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assault stories: 130 news summaries

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NY Anchor Yanked Amid Wife-Beating Charges

Dominic Carter calls case 'misunderstanding' as wife retracts story

Oct 30, 09 3:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - A New York local news station's political anchor, Dominic Carter, was pulled off the air and placed on indefinite leave as his trial for domestic violence began yesterday. The NY1 anchor is charged with assault for allegedly beating his wife while calling her a "dumb, stupid, project bitch" at... More »

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New York City • domestic violence • assault • domestic abuse • news anchor • Dominic Carter

Brit Cop Fights for Life
After Gay Hate Attack

Mob of Liverpool teens leaves rookie critically injured

Oct 27, 09 4:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A rookie British police officer is fighting for his life in a Liverpool hospital after being attacked by a gang of teens for being gay. The 22-year-old man was set upon by a dozen attackers after leaving a gay bar with his partner and their friends. He suffered multiple skull... More »

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homophobia • hate crime • Liverpool • assault • Britain • police officer

 Jets Star 
 Charged 
 With Assault 

Braylon Edwards could face jail, suspension in club bust

Oct 27, 09 3:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jets receiver Braylon Edwards could be catching a sentence of up to 6 months in jail for an alleged assault outside a Cleveland nightclub. Edwards, who may also face suspension from the NFL, is accused of punching a friend of NBA star LeBron James in the incident earlier this month,... More »

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Iraq • NFL • LeBron James • Cleveland Browns • New York Jets • assault

Fast-Food Customer Punches Out 'Zombie'

Man's nose broken by attacker freaked out by living dead

Oct 26, 09 2:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - A man at a fast food restaurant in Iowa called another customer a zombie and punched him—twice. The victim was slugged in the eye as he stood at the counter to order food near the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. As he called police on his cell... More »

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Iowa • crime • fast food • attack • assault • zombie • Zombieland

Couples Therapist's Solution to Marital Fight? Knife Hubby

NYC psychologist must have forgotten own advice

Oct 6, 09 12:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Manhattan couples therapist—who once told the New York Times the biggest problem between men and women is communication—is accused of knifing her husband in an argument. Joyce Poster-Lederman—or, as the Post calls her, “the frustrated female Freudian”—allegedly blew up during a... More »

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New York • marriage • psychology • assault • therapist • knife

Polanski Made Deal to Pay Rape Victim $500K

Court papers unclear on whether Samantha Geimer received money

Oct 2, 09 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Roman Polanski struck a deal to settle a civil lawsuit and pay his rape victim $500,000 after going on the lam, but it's not clear whether she received the entire sum. Court papers relating to the 1988 suit, which was settled in 1993, indicate that the fugitive director missed... More »

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Switzerland • rape • lawsuit • fugitive • film director • assault • civil lawsuits • Roman Polanski • child rape • Samantha Geimer

 Teens Pummel 
 Pom Queen in 
 Facebook Vid 

Two girls busted after football game melee

Oct 2, 09 3:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the latest event in the season of teen violence, two Maryland girls have been busted after their videotaped beating of a student was posted on Facebook. On the tape, the two teens tackle the leader of a pom squad at a Silver Spring football game and kick and punch... More »

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football • arrest • attack • assault • taped beating • videotaped beating • Derrion Albert • teen girls • pom squad

Ex-Ky. Politico Was Losing It, Pals Say

Divorce, dad's death plagued him before attempted suicide

Sep 13, 09 4:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - A divorce, his father’s death, and a domestic violence order sent Steve Nunn spinning out of control, friends tell the Lexington Herald-Leader. The former Kentucky state lawmaker's attempted suicide and arrest on Friday, hours after his ex-fiancée was gunned down, were only the latest lows in a long... More »

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crime • Kentucky • assault • suicide attempt • Steve Nunn • Amanda Ross

 Two Cops 
 Targeted 
 in Rihanna 
 Probe 

LAPD officers sent home over potential photo link

Sep 11, 09 12:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - A pair of LAPD officers have been put on paid leave as part of the department’s investigation into who leaked a picture of Rihanna’s battered face to TMZ, the Los Angeles Times reports. One, Rebecca Reyes, is a 9-year veteran of the force; the other, Blanca Lopez,... More »

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entertainment • domestic violence • LAPD • TMZ • assault • Rihanna • domestic abuse • Chris Brown • photos • Los Angeles Police Department • Rebecca Reyes • Blanca Lopez

 Penis-Gluers to Face Trial 

Victim testifies that he was lured into hotel ambush as revenge for philandering

Sep 11, 09 4:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - A judge has ruled that four Wisconsin women accused of tying up the cheating husband of one of them and leaving him in a motel with his penis glued to his stomach must stand trial, CNN reports. The victim—who was dating two of the women—testified that Therese Ziemann,... More »

