rape Page 9 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Lawsuit: Kent State Helped Cover Up Rape By Softball Coach's Son 

A former Kent State softball player is suing the university and its former softball coach, Karen Linder, accusing Linder of pressuring the player to cover up her rape allegation against the coach’s son. When Lauren Kesterson did report the rape, Linder resigned but used her influence among former an...

Baylor Has Mastered The Art Of Doing Nothing About Campus Rape

There is a growing mountain of evidence suggesting that Baylor University does not give a fuck about investigating rapes, especially but not limited to those committed by football players. First, it was Sam Ukwuachu and the university’s lackadaisical at best Title IX investigation into allegations t...

Reports: Oklahoma High School Wrestlers Charged With Sexually Assaulting Teammates On The Bus

Four Norman (Okla.) North High School junior varsity wrestlers have been charged with “rape by instrumentation” for their roles in a pair of alleged sexual assaults that occurred on January 9. An 18-year-old, two 17-year-olds, and a 16-year-old are charged with having attacked a 16-year-old teammate...

Report: Giants' Jay Bromley Accused Of Attempting To Rape A Woman And Hit Her With His Car

According to multiple reports this morning, New York Giants defensive lineman Jay Bromley is being investigated by the NYPD for attempted rape. Apparently, the 23-year-old Bromley met a 26-year-old woman on Instagram, then arranged to meet up with her at the Hyatt Herald Square Hotel early this morn...

Tallahassee Police Finally Admit Problems With Investigation Of Jameis Winston Rape Case

One of the most sinister things that came to light in the Jameis Winston case was how Florida State and local police protected athletes accused of sexual assault. A former FSU administrator admitted as much last month in a deposition, and the stunted investigation into rape allegations against Winst...

Jameis Winston Is Threatening To Sue CNN To Prevent Airing Of College Rape Documentary

Sexual assault on college campuses is a major problem, and several high profile cases have brought national attention to the crisis and its accompanying administrative cover ups. Not only is on-campus sexual assault widespread—according to a study, 1 in 4 college women will be a victim of a sexual a...

Results Of Baylor Investigation: We Need Another Investigation 

In reaction to one of its football players being convicted of sexually assaulting another student, Baylor announced it would investigate “the circumstances associated with this case.” Merely a week later, the university released results from the law professor-led investigation at 7 p.m. Central on a...

49ers LB Ahmad Brooks Charged With Sexual Battery, Ray McDonald Indicted For Rape

Santa Clara County prosecutors announced today that they had charged 49ers linebacker Ahmad Brooks with sexual battery, while a grand jury handed down a rape indictment against former 49ers defensive end Ray McDonald....

Baylor And Boise State Won't Stop Playing The Blame Game On Sam Ukwuachu

Last Thursday, a Waco jury found Baylor football player Sam Ukwuachu guilty of sexual assault. Since then, the two universities that had him on their teams—first Boise State, then Baylor, which took him as a transfer—haven’t bothered themselves with much public reflection. There have been no apologi...

Former Boise State Head Coach: Art Briles Knew All About Sam Ukwuachu's Violent Past [UPDATE]

This morning, Baylor head coach Art Briles spoke to the media and flatly denied that he had any knowledge of defensive end and convicted rapist Sam Ukwuachu’s violent past. Just a few hours later, former Boise State head coach Chris Petersen called bullshit....

Baylor’s Investigation Of Sam Ukwuachu Was Shameful

As awareness has spread about rape—and pressure has increased on universities to prevent and address it among their students—two justice systems have formed. There’s the one we’ve had for centuries: the cops, the courts, and if it goes to trial, a verdict. Now there’s a second track, one where unive...

Accuser Testifies In Baylor Football Player's Sexual Assault Trial

The trial for Baylor’s Sam Ukwuachu began today in a Waco courthouse. Ukwuachu, who transferred to Baylor from Boise State but never played a down, was indicted on two counts of sexual assault stemming from what happened in the early hours of Oct. 20, 2013. Very little about what happened that day—o...

The Baylor Football Sexual Assault Trial You Haven't Heard About

On Oct. 20, 2013, at 3:09 p.m., the call came to Waco police from Baylor Scott & White hospital saying a woman had been sexually assaulted earlier in the morning. Police began their investigation, and the woman identified the attacker as someone she knew, incoming football player Sam Ukwuachu, a Pea...

Patrick Kane's Lawyer Is Arguing With People On Facebook

Patrick Kane’s attorney Paul Cambria felt compelled today to reply to a Facebook post about the news that an off-duty Buffalo cop served as Patrick Kane’s driver the night he allegedly raped a woman at his home. The thread’s on the private Facebook page of Buffalo-based blogger Alan Bedenko; a reade...

Christy Mack Says War Machine Used "Arsenal" Of MMA Skills To Hurt Her

Christy Mack spoke out against her ex, former UFC star War Machine, on tonight’s Real Sports on HBO—alleging the MMA fighter attempted multiple rapes and repeated other sadistic forms of violence against her. War Machine remains in jail, awaiting trial on the charges that include attempted murder an...

Here Are The Documents Bill Cosby Didn't Want You To Read [Updated]

Today saw the unsealing of documents from the 2005 civil suit in which Andrea Constand said Bill Cosby drugged and raped her while she worked at Temple University. The unsealing followed a request from the Associated Press, which Cosby’s legal team fought it on the grounds that Cosby isn’t a “public...

Cosby Claims He's Not A Public Figure To Keep Embarrassing Docs Sealed

Bill Cosby, who has sold out arenas, who has been televised into millions of homes, who lectured America on the virtues of buckled pants, who has spoken at rally after rally, who has served on the board of trustees of a public university, claims he is not a public figure. Or rather, that’s the argum...

Mistrial Declared In Vanderbilt Rape Case

Because a juror didn’t disclose that he was a victim of statutory rape, a Nashville judge granted a mistrial for Brandon Vandenburg and Cory Batey, two former Vanderbilt football players found guilty of rape in January....

Former Baltimore Ravens cheerleader Molly Shattuck has pleaded guilty to one count of fourth-degree rape for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy in Delaware. She entered the plea Tuesday and sentencing is scheduled for Aug. 21. Shattuck will have to register as a sex offender....

How Did Darren Sharper Avoid Arrest For So Long?

ProPublica, Sports Illustrated, and The New Orleans Advocate teamed up to produce a thoroughly reported story seeking to explain how exactly former NFL player Darren Sharper was able to avoid getting arrested for years despite being accused of rape multiple times. The whole story is worth a read, b...