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PublishedOctober 2, 2023
Second U.K. police force investigating sexual offense allegations against Russell Brand
Brand, 48, denies allegations of sexual assault made by four women in a Channel 4 television documentary and The Times and Sunday Times newspapers.
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2023
Monmouth woman sentenced to 40 years for sexually assaulting child
Natasha Venable, 47, was sentenced Thursday for assaulting and photographing a child multiple times.
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PublishedSeptember 6, 2023
Former Kennebec County deputy headed for jury trial on charges he assaulted wife, threatened to shoot child
Daniel Ross of West Gardiner is accused of over a dozen crimes. Jury selection is scheduled to begin in October.
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PublishedJuly 18, 2023
Winslow man sentenced to 11 years for sexually assaulting child
Nicholas Eldredge, 29, of Winslow, pleaded guilty to a charge of gross sexual assault Tuesday.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2023
Elton John lends celebrity support to Kevin Spacey at the actor’s sexual assault trial
Over 2 days of testimony last week, the Academy Award winner insisted that he never sexually assaulted 3 of the 4 accusers who described disturbing encounters between 2001 and 2013.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2023
Augusta man sentenced to 11 years on federal drug trafficking charges
Ray C. Mack Jr., 30, also faces charges from local police that he sexually assaulted a woman and threatened to kill her.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2023
Advocates say children surrounded by honesty, neutrality during forensic interviews
"I'm not coming in here to decide if a kid's telling the truth or not telling the truth," forensic interviewer Jenny Moody said. "I'm coming in here to say, 'I need every single detail that you can possibly remember.'"
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PublishedJuly 2, 2023
Compassionate law or bad precedent? Children’s advocates, defense attorneys at odds over changes to rules of evidence in child sexual assault cases
A law passed recently by the Legislature will allow prosecutors to present as direct evidence at trial recorded interviews of alleged child victims of sex crimes instead of putting them on the witness stand.
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PublishedMay 22, 2023
E. Jean Carroll adds Trump’s post-verdict remarks to defamation case
An amended lawsuit seeking $10 million in compensatory damages – and more in punitive damages – was filed by lawyers for the columnist, who won a $5 million sexual abuse and defamation award against the former president.
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PublishedMay 16, 2023
Commentary: New bill will help prevent sexual assault in the Maine National Guard
L.D. 1783 will collect data, amend the Victims’ Compensation Fund to better support survivors, further assist those who have experienced trauma and adopt a paid leave provision.
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