Child Molestation News

Franco Harris parts ways with casino over Paterno flap

By theGrio

12:50 PM on 11/17/2011

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A southwestern Pennsylvania race track and casino is putting its relationship with Hall of Fame running back Franco Harris on hiatus...
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Sandusky denials bring back bad MJ memories

By Ronda Racha Penrice

10:03 AM on 11/16/2011

OPINION - What's disturbing about Sandusky's response Monday night and Jackson's responses in 2003, is that the inappropriateness of both men's actions seemed lost on them...
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Ex-Red Sox clubhouse manager preyed on black boys

By theGrio

6:28 PM on 11/15/2011

Between 1971 and 1991, Donald Fitzpatrick, a long-time Red Sox clubhouse manager, systematically molested and abused nearly a dozen African-American boys...
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Penn State scandal puts student athletes' parents on edge

By Jay Scott Smith

8:03 AM on 11/15/2011

theGRIO REPORT - In the aftermath of the shocking allegations of child molestation at Penn State University, parents around the country are taking a closer look at the coaches that they send their young children to play for...
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Jermaine Jackson reveals escape plan for Michael

By theGrio

12:18 PM on 09/10/2011

LONDON (AP) - Jermaine Jackson says his family had secretly arranged to fly Michael to Bahrain if the pop icon was found guilty of child molestation...
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Jackson molest case barred from doctor's trial

By theGrio

6:56 PM on 08/29/2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The judge in the upcoming trial of Michael Jackson's doctor has ruled that witnesses will not be allowed to testify about the pop star's child molestation...
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Jackson concert promoters remove KISS from lineup

By theGrio

2:19 PM on 08/16/2011

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Global Live Events announced Tuesday the band would no longer perform after fans, media and the singer's estate noted bassist Gene Simmons has said in recent years that he was convinced Jackson molested children...
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Candy man busted for molesting local children

By theGrio

11:03 AM on 04/21/2011

VIDEO - A Broward County man known for selling candy to kids has been arrested for sexually abusing a 13-year-old boy, the Broward Sheriff's Office said Wednesday...
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Why MJ was one of Liz Taylor's great loves

By Chris Witherspoon

12:00 PM on 03/23/2011

theGRIO REPORT - Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor shared a bond and friendship rarely found between two iconic celebrities...
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Michael Jackson's name gleams again at Hollywood school

By theGrio

9:32 AM on 10/18/2010

For seven years, the gleaming silver letters that once proclaimed Michael Jackson Auditorium at Gardner Street Elementary School in Hollywood were hidden behind white plywood boards...
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Colo. man pleads guilty in Haiti child sex abuse case

By theGrio

3:00 PM on 08/18/2010

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Douglas Perlitz, 40, who founded a school for street children in Haiti acknowledged Wednesday that he sexually abused several...
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Why we just can't stop loving Michael Jackson

By Harriette Cole

7:59 AM on 06/26/2010

OPINION - It would have meant so much to him to know that his fans, the people he cared about more than anything, actually still care about him even after his death...
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The Michael Jackson we should remember

By Earl Ofari Hutchinson

9:16 AM on 06/25/2010

OPINION - He always wanted to be thought of as much more than an entertainer, a musician or a polarizing figure...
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Mo'Nique 'not happy' about brother's Oprah interview

By theGrio

10:39 AM on 04/22/2010

Oscar winning actress Mo'Nique is less than impressed with the way Oprah Winfrey's interview with her molester brother Gerald Imes turned-out...
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Mo'Nique's brother admits molesting her, seeks unity

By theGrio

2:39 PM on 04/19/2010

CHICAGO - Oscar winner Mo'Nique's brother says he molested the actress when they were children and he wants to apologize to her...
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