Tag: sexual assault
Teen allegedly kills man wrongfully accused of sexually assaulting his sister
A teenage boy fatally attacked a man after the teen’s younger sister told her brother that she was sexually assaulted by the man on a public bus in Utah — an incident that investigators say never happened, according to reports.
Police say the 16-year-old girl told her 17-year-old brother that she was sexually assaulted aboard a Cache Valley Transit District bus around 3 p.m. April 23, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.
The brother immediately sprang into action and tracked down 62-year-old Michael Fife — the man his sister accused — as the man was exiting the bus in the city of Logan, according to the news outlet.
The teen then attacked Fife, who suffered head injuries and was beaten unconscious.
Fife fell to the ground and was left lying on the sidewalk as the teenage boy fled, according to the Salt Lake Tribune.
Later that night, the boy’s sister reported the sexual assault to police, who discovered that surveillance footage from the bus showed that the assault never happened.
“Logan Police detectives reviewed the video footage of the alleged assault,” authorities said, according to the news outlet. “The video showed Mr. Fife walking past the girl, but no sexual assault occurred.”
Fife died from his injuries four days after the attack.
The identities of the teen brother and his sister were not released because of their ages.
The Cache County Attorney’s Office is also investigating the case.
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Woman poses as non-existent autistic twin sister, tries to sexually assault caregiver
There’s crazy, and then there’s posing as your autistic twin sister who doesn’t exist crazy.
Cops say that’s exactly what Rachel Childs, of Pearland, Texas, did earlier this month in an attempt to sexually assault a private caregiver.
According to local police, the 29-year-old solicited the individual “under the pretense of caring Ms. Childs’ twin sister” who was described as having autism.
The unidentified worker was asked to arrive at the 29-year-old’s home “at a specific time” but told that she — Childs — would not be present.
Cops say the caregiver was given further instructions to “take the autistic twin sister to her home and then return her the next morning.” Childs allegedly claimed she would arrive a short time later.
“During the stay at the caregiver’s home, the ‘sister’ engaged in sexually oriented conduct toward the caregiver who became suspicious as her behavior did not reflect that of someone who was autistic,” said Pearland Police in a statement Thursday. “As a result, the caregiver investigated and determined that Ms. Childs was an only child and contacted the Pearland Police Department.”
Cops launched an investigation and quickly found out that Childs — who isn’t autistic — was trying to pull of an elaborate hoax “for sexual gratification” and was actually the “sister” that the caregiver was hired to take care of. She turned herself in after the Jan. 3 incident, but now cops are worried she may have tricked others.
“The Pearland Police Department believe there might be additional persons whom were similarly deceived by Ms. Childs,” officials said.
Anyone with information has been asked to contact Pearland detectives.
Actress Tracey Birdsall accuses Seal of groping and forcibly kissing her in 2016
Singer Seal was accused by his neighbor of groping her and forcibly kissing her; police are investigating the incident.
Actress Tracey Birdsall told TMZ she was close with the “Kiss From A Rose” crooner when they were neighbors in Los Angeles in 2016. The actress said she went to Seal’s home to take back a salad spinner she allowed him to borrow when he forced himself on her and tried to give her a kiss.
“What are you doing?” Birdsall recalled yelling at the singer.
“I’m kissing you!” he replied.
Birdsall claimed the British-born musician ridiculed her clothes, shorts and a tank top, and grabbed her breasts. She said she told the singer to stop.
The “Doomsday” actress told TMZ she sat down next to Seal on a couch and he tried to grope her again. Birdsall said she left soon after and never spoke him after.
The actress said she decided to come forward with her allegations after she saw Seal’s comments regarding Oprah Winfrey. The former talk show host was praised for her speech at the Golden Globe Awards on sexual misconduct in Hollywood.
Last Wednesday, Seal posted a picture of Winfrey with disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein and wrote: “Oh I forgot, that’s right…..you’d heard the rumors but you had no idea he was actually serially assaulting young starry-eyed actresses who in turn had no idea what they were getting into. My bad.” He added the hashtag “#SanctimonoiusHollywood” to the post.
