Several news outlets reported earlier today (July 24) that Demi Lovato was rushed to the hospital for an alleged overdose. Not much information is known at this time, but her rep told People, “Demi is awake and with her family who want to express thanks to everyone for the love, prayers and support. Some of…
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The number of lawsuits against the University of Southern California and one of its now-retired doctors continues to increase as 51 women—who accuse the student health center’s former full-time gynecologist, George Tyndall, of touching them inappropriately—filed suit in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday over the school’s handling of the alleged abuse. This brings…
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Former Olympic swimmer Ariana Kukors Smith filed a civil lawsuit Monday in California against USA Swimming, the governing body of the sport, alleging that they covered up abuse she suffered at the hands of coach Sean Hutchison, the Associated Press reports. Kukors Smith, who competed in the 2012 Olympics, first went public in February, alleging…
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Less than three months after disgraced doctor Larry Nassar was sentenced to decades in federal prison for the sexual assault of hundreds of young women and girls, Michigan State University has agreed to pay $500 million to the women he abused. Though the settlement is not yet finalized, the agreement — made by lawyers on…
Read moreThis week, now-former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman stepped down from his office after the New Yorker published a bombshell report in which four women accused him of violence and abuse. He has denied the allegations, but even in an era abundant with details about the alleged sexual practices of our elected officials—from the…
Read more“Leave your pain here and go out and do your magnificent things.” If you had asked me—a psychiatrist—who was most likely to say this to a survivor of sexual abuse, I would have said one of my mental health colleagues. But these were the words of a judge. Specifically, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina, who used her…
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