They spoke out about their assaults in spite the stigma that accompanies survivors of sexual violence and the risk of reprisals from the armed men who attacked them. The Journal article documented how international efforts to curb the use of rape as a weapon of war has fizzled out.

Weinstein pushed at a court hearing for an earlier trial date, citing his health. "I can’t hold on anymore," he said.

Harvey Weinstein appeared disheveled during a court hearing Wednesday. The former film producer requested an earlier trial due to his health conditions, calling Rikers Island a "hellhole."

A former adviser to the US government who flew to the UK to rape whom he believed to be a nine-year-old child has been convicted and jailed. Rahamim Shy, 47, travelled to Bedford from New York in February 2024 to have sex with the girl following more than a month of planning.

A lawmaker from India's opposition Congress party was arrested on Thursday on charges of rape and assault, news agency ANI reported.

A Crown Point man was charged Tuesday with rape after a woman alleged he had sex with her without her consent.

Cheung, who worked for State Street Corp., was arrested in 2022 for four rapes that took place between 2003 and 2006.

Frenchman Dominique Pelicot, convicted in December for organizing the rape of his then-wife Gisele Pelicot by dozens of strangers, was questioned on Thursday by an investigating magistrate over attempted rape,

Police say the now 67-year-old used his position as a coach to groom the child, who was under the age of 16, and then rape and sexually assault them over four years.

Jay-Z is seeking attorney sanctions over a "Jane Doe" lawsuit that accuses him and Diddy of raping a 13-year-old girl after the 2000 VMA awards.