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Yale University Police Investigate Report of Forced Drinking and Nudity

By Dana KennedyMar 4th 2011 – 10:42AM
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Police at Yale University are investigating a report of a "naked party" held off-campus by a senior society that may have involved forced, heavy drinking and possibly even a sexual assault, according to a school publication. The party was held Feb. 19 by the Pundits, Yale's senior prank society, the Yale Daily News...

What CNN Didn't Want to Show in the Lara Logan Photo

By Joseph SchumanFeb 17th 2011 – 3:30PM
CNN

CNN

The image is already infamous for the horrendous event that took place moments after a photographer captured it. It shows CBS News correspondent Lara Logan with a jostling crowd of Egyptian men in Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday night. CBS said it was taken just before she was attacked and sexually assaulted amid the...

Lara Logan Hospitalized Following 'Brutal' Sexual Assault in Egypt

By David KnowlesFeb 15th 2011 – 4:34PM
CBS News / AP

CBS News / AP

CBS News released a statement today regarding the condition of Lara Logan, its chief foreign affairs correspondent. According to CBS, Logan was separated from her crew, beaten and sexually assaulted by a mob in Cairo's Tahrir Square on the day that Hosni Mubarak stepped down as president of Egypt. In the crush of the...

Albert Haynesworth Reportedly Facing Sexual Assault Accusation

By David ElfinFeb 14th 2011 – 4:39PM

Washington Redskins malcontent defensive lineman Albert Haynesworth continues to have a tough time in and out of the organization. Less than 24 hours after Haynesworth appeared at the Reston (Va.) Police station on charges of punching a fellow motorist, NBC Washington reported that the 2007-08 All Pro has been accused of...

Sexual Assault Reports Increase at Military Academies

By Sharon WeinbergerDec 15th 2010 – 5:55PM

(Dec. 15) -- Reported sexual assaults at the military's three academies increased dramatically in the 2009-2010 academic year, but those cases are likely only a fraction of the number of attacks that actually occur, the Pentagon said today. The 2009-2010 "Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military...

Background on sexual assault

Sexual assault is an assault of a sexual nature on another person, or any sexual act committed without consent.

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