News, 9/17/25

[Angeline Binick]

The daily news e-mail will resume on Tuesday, September 23rd.

I.     GLOBAL NEWS

II.    REGIONAL NEWS
III.   SEXUAL HARASSMENT

IV.   POLICY / LEGISLATION

V.    SEXUAL ASSAULT BY PROFESSIONALS

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

Intersex people face high levels of violence in Europe

One in three intersex people reported experiencing physical or sexual assault in the five years leading up to the report.

https://www.dw.com/en/intersex-people-face-high-levels-of-violence-in-europe/a-74022785 

Canada: Toronto city councillor Michael Thompson found not guilty of sexual assault

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/michael-thompson-sexual-assault-case-verdict-1.7634948 

Soccer player Partey pleads not guilty to rape, sexual assault charges in UK

https://www.reuters.com/sports/soccer/soccer-player-partey-pleads-not-guilty-rape-sexual-assault-charges-uk-2025-09-17/ 

REGIONAL NEWS

Bethlehem man is among the first in Pa. to be convicted of making AI-generated child pornography

Https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/bethlehem/2025/09/bethlehem-man-is-among-the-first-in-pa-to-be-convicted-of-making-ai-generated-child-pornography.html 

Police looking for person who allegedly exposed himself to gym-goers in Harrisburg

https://local21news.com/news/local/police-looking-for-person-who-allegedly-exposed-himself-to-gym-goers-in-harrisburg-planet-fitness-allentown-boulevard-lower-paxton-township-dauphin-county-pennsylvania-pa 

SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Utah: Ten women file harassment, discrimination claim against Grand County

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/09/16/ten-women-file-harassment/ 

California: Orange County D.A’.s office again faces allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-09-16/orange-county-das-office-again-faces-allegations-of-sexual-harassment-and-retaliation

In Kenya’s newsrooms, young women face sexual harassment – and perpetrators often go unpunished

(Trigger warning)

https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/sexual-harassment-kenya-newsrooms 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

Kentucky Law Cuts Child Marriages From Hundreds to Dozens, But Loopholes Remain

(Video)

https://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article312136059.html 

SEXUAL ABUSE BY PROFESSIONALS

Canada: Ex-swim instructor at N.S. youth correctional facility facing 66 sex-related charges

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/ex-swim-instructor-at-n-s-youth-correctional-facility-facing-66-sex-related-charges-1.7636033