sexual abuse

A Massachusetts family doctor was arrested for allegedly recording and possessing child sex abuse images, including on a hidden camera designed to look like a bracelet, prosecutors said Tuesday.

Maryland lawmakers are considering ending the statute of limitations for when lawsuits can be filed against institutions related to child sexual abuse cases in the state.

Puerto Rican superstar Ricky Martin has filed a lawsuit against his nephew accusing him of extortion, malicious persecution, abuse of law and damages stemming from false allegations that attorneys say cost the singer and actor millions of dollars in lost income.

Nearly 17 years after the armed sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl, police have made an arrest using new forensic DNA analysis. News4’s Mauricio Casillas reports.

Police have arrested a suspect for the sexual abuse of a juvenile that occurred in 2005 in Southeast, D.C., the Metropolitan Police Department said.

Recent weeks have seen an especially intense set of revelations about sexual assault and misconduct in U.S. churches.

A D.C. corrections officer is accused of sexually abusing a juvenile female in custody of the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services.

The suspect, Priyant Sundas, 30, had been previously accused of assaulting two young girls at another music school in Chevy Chase.

The U.S. Olympic Committee is “less focused on athlete well-being and more focused on winning,” says Marci Hamilton, chair of the Game Over Commission. She joined LX News to talk about the commission’s recent report, which says the current business of sports places athletes at risk of abuse.

Lawyers for Prince Andrew and his accuser Virginia Giuffre have filed their initial requests for witnesses in her lawsuit accusing the British royal of sexually abusing her at age 17.

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by late sex criminal and financier Jeffrey Epstein.

A woman testified at Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex crimes trial that Jeffrey Epstein took her to meet Donald Trump when she was 14 years old.

A Maryland music teacher has been arrested and accused of inappropriately touching two 7-year-old girls during private lessons at an academy in Chevy Chase, Montgomery County police said. Priyant Sundas, 30, of Rockville, is accused of inappropriately touching two students during private lessons at Chevy Chase Arts Academy in October, police said. Sundas’ lawyer denied the allegations. The victims told…

The complaint accuses Andrew Cuomo of forcible touching of a female executive assistant in December in the New York governor’s mansion.

The FBI and the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service are looking for more information and potentially more victims of a former CIA employee who pleaded guilty to sexual abuse charges in July.

A former Drexel University neurologist accused of exploiting his patients’ severe pain and addiction to medication to sexually abuse them over a 15-year span in Philadelphia, New York and New Jersey, now faces a federal indictment.

News4’s Paul Wagner has the emotional reaction from one of the victims.

The head of France’s Catholic bishops conference is asking forgiveness from the estimated 330,000 victims of child sex abuse by the church found in a groundbreaking report.

The National Women’s Soccer League has called off its weekend games amid sexual abuse allegations against former North Carolina Courage coach Paul Riley.

The Cuban-American superstar spoke for the first time publicly about the abuse and its effects on her during an episode of the Facebook Watch show “Red Table Talk: The Estefans.”