MystiKal has been formally charged with rape along with nine other criminal counts! One of this charges is first degree rape and that comes with a mandatory life sentence under state law. He is currently being held in jail without bond. His other charges include: False imprisonment, domestic abuse battery by strangulations, simply robbery and […]
Chris Brown was detained by police in Paris last night after a woman filed a rape complaint. Brown, along with his bodyguard and one other person, were taken into custody after the 24-year-old woman accused them of assaulting her inside a hotel room last week after they met at a club. His reps have not yet […]
After a three-week trial, the brother of rapper Nicki Minaj has been convicted after being charged with repeatedly raping an 11-year-old girl at his Long Island home. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! According to TMZ: The verdict for Jelani Maraj came in Thursday in Long Island, where he was found guilty of predatory sexual assault against […]
A Chicago teen has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl that was streamed on Facebook Live.
In an ongoing study, Black Women's Blueprint found that 60 percent of Black women report having been raped before the age of 18. But part of the challenge has been calling Black men into community to reckon not only with racism, but also with racialized sexual violence and sexualized and gendered racism.
26 people were arrested near Paris on Wednesday after denouncing the alleged violent rape of a 22-year-old Black man by local police.
The settlements of lawsuits brought on by individuals who were wrongfully convicted of crimes, families of those killed by police officers, and disability rights activists, equate to millions of dollars in payouts.
John R.K. Howard plead guilty to injury to a child and faces only two to three years of probation—that’s it. https://twitter.com/TheRoot/status/810973026032435201 A white Idaho high school football player who was charged with brutally raping a Black, mentally disabled teammate was allowed to plead guilty to a lesser felony. Prosecutors are also saying that the attack […]
Rose believes that the rape accusations caused indelible harm to his image.
Like many of us, actress Vivica A. Fox isn't here for Donald Trump or his blatantly ignorant comments about women and Hillary Clinton.
The people who didn't go support The Birth of A Nation because of Nate Parker's past are the same ones who want an insincere apology from Nate, rather than the real remorse and regret he feels.
Nate Parker‘s film The Birth Of A Nation is finally hitting theaters today despite all of the controversy surrounding the film and it’s director— but that doesn’t mean there aren’t still people who don’t want the movie to see the light of day. On Thursday night, protesters, honoring victims of rape and sexual assault, gathered at the […]
