leave ‘The Talk,’” a release from CBS read. “The events of the March 10 broadcast were upsetting to everyone involved, including the audience watching at home. As part of our review, we concluded that Sharon’s behavior toward her co-hosts during the March 10 episode did not align with our values for a respectful workplace. We also did not find any evidence that CBS executives orchestrated the discussion or blindsided any of the hosts.

“At the same time, we acknowledge the Network and Studio teams, as well as the showrunners, are accountable for what happened during that broadcast as it was clear the co-hosts were not properly prepared by the staff for a complex and sensitive discussion involving race,” the release continued. “During this week’s hiatus, we are coordinating workshops, listening sessions and training about equity, inclusion and cultural awareness for the hosts, producers and crew. Going forward, we are identifying plans to enhance the producing staff and producing procedures to better serve the hosts, the production and, ultimately, our viewers.

“‘The Talk’ will return with original episodes on Monday, April 12, 2021, following the pre-scheduled hiatus the week of April 5th.”

The departure comes after the network announced on March 12 that the talk show would suspend filming while it conducted an investigation into allegations the atmosphere was “racially insensitive.”

“We are committed to a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace,” a statement from CBS said. “All matters related to the Wednesday episode of ‘The Talk’ are currently under internal review.”

Page Six previously reported that Osbourne was expected to be fired, but wouldn’t go down without a fight. “She could write a book, she would do a world of interviews. She knows where all the bodies are buried,” a source told us.

We were also told that some of the producers and showrunners may have to take some of the fall for allegedly not preparing Osbourne showdown with Underwood.

During the show’s March 10 episode, Osbourne, 68, spoke about being branded a racist for supporting Piers Morgan, who left his own morning show in Britain after furiously blasting Markle’s interview with Oprah Winfrey.

“I feel like I’m about to be put in an electric chair because I have a friend who many people think is a racist, so that makes me a racist,” Osbourne said. She then challenged the other hosts to tell her “what he’s uttered that’s racist.”

Sheryl Underwood responded that “the implication” of Morgan dismissing Markle was racist, rather than the words themselves.

“Why can’t it be he just doesn’t like her? Why does it have to be racist?” Osbourne said.

After the heated on-air debate, Osbourne tweeted a lengthy apology in which she said she does not “condone racism, misogyny or bullying.”

“I should have been more specific about that in my tweet,” she continued, referencing her original defense of Morgan online. “I will always support freedom of speech, but now I see how I unintentionally didn’t make that clear distinction.”

Page Six exclusively reported that the internal investigation was kicked off when host Elaine Welteroth and her hairstylist complained about an allegedly “racially insensitive and hostile environment” on the show. 

A source said, “Elaine Welteroth and her hairstylist complained to HR over Sharon Osbourne’s recent exchange with Underwood. . . They said they don’t feel comfortable working in a racially insensitive and hostile environment, and this complaint launched the investigation.”

A memo was sent to all cast, staff and crew at “The Talk” that stated “As a result of Wednesday’s taping, we want to make it clear that HR is actively involved in addressing the situation and concerns that have been brought to our attention.

“We are committed to a diverse, respectful and inclusive workplace and want to ensure that you are all aware of all the resources available to you should you wish to talk to someone.”

Welteroth isn’t the only person of color to complain about working conditions at “The Talk.” Following Osbourne’s clash, Holly Robinson Peete — who co-hosted the talk show’s first season in 2010 — suggested that karma had come into play.

“I’m old enough to remember when Sharon complained that I was too ‘ghetto’ for #theTalk … then I was gone. I bring this up now bc I was mortified watching the disrespectful condescending tone she took w/her co-host who remained calm & respectful because … she HAD to,” Robinson Peete tweeted. 

“I’ve always been a highroad girl but when I watched what everyone else saw on my former show … it triggered me and I wanted to speak out,” she added on Instagram.

And “The Talk” alum Leah Remini sensationally claimed that Osbourne called former colleague Julie Chen “slanty eyes” and host Sara Gilbert, who is gay, a “p—y licker.”

Remini told journalist Yashar Ali that Osbourne allegedly lashed out at her then co-stars because she was livid that Chen was reportedly trying to steal the spotlight and Gilbert, who was also executive producer, was doing nothing about it.

“I mean, who the f–k does slanty eyes think she is? She shouldn’t be pillow-talking with our boss,” Remini recalled Osbourne saying at one point during the morning show’s first season — referring to Chen and her husband, Les Moonves, who was at the head of CBS at the time. Osbourne has denied these claims.

Osbourne allegedly added of Gilbert, “Why won’t the p—y licker do anything about the wonton?” and “Why won’t the fish-eater be part of this discussion? She’s the f–king executive producer.”

Osbourne, married to heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne, first came into public prominence after starring in “The Osbournes,” a reality show on MTV that followed her, Ozzy and two of their children, Kelly and Jack.

She then morphed into a talent-show judge on shows like “The X Factor” and “America’s Got Talent.” Osbourne has been on “The Talk” since it debuted in 2010.

Amid all the drama, she beefed up security and turned off social media comments after receiving death threats.

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