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sex crime stories: 21 news summaries

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5 Missouri Men Busted
on Child Rape Charges

Accused believed to be father, four sons

Nov 11, 09 4:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Five members of the same family were arrested in connection with sex crimes against children in a raid on a Missouri farm yesterday. The men, aged from 47 to 77, are believed to be a father and his four sons, police say. They face multiple felony charges including forcible sodomy,... More »

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child molestation • Missouri • sex crime • child rape

gore vidal

 Anti-Semitism Got Polanski 

Gore Vidal is less than PC while discussing Roman Polanski

Oct 29, 09 10:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Gore Vidal isn't afraid to say what he really thinks about the Roman Polanski fiasco. "I really don’t give a fuck. Look, am I going to sit and weep every time a young hooker feels as though she’s been taken advantage of?" he tells the Atlantic... More »

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entertainment • celebrity trials • rape • celebrity • sex crime • Roman Polanski • anti-Semitism • Gore Vidal

POLANSKI ROUNDUP

 It Wasn't Rape: 
 Sharon Tate's Sis 

As Roman Polanski faces months in jail, Hollywood elite rally around him

Sep 30, 09 9:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The sister of Roman Polanski’s murdered second wife, Sharon Tate, says his crime was not rape. "There's rape and then there's rape,” Debra Tate tells MSNBC, and what happened between Polanski and his 13-year-old victim was “a consensual matter.” More from the Polanski saga:... More »

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entertainment • prison • celebrity trials • Switzerland • celebrity • jail • extradition • sex crime • Roman Polanski

 3 Busted in Cambodian 
 Kid Sex Face US Trial 

Justice-Immigration program extradites molesters to federal court

Sep 1, 09 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three Americans arrested in Cambodia for sexually exploiting boys and girls as young as 10 are being returned to the US for trial, CNN reports. They were snagged by a joint program by the Justice Department and immigration authorities, known as Operation Twister Traveler, designed to combat sex tourism. The... More »

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Department of Justice • child molestation • Cambodia • Immigration and Customs Enforcement • sex crime • sex tourism

 Garrido 
 Turned 
 Me Into 
 Zombie: 
 Victim 

His attacks on a child had to be far, far worse, Katie Callaway Hall laments

Sep 1, 09 2:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - News that Philip Garrido had struck again horrified the woman he kidnapped and raped in 1976, CNN reports. "I started screaming 'Oh my god, it's him,'" Katie Callaway Hall told Larry King. Hall says she was permanently traumatized when Garrido attacked her as she was handcuffed naked in... More »

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abduction • sex offenders • sex crime • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Katie Callaway Hall • Christine Murphy

Designer Sentenced to
59 Years for Sex Crimes

Alexander lured victims to his home with promises of modeling work

Sep 1, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(AP) - A fashion designer has been sentenced to 59 years to life in prison for sexually assaulting aspiring models he lured to Los Angeles, AP reports. Anand Jon Alexander, 35, was convicted of 14 crimes, including forcible rape. His victims ranged in age from 14 to 21. Alexander, who has been... More »

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Anand Jon • rape • Beverly Hills • sentencing • sex crime • America's Next Top Model • fashion designer • sexual assault • prison sentence

Garrido Sought Help for Schizophrenia: Biz Owner

Discussed sexual struggles in 4-page manifesto

Aug 30, 09 7:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Phillip Garrido reached out to authorities and acquaintances about his mental health problems but received no help in return, a business owner tells the Sacramento Bee. "He realized he had a problem and tried to reach out and tell the world about it, the authorities about it, but they... More »

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schizophrenia • sex crime • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido

analysis

 Sex Crime Laws Are a Crime 


Aug 7, 09 7:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sex offender laws in the US and Europe are becoming more ridiculous and futile as they grow more severe, the Economist says. Many of the nation's 674,000 registered sex criminals pose little threat—think of the Georgia teenager who gave a boy oral sex in class—but they still... More »

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rape • registration • sex crime • sodomy

(Newser) - Australia is looking into allegations that a group of sailors ran a sex betting ring on the high seas, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Female members of the HMAS Success crew told officials that a group of sailors kept a betting book—known as "The Ledger"—to see... More »

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investigation • Australia • sailor • probe • sex crime • sex discrimination