Weinstein has been accused of sexual misconduct spanning decades.
Birdsall told TMZ she has filed a police report. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told TMZ a report was filed for sexual battery and was currently under investigation. The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department did not immediately return Fox News’ request for comment.
A representative told TMZ Seal denies the allegations.
Kelly Cutrone: Russell Simmons tried to rape me
Furious about Russell Simmons denying rape allegations against him, Kelly Cutrone has come forward to say that Simmons attempted to rape her in 1991.
Cutrone, who founded fashion PR powerhouse People’s Revolution and has starred in MTV’s “The Hills” and “America’s Next Top Model,” says she was incensed on Thursday to learn that Simmons was trying to start a #NotMe movement to deny sexual assault accusations that are made as part of the #MeToo movement. She said, “The #NotMe thing? I’m going to do a #YeahYou. F–k you.”
Simmons has been accused of sexual misconduct — including rape — by some 12 women. Although he has stepped down from his companies, including RUSH Communications, he strenuously denies any non-consensual sex.
Cutrone told Page Six that in 1991, when she was 26, she bumped into Simmons — whom she knew as a casual acquaintance — at a party and walked with him to another party. She tells us that he invited her to his apartment, and when she declined, the mogul said he needed to drop in at a friend’s house. Cutrone says she agreed to go, but she believes he led her to his own apartment instead.
“He pushed me into his apartment and then he threw me down on the floor and literally tried to grab … take my clothes off of me,” Cutrone told us, “And I started kicking him really, really hard, screaming, telling him to get the f–k off of me. And that I would have him killed if he ever f–king laid a hand on me.” She added, “I actually think I told him I would call Page Six! I was a publicist! I think I told him I would call Page Six and have him murdered.”
A friend of Cutrone’s, Tatijana Shoan, tells Page Six that she vividly remembers Cutrone telling her ex-husband Ronnie Cutrone — whom Shoan was dating — about Simmons attacking her.
Cutrone told us that after the alleged ordeal, she ran out of the apartment. “[Simmons] was just really shaken up and I f–king split. I remember running out the door and getting a cab and all I remember was that I got in a cab and I remember a feeling — which was so crazy — of, ‘Oh my god. Somebody just tried to rape me. What do I do?’ And then the energy of going to the police and pressing charges against him was overwhelming to me.”
She added, “Then what would happen afterward — and this would happen years afterward — I’d be at a table and Russell f–king Simmons would come up to the table and then people would be like, ‘Kelly, do you know Russell?,’ and I’d be like, ‘Yes, I know Russell — he tried to rape me.’”
Cutrone says she’s was horrified by Simmons’ #NotMe idea, which he unveiled on Instagram on Thursday saying, “My intention is not to diminish the #MeToo movement in anyway, but instead hold my accusers accountable.” Cutrone told us, “It’s a call to every man who wants the right to abuse women to continue.”
“All these guys [who have been accused of rape, including Simmons and Harvey Weinstein] have been doing is, like, go, like, ‘Hey, I’m really, really sorry and I’m going to step away from my business,’” said Cutrone, “But you know what, a lot of these women have to go to work everyday because they have to pay bills and they haven’t made $100 million.” Of Simmons — an avid yogi — she added, “I hope he chokes on his om pendant.”
Simmons’ lawyer provided a statement to Page Six which didn’t address Cutrone’s claims, but referred to the mass of allegations against him: “I vehemently deny all these allegations. These horrific accusations have shocked me to my core and all of my relations have been consensual.”
He added that he has “enormous respect for the women’s movement worldwide and their struggle for respect, dignity, equality and power” and said he was “devastated by any reason I may have given to anyone to say or think of me in the ways that are currently being described.”
The statement went on: “In recent weeks, some former business, creative and romantic partners have aired grievances as claims I categorically reject. In some of these instances, financial motives and direct contradictory witness testimony has been supplied to the media, which has been completely left out of stories. In the last few days, one woman attempted to extort me for $500,000 only to recant her ridiculous claim.”
