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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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(Newser) - Kidnap victim Jaycee Dugard feels guilty about being snatched off the streets as a child and held captive for 18 years, her mother has told Jaycee's grandmother. She "feels guilty that she was kidnapped and for not having called her mom or dad or anyone—even though she was... More »

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California • crime • kidnapping • rape • kidnapper • child rape • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido • Antioch, Calif.

 Garrido: 
 'I Stalked 
 Girls at 
 Schools' 

Jaycee's accused 'deviant' kidnapper not barred from kids after attack on woman

Sep 2, 09 3:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Phillip Garrido was a "multiple sexual deviant" who took LSD daily, masturbated compulsively and stalked schoolgirls, according to court records after his 1976 arrest for kidnap and rape. Jaycee Dugard's accused abductor indulged in "sexual fantasies" watching "young females," he admitted in testimony obtained by the... More »

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California • kidnapping • rape • child rape • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Antioch, Calif.

 Cops Seek 
 Garrido Link 
 to 3 Missing Girls 

All snatched off streets within hour of kidnapper's home

Sep 1, 09 4:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Investigators are hunting for clues linking kidnap-rapist Phillip Garrido to the unsolved disappearances of three young girls near his home, reports the Independent. The three, ranging in age from 4 to 13, were all snatched off the street in broad daylight—just as Jaycee Dugard was at the age of... More »

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California • kidnapping • rape • sexual assault • kidnapper • child rape • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido

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

 Legal System 
 'Dropped Ball' 
 on Garrido: Cop 

Cop who busted him in 1976 kidnap-rape stunned he was on streets

Aug 30, 09 10:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - A furious cop has blasted the legal system for "dropping the ball" on Jaycee Dugard's accused kidnapper Phillip Garrido, who served only a fraction of a 50-year conviction for a previous kidnap-rape. "How he got out after 10 years, I'll never know," Nevada Police Officer Clifford Conrad... More »

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kidnapping • rape • conviction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido

 First Pics 
 Reveal Jaycee's 
 Trashy 'Prison Camp' 

Police find naked Barbie dolls, crude shrine to accused kidnapper

Aug 30, 09 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The first photos of the junk-strewn California backyard "prison camp" where Jaycee Dugard and her two children were kept hidden for years reveal a chaotic hodge-podge of decrepit furniture, rumpled clothing, cat and sci-fi books, and a crude shrine to accused kidnapper Phillip Garrido, reports the New York Post.... More »

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California • kidnapping • rape • sexual assault • child rape • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido

(Newser) - Phillip and Nancy Garrido, the couple accused of kidnapping 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard in 1991 and holding her captive for 18 years, were charged today with 29 felony counts and the possibility of multiple life sentences if they're convicted, the Contra Costa Times reports. The charges include forcible rape, kidnapping,... More »

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kidnapping • rape • abduction • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido

Kidnapper's Dad: My Son
Is a 'Crazy Person'

Manuel Garrido says LSD drove Phillip to madness

Aug 28, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - The father of the man accused of kidnapping, raping, and imprisoning Jaycee Dugard says his son was a model youth—until he discovered acid, reports the Los Angeles Times. "Everyone loved him," Manuel Garrido says of Phillip, who played guitar in a band, cracked jokes, and always helped... More »

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drug addiction • kidnapping • rape • insanity • LSD • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Manuel Garrido • crazy

Kidnapper's Brother: 'He's
a Fruitcake'

Abduction a shock, but Philip Garrido's  problems go way back

Aug 28, 09 8:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Ron Garrido was shocked when he discovered his little brother had kidnapped an 11-year-old girl, held her captive in his backyard, and fathered two children by her, but believed it immediately. “I know my brother,” the 65-year-old tells the San Francisco Chronicle. “He’s a fruitcake.... More »

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kidnapping • rape • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido

(Newser) - Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped in 1991 at age 11 and reappeared in northern California last night, has two children fathered by one of her alleged kidnappers, sources tell the San Francisco Chronicle. Phillip Garrido, now 58, is a registered sex offender who was arrested last night with his... More »

