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'Sh*t That Everybody Says to Rape Victims': Series of videos take a serious turn

By Oelania Pena

1:59 PM on 01/17/2012

VIDEO - The Sh*t Girls Say saga continues -- this time it was for a good cause. A group of women came together to make a video titled 'Sh*t That Everybody Says to Rape Victims'...
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Survey: 1 in 5 US women victims of sexual assault

By theGrio

5:01 PM on 12/14/2011

ATLANTA (AP) - It's a startling number: 1 in 4 women surveyed by the government say they were violently attacked by their husbands or boyfriends...
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Gloria Allred on Herman Cain: 'He's in very big trouble'

By Alexis Garrett Stodghill

2:38 PM on 12/02/2011

theGRIO Q&A - Gloria Allred has strong words for Herman Cain, relating in a recent phone interview with theGrio that, 'He's in very big trouble.'...
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Gloria Allred on Herman Cain: 'He's in very big trouble'

By Alexis Garrett Stodghill

2:38 PM on 12/02/2011

theGRIO Q&A - Gloria Allred has strong words for Herman Cain, relating in a recent phone interview with theGrio that, 'He's in very big trouble.'...
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Lawrence Taylor being sued by teen in sex case

By theGrio

4:06 PM on 11/28/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - Pro Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor is being sued by the teenage girl he admitted having sex with in the case that led to him pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges earlier this year....
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Why the race of Cain's accuser can't be ignored

By Zerlina Maxwell

2:44 PM on 11/07/2011

OPINION - Race is the elephant in the room, along with Ms. Bialek's blonde hair, and Gloria Allred's power suit...
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NY hotel maid: Strauss-Kahn doesn't have immunity

By theGrio

11:31 AM on 10/25/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - The lawyers quote the IMF and the U.S. Department of State as saying Strauss-Kahn wasn't immune in the days after the May encounter at the Sofitel hotel in Manhattan...
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Redefining rape: FBI finally comes to reality

By Mychal Denzel Smith

6:00 AM on 10/08/2011

OPINION - Rape is not sex. Rape is violence. Let's start there and see if we can't begin having an honest discussion on how to end rape altogether...
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Corrections officer charged in rape of child

By theGrio

2:34 PM on 09/22/2011

CHICAGO - A Cook County corrections officer has been charged with the 1997 sexual assault of his 10-year-old step daughter, according to the Cook County State's Attorney's Office...
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How the DSK decision is a win for culture of rape

By Mychal Denzel Smith

6:00 AM on 08/24/2011

OPINION - What we witnessed here is not justice. This dismissal is the result of an effective smear campaign...
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NY courts let DA drop sex case, Strauss-Kahn free

By theGrio

12:19 PM on 08/23/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - State Supreme Court Justice Michael Obus said he would dismiss the case, but first wanted an appeals court to decide whether a special prosecutor should be appointed...
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Haynesworth pleads no contest to simple assault

By theGrio

4:12 PM on 08/22/2011

WASHINGTON (AP) - Haynesworth appeared Monday in D.C. Superior Court to enter the plea. Haynesworth had been scheduled to go to trial Tuesday on a misdemeanor charge of sexual abuse...
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Did Strauss-Kahn maid talk settlement? DA inquires

By theGrio

3:18 PM on 08/19/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - The people spoke to The Associated Press Friday on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing inquiry. It was first reported by The Wall Street Journal...
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Man sentenced for arranging sex for Lawrence Taylor

By theGrio

8:48 PM on 08/10/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - Cristina Fierro said she was assaulted by Rasheed Davis before he dropped her off at Taylor's room. She was 16 at the time...
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How race has put Strauss-Kahn's accuser on trial

By Sophia A. Nelson

1:56 PM on 08/09/2011

OPINION - The 800 lb elephant in the room, however, is the issue of her race and status and how that may impact the prosecution's decision to go forward or not...
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Maid sues Strauss-Kahn over NYC hotel encounter

By theGrio

5:25 PM on 08/08/2011

NEW YORK (AP) - The lawsuit says Strauss-Kahn injured her shoulder, bruised her vagina, tore her pantyhose and violently grabbed the back of her head during the attack...
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Big Sean charged after NY park concert sex assault

By theGrio

4:31 PM on 08/05/2011

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) - State park police charged the 23-year-old Detroit rapper with misdemeanor counts of forcible touching, unlawful imprisonment and sex abuse.
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Denver woman pulled over by police impersonator

By Sherrina Navani

1:08 PM on 08/02/2011

VIDEO - When a Denver woman, who was driving on North Park Ave, saw the flashing red and blue lights in her rear view mirror...
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Houston sex offender exposes himself to 3 kids

By Jaquen Castellanos

9:36 AM on 08/02/2011

RICHMOND - Ronard Shorter, 25, of Houston is a registered sex offender and has now been accused of exposing himself to children while they were outside playing...
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Somali women fleeing famine preyed on by rapists

By theGrio

1:50 PM on 07/31/2011

DADAAB, Kenya (AP) - The U.N. said this month that at least two regions in Somalia are suffering from famine and 11.3 million people in the Horn of Africa need aid...
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