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Gitmo Detainee Calls al-Jazeera, Alleges Abuse

Prisoner, captured
at 14, says he was beaten, tear-gassed

Apr 15, 09 11:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Prisoner abuse at Guantanamo Bay hasn’t gotten any better since Barack Obama took office, one detainee told al-Jazeera yesterday after using newly granted phone privileges to call the Middle Eastern news network. Mohammed al Gharani says he’s been abused “almost every day” since Obama’s term began,... More »

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torture • Guantanamo Bay • abuse • Al Jazeera • Sami al-Hajj • Obama administration • Mohammed El Gharani

 Remorseful Fritzl: I Want 
 Only the Hardest Punishment 

Daughter's testimony convinced him to confess, incest dad says

Mar 27, 09 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Josef Fritzl describes intense feelings of remorse in the first interview since his trial, the Telegraph reports. Fritzl, who abruptly switched his plea to guilty in the middle of the proceedings, said his decision was prompted by hearing his daughter describe in court how he imprisoned and habitually raped her:... More »

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psychiatry • abuse • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl • imprisonment • life sentence • Howard Stern Grid

 Rihanna Feels Unworthy: Oprah 

It's a sign of low self-esteem, she says

Mar 13, 09 6:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rihanna took back her abusive boyfriend because she feels bad about herself, Oprah said on her show yesterday. "If you go back with a man who hits you, it is because you don't feel you're worthy of being with a man who won't," she said. Guest Tyra Banks... More »

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entertainment • Oprah Winfrey • Tyra Banks • abuse • domestic violence • Rihanna • Chris Brown

Chris Brown's Manager Sent Sexy Text That Sparked Fight

TMZ says pair had sexual relationship

Mar 10, 09 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The woman who left a three-page text on Chris Brown’s cell phone, inciting Rihanna’s fury and Brown's aggression, was none other than Brown’s manager, TMZ reports. Rumor has it Brown and Tina Davis, 40, had a relationship when Brown was 16, though both have denied it. The... More »

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crime • abuse • domestic violence • fight • text message • Rihanna • Chris Brown • manager

 Rihanna Case 
 a Wake-Up Call 
 for Teens 

Young people becoming more aware of domestic violence

Mar 10, 09 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Rihanna-Chris Brown saga provides an important “teachable moment” for kids, USA Today reports. One in four teen relationships involves violence and this highly visible case is bringing awareness to those who thought “it can’t happen" to me—especially after a photo of Rihanna's battered face was... More »

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education • abuse • domestic violence • violence • Rihanna • physical abuse • Chris Brown

OPINION

 Media Hijacks 
 Rihanna's 
 Right to 
 Privacy 

Decision to come forward should have been hers alone

Feb 27, 09 1:10 PM CST
(Newser) - The Los Angeles Times and other media outlets violated Rihanna’s privacy by publicizing her identity as a domestic-violence victim, Smita Satiani writes for the Huffington Post. Public desire for details, the need to know if Rihanna herself somehow brought it on, “stems from the ultimate denial that these... More »

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abuse • domestic violence • Rihanna • criminal justice system • Chris Brown


 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

Former Surgeon General Called
a Shopaholic Tyrant

Novello probed for abuse of later office

Jan 27, 09 6:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Antonia Novello, the nation's first female surgeon general, has been accused of years of abuse of power at a later job—turning her staff at New York's health department into her personal chauffeurs and assistants. As the New York Times writes, a report released today depicts Novello as a shopaholic... More »

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New York • abuse • Surgeon General • bosses • Antonia Novello

Neighbor Is
4th Suspect in Teen's Torture

Calif. boy was shackled to fireplace, starved, and drugged

Dec 10, 08 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Police arrested a fourth person yesterday in connection with the abusive captivity of a 16-year-old California teen, on charges similar to those a couple and the boy’s aunt already face. Youth football coach Anthony Vincent Waiters, 29, was a frequent guest at the house where the boy was kept... More »

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California • crime • abuse • captivity • missing child • Vincent Waiters

