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Business
Lawsuit accuses Google of firing exec after he rejected female boss’s groping advances
A former Google executive has sued the tech giant over claims that he was fired after allegedly being groped by a high-ranking female collea...
Michelle De Pacina
Crime
Sen. Mazie Hirono holds roundtable on needs of Native Hawaiian survivors of gender-based violence
Before you read: Senate passes bill to support Native Hawaiian survivors of sexual violence Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) held a roundtable d...
Iris Jung
UC Davis professor accused of sexually assaulting high school student
A University of California (UC) Davis professor was placed on administrative leave after he was accused of sexually assaulting a high school...
Vietnamese university, military school deny sexual assault and suicide of female students during retreat
A university and a military school in Vietnam have denied rumors of sexual assault and suicide involving female students in mandatory traini...
Carl Samson
UK woman who falsely accused ‘Asian grooming gang’ of sexual assault found guilty
A woman from the U.K. who falsely accused an “Asian grooming gang” of rape was found guilty of perverting the course of justice. Eleanor Wil...
China
Fans rally under #JusticeForKrisWu after idol found guilty of sex crimes
Several fans of former EXO member Kris Wu, whose real name is Wu Yifan, rallied to his defense on Twitter after the Beijing Chaoyang Court ...
Bryan Ke
‘Squid Game’ star O Yeong-su indicted for sexual misconduct in Korea
“Squid Game” star O Yeong-su, 78, was indicted on sexual misconduct charges on Thursday and released without detention after he was accused...
Kris Wu fined $84 million for tax evasion after being sentenced to 13 years in prison for sex crimes
Chinese Canadian actor and singer Kris Wu was fined nearly $84 million for tax evasion less than two hours after he was sentenced to 13 year...
‘He beat her until her dentures fell out’: Man held without bail for kidnapping, sexual assault of senior Asian woman
Christian M. Lynch, 26, was ordered held without bail at a dangerousness hearing on Wednesday for allegedly kidnapping, torturing and rapin...
Man charged with kidnapping, sexual assault of senior Asian woman in Massachusetts
Christian M. Lynch, 26, has been arraigned on multiple charges in connection with the kidnapping, torture and rape of a 64-year-old Asian w...
Entertainment
Raveena Aurora reveals she was sexually assaulted on tour
Singer-songwriter Raveena Aurora revealed that she was recently sexually assaulted while on tour. In a Twitter post, the R&B artist wr...
William Yuk
Group of men in India filmed recording 12-year-old assault victim while ignoring her cries for help
In a viral video, a group of Indian men can be seen surrounding an assaulted 12-year-old girl and filming her with their mobile phones in U...
Constance Wu says her family hasn’t talked about her sexual assault: ‘Asian families avoid the uncomfortable conversations’
Constance Wu, 40, revealed that her family has not yet talked about the alleged rape incident she experienced in her 20s. “They haven'...
Culture
Constance Wu tears up recalling to Drew Barrymore how Asian American community ‘shamed’ her
An emotional Constance Wu recently appeared on “The Drew Barrymore Show,” where she spoke about the backlash she received from the Asian Am...
Ryan General
Michigan man sentenced to life in prison for murder of former pro poker player
Jeffery Morris, 62, was found guilty of first-degree murder and felony murder following a deliberation that lasted less than an hour in Oak...
S. Korean religious leader who claims to be the messiah arrested on sexual assault charges
Jung Myung-seok, the 77-year-old leader of the controversial religious group Providence, was arrested on Tuesday over rape and molestation ...
NYPD asks for help after man follows woman into Chinatown apartment building and sexually assaults her
Surveillance footage showed a man sexually assaulting a woman in her New York City Chinatown apartment building. The attacker followed the...
Khier Casino
Film & TV
Constance Wu reveals alleged sexual assault in memoir excerpt
Constance Wu shared an excerpt from her new memoir “Making a Scene” with Vanity Fair on Monday in which she recalls an alleged sexual assau...