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kidnapping • rape • abduction • child abduction • Jaycee Lee Dugard • Phillip Garrido • Nancy Garrido

Iran Reformist Publishes Prison Rape Account

Karroubi says more allegations of protester abuse to come

Aug 25, 09 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A testimony released by defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi details a male protester's beating and rape at a notorious prison after the disputed election. The first-person account is just one of many, Karroubi alleges, and CNN reports that he will continue to publish them on his website "if... More »

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Iran • prison • rape • political prisoner • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei • Iranian election • Mehdi Karoubi

Omaha Man Swipes Virgin Mary Painting
for Abortion

Rapist sells $100K artwork in Mexico

Aug 22, 09 5:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Omaha man stole a painting of the Virgin Mary to pay for the abortion of his teenage rape victim, the Omaha World-Herald reports. Aurelio Vallecillo-Sanchez, 39, described by his attorney as "remorseful and ashamed," pleaded no contest yesterday to charges of theft and sexual assault and faces... More »

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abortion • theft • Omaha • rape • Virgin Mary

Lawyer: Emails Prove Big Ben's Innocence

Woman said she 'would date' QB after alleged sexual assault

Aug 19, 09 3:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ben Roethlisberger’s lawyer released emails and instant messages today from the 31-year-old woman who has accused the Steelers quarterback of sexual assault, claiming they exonerate his client, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports. In one email time-stamped the day after the alleged assault took place, Andrea McNulty writes that she is... More »

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NFL • Ben Roethlisberger • football • Pittsburgh Steelers • rape • sexual assault • Andrea McNulty

 Biography Bares 
 Lord of the Flies 
 Author's Demons 

Biographer sheds light on unseen memoirs

Aug 16, 09 11:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an unpublished autobiography, the author of Lord of the Flies described his attempted rape of a 15-year-old when he was about 18, the Times of London reports. While walking with the girl, he “felt sure she wanted heavy sex, as this was visibly written on her pert, ripe... More »

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rape • memoir • novelist • autobiography • sexual assault • William Golding

Louisville Coach Admits Sex
With Accused Blackmailer

Woman charged with $10M extortion attempt

Aug 12, 09 1:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - University of Louisville men's basketball coach Rick Pitino told police that he had consensual sex with a woman who later accused him of rape and tried to blackmail him for $10 million, according to records obtained by the Courier-Journal. Karen Sypher, the estranged wife of the team's equipment manager, has... More »

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abortion • basketball • Louisville • rape • blackmail • extortion • Rick Pitino • Karen Sypher

(AP) - Hillary Clinton traveled to war-ravaged eastern Congo today, where the nation's top diplomat demanded an end to the sexual violence that has claimed at least 200,000 victims. Clinton came to Goma aboard a UN plane over the objections of some top aides who were concerned about security and logistics... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Africa • rape • civil war • Democratic Republic of Congo • sexual violence • Goma • Congo • women's issues

(Newser) - Some 18 years after a Pennsylvania camp counselor was shot in the head and raped as she died, cops have charged the son of a famed Metropolitan Opera bass with the brutal murder, the New York Post reports. Jeffrey Plishka, 46, has long been suspected of the crime, and... More »

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New York City • murder • rape • Pennsylvania • Metropolitan Opera • DNA evidence • summer camp • Jeffrey Plishka • Paul Plishka • Laura Ronning

(Newser) - Iranian protesters, both male and female, were raped in a notorious prison in the aftermath of the disputed presidential election, one of the defeated candidates alleged today. Reformist Mehdi Karroubi wrote on his website that senior prison officials told him about "really shameful issues," including sexual violence that... More »

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Iran • rape • Revolutionary Guards • Iranian Revolutionary Guard • sexual violence • Iranian election • Mir Hossein Mousavi • Iranian protests • Mehdi Karoubi

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) - Hundreds of thousands of women have been sexually assaulted in the ongoing war in eastern Congo, but suddenly, the region is seeing a sharp increase in rapes of men. More than 10% of the victims of sexual violence in the region are male, and victims are often ostracized by their... More »

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Africa • rape • civil war • Congolese • sexual violence • sexual assault • Congo

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