Sexual assault news headlines

The senior police offier has been jailed for nearly five years for rape and sexual assault.

The 67-year-old formally pleaded guilty in Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday.

The man allegedly met the two women out on Saturday night before the crimes occurred.

James Dorrin Hayward, 55, was found guilty of directing an eight-year-old girl to indecently touch him on two occasions.

Men who "stealth" and take off condoms during sex without the other person's knowledge or consent will be charged with rape if law reforms in Queensland, which also crackdown on what constitutes consent, are passed.

An inmate threw boiling water at Ashley Paul Griffith's face at the Wolston Correctional Centre in Brisbane on Friday.

A 13-year-old boy accused of raping a fellow patient crawled into her room to avoid being spotted by night-shift nurses, court documents claim.

A male former Scout leader aged 62 has been charged with alleged historic child sexual and indecent assault offences.

A man is sought over two alleged sexual assault incidents in the St Kilda area of Melbourne late last year and early this year.

Harassment and stalking allegations made by a woman against Russell Brand between 2018 and 2022 are again under the spotlight.

The laws mean the identity of accused rapists and sex offenders can be reported.

The man faces two counts of raping a woman in Toowoomba in October 2021.

Danushka Gunathilaka faced a judge-alone trial in which he was accused of various acts of aggression and violence against a Sydney woman he matched with on the dating app.

The US Virgin Islands claimed the bank enabled Epstein's recruiters to pay victims and was "indispensable to the operation and concealment of the Epstein trafficking enterprise".

The comedian was signed up for three dates next year but those plans are now off in the wake of sexual assault allegations.

British police say they have received a sexual assault allegation after media outlets published claims by several women against Russell Brand.

The comedian worked on various BBC radio programmes between 2006 and 2008, before leaving over a serious editorial breach.

Three British news organisations have reported Russell Brand has been accused of rape, sexual assault and abuse.

The former teacher and convicted killer will spend at least another year in jail for unlawful sex with an underage student.

Police in Spain have arrested a man on suspicion of sexual assault after he appeared to touch a TV journalist on the bottom as she was reporting live from the streets of Madrid.

Police have released a computer-generated image of a man they want to talk to about a suspected sexual assault on a Melbourne tram.

The actor, who has been in custody since May, sat in court wearing a suit and watched the women without visible reaction as they spoke.

Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter has won a favourable ruling in one of two civil lawsuits filed against him in the US.

Julia Gillard's ex-partner faces a criminal conviction after admitting he sexually assaulted a woman weeks before the former prime minister publicly announced their split.

It's alleged the convicted child sex offender filmed the assault inside the toilet cubicle and was living near the playground.

The 60-year-old man will appear in a NSW court today.

The howling winds and perpetual darkness of the Antarctic winter were easing to a frozen spring when mechanic Liz Monahon at McMurdo Station grabbed a hammer.

A California appeals court revived lawsuits from two men who allege Michael Jackson sexually abused them when they were boys.

The 26-year-old was extradited from Victoria on Thursday to Adelaide where he was arrested and charged with rape.

Police found there were video clips of the alleged rape on at least one of the suspects' phones.

The former Liberal staffer's statement is the latest development to the ugly fallout from Walter Sofronoff's inquiry into Bruce Lehrmann's prosecution.

A high-profile man who has been accused of rape is waiting on a request to access phone data from his alleged victim.

Pope Francis has called on Portuguese clergy members to listen to Catholic child sex abuse victims as he addressed the scandal in the country for the first time.

The attempt to vary his bail has been opposed by NSW prosecutors.

Nicholas John Crilley is appealing his seven life sentences for raping and torturing a woman over 23 days.

Tears rolled down Spacey's cheeks as the final not guilty verdict was read on his 64th birthday on Wednesday.

The doctor may have abused almost 250 women in a case which judge said involved 'outrageous, horrific, beyond extraordinary, depraved' sex crimes.

It is believed the man approached a 17-year-old girl and took a photo with her before inappropriately hugging and touching her.

Police have images of a man they claim sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl in broad daylight in Melbourne's south-west.

Malka Leifer will soon learn her fate after a marathon ordeal bringing her to justice for child sexual abuse.

A graphic video has emerged on social media from Manipur amidst ongoing ethnic violence in the north-eastern Indian state.

A former Queensland Police officer has been charged with over 70 historical sexual assault offences dating back almost 30 years.

Elton John said he only remembered Spacey coming once to his gala, not the year his accuser listed.

Raw footage from Seven Network's Spotlight program is being reviewed.

Suspended rugby star Kurtley Beale will stand trial in January accused of sexually assaulting a woman after an alleged incident at a Sydney pub.

A man has turned himself in after police released a CCTV image of a man who allegedly sexually assaulted a teenage girl in a Melbourne shopping centre in broad daylight.

The Court of Rome said they acquitted the accused, a 66-year-old man, of sexual assault because the whole thing lasted "about five to ten seconds."

A soccer coach left his phone at a restaurant. Police say they discovered videos on the device of him allegedly raping unconscious boys.

Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing Olympic and college female gymnasts, was stabbed multiple times by another inmate at a federal prison in Florida.