Daniel Anderson
Viral video of 15-year-old girl walking home naked after alleged sexual assault in India sparks outrage
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and gang-raped by five men who took her to a forest in Moradabad, India, on Sept. 1. The girl w...
Civil Rights
Kelly Marie Tran to star in biopic about Nobel-nominated activist Amanda Nguyen
Kelly Marie Tran will produce and star in a biopic about civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen. The film will cover Nguyen’s story as a sexu...
VP of Boston bank arrested in connection with series of stabbings, sexual assaults dating back to 2003
Ivan Cheung, 42, of Quincy, Massachusetts, is facing multiple charges related to a series of sexual assaults involving two young girls and ...
Babysitter sentenced to 20 years in prison in Japan for sexually assaulting 20 children
Hashimoto Akinori, 31, was found guilty of sexually assaulting 20 boys, aged 5 to 11, between August 2015 and December 2019. He was sente...
India
India frees 11 Hindu men who sexually assaulted pregnant Muslim woman, killed 7 of her family members in 2002
The 11 Hindu men who gang-raped a pregnant Muslim woman in 2002 and killed seven of her family members were freed on remission on Monday fr...
#MeToo trailblazer in China vows to fight on after losing appeal in landmark sexual harassment case
China’s leading #MeToo figure Zhou Xiaoxuan, better known in the country as Xianzi, lost her appeal in her trial on Wednesday against CCTV ...
University student in South Korea arrested for sexual assault and falling death of classmate
A 20-year-old freshman at Inha University in Incheon, South Korea, has been arrested for allegedly raping a female classmate and causing he...
Rebecca Moon
NYC Little Tokyo restaurateur accused of sexually assaulting company exec in $95 million lawsuit
Shuji Bon Yagi, the 73-year-old New York City restaurateur dubbed the “Mayor of Little Tokyo,” faces a $95 million lawsuit for allegedly se...
Indian police station officer arrested for sexually assaulting teen girl who was reporting sexual assault
A 13-year-old girl, who was allegedly gang raped by four people, was allegedly sexually assaulted again at the police station where she was...
Politics
Thailand’s #MeToo: Top politicians resign over the country’s biggest sexual assault scandal to date
In what some are calling the country’s first #MeToo movement, more than a dozen women have come forward with sexual assault allegations aga...
Jane Nam
Indonesia
Indonesia’s parliament passes landmark bill aimed at tackling sexual violence
Indonesia’s parliament passed a landmark bill on Tuesday in an effort to fight sexual violence and seek justice for victims of sexual abuse...
Man with 44 prior arrests charged with multiple felonies for brutal assault of Thai model on NYC subway
Warning: This article contains descriptions of violence some readers may find disturbing. A man has been charged in connection with a viciou...
Sports
Peng Shuai says her sexual assault allegations were a ‘huge misunderstanding’ in rare interview
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai held her first Western media interview since her disappearance in November 2021 with French sports magazine ...
12 people, including 3 minors, arrested for beating, parading gang-raped victim in New Delhi
A married 20-year-old Indian woman was abducted from her home in Karkardooma, New Delhi and then tortured and raped in what authorities des...
Registered sex offender caught raping woman at NYC construction site
A registered sex offender is facing a new set of charges after police caught him raping an Asian woman at a Manhattan construction site on W...
China tennis star Peng Shuai denies she made sexual assault allegations in new video
Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai now denies in new video that she was sexually assaulted. A misunderstanding: Peng, the world’s No. 1 doubles...
Chinese athlete Peng Shuai, missing over two weeks after MeToo allegations, reemerges in private video call
For the first time since her weeks-long disappearance, Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has finally reappeared, telling International Olympics...
News
AAPI activist and climate activist accuse each other of sexual assault
Two young activists from New York University (NYU) — one championing AAPI causes and the other, climate change — have accused each other of ...
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