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  • Sheryl Lee Ralph Opened Up About Being Sexually Assaulted By A ‘Famous TV Judge,’ Says She Was Asked By Network Execs To Not Report The Incident

    Sheryl Lee Ralph Opened Up About Being Sexually Assaulted By A ‘Famous TV Judge,’ Says She Was Asked By Network Execs To Not Report The Incident

    Sheryl Lee Ralph opened up in an exclusive interview with Way Up with Angela Yee about the sexual abuse she faced in Hollywood. 

    The Abbott Elementary star recalled the moments in her career when she had been violated by men in the industry as she discussed her new novel DIVA 2.0: 12 Life Lessons From Me For You.

    “This was a famous TV judge….,”

    she said adding that it was

    “not Judge Mathis.” 

    “I’m at a very public place. I was suited, I was handling my business for the television show I was on at that time. We were on the same network. This man walked in grabbed me by the back of my neck, turned me around, and rammed his nasty tongue down my throat. And everybody at the network saw it,”

    she said. 

    Ralph said network execs attempted to silence her.

    “Do you know that they did not want any bad press around their show and did not care what just happened to me…That’s the kind of stuff that happens. That’s what happens. That’s what makes it hard for women to speak up about these things.”

    The Emmy Award-winner offered her advice to women in Hollywood who could relate to her story.

    “It’s hard. I would say nowadays, speak up, tell your truth. Do not carry the burden of that pain. Especially if it’s something you feel you cannot work through.”

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Man Arrested For Allegedly Holding Massage Worker at Gunpoint After Demanding Sex Act, Police Say

    Man Arrested For Allegedly Holding Massage Worker at Gunpoint After Demanding Sex Act, Police Say

    A Florida man allegedly went into a massage parlor expecting a happy ending but left with an arrest instead, NY Post reported.  

    Timothy Paul Taylor, 35, a convicted felon, is accused of breaking into A1 Massage in Eustis through the back door at about 10:30 a.m. Thursday. He allegedly approached a female masseuse, who happened to be opening the establishment at that time, and asked if she could perform oral sex on him. She replied,

    “no”

    which is when Taylor pulled out a gun demanding her to do so, according to police. 

    The brave lady did not budge, telling Taylor

    “no”

    once again. Taylor reportedly told the woman he would kill her if she notified authorities and fled in a small black Chevy, according to the news outlet. The woman was unharmed and immediately contacted police from a neighboring business.

    The suspect reportedly dropped off the vehicle at a family’s home, according to WESH. The Lake County Sheriff’s Office used a helicopter to help search for the suspect who was later found after receiving a tip from his mother.

    “He refused to come out and was resisting and he was bit in the calf by a police dog. We located a gun at the scene, near the scene but it was a BB gun — BB gun, real gun, they look very much alike,”

    Eustis Police Chief Craig Capri told the outlet.

    “He put it under the hood to try to hide it,”

    he said about the pistol.

    “When he drove off, it fell out, so one of our captains was actually at the scene and saw it in the street and was able to recover it.”

    Taylor was apprehended and transported to a hospital where he was treated for injuries he suffered from the K9 unit, police said. 

    He faces charges of

    “attempted sexual battery, aggravated battery with a weapon, aggravated assault with a weapon, and resisting arrest without violence,”

    police reveal. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?

  • Florida Man In Custody After Sexually Assaulting Pregnant Woman He Met On Dating App

    Florida Man In Custody After Sexually Assaulting Pregnant Woman He Met On Dating App


    A Florida man has been located and is now in police custody almost a year after sexually assaulting a woman he met on a dating app, Law And Crime reported.

    According to police records, the victim met Deandre Pritchett on a dating site called “Tagged” in March of 2022. He attempted to hide his identity by going under the name “Ghost.” After a week of consistently messaging each other, the woman paid for a hotel room for the two of them to meet in person for the first time. When the 30-year-old arrived, the victim began to feel uncomfortable and wanted to leave. He then forced himself onto her.

