A sexual assault in the metaverse has investigators questioning the future of virtual crime prosecution

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The UK police are investigating a teenage girl's claim that her avatar was digitally gang-raped in a virtual reality game.

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The life of Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender and well-connected financier who died in jail awaiting sex trafficking charges

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Jeffrey Epstein and partner Ghislaine Maxwell attend a charity benefit in New York City.

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Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler offered rape accuser money and kept wanting to talk about his haircut in police-controlled calls: court docs

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Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler addresses attendees at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee.
Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler addresses attendees at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee.

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More than 50 stars defend actor Gerard Depardieu amid sexual misconduct allegations

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Gerard Depardieu waves as he arrives during a red carpet event for the movie "Novecento- Atto Primo" at the 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice.

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Florida GOP cut Christian Ziegler's salary to $1 and stripped him of his power after a rape allegation

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Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler addresses attendees at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee.
Florida GOP Chairman Christian Ziegler addresses attendees at the Republican Party of Florida Freedom Summit at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee.

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A US marshal was accused of getting drunk and sexually assaulting a passenger during a Delta flight to London

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A Delta Boeing 767-400 in the sky.

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Former Fox employee alleges in a new lawsuit that Tucker Carlson's 'right-hand man' Justin Wells sexually assaulted him, and retaliated against him after he declined his advances

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A former Fox News producer alleged in a new lawsuit that the media company perpetuated a culture of sexual harassment that enabled him to be abused by a supervisor.

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Rape at sea: How a broken system is failing passengers and darkening the cruise industry

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Terry Richardson sexually abused a model after Trump's modeling agency dismissed her concerns about him, lawsuit says

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Photographer Terry Richardson in New York City.

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Russian troops raped women as old as 83 while their families were forced to listen

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Women wearing floral crowns and holding placards covered in fake blood demonstrate outside Downing Street against war atrocities targeting civilians including killings and rape on the 46th day of Russian military invasion in Ukraine.

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