He said, “I have already apologized for the instances of thoughtlessness in my consensual relations. I have separated myself from my businesses and charities in order to not become a distraction.”
ROMAN POLANSKI CALLS NEW SEXUAL ASSAULT CLAIM BS But LAPD Launches Investigation
Roman Polanksi is sharing information with LAPD detectives who’ve opened a new investigation into an allegation he sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl back in 1975.
LAPD just announced the investigation into claims made by Marianne Barnard. She recently filed a police report about the alleged assault during a photo shoot. Barnard claims Polanski was directing the shoot, which initially involved her mother, but claims she was eventually left alone with him — and that’s when he allegedly attacked her.
Marianne hinted her mother might have been paid off to leave.
Polanski says Barnard’s claim is bogus, and his attorney Harlan Braun tells TMZ … they hired their own private investigators to look into the allegation. Braun says Marianne’s mother refused to talk to their investigators, and they’ve turned over their findings to LAPD.
LAPD acknowledges the statute of limitations have long since run for Polanski to be charged, but says it’s investigating because any evidence collected could help in other cases.
Article via: http://www.tmz.com/2017/12/12/roman-polanski-sexual-assault-new-investigation-10-year-old-girl/
Man says he had sex with dead girlfriend in effort to wake her up
A Connecticut man is behind bars after he had sex with his dead girlfriend — in the hope it would wake her up, according to reports.
Aaron Graser, 39, was sentenced to a year in prison for fourth-degree sexual assault of a corpse on Tuesday, the Hartford Courant reported.
Cops found Graser’s girlfriend dead in their apartment and surrounded by needles back in January, the paper reported.
Graser told police that he found her unresponsive with heroin and drug paraphernalia in her lap — and decided sex would be the best way to rouse her because she didn’t like sleeping with him.
“Aaron stated he listened to see if the victim was breathing and he heard gurgling. Aaron stated he knew the victim hated having sex with him so he figured that the victim might wake up if he had sex with her,” a warrant for Graser’s arrest read.
He also admitted tying her ankles and wrists to the bedposts because it was one of his kinks.
When the attempted coital revival failed, he put her pants on and called his neighbor, who used to be a paramedic. The neighbor later told police he believed the woman had been dead for hours.
An autopsy later determined the paramedic was correct — the ligatures caused by the bedpost ties didn’t have bruises, which means no blood was flowing at the time, a medical examiner testified at the trial.
The ME also testified that the gurgling Graser heard could have been decomposition gases escaping the woman’s body.
A toxicology report determined the woman had high levels of fentanyl, heroin and another synthetic drug in her body and she died from a drug overdose.
Graser originally was charged with second-degree assault, but agreed to plead guilty to the lesser charge.
He was spared from being placed on the sex offender registry — the judge determined it wasn’t necessary for public safety “based upon the facts” of the case.
via: https://nypost.com/2017/12/07/man-says-he-had-sex-with-dead-girlfriend-in-effort-to-wake-her-up/
Bette Midler Says Geraldo Rivera Has ‘Yet to Apologize’ for Allegedly Groping Her in the 1970s
Bette Midler says Geraldo Rivera has “yet to apologize” for allegedly groping her in the 1970s.
The 71-year-old singer spoke out about the veteran journalist on Twitter on Thursday after a video of a 1991 interview Midler did with Barbara Walters — where she first recounted the incident — resurfaced online.
It had gained traction because Rivera defended TODAY show anchor Matt Lauer, who was fired for alleged sexually inappropriate behavior.
“Tomorrow is my birthday. I feel like this video was a gift from the universe to me,” Midler wrote in a tweet that accompanied the video of her Walters interview. “Geraldo may have apologized for his tweets supporting Matt Lauer, but he has yet to apologize for this.”
She ended her message by using the popular “#MeToo” hashtag, used by victims of sexual harassment assault to express their own experiences.
