Pakistan's blasphemy laws, which are embedded in Sections 295 and 298 of the Pakistan Penal Code, carry a death penalty, and yet there is no provision to punish a false accuser or a false witness of blasphemy. Bibi was sentenced to death in 2010 on allegations of blasphemy after two co-workers ...
Fighting off the defense's attempts to paint Mr. Cosby's main accuser as a “con artist,” Ms. Feden told the packed house that the real con artist was “the man sitting right there.” At another point, Ms. Feden saw what she thought was a smile spreading across Mr. Cosby's face. “He's laughing like it's funny!
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The attorney for the man accusing Governor Greitens of violating his now ex-wife will be deposed. Albert Watkins will face the deposition on Monday after he says $100,000 cash was anonymously given to his law firm. Subpoenas have also been served on the firm to find out more about those the ...
Police have confirmed that Safa boss Danny Jordaan has filed defamation charges against his rape accuser Jennifer Ferguson and Premier Soccer League boss Irvin Khoza. Ferguson has accused Jordaan of raping her over 25 years ago at a hotel in Port Elizabeth. She opened a case in October last ...
The South African Football Association (SAFA) president laid criminal charges against Jennifer Ferguson at the Sandton police station on Freedom Day. Danny Jordaan_gallo File photo: Gallo Images. Soccer boss Danny Jordaan has laid defamation charges against singer and former MP Jennifer ...
The accusers, now men in their 30s and 40s, gave detailed accounts of repeated sexual behavior that they say occurred with Brent E. Taylor at his home, in his car and across state lines ... Another accuser filed a police report in 2011 alleging that his brother-in-law had been abused by Taylor as a youth.
He was ordered by Superior Court Judge Karen Sequino in Derby to have no contact with the accuser, now a 25-year-old man living in Florida. Earlier this year, the accuser told counselors at the Rape Crisis Center in Milford that he was 13 when the abuse began in September 2005. They convinced ...
In January, victims' rights and women's groups sued Education Secretary Betsy DeVos who last year raised the standard of proof for accusers and allowed accusations to be settled by mediation between the accuser and accused. The lawsuit alleges the rules violate the federal law and discriminate ...
As more details of Bill Cosby's retrial emerges, there's a clear pattern of mocking and women-shaming by the Cosby defense team. Most recently, his representatives Andrew Wyatt and Ebonee Benson appeared on “Good Morning America,” during which they said that one of the accusers and friend ...