News, 10/6/25

[Angeline Binick]

I.     GLOBAL NEWS
II.    REGIONAL NEWS

III.   CHILD MARRIAGE

IV.   POLICY / LEGISLATION

V.    SEXUAL HARASSMENT

VI.   SEX TRAFFICKING

VII.  ARMED CONFLICT

VIII. MILITARY

IX.   CASE STORIES

X.    COMMENTARY

 

 

 

 

 

GLOBAL NEWS

France: Gisele Pelicot attends court for appeal by one of 51 men convicted over her mass rape

https://www.reuters.com/world/gisele-pelicot-attends-court-appeal-by-one-51-men-convicted-over-her-mass-rape-2025-10-06/ 

Mexico: Soccer star Omar Bravo arrested on suspicion of child sexual abuse

https://apnews.com/article/mexico-soccer-omar-bravo-child-sexual-abuse-e647842a4083c34edccad54cc4107bea

2 Vietnamese officials accused of sexual attack evade extradition to New Zealand

(Trigger warning)

https://apnews.com/article/vietnam-officials-new-zealand-extradition-sex-attack-3ee49cadd9fde1ca79c849845bca17ca 

REGIONAL NEWS

Lancaster Country Day AI incident moves lawmakers to push changes in mandatory reporting law

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/lancaster-country-day-ai-incident-moves-lawmakers-to-push-changes-in-mandatory-reporting-law/article_a228aadb-3215-45e2-aafe-cf378451bc82.html 

CHILD MARRIAGE

Afghanistan: Ban on Girls’ Education Linked to Rise in Forced and Child Marriage

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/10/afghanistan-ban-on-girls-education-linked-to-rise-in-forced-and-child-marriage/ 

Uzbek Father Demands Justice After His Teen Daughter Was Forcibly Married

https://www.rferl.org/a/uzbekistan-teen-wedding-sharia-illegal-arranged-marriage-father-daughter-investigation-surkhandarya/33547224.html

Social media and online dating exposes girls to greater risks of child marriage, new report shows

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-02/social-media-digital-connection-child-marriage/105837010 

POLICY / LEGISLATION

Florida: New laws fighting online sexual harassment begin Oct. 1

https://www.fox13news.com/video/1717108 

SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Jets sued by former executive over alleged retaliation for misconduct claims against team president

https://apnews.com/article/jets-president-elhai-lawsuit-0e670601617158d916d283e17a44b107 

SEX TRAFFICKING

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to 4 years in prison

(Video)

https://apnews.com/video/sean-diddy-combs-sentenced-to-4-years-in-prison-5198785cd88c40c9966782446cd013d7 

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers plan to appeal as convicted hip-hop star faces more years behind bars
https://apnews.com/article/sean-diddy-combs-conviction-sentencing-b0717306a88214efcaef8a2aee0cd04e

What the key witnesses at Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ sex trafficking trial told the jury

(Trigger warning)

https://apnews.com/article/sean-diddy-combs-trial-witnesses-ecc690df5453d98a1ed54a89fd70c41a

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs will be sentenced under the Mann Act, a prostitution law from 1910

https://apnews.com/article/sean-diddy-combs-sentencing-mann-act-0fd195b5307506f3a1239ba8da7fd0dd 

Supreme Court rejects appeal from Ghislaine Maxwell, imprisoned former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-epstein-maxwell-appeal-a4ba832cd2a23a2c499cef23f1e30927 

ARMED CONFLICT

ICC makes 1st conviction over past atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur

https://apnews.com/article/icc-court-darfur-sudan-verdict-538055077897127929259e7515b7a40c 

MILITARY

As Hegseth orders changes to the Pentagon watchdog, advocates say that will silence complaints

https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-pentagon-inspector-general-e121b1d4f082e8772bd446b74d67ee65 

CASE STORIES

Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges

https://apnews.com/article/texas-megachurch-pastor-sexual-abuse-oklahoma-0ca16aa31d9d8e5a810d1e1e3483dce4 

COMMENTARY

More than a quarter of Canadian teens have experienced sexual violence online

https://theconversation.com/more-than-a-quarter-of-canadian-teens-have-experienced-sexual-violence-online-265625