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NEWS ABOUT: underage sex

underage sex stories: 15 news summaries

French Minister Slammed Over Sex Tourism

Mitterand defended Polanski, admitted 'paying for boys' in book

Oct 8, 09 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterand's own past has come back to haunt him in the wake of his calls for Roman Polanski's release. Opposition lawmakers have brought attention to passages in his autobiography where he defends sex tourism and admits paying for young—and, he implies, underage—boys. "I... More »

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France • underage sex • Roman Polanski • sex tourism • Frederic Mitterand

(Newser) - An emotional ex-wife of an Arkansas evangelical sect leader testified yesterday that he forced underage girls  to "marry" and have sex with him, reports the Telegraph. The woman, who said she herself was forced into her marriage at the age of 15, said she began having serious doubts about... More »

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crime • child molestation • rape • child abuse • court • Republican evangelicals • underage sex • evangelicals • underage marriage • Tony Alamo

Spector's Kid
Seems as Crazy
as Spector

Memoir pitch reveals sordid details about dad's 'lady' friend

Apr 23, 09 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Phil Spector’s son had as interesting an upbringing as one might imagine. In his memoir proposal, the Post reports, Louis Spector recalls a night involving “a bottle of wine, a Playboy magazine," and one of dad’s “lady” friends: “That night I lost my innocence,... More »

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Phil Spector • sex • memoir • underage sex • book • Louis Spector

OPINION

 Polanski Judge 
 Wise to Resist 
 Whitewashing 

Director's bias skews media narrative

Feb 19, 09 10:25 AM CST
(Newser) - The judge who refused to throw out Roman Polanski's rape conviction Tuesday—unless he agreed to come back to the country to challenge it in person—was right to resist the whitewashing of Polanski's crime, writes Bill Wyman in Salon. The movement to rehabilitate the acclaimed director was based on... More »

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media • judge • documentary • film director • underage sex • bias • Roman Polanski • 'Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired' • sexual assault • child rape • statutory rape

Portland Mayor Will Stick With Job Despite Intern Affair

'I can still contribute,' says Adams

Jan 26, 09 3:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Portland Mayor Sam Adams has decided not to step down, pending state criminal investigations, after admitting he lied about an affair with a teenage legislative intern. "I know I've screwed up and let people down," the city's first openly gay mayor told the Oregonian. "But I still... More »

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underage sex • Portland, Oregon • Sam Adams • political scandal • Beau Breedlove

UK Begins Massive HPV Vaccine Campaign

12- and 13-year-old girls first targeted by program that could reach 2M by 2011

Sep 3, 08 4:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The UK kicked off a campaign to give 12- and 13-year-old girls the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, the Times of London reports. Schools will begin offering the shot, which is not mandatory, this week. The government estimates that it will vaccinate over 2 million girls by 2011. Beside official programs,... More »

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high school • HPV • cervical cancer • vaccine • underage sex • Britain • teenager

NY Billionaire Guilty on Hooker Charges

Epstein starts jail term for hiring teen, who serves him with suit

Jun 30, 08 6:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - Manhattan banker and billionaire Jeffrey Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida today to hiring an underage prostitute, and began serving an 18-month sentence. A year of house arrest and a life on the national sex offender list will follow. "They will be tracking you for the rest of your life,... More »

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prostitution • court • underage sex • sex crime • prostitute • bankers • sentence

 R. Kelly
 Witness Was
 Threatened 

Kelly staff told Allen she should die for testifying

Jun 18, 08 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The star witness in R. Kelly's child pornography trial said she was threatened for coming forward, AP reports. According to documents unsealed yesterday—a week after Kelly was acquitted—Lisa Van Allen claimed an employee told her she should have been killed for damaging the R&B star. Allen had... More »

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celebrity trials • underage sex • child pornography • R. Kelly • criminal trial • Lisa Van Allen

Deliberations Begin in R. Kelly Sex Tape Trial

Jurors get another look at the video during closing arguments

Jun 12, 08 9:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Both sides in the R. Kelly child porn case have presented their closing arguments, and the jury will resume deliberating the fate of the R&B singer tomorrow morning, the New York Post reports. Jurors today watched parts of the infamous tape that prosecutors say shows Kelly having sex with... More »

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celebrity trials • trial • underage sex • child pornography • R. Kelly

 R. Kelly Case
 Obsesses 
 Over Mole 

Witnesses battle over mark seen in video

Jun 6, 08 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The R. Kelly jury was treated to a short course in video doctoring yesterday, as the rapper's defense team worked to discredit the tape prosecutors say shows him having sex with a very underage girl. The issue is the now-infamous R. Kelly mole the defense says isn't there in the... More »

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celebrity trials • trial • moles • underage sex • child pornography • digital forensics • R. Kelly

Witness: I Had Threesomes With Kelly, Girl

Defense accuses her of extortion, theft, lying; prosecution rests

Jun 3, 08 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A key witness in R. Kelly's child porn trial told the court yesterday how the singer on three occasions videotaped himself having threesomes with her and a girl then believed to be 13, reports the Chicago Tribune. Lisa Van Allen, now 27, believes the sex tape at the heart... More »

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celebrity trials • trial • underage sex • child pornography • witness • R. Kelly

Polygamist
Sect Men
Break Silence

Members 'have been made very aware' of state marriage laws

Apr 21, 08 1:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Male members of the Texas polygamist sect say they weren’t aware that state law prohibits people under 18 from marrying until after the raid on their compound, CBS News reports. Three men from the Yearning for Zion ranch said on the Early Show that they'll cooperate with court-ordered DNA... More »

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Texas • child abuse • polygamy • underage sex • Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints • Yearning for Zion ranch

Pervy Billionaire
or 21st-Century
Hugh Hefner?

Oops: Epstein 'playmates' turned out
to be underaged

Dec 11, 07 9:06 PM CST
(Newser) - He owns the largest residence in Manhattan, several planes, and a private island. A superstar financial adviser to seriously wealthy clients, Jeffrey Epstein is also a patron of cutting-edge scientists and an FOB. But, New York magazine writes, he inhabits a sexual dream world populated by young girls giving "... More »

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prostitution • wealth • Bear Stearns • underage sex • child prostitution

Teacher Nabbed
After Fleeing
With Student

Caught in Mexico, she was having affair with 13-year-old, police say

Nov 3, 07 12:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 25-year-old female math teacher who allegedly ran off to Mexico with a 13-year-old former student was arrested today, the AP reports. The boy has been turned over to his relatives. The two, who met when she taught him sixth-grade math at a Nebraska middle school, headed for the border... More »

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Mexico • kidnapping • underage sex • Kelsey Peterson

Online Romeo Flunks Math

Judge throws out suit of man, charged with having sex with 14-year-old, against SexSearch.com

Sep 1, 07 5:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cautioning that the Internet isn't 100% trustworthy, a federal judge threw out a lawsuit filed by a man who blamed a website for his arrest on charges of unlawful sexual conduct with a minor. The man set up a rendezvous with another SexSearch.com user whose profile listed her as... More »

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cybersex • dating • online dating • SexSearch.com • underage sex • Communications Decency Act

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