Tag: assault
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Police report details alleged sexual assault by Trump’s defense pick Pete Hegseth
A woman told police she was sexually assaulted by a man she identified as Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice for defense secretary, according to official records of a police investigation released in California on Wednesday night. The documents released by Monterey Police Department say that the woman, identified only as “Jane Doe,” met Hegseth…
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British lawmaker suspended from Labour Party after video shows apparent assault
A member of the British Parliament was suspended Sunday by the Labour Party after a video appeared to show him punching and knocking a man to the ground. Mike Amesbury, 55, from Runcorn and Helsby in northwest England, was suspended pending an investigation into the incident that took place early Saturday morning. Surveillance footage obtained…
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Teen chess master charged with assault after hitting woman following loss in St. Louis match
A 17-year-old chess grandmaster was charged with assault and expelled from a tournament after hitting a woman when he lost a championship tournament match in St. Louis last week, officials said. Christopher Yoo “crumpled his scoresheet, stormed out of the tournament hall and struck a videographer from behind” after losing a U.S. Chess Championship match…
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Jan. 6 rioter who allegedly built a giant ‘Trump’ billboard that was used to assault cops arrested
WASHINGTON — A Donald Trump supporter who federal authorities say built a giant pro-Trump billboard that the mob of Trump supporters used as a battering ram against police officers during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was arrested on Tuesday. Jeffrey Newcomb, a 41-year-old from Polk, Ohio, faces several charges, including felony counts…
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of sexual assault in a new civil suit
Sean “Diddy” Combs is facing a wave of new assault accusations. NBC News has obtained a new civil lawsuit filed Sunday in the Southern District of New York by Texas-based attorney Tony Buzbee. The suits alleges Combs sexual assaulted a man in 2022. Buzbee told NBC News he plans to file more suits Sunday evening.…
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Police issue warrant for Ravens fan accused of viral post-game assault on Commanders fans
The Baltimore Police Department has issued an arrest warrant for a man accused of assaulting two NFL fans after the Baltimore Ravens played the Washington Commanders on Sunday. Police identified the man as John Callis, 24, of Baltimore. He is currently wanted on one count of first-degree aggravated assault and three counts of second-degree assault.…
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Ye’s former assistant alleges sex trafficking, sexual assault in amended suit against rapper
Ye’s former assistant filed an amended lawsuit against the rapper last week that accuses him of drugging and sexually assaulting her, trafficking others, using job openings to recruit sex partners and tasking her with delivering him “sex honey.” The suit alleges Ye, who legally changed his name from Kanye West, attacked Lauren Pisciotta in a…
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Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers arrested on assault charges
New England Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers was arrested early Saturda on multiple charges, including assault, police said. Braintree police said they responded to a disturbance at a residential address early Saturday morning. The caller indicated that there was an altercation between two people. An investigation ensued, and they said Peppers, 29, was arrested. Police said…
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Russian court sentences U.S. citizen Gilman to over 7 years in prison on assault charges
VORONEZH, Russia — A Russian court on Monday sentenced U.S. citizen and ex-Marine Robert Gilman to seven years and one month in prison for assaulting a prison official and a state investigator, the local prosecutor’s office said. Gilman, 30, is already serving a 3-1/2-year sentence for attacking a police officer while drunk, a charge he…
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In Gaza, children who survive Israel’s assault face a lifetime of trauma
Osama Muhammad Abu Mustafa was convinced he would become an international soccer superstar. Playing on a local team at the municipal stadium in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, he envisioned a future “like Ronaldo.” He was 13. Even in the midst of war, he worked hard at fulfilling his dream. He was practicing soccer with his…