    In the midst of the sexual assault, the victim was able to push Pritchett off of her and go to a nearby emergency room. The woman, who was 11 weeks pregnant, was experiencing vaginal bleeding, and was concerned that it would affect her pregnancy. As she was examined by healthcare professionals, the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office used surveillance footage from the hotel and photos from his Tagged profile to identify him.

    After nearly a year on the run, Deandre Pritchett in Escambia County Jail after being arrested for sexual battery. He is being held on a $40,000 bond, and is scheduled to appear in court for his arraignment on March 31.

  • Hotel Sexual Assault Reports In Texas Increasing Due To Staff Giving Predators Access To Women’s Rooms

    Hotel Sexual Assault Reports In Texas Increasing Due To Staff Giving Predators Access To Women’s Rooms

    The number of cases where of women being raped in their rooms at popular hotel chains, due to employees handing over the keys to sexual predators unchecked, is increasing. According to New York Post, men were able to break into the room of women after lying to staff to obtain access to their rooms in three separate cases in Texas.

    In December of 2022, a guest at a Gonzales, Texas Holiday Inn Express & Suites woke up to a man standing at the end of her bed with his pants undone and a condom out. “She was able to scream and get him out of the room, and she immediately called down to the front desk,” the victim’s lawyer explained. “They admitted, ‘Oh yes, we did give a key to the man. He said he knew you.’” The suspect was later located and arrested and charged with attempted sexual assault.

    In Austin, Texas, Kathleen Dawson was found unconscious outside the the $500-a-night Hilton Americas Houston hotel she was staying at. When spotted, a concerned bystander notified police. Hotel staff and officers from Houston’s police department followed the instructions of Dawson’s coworker, who falsely claimed she was staying in his room. Without checking her room number, hotel staff put Dawson in a wheelchair and rolled her into her coworker’s room. She later woke up to the man raping her. In a civil suit, Dawson was awarded $44 million in damages.

    “Although Hilton typically does not comment on legal matters, we respectfully disagree with the jury’s verdict, and attest that our hotel team members acted at the direction of the Houston Police Department,” a spokesperson from the hotel chain explained.

    In January of this year, a woman staying at the DoubleTree Austin University Area Hotel saw a man’s hand pushing through the gap between the open door and trying to remove the safety latch. When she saw the man attempting to break in, she slammed the door on his finger, completely severing it off. After discovering that the man had been provided with a keycard to her room, the woman is now suing the hotel management company for $1 million.

  • Four Dead After Texas Man Commits Triple Murder And Sexual Assault Of 12-Year-Old Before Shooting Himself

    Four Dead After Texas Man Commits Triple Murder And Sexual Assault Of 12-Year-Old Before Shooting Himself

    Police officers responded to a call about the sexual assault of a child and the fatal shooting of three teenage girls in a Houston, Texas suburb, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez of the Galena Park Police Department said in a statement.

    At around 10:30 P.M., a 12-year-old girl reported that her mother’s boyfriend had shot her sisters and a friend, then sexually assaulted her. After the rape had occurred, the man told her to run. According to KHOU 11, the child then grabbed her 1-year-old niece and ran to a neighbor’s house for help.

    When officers from Galena Park Police Department arrived to the home, they found the bodies of the three teenage girls. In another room, the 38-year-old suspect was found with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The mother, who was in a relationship with the child rapist and shooter, was not home at the time of the sexual assault and shooting.

    Two of victims were the 12-year-old’s sisters: 13-year-old Melany Torres and 19-year-old Sayuri Gill. Sources say that Gill, the mother of the 1-year-old that was taken to a neighbor, was expecting her second child. The third victim was a friend of the family, a 14-year-old girl whose name has not yet been released.

    “It’s just a tragic situation,” Sheriff Gonzalez said. “It makes no sense. It’s all senseless and it’s very tragic, but our investigators will try to put all the pieces together, and our condolences go out to the victim’s families and everyone impacted by this and the entire city as well.”