 Balfour's 
 Troubles 
 Go Way 
 Back 

Hudson murder suspect had abusive mother, imprisoned father

Dec 7, 08 5:49 PM CST
(Newser) - William Balfour grappled with depression and rage for years before his arrest in the Jennifer Hudson family killings, the Chicago Tribune reports. The son of a convicted killer, Balfour lived in and out of correctional facilities, suffering physical abuse at home and smoking dope to quell his anger. After serving... More »

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drugs • prison • crime • murder • abuse • Jennifer Hudson • William Balfour

 Judge Tosses Cheney, 
 Gonzales Indictments 

Case alleged responsibility for federal prison abuse

Dec 2, 08 10:09 AM CST
(AP) - A judge has dismissed indictments against Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzales, telling the Texas prosecutor who brought the case to exercise caution as his term in office ends. Juan Angel Guerra had accused the political heads of responsibility for abuse in privately-held federal prisons—in which the Vanguard Group that... More »

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Dick Cheney • Alberto Gonzales • Texas • abuse • indictment • federal prison • Vanguard Group

 Rescue Plan  
 Rankles Prudent 
 Homeowners 

Those who can pay mortgages feel cheated as neighbors get aid

Oct 31, 08 7:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the feds move ahead with a plan to help homeowners on the brink of foreclosure, others are questioning the scheme's fairness and wondering if it's ripe for abuse, the New York Times reports. “I am beginning to think I would have rocks in my head if I keep... More »

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housing market • abuse • refinanced mortgages • subprime crisis • bailout • mortgage defaults • financial crisis

 IMF Won't 
 Punish Boss 
 Over Affair 

But 'serious error in judgment' sidetracked fund

Oct 26, 08 9:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - The IMF’s governing board unanimously cleared its managing director of using his position to pursue an affair with a subordinate, the Wall Street Journal reports. Dominique Strauss-Kahn didn’t engage in “harassment, favoritism, or any other abuse of authority,” but his actions were “regrettable and reflected... More »

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investigation • International Monetary Fund • abuse • IMF • harassment • affair • probe • Dominique Strauss Kahn

Ex-Wife: Abuse Drove Me From Rockefeller

Man of many names pleads not guilty to kidnapping daughter

Sep 30, 08 8:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Clark Rockefeller repeatedly abused his ex-wife before she finally left him last year, prosecutors alleged yesterday during the con man’s trial for the kidnapping of his young daughter. Sandra Lynne Boss tried to leave Rockefeller— actually Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter of Germany—in 1999 but was “wooed back” and... More »

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kidnapping • abuse • disappearance • Clark Rockefeller • Reigh Boss • Sandra Boss • Snooks

NC Hospital Faces Heat After Man Ignored
22 Hours Dies

Patient unattended as staff played cards

Aug 20, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal authorities are threatening to cut funding for a North Carolina hospital where a psychiatric patient died after being ignored for 22 hours, the AP reports. It’s still not clear what killed the 50-year-old, who at one point choked on medication, but surveillance video shows him sitting unattended while... More »

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North Carolina • abuse • patient • death • hospital

Fritzls Return to House
of Horrors to Help Cops

Mother, children were imprisoned in basement

Aug 13, 08 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Elisabeth Fritzl and her children have returned for the first time to the basement where they were imprisoned, the Daily Mail reports, helping police gather evidence for the trial against their father. Police wanted the family to show them precisely where and how they were held captive. The family... More »

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crime • abuse • incest • Josef Fritzl • Elisabeth Fritzl • Amstetten, Austria • criminal investigation • dungeon

Lawyers: Dying Immigrant Denied Care in Custody

34-year-old man dies of cancer

Aug 13, 08 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hiu Lui “Jason” Ng was a New York computer engineer trying to get his green card when immigration officials arrested him last year, the New York Times reports. Last week he died of undiagnosed cancer after months of neglect in immigration detention centers. Ng complained of chronic back pain,... More »

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cancer • abuse • deportation • illegal immigration • immigrant • Immigration and Customs Enforcement • detention

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