DC’s own Clifton Powell is being accused by a woman in Louisiana of raping her last year in August. Powell’s folk’s say the story is a total fabrication. Check out what the alleged victim is after.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Congressman Todd Akin, the conservative Republican U.S. Senate candidate, quickly backed off comments that aired earlier Sunday, in which he told an interviewer that a woman’s body “has ways” to prevent pregnancy during rape and that such pregnancies are “really rare.” Akin, a six-term congressman running against incumbent Democrat Sen. […]
Nine years ago, Brian Banks was charged with kidnap and rape. He served 5 years, after his attorney told him he could face a long sentence if found guilty. It makes me wonder how often public defenders with their large case loads, just give up instead of fighting for the clients they are assigned. The […]
LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A former high school football star whose dreams of a pro career were shattered by a rape conviction burst into tears Thursday as a judge threw out the charge that sent him to prison for more than five years. Brian Banks, now 26, pleaded no contest 10 years ago on […]
Did you know that 1 in 5 women have been a victim of rape? According to a new survey, about 20% of women are raped at some point in their lifetime and in most cases the attacker is someone the woman knows, so says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Earlier studies have […]
NEW YORK — After the rape case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn fell apart, many people have been pointing figures at the accuser, Nafissatou Diallo. Still there are many political and social reasons the case was dropped, including the drastically different backgrounds of the accuser and the accused. The Daily Beast Reports: And Diallo? Her biography is, […]
NORTH CAROLINA — The former pastor of the North Carolina church New Life Christian Center, Keith Devon Pitts, has been convicted of nine counts of sexual abuse with the same girl. WCNC News reports that “his nine counts include sex offense of a child and taking indecent liberties with a child.” Read More At YourBlackWorld.com […]
Rihanna’s “Man Down” video has sparked so much controversy, everybody from BET and the Parents Television Council to some of HelloBeautiful’s very own writers has pitched in their two cents. (Read a few words from HB’s ladies here: Is Rihanna A Justified Murderer? and here Does Rihanna’s “Man Down” Video Display A Double Standard?) But […]
Clean cut singer Sean Kingston has been accused of sexual assault, but sources say cops don’t believe the woman. According to tmz.com, two women showed up for a party in one of the hotel rooms and Kingston was present.