  • Video Shows Woman Charged In Dismemberment Slaying Attacking Her Attorney During Court Hearing

    Video Shows Woman Charged In Dismemberment Slaying Attacking Her Attorney During Court Hearing

    A Wisconsin woman accused of killing and dismembering a body attacked her attorney in the middle of a court hearing, Tuesday, according to Fox News. 

    Taylor Schabusiness, 25, attacked her attorney Quinn Jolly inside the Brown County circuit court. Jolly had just finished asking the judge for an additional two weeks for a defense expert to review his client’s competency to stand trial.

    The judge agreed to postpone her March 6th trial which is when Schabusiness attempted attack Jolly. Schabusiness is seen being wrestled to the ground by the courtrooms deputy. The courtroom had to be cleared before the hearing resumed. 

    Jolly has since asked the judge to be removed from the case as Schabusiness’ attorney.

    Schabusiness faces charges for the February 2022 killing and mutilation of 25-year-old Shad Thyrion. Schabusiness allegedly,

    “strangled sexually abused, and dismembered Thyrion body, leaving parts of him throughout the house and in a vehicle,”

    reports reveal. She has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease. 

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • LSU Closed Over 300 Reported Sexual Assault Cases Without Discipline In One Year

    LSU Closed Over 300 Reported Sexual Assault Cases Without Discipline In One Year

    In the wake of the tragic death and rape of Louisiana State University’s student Madison Brooks, new details have revealed that the University had closed more than 300 reported cases of sexual assault, per Fox News. 

    According to the outlet, there were 308 cases of sexual assault reported to LSU between October 2021 and September 2022. Of those total cases only 26 reports were followed up with. Reports reveal that more than 80% of the cases reported were closed due to

    “complainant not responsive to outreach,”

    “complainant requested supportive measures only”

    or the

    “complainant requested no further action.” 

    LSU spokesperson Abbi Rocha Laymoun defended the campus telling Fox News Digital that there have been

    “significant improvements to our Title IX operations,”

    and each sexual assault victim’s process toward healing is different.

    “Some wish to file a criminal or Title IX complaint, others want health and mental health resources and still others are focused on academic support to help them remain successful in the classroom,”

    Laymoun said. 

    For those who are unaware Title IX is a 1972 federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance.

    “Many survivors do not wish to share their experience in those ways,”

    Laymoun continued.

    “A formal resolution is not the only pathway for survivors. That is why resources and supportive measures are available to all survivors, regardless of whether a formal complaint is filed.”

    #Clique, what are your thoughts? 

  • Arkansas Pastor And Founder Of Halfway House Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Resident

    Arkansas Pastor And Founder Of Halfway House Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Resident

    In May of 2021, Pastor Thomas Gilman Hartman and his wife founded Wings of Peace, a Christian transitional living facility for those who were released from prison. The purpose of the halfway house was to provide help and support to the previously incarcerated as they transitioned into their new lives while remaining sober. Though he claimed to provide services and basic necessities to former drug offenders, investigators discovered Hartman was using his position of power to sexually assault one of his residents, The Arkansas Democrat reports.

    A 23-year-old, who was required to live at the location because he was on probation, told authorities that he had known Hartman for around fives years and had considered him a father figure. His feelings changed when he was forced to engage in sexual intercourse multiple times with the pastor. The victim says he obliged because Hartman had bonded him out of jail, and he was afraid that he would be turned in if he decided to leave or report his assaults.

    Hartman admitted to the sexual contact with the victim, but claims that the acts were consensual. According to The Arkansas Democrat, Hartman has a history of committing sexual abuse. In 1998, he was convicted of sexual assault in the second degree of a child and was released on parole five years later. He is currently registered as level 3 sex offender.

    On January 20th, Hartman was arrested and charged with sexual assault. While searching his home, deputies from the Benton County Sheriff’s Office discovered a rifle and he was later charged with possession of a firearm by certain persons. Despite his history, Hartman was released on a $150,000 bond. He is scheduled to appear in court for his arraignment February 27th.

