Rape

Lawyer Seeks Dismissal Of Rape Lawsuit Against Jay-Z

Lawyer Seeks Dismissal Of Rape Lawsuit Against Jay-Z

Jay-Z previously claimed he was at the centre of a “blackmail attempt” after a lawsuit was filed accusing him and Sean “Diddy” Combs of drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl at a party, after the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000. In one claim, the anonymous woman said her father picked her up after the alleged assault but her father has since told NBC News that he cannot verify her claims. “I have made some mistakes,” the female accuser told the US outlet when asked about inconsistencies in her account, but said she overall stands by her allegations. After the…
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Three Men Accuse Diddy Of Rape And Sexual Assault In New Lawsuits

Three Men Accuse Diddy Of Rape And Sexual Assault In New Lawsuits

Three more men have accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of rape and sexual assault in a batch of new lawsuits alleging the rapper drugged and assaulted them. The complaints, filed separately in New York Supreme Court on Thursday, involve incidents that allegedly occurred between 2019-22. Two of the plaintiffs allege they went to parties with Mr Combs, where he “personally offered” them alcoholic drinks which made them unconscious, before they say he raped them. The rapper’s lawyers dismissed the lawsuits, calling them “full of lies”. He remains in custody at a Brooklyn jail. “We will prove them false and seek sanctions…
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Five Students Arrested For Gang-rape at Mpraeso SHS; 3 On The Run

Five Students Arrested For Gang-rape at Mpraeso SHS; 3 On The Run

Five students at Mpraeso Senior High School (SHS) in the Eastern region have been arrested for an alleged gang rape of a 16-year-old female student. Three other students who were part of the act are also currently on the run. Narrating her ordeal, the victim said she was on her way with her friend to buy food at the canteen when a male student called her. While approaching him, she saw seven other male students also walk towards them. According to her, she is not aware of the conversation the suspects had with her friend but she abandoned her as…
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Father Of Late Princess Diana’s Lover Accused Of Multiple Rapes By Staff

Father Of Late Princess Diana’s Lover Accused Of Multiple Rapes By Staff

Five women say they were raped by former Harrods boss Mohamed Al Fayed when they worked at the luxury London department store. The BBC has heard testimony from more than 20 female ex-employees who say the billionaire, who died last year aged 94, sexually assaulted or raped them. The documentary and podcast – Al-Fayed: Predator at Harrods – gathered evidence that, during Fayed’s ownership, Harrods not only failed to intervene, but helped cover up abuse allegations. Harrods’ current owners said they were “utterly appalled” by the allegations and that his victims had been failed – for which the store sincerely…
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Man, 27, Rapes Woman, 62

Man, 27, Rapes Woman, 62

A TWENTY-SEVEN-year old man is in the grips of the Samreboi Divisional Police for allegedly raping a 62-year-old speech-impaired woman, popularly called Aunty Rita or Araba, at Mempeasem in the Amenfi West Municipality of the Western Region. The suspect, believed to be a Togolese, was identified as Alidu Salifu. Speaking to journalists, a younger sister of the victim, Agatha Mensah, explained that her speech-impaired sister stayed in a compound house at Mempeasem where she visited her from time to time. She said at about 4am yesterday, she had a call that her 62-year-old sister has been raped by the Togolese,…
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Grammy-Winning Producer Accused Of Raping Woman In Van

Grammy-Winning Producer Accused Of Raping Woman In Van

Grammy award-winning producer and songwriter The-Dream has been accused of rape and sexual battery, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles. The 47-year-old, born Terius Gesteelde-Diamant, was named as the defendant in a lawsuit filed on Tuesday by a former protégé, Chanaaz Mangroe, who performed as Channii Monroe. According to the lawsuit, Ms Mangroe says Mr Gesteelde-Diamant repeatedly forced her to have sex, throttled her and on one occasion filmed an intimate encounter and then threatened to show it to other people. Mr Gesteelde-Diamant, who has written songs for Beyoncé, Rihanna, Justin Bieber and Mariah Carey, has denied the…
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50 Cent Sues Ex-Lover Over Rape Accusations

50 Cent Sues Ex-Lover Over Rape Accusations

50 Cent has filed a defamation suit against his ex-girlfriend Daphne Joy, more than one month after she publicly accused him of rape and physical abuse in an Instagram post. The rapper, whose real name is Curtis Jackson, filed the suit in Texas on Monday, May 6, claiming his ex’s “false accusations” have subjected the star to “extensive public ridicule, hatred and contempt,” and that her post was a “purposeful attempt” to sully his reputation and keep him from seeing their 11-year-old son, Sire. The court documents, which were obtained by PEOPLE, stem from a March 28 Instagram post made by Joy, whose real name…
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Dani Alves Released After Posting €1M Bail In Rape Conviction

Dani Alves Released After Posting €1M Bail In Rape Conviction

Former Brazil footballer Dani Alves was released from prison after making the €1 million ($1.08m) bail payment required as he awaits the result of an appeal to his rape conviction, Reuters and Spanish courts confirmed on Monday. Alves was sentenced to 4½ years in prison on Feb. 22 after Catalonia’s top court found him guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in a Barcelona nightclub in 2022. He was granted bail on Wednesday but remained in prison for the remainder of the week after failing to come up with the money in time. Flanked by his lawyer, Alves left the Brians 2 prison northwest of Barcelona at shortly before…
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Dani Alves Trial: Ex-Barcelona Player Guilty Of Nightclub Rape

Dani Alves Trial: Ex-Barcelona Player Guilty Of Nightclub Rape

A court in Spain has found former Barcelona and Brazil footballer Dani Alves guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub. He has been sentenced to four and a half years in prison. The 40-year-old, who is one of the most decorated footballers in history, had denied sexually assaulting the woman in the early hours of 31 December 2022. His lawyer had asked for him to be acquitted and Alves can appeal against the sentence. Alves had been accused of luring the woman to a toilet in a VIP section of the nightclub and had argued that she could…
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Woman, 65, Raped And Killed At Kwahu

Woman, 65, Raped And Killed At Kwahu

The people of Kwahu Aseseɛso, a community in the Kwahu East District are in a state of dilemma and fear as a 65-year-old blind woman, Gladys Gyamfa, was raped and killed in her residence. Akuamoah Boateng, a PTA chairman in the community, said “the woman lives alone in her residence, as a result, she sought assistance from children in the area to provide her with water for domestic use due to her sight impairment, after which she promised the children to come for money the next day. “The children then came to her in the morning and realized she wasn’t…
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