I trusted my father to be the one to protect me but he didn’t. I am almost 18 years old and I will finish with secondary school by June this year. I would have finished a long time before now…
Village people! Groom arrested for rape at his own wedding
A groom is accused of following a teenager into a bathroom and sexually assaulting her at his own wedding. WPVI reported that Matthew Ronald Aimers, 31, of Willingboro, N.J., was arrested earlier this week in reference to the alleged crime in November.…
Businessman accused of rape kills self after posting suicide note on Twitter (Punch)
The founder of Asiwaju Royal Furniture in Ojo, Lagos, Michael Asiwaju, popularly known as Mike Cash, has taken his own life following several rape allegations against him. City Round learnt that Asiwaju died at a hotel in Lagos. He was said to…
UK film age rating rules get stricter for scenes of sexual violence (BBC)
Under-15s will no longer be able to go to see films that depict rape and sexual violence under new rules set by Britain’s film ratings body. The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) surveyed more than 10,000 people and found…
Drunk dad rapes intoxicated daughter, thinking she’s his new wife (Punch)
A drunk man, 50, who raped his own daughter on his wedding night “because he thought she was his wife” has been sentenced to two years and six months in jail. The man, from Denmark, was hosting his wedding reception at…
Catholic Church keeps priest arrested naked threatening to rape women (Metro)
The Catholic Church has refused to fire a priest who told police he was trying to rape women after he was arrested naked at a mall. Reverend Jeremy Wind, 39, was meeting with a female parishioner at a Sioux Center…
S. Korean cult leader jailed for raping followers (AFP)
A South Korean cult leader was convicted Thursday for the multiple rape of eight female followers — some of whom believed he was God — and jailed for 15 years. Pastor Lee Jaerock’s victims were “unable to resist as they…
Harvey Weinstein accused of sexually assaulting 16-year-old virgin (PageSix)
An aspiring actress says she was a 16-year-old virgin when disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her in New York, according to an amended Manhattan federal racketeering lawsuit filed Wednesday. The woman, a former model from Poland identified only…
My boyhood was destroyed by rape from an uncle
I’m not quite sure of how old I was but I couldn’t have been older than six or seven when Uncle Shina first sexually assaulted me. He was my father’s brother, his step brother as I was later to discover.…
Court remands Benue lecturer in custody for rape of 13-year-old (Punch)
The Chief Magistrate’s Court One, Makurdi, Benue State, on Thursday remanded a 51-year-old lecturer in the Department of Catering and Hotel Management, Benue State Polytechnic, Mr Andrew Ogbuja, in custody. The lecturer, who had earlier been charged for allegedly raping…