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physical abuse stories: 36 news summaries

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Gitmo Abuse Worse Under Obama: Lawyer

Guards 'get their kicks in' before controversial prison shuts down

Feb 25, 09 2:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Prisoner abuse at Guantanamo Bay has gone up since the election of President Obama, who’s promised to close the facility, a lawyer tells Reuters. Detainees represented by Ahmed Ghappour complained of beatings, dislocation of limbs, overfeeding while on hunger strike, and pepper spray on their toilet paper. “Guards... More »

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War on Terror • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • physical abuse • President Obama • abuse of power

 Damage Control: 
 Brown Enrolls 
 in Anger 101 

Singer hopes course will help his image

Feb 25, 09 9:33 AM CST
(Newser) - Chris Brown is trying to salvage his public image with anger management classes, the New York Daily News reports, but some insiders are quick to gripe that Rihanna—whom Brown is accused of beating up Feb. 7—should do the same. “Rihanna is temperamental, too,” said one source.... More »

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celebrity trials • domestic violence • celebrity • assault • Rihanna • physical abuse • Chris Brown • anger management

 Diamonds Get 
 Brown Closer 
 to Rihanna 

Brown goes overboard wishing Rihanna happy birthday

Feb 23, 09 9:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Chris Brown showered Rihanna with gifts and called to wish her a happy 21st birthday Friday, the New York Daily News reports. “He knows he’s very much in the doghouse right now, and is doing everything he can to show her how sorry he is,” a source... More »

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domestic violence • celebrity • assault • birthday party • Rihanna • physical abuse • Chris Brown

 Boxer Challenges 
 Brown to 'Real' Fight 

Facebook group invites public to be 'next in line'

Feb 19, 09 9:05 AM CST
(Newser) - At least 1,223 people want to see Chris Brown get in another fight, and a Los Angeles martial arts expert is one of them, Fox News reports. Anthony Geisler, president of LA Boxing, started a Facebook group called "I want to fight Chris Brown" that invites the singer... More »

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boxing • Facebook • domestic violence • fight • assault • Rihanna • martial arts • Barbados • physical abuse • Chris Brown




  Rihanna 
 'Torn' By 
 Anger, Love 

Statement irked her, but she still loves him

Feb 18, 09 9:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Rihanna is “torn” over cooperating with police to build a case against Chris Brown—but she’s not the only one who’s conflicted. The story, an Us Weekly report in the New York Daily News, comes on the heels of a Chicago Sun-Times report that the singer was... More »

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police • domestic violence • celebrity • assault • Rihanna • physical abuse • Chris Brown

'Clueless' Chris Brown's Spin Doctor Will Win Him No Points

Paris Hilton's flack is 'universally disliked'

Feb 17, 09 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - It’s not surprising that “19 and clueless” Chris Brown needs help doing damage control, but the PR flack he hired to disentangle him from his domestic violence mess will “win Brown no points in public,” writes Roger Friedman for Fox News. Mike Sitrick, Paris Hilton’s... More »

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Paris Hilton • domestic violence • celebrity • public relations • spin control • assault • Rihanna • physical abuse • Chris Brown • Roger Friedman


 Eye Patch May 
 Have Hidden 
 Past Abuse: 
 Police 

Plus, cousin says Chris 'had to be provoked'

Feb 13, 09 7:50 AM CST
(Newser) - The eye patch Rihanna wore at last year's American Music Awards might have been more than a costume, the Sun reports. Rihanna started wearing the patch to cover her scratched cornea, and police are investigating whether Chris Brown caused the injury. “We’re talking to her friends and management,... More »

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abuse • domestic violence • violence • celebrity • injury • assault • Rihanna • physical abuse • Chris Brown

Rihanna Helps Cops Build Case Against Abusive Brown

Relationship with Rihanna filled with ongoing violence

Feb 12, 09 8:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Police are trying to beef up the case against Chris Brown and expect to complete their investigation next week, the New York Daily News reports. Rihanna is cooperating, and investigators expect to reinterview both parties before involving the DA's office, which has already asked for more evidence, a source tells... More »

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police • abuse • domestic violence • violence • LAPD • district attorney • Rihanna • prosecutors • physical abuse • Chris Brown • criminal charges

