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Woman convicted of punching butt grabber who got off without charges
A court in Sweden has found a 23-year-old woman guilty of assault after she broke the nose of a 27-year-old man who allegedly grabbed her backside at a nightclub last year. The Metro newspaper in Sydsvenskan reported, however, that sexual assault charges against the man were dropped due to a…
Amanda Knox arrives home after four-year ordeal
SEATTLE, Washington — A tearful Amanda Knox arrived home in the US and thanked her supporters a day after she was acquitted of murder and sexual assault charges, ending a four-year ordeal in an Italian jail. “I’m really overwhelmed right now. I was looking down from the airplane and it…
Strauss-Kahn flying home to France from New York
Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn cleared security at a New York airport Saturday before boarding a flight headed to France, after sensational sexual assault charges against him were dropped. Strauss-Kahn and his wife Anne Sinclair made their way through a crowd of journalists at John F. Kennedy International Airport before…
Strauss-Kahn apologizes to IMF staff: witness
Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn apologized to staff at the Washington-based lender, a witness said, after sexual assault charges against him were dropped. Strauss-Kahn told staff he had come to “apologize to those who have been hurt” by the scandal, and said he was sorry the sensational case…
NY prosecutors ask judge to drop Strauss-Kahn charges
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York prosecutors asked a judge to dismiss sexual assault charges against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn on Monday, a stunning reversal that could revive the political future of a man many had seen as the next president of France. Prosecutors gave up hope they could…
Former IMF chief Strauss-Kahn released to house arrest after sexual assault charges
NEW YORK (AFP) – Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was spending his first day outside a prison on Saturday after his lawyers posted $6 million bond in the wake of his indictment on sexual assault and attempted rape charges. Strauss-Kahn was freed from New York’s Rikers Island jail on Friday,…
Attorney at firm representing Assange accusers helped facilitate CIA renditions in 2001
An attorney representing two Swedish women who brought sexual assault charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was investigated following revelations that during his time in the Swedish government, his administration helped facilitate extraordinary renditions that allegedly resulted in two terrorism suspects being tortured in Egypt. The US policy of extraordinary…
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