Tag: child
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OnlyFans user sentenced to five years in child abuse case
A man accused of selling sex videos of a 16-year-old Florida girl on the adults-only website OnlyFans pleaded no contest to child abuse. Ethan Diaz, 22, of New Jersey reached the plea agreement in a Florida court in September and was sentenced to five years in prison followed by five years of supervised probation, according…
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Archdiocese of L.A. reaches $880M child sex abuse settlement over hundreds of claims
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles has reached a historic $880 million settlement over hundreds child sex abuse claims. The agreement in principle announced Wednesday settles 1,354 child sexual abuse claims, the plaintiffs’ attorney said in a news release. It is the largest single child sex abuse settlement with a Catholic archdiocese. The lawsuits were filed…
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YouTube mom’s child abuse scandal reaches $1.85 million settlement
A yearslong case involving the mother of a popular YouTube star and 11 teen content creators who accused her of abuse and exploitation came to an end Tuesday after the parties reached a $1.85 million settlement, according to attorneys for the plaintiffs. Tiffany Smith was sued in January 2022 by the group of teenagers who…
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Christian group Ethnos360 accused of failing to protect girl from abuse, years after ‘significant child safety training’
Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of abuse. A Christian organization long plagued by allegations of child sex abuse is now facing a lawsuit that accuses the group of failing to protect a girl from one of her peers at its missionary training center. Ethnos360, a religious nonprofit group based in Sanford, Florida, that was…
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California enacts laws to protect child influencers’ financial security
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills to protect the earnings of child influencers and content creators into law Thursday. Newsom signed SB 764, a bill that requires content creators that feature children in at least 30% of their content to set aside a proportionate percentage of their earnings in trusts for the minors. State…
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Son of Ryan Routh, Trump assassination plot suspect, arrested on child sex abuse images charges
The son of the man accused of plotting to assassinate former President Donald Trump at one of his golf courses has been arrested in connection with a child sex abuse images case. Oran Alexander Routh was charged in federal court in North Carolina on Monday with one count of receipt of child pornography and one…