In her interview with Walters, Midler recounted the alleged incident after Walters asked about Rivera’s claim that he and the stage star had a sexual encounter.
“Geraldo and his producer came to do an interview with me, in the ’70s, the early ’70s,” Midler said. “And this was when he was very, sort of, hot. And he and his producer left the crew in the other room, they pushed me into my bathroom, they broke two poppers and pushed them under my nose and proceeded to grope me.” (The word “poppers” is slang for the recreational drug alkyl nitrite.)
Walters cocked her head to the side and looked shocked as she asked, “Grope…?”
Midler nodded and said, “Groped me. I did not offer myself up on the altar of Geraldo Rivera. He was … he was unseemly.”
PEOPLE has reached out to Midler’s and Rivera’s representatives for comment but has yet to receive a response.
Article via: http://people.com/tv/bette-midler-says-geraldo-rivera-never-apologized-for-groping-her/
Police arrest man who allegedly traveled to Utah to teach 13-year-old girl how to have sex
ST. GEORGE, Utah — Police arrested a man earlier this week after he allegedly arranged to teach a teenage girl how to have sex, but it turns out the “mother” he was communicating with was really an undercover investigator.
St. George News reports 34-year-old Jeremy David Demoss Fisher of California was arrested Tuesday and booked into jail on charges of conspiracy to commit rape of a child, felony enticing, soliciting, and seducing and luring a minor by Internet or text message.
Fisher began communicating with agents on May 9 as the agents carried out an undercover sting to catch suspected sexual predators. He began communicating with someone he thought was the mother of a 13-year-old girl.
“Fisher was told during the chats that the woman he was talking to had a 13-year-old daughter and wanted her to be taught how to have sex by a gentleman,” the arresting officer wrote in a sworn statement, according to St. George News. “When asked if he was into Family Taboo, Fisher responded ‘Yes! Love it. Watch mom daughter and son porn, or brother sister, anything that keeps it in the family.”
The man allegedly sent several pictures of himself, including photos of his genitals, while traveling to St. George for the meeting. When he arrived at the location agreed upon, he was arrested by police and booked into jail.
Uber driver charged with raping female passenger
An Uber driver accused by prosecutors of having sexually assaulted a female passenger after she sought a ride home from a gathering in the upscale seaside city of Newport Beach, California, was charged with rape on Wednesday.
Angel Sanchez, 36, was arrested a day after the March 30 attack, which took place on a street near the woman’s home in Santa Ana, California. The victim in the case was not identified by authorities.
Sanchez, who is scheduled for an initial court appearance in the case next week, faces a maximum sentence of eight years in prison if convicted.
Representatives for Uber could not immediately be reached for comment on Wednesday.
Prosecutors say the woman had been attending a company gathering in Newport Beach and her colleagues requested an Uber ride to take her home. They added Sanchez drove the victim to Santa Ana before sexually assaulting her.
Married teachers arrested after sexual relationship with student
PEORIA, AZ – Two Arizona teachers were arrested on Friday for inappropriate conduct with a former student.
The Peoria Police Department tells KPHO-TV that Brian Woolsey, 45, allegedly began a sexual relationship in 2010 with a then 15-year-old. The suspect’s wife, Jennifer Woolsey, was aware of the relationship and did not report it to police. KSAZ-TV reports that the relationship with the teen lasted for 3 years
The victim is now an adult and came forward to police on Thursday. The couple both teach at Sunrise Mountain High School in Peoria. They were arrested on Friday at a location outside of school.
Brian Woolsey faces multiple counts of sexual conduct with a minor and two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Jennifer Woolsey is being held for failing to report sexual abuse.
The school district says the teachers have been placed on administrative leave while they conduct an investigation. They sent letters home to parents to explain the situation.
Brian Woolsey teaches media production and math. Jennifer Woolsey teaches language arts.
via: http://fox2now.com/2015/10/02/married-teachers-arrested-after-sexual-relationship-with-student/