sexual misconduct

San Jose State University has decided to reopen a sexual misconduct case against the school’s former director of sports medicine that it closed over a decade ago.

A 44-year-old San Jose man was arrested Friday on suspicion of arranging a meeting with a minor for lewd purposes, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said. The Half Moon Bay bureau of the office was notified Friday afternoon of an intended meeting allegedly arranged by Christopher Parado with a 17-year-old he had contacted several weeks earlier on social...

Church officials in the East Bay have placed a priest on leave and opened a new investigation into a sexual misconduct allegation.

Two women who have accused Cuba Gooding Jr. of sexual misconduct will be allowed to testify at his trial on charges that he groped three other women at Manhattan bars in 2018 and 2019.

David Drummond, the legal chief of Google parent company Alphabet, is leaving at the end of the month, following accusations of inappropriate relationships with employees. Alphabet did not give a reason for Drummond’s departure in a short regulatory filing Friday. The company said in November that its board was investigating sexual misconduct cases against executives. Claims against Drummond were included in...

A not guilty plea was entered Friday for celebrity chef Mario Batali, who appeared in court on a criminal charge that he forcibly kissed and groped a woman at a Boston restaurant in 2017. Donning a black suit topped with a baseball cap, Batali entered Boston Municipal Court on a charge of indecent assault and battery. He walked into the...

The University of Southern California is losing national accreditation for a medical training program dogged by allegations of sexual misconduct.

More than a hundred public figures have been accused of sexual misconduct since allegations against Harvey Weinstein surfaced.

Former Scottish leader Alex Salmond, one of the country’s best-known politicians, appeared in court on Thursday on charges including attempted rape and sexual assault. Salmond was arrested Wednesday, and faces 14 charges including nine counts of sexual assault and two of attempted rape. In a brief statement outside Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Salmond said: “I am innocent of any criminality whatsoever.”...

A class-action lawsuit filed by a group of former and current Dartmouth College students described the climate three neuroscience professors allegedly created as a “21st-century Animal House.” The Boston Globe reports the lawsuit accuses Paul Whalen, Bill Kelley and Todd Heatherton of sexual misconduct and creating a disruptive party atmosphere.

Celebrity chef Mario Batali issued a new statement Monday in response to yet another accusation of sexual misconduct, the fifth in about six months, telling NBC News he “vehemently” denies “any allegations of sexual assault.”

The New York Police Department is investigating allegations of sexual misconduct leveled against celebrity chef Mario Batali.

Ryan Seacrest is speaking out about the sexual harassment allegations leveled against him. One day after Variety published one woman’s account of “unwanted sexual aggression” by the television personality while working as his personal stylist, Seacrest continues to deny the claims. Seacrest shared in a statement, “Much has been said about the #MeToo and Times Up movement(s) and the importance...

A San Diego County sheriff’s deputy under internal and criminal investigation now faces allegations of sexual misconduct from 10 women.

PBS says it has indefinitely suspended distribution of Tavis Smiley’s talk show after an independent investigation uncovered “multiple, credible allegations” of misconduct by its host. PBS said in a statement Wednesday it had engaged an outside law firm to investigate “troubling allegations” against the host. It said it interviewed witnesses and Smiley and uncovered charges of conduct “that is inconsistent...

Director Morgan Spurlock, best known for his documentary film, “Super-Size Me,” admitted Wednesday to a history of sexual misconduct dating back to his college days, NBC News reported. Spurlock, 47, wrote “I am part of the problem,” in a blog post in which he confessed to settling a sexual harassment lawsuit, cheating on all of his romantic partners, including both...

Over 50 Democratic lawmakers on Monday asked the House oversight committee to investigate sexual misconduct allegations made against President Donald Trump. The Democratic Women’s Working Group wrote that the country deserves “a full inquiry into the truth of these allegations” in a letter to committee chairman Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., and ranking member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md. “At least 17...

Minnesota Public Radio personality Garrison Keillor is one of the latest in a growing list of public figures to be fired over alleged improper behavior.

In the wake of an outpouring of sexual misconduct allegations against men in the entertainment industry, media and politics in recent weeks, British-born actress Angela Lansbury has said that women are partially responsible for sexual harassment. “We must sometimes take blame, women,” the 92-year-old actress told Radio Times. “I really do think that. Although it’s awful to say we can’t...

Senator Al Franken told the press Monday he is “embarrassed” and “ashamed” after multiple groping allegations.