 UK Turns Back Obama 
 Brother Over Sex Arrest 

Officers ID him as
man nabbed for attempted assault

Apr 11, 09 6:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Britain has denied a visa to one of Barack Obama's half-brothers after identifying him as an accused sex criminal, the News of the World reports. Samson Obama, a Kenya-based cell phone saleseman, tried to enter Britain in January on his way to the president's Washington inauguration. But immigration officials identified... More »

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immigration • Barack Obama • Britain • sex crime

(Newser) - A House member is incensed that a Pentagon official, reporting a 25% increase in combat-zone sexual assault against women, said servicemen should “wait until she's sober,” the New York Daily News reports. “This woman is not in the right line of work,” Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-NY,... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Congress • Pentagon • US military • House of Representatives • Department of Defense • sex crime • sexual assault • Louise Slaughter • Howard Stern Grid

Ga. Sex Registry Pulls Non-Offenders Onto List

Those who committed no sex offense are subject to harsh rules

Mar 16, 09 11:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Georgia’s sex offender registry includes rapists, child molesters, and, in a controversial move, a growing number of people who never committed a sexual offense, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Under the state's broadly written law, anyone convicted of kidnapping or false imprisonment of a minor goes on the list, too,... More »

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Atlanta • kidnapping • Georgia • sex offenders • parole • sex crime

Judge Pleads Guilty, Avoids Sex Crime Trial

Kent headed to jail, but won't lose job without impeachment

Feb 23, 09 12:38 PM CST
(Newser) - US District Judge Sam Kent pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice today, as part of a deal that will allow him to duck a messy trial on sex crime charges, the Houston Chronicle reports. He then retired from the bench. “A trial would have been long, embarrassing, and... More »

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Texas • Judiciary Committee • Galveston • federal judges • sex crime • Sam Kent

It's Time
We Confront 'Not Rape'

In gray area of sex violations, models are especially vulnerable

Dec 31, 08 4:53 PM CST
(Newser) - The definition of rape needs an update—more and more, men prey on young girls who are made to feel they are complicit in "a million male behaviors that are not so much rape as rape-ish,” and models are especially vulnerable, writes one in Jezebel. In a look... More »

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crime • sex • rape • sex crime • sexual assault • age of sexual consent

 Teen Prostitutes
 Find Help at
 LA Shelter 

Helping girls, rather than treating them as criminals, focus for Children of the Night

Jul 6, 08 5:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - "I'm their mother," says the founder of a Los Angeles shelter for teen prostitutes. For almost three decades, Children of the Night has focused on helping girls recover from their past rather than treating them like criminals, Good Magazine reports. Shelter founder Lois Lois "isn’t like... More »

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social services • charity • child prostitution • sex crime • prostitute • teenager • women's shelters • Children of the Night • Lois Lee

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

 Kinky Sex Kills Hubby 

Man suffocates after wife ties him up and leaves for 20 hours

Apr 24, 08 4:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - A sex game gone wrong apparently killed a Tennessee man last weekend, and his wife has been charged with reckless homicide. The woman tied her husband up, put a ball gag in his mouth, wrapped his head in duct tape, leaving only nostril slits to breath through—and left to... More »

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sex • homicide • Tennessee • sex crime • sado-masochism

Man Admits
Sex With
Slain Model

British murder defendant invokes necrophilia as defense

Feb 5, 08 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - A British man on trial for the murder of an 18-year-old model admits that he had sex with her corpse but denies killing her. Mark Dixie says he was high and drunk when he found Sally Anne Bowman’s body and took "advantage of the situation," the prosecutor... More »

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murder • stabbing • sex crime • Mark Dixie • Sally Anne Bowman • necrophilia

Sex Convicts May Face Internet Ban

NY bill aims to keep 25K offenders
off social websites

Jan 29, 08 6:45 PM CST
(Newser) - New York's 25,000 convicted sex criminals will be banned from Facebook and MySpace if a bill unveiled today becomes law, CNET reports. Dubbed E-Stop, the legislation requires sex convicts to submit online identities and screen names so participating sites can block them. Those who committed a sex crime over... More »

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social networking • Internet • MySpace • crime • New York • Facebook • sexual predator • sex crime

Texas Hits Strip Clubs
With 'Pole Tax'

Smaller clubs sue over feared loss of clientele

Dec 22, 07 4:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Texas strip clubs are suing over a new law that will force them to collect a $5-per-person tax on clientele, the AP reports. Most of the estimated $40 million in proceeds will help rape victims, which club owners claim to support, but smaller venues fear a loss of customers. A... More »

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Texas • rape • strip club • stripping • sex crime • tax code

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