 Sopranos 
 Star Settles 
 Abuse Suit 



'Big Pussy' denies whacking ex

Feb 11, 09 10:13 AM CST
(Newser) - Sopranos mobster Vincent Pastore (“Big Pussy”) settled his $5.5 million court battle with his ex-fiance, who accused him of whacking her—on the head, New York Daily News reports. Pastore, who describes his ex as a “gold-digger,” admitted pulling her hair and screaming at her,... More »

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celebrity trials • The Sopranos • abuse • domestic violence • celebrity • lawsuit • settlement • Sopranos • physical abuse

Jay Z: Chris Brown Is a Dead Man Walking

Attack prompts outrage and rumors, from herpes to jealousy

Feb 11, 09 9:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Glimpses into the crazy world of Rihanna and Chris Brown continue to trickle out. The latest tidbits from their pre-Grammy drama:
  • Jay-Z, who discovered Rihanna, is enraged, says a source. “Chris is a walking dead man.”
  • One rumor claims Rihanna caught herpes from Jay-Z and passed
... More »

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Paris Hilton • abuse • domestic violence • celebrity • LAPD • Grammy Awards • Rihanna • self defense • herpes • Jay-Z • physical abuse • Leona Lewis • Chris Brown

'Killer' Mom Stored Kids' Bodies in Freezer

Cops led to gruesome find by abused runaway

Sep 30, 08 4:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Maryland woman is being held without bail after admitting she stored the corpses of her adopted 9- and-11-year old daughters in a basement freezer, WBAL TV reports. Police came to her house after a third daughter was found wandering the streets, covered in cuts and bruises. The woman has... More »

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Maryland • child abuse • foster homes • physical abuse

 Cops Raid Evangelist 
 Complex in Kid Abuse Probe 

Arkansas leader calls case a 'hoax'

Sep 21, 08 5:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police raided an evangelist’s compound in Arkansas seeking evidence into allegations that he physically and sexually abused children, CNN reports. Some 100 agents took part in the raid on the 15-acre grounds in Fouke near Texarkana. Authorities were interviewing several children throughout the weekend. Evangelist leader Tony Alamo ripped... More »

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child abuse • sexual abuse • raid • evangelist • physical abuse

Navy Accuses Sailors
of Abusing Detainees

Six guards in Iraq face charges

Aug 14, 08 5:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Navy will court-martial six sailors who are charged with abusing detainees at a US prison camp in Iraq, Reuters reports. The sailors are accused of beating prisoners and confining them in an unventilated room with pepper spray, a Navy statement says. More »

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Iraq • Abu Ghraib • prison • Navy • US military • physical abuse • imprisonment • Camp Bucca

 Oprah School Matron
 Pleads Not Guilty

Former dorm matron pleads not guilty

Jul 29, 08 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The former dorm matron at Oprah Winfrey’s $40 million Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa pleaded not guilty to abuse charges today, Reuters reports. Virginia Mokgoba, 27, was charged in November with assault, harassment, soliciting a minor to perform indecent acts, and verbal abuse. Testimony from six teenage... More »

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South Africa • Oprah Winfrey • child abuse • celebrity • Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls • criminal trial • physical abuse

Survey Reveals Abuse In Teen, Tween Dating

Of those sexually active by 14, 69% have seen physical, mental harm

Jul 9, 08 5:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tween and teen dating is far from a bunch of innocent hand-holding: A survey finds 69% of teens who have had sex by 14 have suffered physical or emotional abuse in relationships, with only half of tweens knowing how to recognize a hurtful relationship. CBS reports more stats:
  • The
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abuse • dating • relationship • teen sex • teen health • verbal abuse • teenager • physical abuse

 Canada Apologizes
 to Indigenous Groups 

 Ottawa admits abuse of native cultures

Jun 12, 08 4:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Canada formally apologized to its indigenous peoples yesterday for forcing children to attend government-run schools where they were often sexually and physically abused. Prime Minister Stephen Harper read the apology in Parliament, calling the forced assimilation a "sad chapter" in the nation's history that damaged several generations, the Globe ... More »

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Canada • sexual abuse • House of Commons • Stephen Harper • compensation • Inuit • Assembly of First Nations • residential schools • physical abuse • Metis • First Nations • assimilation

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