sexual assault

The Education Department announced plans Tuesday to hold a public hearing on how schools ought to handle sexual misconduct cases as the first step in a planned overhaul of Title IX regulations. In a letter released by the Education Department, the hearing is described as a chance for students, parents, school officials and advocates to weigh in before the Biden...

Trump “has no further excuse to delay justice,” said Beth Wilkinson, an attorney for Summer Zervos.

After the attack on the U.S. Capitol, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez revealed that the experience was a triggering event that recalled the trauma of a past sexual assault. Sarah Klein, a survivor and advocate for sexual assault victims, joined LX News to explain how other survivors are helped when public figures like AOC speak out about their own trauma.

Police are searching for the suspect in an assault of a young girl along the Rock Creek trail in Kensington Tuesday evening.

Investigators are looking for a man wanted in the sexual assault of a girl. News4’s Justin Finch reports.

The host of the investigative true crime podcast “Evil by Design” has been on the trail of allegations against fashion mogul Peter Nygard for 10 years. In December, Nygard was arrested on charges of forced sex trafficking and trafficking of minors, among others. Host Timothy Sawa joined LX News to talk about his decade-long efforts to shed light on these allegations.

If you or someone you know is experiencing sexual violence, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline by calling 1-800-656-HOPE (4673), visit the lifeline crisis chat at www.online.rainn.org, or find your local rape crisis center at www.centers.rainn.org. After a rape, the first step toward a conviction — before evidence testing, charges and a trial — is a sexual assault forensic exam. Commonly...

The designer, 37, known best for his eponymous brand started in 2005, has been accused of inappropriate sexual behavior by a model based in the U.K.

Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein will remain in a New York prison for now after his lawyers and prosecutors agreed  to postpone efforts to send him to California to face sexual assault charges.

As Fort Hood’s commander, Lt. Gen. Pat White faces the immense task of rebuilding trust and turning around an installation with one of the highest rates of murder, sexual assault and harassment in the Army.

A man attacked a woman Tuesday morning inside a business on Wilson Boulevard in Ballston. Hours later, someone attacked another woman as she walked her dog near the Courthouse Metro. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports.

DNA evidence helped authorities identify and arrest an Eastvale man suspected of raping a young woman more than two decades ago, police announced Friday.

Weeks before her disappearance, slain Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillén told her mother that she had been sexually harassed at the Army base and was afraid to speak up because of what Gloria Guillen calls a culture that protects abusers in the military at the expense of victims like her daughter, NBC News reports.

A massage therapist who gained recognition for helping wounded warriors is now accused of sexual assault. The victim alleging things escalated quickly during a massage session in the suspect’s Silver Spring home. News4’s Pat Collins has the details

A massage therapist who once gained recognition for helping wounded warriors is now accused of sexual assault. David Kupferschmid is a licensed massage therapist was arrested last weekend at his home in Silver Spring, Maryland, and charged with second-degree rape. According to court documents obtained by News4, the alleged assault happened in July at Kupferschmid’s home on Cassidy Street...

A federal judge is allowing the Education Department to move forward with new rules governing how schools and universities respond to sexual assault complaints.

A man accused of killing a woman in Alexandria, Virginia, has died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say. Ibrahm Elkahlil Bouaichi, 33, was suspected of killing Karla Elizabeth Dominguez Gonzalez on July 29. Alexandria police officers tracked down Bouaichi in Prince George’s County, Maryland, on Wednesday and initiated a brief vehicle pursuit, police said. Bouaichi’s vehicle crashed and officers…

Police in Virginia say that a rape suspect released from jail amid the coronavirus pandemic went on to kill the woman who had accused him. Ibrahim E. Bouaichi was tracked down by authorities on Wednesday, The Washington Post reports. But he shot himself and was in grave condition on Thursday. Bouaichi was indicted last year on charges that included rape,…

The New York Times looks looks back at Antioch College’s groundbreaking first affirmative consent policy for sex which was ridiculed 25 years ago but is now considered groundbreaking in the #MeToo movement.

A Prince George’s County police officer was suspended after he was charged with attempted rape, the department says.  Cpl. Brian Newcomer was arrested while off-duty late Sunday and charged with six counts, including attempted rape, the department said Monday morning. He was accused of trying to sexually assault a woman he knows.  In a statement, Interim Chief Hector Velez...