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The US Gymnastics sexual assault scandal is one of the most sordid and notorious ripping across headlines in the United States and around the world today. The US Gymnastics sexual assault case grew even more dramatic at the very end of February. The US Gymnastics sexual abuse case initially centered on the team’s doctor, Larry Nassar. When the story initial broke, Nassar was said to have sexually assaulted gymnasts since the mid-1990s. Nassar was said to have sexually abused members…

Pennsylvania District Attorney Chad Salsman, who serves the people of Bradford County in the commonwealth, has been criminally charged for sexually assaulting multiple women. Salsman is only the latest person in a position of power to face multiple allegations of sexual assault or sexual harassment in recent years. Pennsylvania District Attorney Chad Salsman has only been in office one year. The allegations made so far appear to be based on instances of sexual assault that were said to have occurred…

Nestled in a Southwest Iowa town of the same name, Clarinda Academy, a facility for troubled youth, has been shuttered. The closing of the center, operated by a for-profit company known as Sequel Youth & Family Services, comes after persistent and pervasive and persistent allegations of sexual assault and physical abuse perpetrated on minors by Clarinda Academy staff. Clarinda Academy was operated as a facility to provide for the needs of children with more significant behavioral and mental health issues….

At the end of 2020, the California Public Utilities Commission, CPUC, fined Uber Technologies, Inc. $59 million. The fine is the result of the refusal of Uber to provide the rideshare regulatory agency with the full names and contact information of consumers who used the Uber app as riders and reported being sexually assaulted of sexually harassed drivers. The CPUC takes the position that the regulatory agency needs this information in order to undertake appropriate investigations of allegations sexual assault…

Throughout 2020, more allegations about male students being sexually assaulted on campus were levied against Ohio State University. Richard Strauss, the now-deceased doctor once on the payroll of OSU, is now known to have committed well over 2,000 instances of sexual assault of male student athletes during his tenure at the school. Strauss was the team doctor at OSU for two decades. The sexual assault perpetrated by the OSU team doctor included 2,200 incidents involving the fondling of male students….