Task Force To Distribute Penn State USD 60m fine
A 10-member board has been appointed to decide how the cumulative USD $60million fine ($12m per year for five years) will be distributed. The Guardian has the agency story here.
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This story about men in the UK being sentenced for grooming and then abusing young girls had an interesting fact in it that I wanted to share. The court heard how the men identified vulnerable girls for abuse and then groomed each one of them until they were under the control of the gang. They…
Surprisingly, it’s only now, after the movie has been shown at Cannes, that we are learning of one of the biggest secrets of Whitney Houston’s tragic life. That she and her brother were both abused by her cousin, Dee Dee Warwick. (Dionne Warwick’s sister) On the one hand, this story begins to fill in the…
Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) in England identified several lost opportunities to put Jimmy Savile on trial as police forces failed to share information and in some cases actively rejected disclosures and attempts to report over the years with one allegation starting from the mid-1950s before the previously recorded 1963 start time to Savile’s known crimes….
This look from the Guardian at SHOUT, a text service based in the UK should help you get a feel for what they are doing: “We hear from hundreds of people across the UK each day who are vulnerable and isolated and don’t feel they have anyone they can reach out to,” Pienaar said. “Many…
Roman Polanski has been arrested in Switzerland in relation to the child abuse charges to which he pleaded guilty over 30 years ago, when he slept with a 13-year-old. Since 1977 the director lived and worked outside America to avoid arrest. It’s an unfolding story and we will have to see whether the charges are…
Freddie Starr, who offered to talk to police voluntarily last week, was arrested by police investigating claims of indecent assault made by one woman and bailed for the second time between Thursday 1st November and the last weekend. He also disclosed to the media about his own abuse at the same time. That article is in…