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Brooke Shields Bravely Confronts Her Own Childhood Sexual Exploitation
Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, a poignant two-part documentary premiering at Sundance, chronicles the former child actor’s perilous Hollywood journey, in her own words
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Not Your ‘Church Next Door’: ‘Cult’ Ignored Abuse, Ran ‘Pyramid Scheme,’ Lawsuit Claims
Defectors from the International Churches of Christ allege indoctrination, isolation, "rigid" teachings, financial demands, and indifference to claims of rape and abuse
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'I Feel Heard. And Believed': Read R. Kelly Survivor Kitti Jones' Emotional Victim Impact Statement
"Today it doesn’t feel dark, the secrets are out, and the pain of my past with Robert Kelly has become my power," Jones said at singer's sentencing. "Many have been waiting for this day to come"
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R. Kelly Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison on Racketeering, Sex Trafficking Charges
Disgraced singer was convicted on federal charges last year
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'I Don’t Know If I’ll Ever Be Whole': R. Kelly's Survivors Confront Singer at Sentencing. He Refused to Look at Them
Seven women addressed Kelly one by one hours before the disgraced R&B singer was sentenced on federal sex trafficking charges on Wednesday afternoon in Brooklyn.
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The Problem With How We Talk About Grooming
Allegations against Broadway star Alice Ripley have opened a discussion about "grooming" — a clinical term for child-abuse tactics that is becoming widely used online
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Corey Feldman Names Alleged Abusers in Long-Awaited Film
In '(My) Truth: The Rape of 2 Coreys,' the actor reveals the men he says sexually abused him and Corey Haim when they were child actors in the 1980s
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'A Hundred Thousand' Boy Scouts May Have Been Abused, Says Lawyer
The Boy Scouts of America has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy following thousands of child sex abuse allegations across the country
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Jeffrey Epstein Denied Bail
At a bail hearing on Thursday at the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, U.S. District Judge Richard Berman denied bail for convicted sexual predator and wealthy hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein, who has been charged with ex trafficking and sex trafficking conspiracy, NBC News reports. Epstein will remain in prison […]
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Alabama Sex Offender Bill: What Is Chemical Castration and Why Is it So Controversial?
While there is no cure for pedophilia, the ACLU believes forcing sex offenders to undergo chemical castration is a violation of the Constitution
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