Category Archive for : ‘EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL EFFECT’

November 8, 2020
Harrison Keegan
News Leader

A Greene County man was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison after he was caught in the act of sexually abusing a teenage girl.
Emmett Duty, 40, was sentenced as part of a plea agreement he signed with prosecutors in exchange for admitting he was guilty of two counts of child molestation.
According to a probable cause statement in the case, deputies were called out to a Greene County home late on Sept. 26, 2019, after a family member said she walked in on Duty sexually abusing

November 12, 2020
Mirna Alsharif
CNN

(CNN)Former Louisville Metro Police Department Detective Brett Hankison, who was involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, is being accused of sexual assault, according to a new lawsuit.
The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday, calls Hankison a “sexual predator” who “used his police uniform and secondary nightclub employment as mechanisms to prey on innocent women who are two decades younger than him.”
Hankison is being accused of assault and battery, according to the lawsuit.
CNN reached out to Hankison’s lawyer, Stew Mathews, for comment.
Hankison was among the officers that executed

November 6, 2020
Ross Guidotti
Pittsburgh CBS Local

LATROBE, Pa. (KDKA) — A family counselor in Latrobe is facing sex trafficking and child sexual abuse charges after a two-year investigation.

Police say Gregory Miscik targeted some of his own clients.

At 1001 Ligonier Avenue in Latrobe, the office of family counselor Dr. Miscik, is where Latrobe police say the 59-year-old man sexually abused young clients.

“During the investigation, I found out he, once again, had inappropriate advances toward one of his clients,” said police officer Michelle Preston.

That alleged victim, a 16-year-old, was soon joined by

October 27, 2020
TRT World

Disgraced self-improvement guru Keith Raniere, whose NXIVM followers included millionaires and Hollywood actors, has been sentenced to 120 years for turning some adherents into sex slaves branded with his initials.
US District Judge Nicholas Garaufis handed down the sentence in federal court in Brooklyn on Tuesday after a lengthy hearing featuring statements by victims of a sex-trafficking conspiracy that resulted in Raniere’s conviction last year.
Prosecutors had sought life in prison while defence lawyers said he should face 15 years behind bars.
Raniere, 60, has shown no remorse, with his

August 19, 2020
Jessica Miller
Sltrib

The Utah Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that children who report that they were sexual assaulted don’t need to testify and confront their alleged abuser multiple times in court.
The unanimous decision means that, going forward, young people who allege sexual abuse won’t have to testify at preliminary hearings, except in rare circumstances.
Paul Cassell, a University of Utah law professor who represented one of the alleged victims in the case, called the decision a “big victory” for crime victims.
“As recognized by the court today, there is no good reason

August 19, 2020`
Sue Necessary
East Texas Matters

LONGVIEW, Texas (KETK) – The arrest affidavits for a former Longview physician accused of sexually abusing children who were his patients provide details on the alleged abuse.
Matt E. Hipke, 58, was arrested and booked into the Gregg County Jail Friday on two charges of continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14. He was assessed bonds totaling $1 million, and was released on bond the day of his arrest.
According to the affidavit filed by the Longview Police Department to request an arrest