  • Armed Movie Theater Security Guard Arrested After Forcing Himself Onto 15-Year-Old Girl In Empty Theater

    Armed Movie Theater Security Guard Arrested After Forcing Himself Onto 15-Year-Old Girl In Empty Theater

    On January 14th, an unnamed 15-year-old was dropped off at a Regal movie theater in Ocala, Florida by her mother so that she could watch a movie with a group of friends. After the movie had finished, the teen couldn’t get ahold of her mother. When the grandfather of one of her friends came to pick their grandchild up, he “refused to offer the victim a ride home.” A security guard employed at the theater, Augusta J. Williams, “informed the grandfather that he would watch over the victim until she could get a ride home,” Ocala Police Department said in a statement.

    Williams then took the teenage girl to an empty theater playing the movie “Whale,” and brought her near the movie screen, behind the curtains. The victim thought that Williams was leading her to an exit so that he could take her home, but then he forced himself onto her. While being interviewed by investigators, the victim stated that she did not wish to engage in any sexual contact with Williams, but she was “fearful because he was armed with a gun.” She pleaded with him to stop, but Williams continued to assault her. He then made threats in order to keep her from reporting him.

    After the assault, the victim’s mother was found inside the cinema’s lobby. Her phone hadn’t been working properly, and she wasn’t able to get in contact with her daughter, but went to look for her when she didn’t come home on time. The following day, the victim told her mother about what had happened, and they notified authorities, Law and Crime reported.

    Regal’s security footage corroborated with the victims claims and showed Williams taking the teenaged girl into the empty theater, and leaving around twenty minutes later. A UV light behind the curtain also revealed possible physical evidence of the crime. Williams told investigators that he had only “assisted the victim in looking for her lost cell phone,” but the theater that the victim and her friends had watched a movie in was a different theater than the one Williams had taken the victim to.

    Augusta J. Williams was attested and charged with sexual battery of a victim under the age of 18. The 31-year-old was taken to Marion County Jail and remains there on a $50,000 bond. He is scheduled to reappear in court February 21st.

    “Heinous crimes like this can cause victims to feel paralyzed and overwhelmed, leaving them struggling to take action,” the department said in a statement. “We commend the victim for her strength and courage to come forward to law enforcement and seek justice. We applaud all our officers and staff for their hard work and efforts to make our community safe.”

  • Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Minor Then Forcing Her To Get Abortion

    Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Minor Then Forcing Her To Get Abortion

    Steven Tyler is being sued for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor and forcing her to get an abortion, TMZ reports. 

    According to court documents obtained by Rolling Stone, a woman by the name of Julie Holcomb is accusing the Aerosmith singer of

    “[performing] various acts of criminal sexual conduct upon”

    her, even though he knew she was underage. The defendant did not explicitly name Tyler in her suit. However, he is one of the 50 defendants identified as John Doe, she also uses specific quotes from his 1997 memoir describing their relationship. Holcomb says she was 16 years old when she first met Tyler at an Aerosmith concert in 1973, reports state. 

    The two connected about their

    “troubled”

    past and according to Holcomb, Tyler then started to perform sexual acts on her. She alleges that Tyler

    “illegally flew her across state lines”

    and continued to have sex with her. Court documents state that the singer even offered to take full guardianship over the then-teen however never followed through with his plans

    “and instead continued to travel with, assault and provide alcohol and drugs”

    to her.

    In 1975 Holcomb says she was 17 and pregnant with Tyler’s son. She claims Tyler tried convincing her to terminate her pregnancy after an apartment fire which he claimed the unborn child was suffering from,

    “a lack of oxygen,”

    reports reveal. Holcomb said she later terminated the pregnancy after Tyler threatened to

    “cut her off”

    financially. After that, she says she left Tyler and went back to her hometown in Oregon. 

    Holcomb is suing Tyler for sexual assault, sexual battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

    #Clique, what are your thoughts?