Sexual Assault

Sitting in a courtroom, feet away from the woman he sexually assaulted, the ex-President keeps trying to outrun the consequences of his own bad acts.

For decades, franchised hotels have been a common scene of sex-trafficking crimes in the U.S. A new legal strategy is targeting the corporations that collect royalties from them.

The writer, who was sexually abused and defamed by Donald Trump, fights back against his continued statements, asking for more damages. But can anything stop Trump’s campaign to malign her?

Judith Herman’s seminal book “Trauma and Recovery” created a template for her field. Three decades later, she’s published a follow-up to explain how survivors’ needs are still misunderstood.

In the midst of the #MeToo movement, California voters recalled a judge for being lenient on sexual assault. As a new documentary argues, that recall campaign had unintended results.

If Weinstein is acquitted in L.A., it will be tempting to conclude that #MeToo is over. But, even if he is convicted, some may reach the same conclusion.

For Rebecca Kiessling, helping mothers who’ve conceived children through sexual assault is part of a strategy for curtailing reproductive rights.

The movie, which dramatizes the New York Times’ reporting on Harvey Weinstein, takes us far from the usual clatter and grime of newspaper dramas.

After a Black female police officer reported that a white male colleague had taken advantage of her sexually, she found herself on trial.

This summer, a viral video of a group of women being viciously attacked in a restaurant sparked national outrage. The response has been quashed.

To the league, infractions that threaten the authority of a coach are one thing. Those that harm women are something else.

A grassroots effort is offering mental-health care to Ukrainians who’ve faced sexual violence at the hands of the Russian invasion force.

How the Hollywood producer lost control of the story during his criminal trial in New York.

W. Kamau Bell’s Showtime series, which seeks to convert those who are still in denial about Bill Cosby’s sex crimes, seems motivated by a feeling of guilt that we all inadvertently provided an alibi for a bully who actually despised us.

The verdict leaves several questions unanswered, including how the many people Kelly victimized will begin to heal.

The civil-rights attorney Alexandra Brodsky discusses how legislation banning so-called stealthing could expand understandings of sexual assault.

The 2009 film, newly available on Amazon Prime, anticipated both the immense power and the aesthetic blind spots of later films such as “Promising Young Woman.”

The prestigious institution has tied itself in knots over a dispute involving one of its most popular—and controversial—professors, Amy Chua.

The philosopher discusses anger, pride, and justice after sexual assault.

As a teacher, Bailey was a type, a stock character, the sort whose behavior is often trailed by public silence.