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Fast Forward Eric Schneiderman Will Not Face Criminal Charges For Abusing Women
(JTA) — New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who resigned hours after The New Yorker published a report detailing allegations against him by four women who said that he physically abused them, will not face criminal charges due to “legal impediments.” Nassau County District Attorney Madeline Singas, the special prosecutor overseeing the investigation, told CNN on Thursday that…
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Fast Forward Harvey Weinstein Accused Of Sexually Assaulting 16-Year-Old Model
(JTA) — Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been accused of harassment and sexual assault of a teen-age Polish model. The unnamed woman filed a lawsuit in civil court in New York on Wednesday. The lawsuit alleges that Weinstein assaulted her at his New York City apartment in 2002, after they met at an event in…
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Life How To Talk To The Sex Abuse Survivor Who’s Probably Sitting At Your Shabbat Table
For several years, while earning my doctorate in clinical psychology, specializing in traumatic stress, I felt like I lived a double life. My weekdays were filled with stories of trauma — I conducted countless evaluations of youth who had survived physical or sexual abuse, completed court-ordered risk assessments of minors who had displayed problematic sexual…
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Fast Forward Former AEPi Chapter President Faces Second Sexual Assault Trial
The former president of Temple University’s now-suspended Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity was ordered for the second time to stand trial for alleged sexual assault, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. One of Ari Goldstein’s accusers testified against him on Thursday. The 21-year-old will face trial Nov. 1 on charges of rape, sexual assault, unlawful restraint and involuntary…
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News EXCLUSIVE: Former JCC Camp Official Accused Of ‘Sexual Misconduct’ With Camper
Updated 5:15 p.m. A Jewish community center in southern California is evaluating an allegation that a top official at a summer camp it was associated with had sexual encounters with an underage female camper for several years more than 35 years ago, the Forward has learned. The Alpert JCC in Long Beach is investigating the…
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Fast Forward Julie Swetnick: It’s ‘Shameful’ Sen. Collins Attacked Me In Kavanaugh Speech
Following the Senate vote Saturday to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Julie Swetnick said in a statement Sunday that she was “appalled” by the actions of some politicians and media pundits, who diminished her claims that he was at the party in high school where she was a victim of gang rape. Swetnick…
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Community I Was Assaulted Twice By The Same Known Predator. The Police Told Me There Was Nothing They Could Do.
We’ve heard about how Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony on Thursday was triggering for millions of women. I am one of them. I was attacked in a parking garage in Jerusalem when I was 23. It shattered my sense of safety, my then-idealistic image of life in the Jewish state, and for a time, my…
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Fast Forward Sen. Grassley Joins Trump On George Soros Dog-Whistling
Sen. Chuck Grassley said Friday that he believes George Soros could have paid the protestors who confronted Sen. Jeff Flake in an elevator with their stories of sexual assault, in order to get him to vote against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. “I have heard so many people believe that. I tend to believe it,”…
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