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Sexual assaults at gigs under spotlight after incident during Beddy Rays's performance

A sexual assault in a mosh pit at a gig in Hobart this month has prompted renewed discussion about women's safety at live music venues, and ways to change attitudes to prevent future incidents.

ABC News

Sexual assault on actors at Kozhikode mall: police yet to identify accused

Support pours in for actors who decided to fight the case legally

The Hindu

Sexual assault of wife can take form of rape: Supreme Court

MTP Act recognises a husband’s act of sexual assault or forced intercourse committed on his wife as ‘rape’, Justice Chandrachud said

The Hindu

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AFC Fylde manager James Rowe charged with sexual assault

AFC Fylde’s manager, James Rowe, has been charged with sexual assault and is due in court in November

The Guardian - UK

More restrictive SC abortion ban likely dead after House rejects Senate changes

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Efforts to pass more restrictive abortion legislation in the S.C. State House is likely doomed after the state House on Tuesday rejected a proposal that would ban abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy but would allow a narrow exception for abortions in cases of sexual assault…

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CCTV image released as police investigate 'serious sexual assault' on rail replacement bus

British Transport Police are appealing for anyone with information to come forward

Manchester Evening News

River City boss reveals storm and sexual assault to rock Shieldinch in 'massive storyline'

The storyline is expected to run into the new year - and could even involve a murder.

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Boarding school told to punish suspected rapists

Education Minister Treenuch Thienthonghas instructed a boarding school in Phetchabun's Muang district to punish students involved in the sexual assault of female pupils in its dormitory on Aug 24, if found guilty.

Bangkok Post

Despite Texas plan to end rape, assault clinics remain busy

Rape crisis centers in Texas say their caseloads remain high a year after a new abortion law that made no exceptions for rape victims went into effect

The Independent UK

Flyers' Carter Hart ‘fully cooperating’ with NHL investigation into sexual assault allegation involving Canada’s 2018 World Juniors team

PHILADELPHIA — As NHL training camps get underway this week, the greater hockey community is still searching for answers in the midst of multiple ongoing investigations into Hockey Canada’s handling of a sexual assault allegation involving members of their 2018 World Juniors team.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Andrew Cooper, from college star to activist: ‘The NCAA does not exist to protect athletes’

The former track and cross-country runner sees systemic failure in how universities and the NCAA handle issues around mental health and sexual abuse allegations

The Guardian - US

Actor sexual assault case | Kerala HC dismisses survivor’s plea for change of court

In her petition, the woman actor sought a change of court saying that she had lost faith in the trial court judge.

The Hindu

Sexual assault services brace for 'major impact' ahead of years-long fallout from Queensland's DNA testing debacle

Specialist support services anticipate an increase in calls from victim survivors re-traumatised by this week's interim report, which raised major questions about the adequacy of DNA testing.

ABC News

Marilyn Manson sexual assault investigation handed to prosecutors by detectives

Prosecutors say more evidence is needed before criminal charges could be brought against the singer

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The Independent UK

Police dismissed woman who says she was raped by Eliza Fletcher’s accused killer as ‘average Black girl’

Alicia Franklin’s sexual assault kit remained untested for almost a year after she was raped

The Guardian - US

‘Everyone knew his past’: how a coach stayed in soccer despite troubling allegations

When Brad Evans resigned from the University of Toledo allegations of sexual assault effectively disappeared, allowing him to continue coaching

The Independent UK

Women ‘sexually assaulted in queue to see lying in state’, court told

Adio Adeshine was charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of breaching a sexual harm prevention order.

AAP

Lawyers argue for Higgins' phone evidence

Lawyers for Bruce Lehrmann, charged with the sexual assault of former political staffer Brittany Higgins, are fighting for access to evidence.

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Newcastle Herald

Hunter Valley records 'devastating' rise in rate of recorded sexual assault

The Hunter Valley has experienced a "devastating" rise in the number of sexual assaults reported to police over the past five years - recording the second largest jump in the state.

Axios

Uninsured sexual assault survivors billed thousands for medical care, study shows

High health care-related costs can make it more "disincentivizing" for survivors to come forward about their sexual assaults.

Radio France Internationale

Polanski ordered to stand trial in France for defaming accuser

Filmmaker Roman Polanski has been ordered to stand trial in France for allegedly defaming a British actress who accused him of sexual abuse. The 89-year-old Franco-Polish director has faced a series of sexual assault claims, though he has never been tried in France.

AAP

DV, sex crime reports buck NSW decline

Reports of robberies, car thefts and burglaries have dropped significantly in NSW in recent years but domestic violence and sexual assaults are increasing.

Los Angeles Times

Trevor Bauer argues new video shows accuser 'smirking and uninjured' after encounter

LOS ANGELES — The video lasts nine seconds, with no sound. Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer appears to be asleep in bed, with a mask over his eyes. Next to him in bed, his attorneys say: the woman whose sexual assault allegations against Bauer triggered the investigation that resulted in his…

Radio France Internationale

France rejects Canada Inuit request to extradite priest accused of sex crimes

France has rejected a request from a visiting delegation of Canadian Inuits to extradite a priest accused of sexual assault on young members of the Indigenous minority in the 1960s. The justice ministry said that France does not extradite its nationals.

The Independent UK

How a rape survivor’s DNA led to her arrest for a separate crime in San Francisco

A federal lawsuit outlines how police relied on evidence collected from sexual assault kits for unrelated crimes, underscoring chronic challenges facing survivors seeking justice

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