News, 6/11/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.      GLOBAL NEWS

II.     REGIONAL NEWS

III.    FORENSIC EVIDENCE

IV.    SEX TRAFFICKING

V.     MILITARY

VI.    CAMPUS

VII.   INCARCERATION

VIII.  CLERGY ABUSE

IX.    CASE STORIES

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

France: Gisele Pelicot settles privacy case with Paris Match magazine over photos

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/gisele-pelicot-settles-privacy-case-with-paris-match-magazine-over-photos-2025-06-11/

UK: Met pays damages to woman for failing to investigate rape claim against ex-husband

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jun/10/met-pays-damages-to-woman-for-failing-to-investigate-claim-against-ex-husband

REGIONAL NEWS

Man charged with raping woman at knifepoint waives preliminary hearing: DA

(Trigger warning)

https://local21news.com/news/local/man-charged-with-raping-woman-at-knifepoint-waives-preliminary-hearing-da#

Hershey man accused of sexually assaulting 2 children, hitting third: court docs

(Trigger warning)

https://local21news.com/news/local/hershey-man-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-two-children-hitting-third-court-docs#

Lehigh County man who fled to Mexico with teen and is now facing rape charges arrested in West Virginia after police pursuits, DA says

https://www.mcall.com/2025/06/11/kevin-esterly-arrested-rape-charges-west-virginia/

FORENSIC EVIDENCE

New OhioHealth tech could strengthen evidence for survivors of sexual assault

(Trigger warning)

https://www.statenews.org/section/the-ohio-newsroom/2025-06-11/new-ohiohealth-tech-could-strengthen-evidence-for-survivors-of-sexual-assault

Tennessee: Memphis to embed two dedicated forensic scientists at TBI crime lab in Jackson

https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/local/2025/06/10/memphis-dedicated-scientists-tbi-crime-lab/84139524007/

SEX TRAFFICKING

Real estate mogul Alexander brothers' sex trafficking case expands as alleged new victims emerge

https://6abc.com/post/real-estate-moguls-brothers-alon-oren-tal-alexander-face-new-sex-trafficking-charges-victims-emerge/16388072/

MILITARY

Japan: Ten-year sentence sought for U.S. marine in Okinawa for sexual assault

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/09/japan/crime-legal/10-year-sentence-sought-okinawa-sexual-assault/

CAMPUS

Georgia Baptist college places president on leave during sexual abuse probe

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/truett-mcconnell-university-president-leave-sexual-abuse-probe-georgia

INCARCERATION

Australia: Tasmania's prison watchdog calls for end to practice of housing kids in adult watch-houses

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-11/calls-for-end-children-prison-watch-houses-custodial-inspector/105389752

CLERGY ABUSE

Italian abuse survivor: Bishops’ report doesn’t show full scale of crisis

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/264673/italian-church-abuse-survivor-questions-bishops-conference-report-on-scale-of-clerical-sexual-abuse-crisis

CASE STORIES

Jury convicts Harvey Weinstein of top charge in the retrial of his landmark #MeToo sex crimes case

https://apnews.com/article/harvey-weinstein-sexual-assault-trial-31d7a64b75148d1e482f3c020ffea527