An Oklahoma man who kidnapped his preadolescent stepdaughter, repeatedly raped and abused her, and fathered nine of her children in the 19 years he held her captive was convicted in federal court last week. A statement issued by the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Henri Michelle Piette, 63, was …
Bryan Singer has agreed to pay $150,000 to resolve rape allegations brought forth by a man who said the director had sexually assaulted him on a yacht in 2003. On Wednesday, Singer’s attorney confirmed to the Los Angeles Times that the matter was settled. In light of the settlement, Singer, 53, maintained that he didn’t …
A former teacher in Arizona confessed Monday to having an ongoing sexual relationship with a 13-year-old male student. People accessed online court records stating that Brittany Zamora, 28, pleaded guilty to sexual conduct with a minor, molestation of a child, and public sexual indecency. The ex-Las Brisas Academy instructor was arrested in March 2018, after …
A Florida man is facing federal charges for allegedly keeping a 17-year-old girl from Georgia as a sex slave, sexually assaulting her, and forcing her to watch child pornography. Thomas Hill, 40, reportedly met the victim online in December and took her out of state without her parents’ knowledge. The pair chatted for several weeks …
Authorities in Louisiana say a fellow law enforcement officer was fired and faces serious and unsettling criminal allegations related to the recorded sexual abuse of a 1-year-old child. According to WAFB, Iberville Parish Sheriff’s Deputy Shardrick Jones is accused of coercing a woman to rape her own son. St. Gabriel Police Chief Kevin Ambeau announced …
‘[The] sexual abuse went undetected for years because family members failed to report it to authorities’
A registered sex offender in Ohio admitted Monday to molesting two minor brothers who he came into contact with while volunteering as a church bus driver. As reported by WKRC, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Ohio announced that Jory Leedy, 49, pleaded guilty in federal court to several counts of sex …
A former police officer in Hawaii who admitted to sexually abusing a 5-year-old girl recently learned he will not spend a day behind bars. In 2017, an Oahu grand jury indicted Teddy O. Van Lerberghe, 45, formerly with the Honolulu Police Department, on seven counts of sexual assault. According to the Star Advertiser, the assaults …
Four people in New Jersey were arrested Wednesday for allegedly operating an at-home pornography ring that allegedly involved filming the sexual assault of a 7-year-old resident. According to a statement from the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office, the four suspects, Sean Allen, 51, Marina Volz, 30, Ashley Romero, 26, and Dulcinea Gnecco, 19, were arrested on …
On Thursday, Illinois prosecutors charged R. Kelly with 11 additional sex assault charges stemming from a January 2010 incident that reportedly involved a victim referenced in one of the criminal cases filed against him in February. From the Chicago Sun-Times, Cook County prosecutors charged Kelly, 52, with four counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, two …
A Maryland man is behind after police say he sexually assaulted a little girl who he offered a ride to during a thunderstorm. Washington Post reports that 59-year-old James Booker spotted a 12-year-old girl walking home from school during a thunderstorm on May 23, and according to police, offered her a ride. Authorities said Booker …
This month, three men in Texas were sentenced to federal prison for operating a sex trafficking ring involving underage girls as young as 13. A statement from the Western District of Texas’ U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that a U.S. District judge sentenced Khalil S. Maxwell, 22, to 25 years, Daniel Chavez, 28, to 10 years, …