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Wisconsin • affair • glue • assault • penis • false imprisonment

 I Didn't Choke 
 Tila Tequila: Merriman 

Chargers linebacker says reality-show star was too drunk to leave safely

Sep 7, 09 3:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Shawne Merriman denies choking Tila Tequila and says he was trying to keep her from leaving his home because she was so drunk he was worried she would hurt herself, the Los Angeles Times reports. The San Diego Chargers linebacker released a statement after being arrested yesterday when the reality-TV ... More »

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California • alcohol • assault • San Diego Chargers • drunk • Tila Tequila

 Chris Brown: I Don't 
 Remember Assault 

Speaking out for first time since attacking Rihanna, singer says he's still shocked

Aug 31, 09 11:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Brown spoke out for the first time since his assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna, but “spoke” is a relative term. “Wow” was the word he used most often to describe to CNN's Larry King the shock he still feels about the incident. “No, I don't” remember doing... More »

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entertainment • Larry King • domestic violence • celebrity • assault • Rihanna • domestic abuse • Chris Brown

 Chris Brown's Mom 
 Thanks Fans 

Joyce Hawkins says assault is a lesson from God

Aug 28, 09 11:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Brown’s mother is speaking out for the first time since her son's assault on Rihanna, thanking fans for supporting him, E! reports. “I can now say this has been the most painful moment in my entire life,” Joyce Hawkins writes on his fan club website. “... More »

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entertainment • domestic violence • celebrity • probation • assault • Rihanna • domestic abuse • Chris Brown • Joyce Hawkins

(AP) - A judge today sentenced Chris Brown to five years' probation and six months' community labor for the beating of Rihanna, then ordered the R&B singer to stay away from his former girlfriend for the next five years. The judge told Brown he could be sent to state prison if... More »

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singers • sentencing • hip-hop • assault • Rihanna • Chris Brown • R&B

(Newser) - A surge in vicious, unprovoked assaults on homeless people has put weight behind efforts to reclassify such attacks as hate crimes, the New York Times reports. Attacks have risen as more people have been pushed onto the streets by the recession, and researchers say the assailants are generally men or,... More »

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murder • hate crime • recession • homeless • assault • homeless encampment

 Rihanna Heads to Leno, 
 Brown to Hard Labor 

Singer faces community labor at sentencing

Aug 7, 09 8:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna will make her first public performance since the Chris Brown assault at a somewhat unlikely venue: the Jay Leno Show, E! reports. She will join Kanye West and Jay-Z for Leno’s primetime debut Sept. 14. Brown isn’t doing quite so well: Wrigley cut his sponsorship deal,... More »

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entertainment • Kanye West • celebrity • Jay Leno • assault • Rihanna • Jay-Z • Chris Brown • The Jay Leno Show

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Women Charged With Gluing Man's Penis: 'We're Victims'

'I thought he loved me,' says one

Aug 6, 09 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Wisconsin women charged with false imprisonment after tying a man up and super-gluing his penis to his stomach aren’t especially repentant. “If anybody is a victim in this it’s all the women that he’s dated,” Michelle Belliveau told the Today show. “They gave... More »

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Wisconsin • affair • glue • assault • penis • imprisonment



 Jealous Wife 
 Scalds Hubby's 
 Privates 

He denies cheating; her lawyer claims abuse

Jul 28, 09 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - A New York woman went a little bit Lorena Bobbitt on her husband yesterday, allegedly pouring scalding water over his genitals as revenge for suspected cheating, the Post reports. “By the time I woke up, the skin was falling off,” says Emmanuel Ojofeitimi, who was treated for burns... More »

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divorce • New York City • crime • New York • assault • cheating • testicles • Emmanuel Ojofeitimi • Oyindamola Ojofeitimi • Lorena Bobbitt

 Rihanna, Brown 
 Spend Weekend 
 in Same Hotel 

Coincidence, or covert meeting?

Jul 26, 09 12:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna and Chris Brown spent this weekend at separate rooms in the Trump Tower Hotel in Manhattan, the New York Post reports. The two weren’t seen together—which would be a violation of a restraining order issued against Brown—but left and returned to the hotel several times in... More »

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Donald Trump • Manhattan • celebrity • assault • Rihanna • restraining order • Chris Brown

(Newser) - Kiefer Sutherland won't be going to jail on either coast for headbutting a designer in a New York nightclub in May, People reports. Manhattan authorities have dropped charges after the alleged victim declined to cooperate in the investigation, and Los Angeles authorities have decided not to pursue the 24 star... More »

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assault • Kiefer Sutherland • actor • criminal charges • Jack McCollough

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