#sexual-abuse-allegations

#sexual-abuse-allegations

Cunningham was arrested after a monthslong investigation by Brockton police and State Police. Authorities alleged that on April 27, 2025, he met up with an underage male, performed a sexual act on him, and later paid him on an app. App administrators flagged the transaction because it was between an adult and a minor, prosecutors said.

Multiple women have come forward with stories of being groomed as children and molested as young teens by Chavez. They say he used his position of reverence among labor leaders, Chicanos, and leftist activists to lure them in and earn their parents' trust-some alleged victims were children of his associates-then told them to keep quiet about the abuse lest other girls get jealous.

James Johnson, 36, was charged in a three-count indictment with sexual abuse, sexual abuse of a ward, and making false statements to federal agents. The indictment alleges Johnson used his authority as a Bureau of Prisons officer to abuse an inmate under his supervision inside the MDC repeatedly.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

Despite the Biglaw focus of Above the Law, it's almost strange to refer to George J. Mitchell as merely the former chair of international law firm DLA Piper. While absolutely accurate, Mitchell is also a former senator from Maine, a former Democratic Senate Majority Leader, a former special adviser and US Special Envoy for Northern Ireland, a key negotiator of the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, a former Special Envoy to the Middle East, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

In March 2021, we published an open letter signed by over 150 artists and art workers calling on the Museum of Modern Art in New York to cut ties with its then-chairman, private equity billionaire Leon Black, for his close relationship with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. It worked, kind of. Black stepped down from his role, but still sits on the museum's board of trustees to this day.

"My reaction has always been the same," Allen told Variety in an interview published this week. "The situation has been investigated by ... two major investigative bodies. And both, after long detailed investigations, concluded there was no merit to these charges. ... The fact that it lingers on always makes me think that maybe people like the idea that it lingers on. You know, maybe there's something appealing to people."

Corletto, who was interviewed by NBC News, was 21 when he first attended services at McClurkin's church on Long Island in 2003. Corletto was motivated by reading McClurkin's autobiography, in which the singer said his religious faith helped him overcome the "curse" of being gay. At the service, McClurkin "talked about being raped as a child, which resonated with me because that's similar to my story," Corletto told NBC. McClurkin claimed the abuse made him gay.

There's a new documentary about Diddy in the wake of his recent criminal trial, in which he was sentenced to 50 months in prison after being found guilty of procuring sex workers. The documentary, titled Sean Combs: The Reckoning, has gotten a lot of buzz due to the fact that it was executive produced by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, who has had a longstanding public beef with Diddy.

"Sean Combs: The Reckoning" shows a side of Diddy we've never seen before. Netflix's four-part docuseries chronicles the rise and fall of Combs, also known as Diddy, as he goes from hip-hop mogul and billionaire business owner to the subject of a federal prosecution and over 60 civil lawsuits accusing him of sexual abuse. Combs, who pleaded not guilty, was ultimately convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution and is serving a 50-month prison sentence.