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Nick's Patio settles lawsuit that alleged pregnancy discrimination
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND — A local restaurant has agreed to settle a lawsuit the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed on behalf of two women who said they were discriminated against when they told management they were pregnant. Nick’s Patio, a...Tags: Labor Legislation, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Trials, Career and Workplace, Feminism
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Warsaw man charged with sexual misconduct after being found with minor
WARSAW – Police have arrested a Warsaw man for having an inappropriate relationship with a 14-year-old girl. On Monday, Warsaw police were called to the Super 8 motel on Frontage Rd. after the grandfather of the teenager walked in on a sexual...
Tags: Sex Crimes, Warsaw (Poland), Prosecution
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Man sentenced in sexual assault of disabled girl
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — A 73-year-old Midland County man has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a disabled woman beginning when she was 9 years old. MLive.com reports that a Saginaw County Circuit Court judge gave...
Tags: Sex Crimes, Punishment, Abusive Behavior, Sexual Assault, Prosecution
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Ex-officer takes deal in sexual misconduct case
ROCKWOOD, Mich. (AP) — A former police officer in Wayne County has pleaded guilty to willful failure to uphold the law after he was accused of having inappropriate contact with a female prisoner. The prosecutor's office says 33-year-old...Tags: Trials, Sex Crimes, Prosecution
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West Michigan police solve sexual assault cold case linked to Elkhart County
KENT COUNTY, Mich. – Police in west Michigan say a sexual assault cold case from 1981 has been reopened and they have a suspect. The suspect is linked to a similar crime in Elkhart County. On December 17, 1981, a 23-year-old woman was at her...
Tags: Sex Crimes, Punishment, DNA, Abusive Behavior, Prisons
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Man takes deal in sex assaults on disabled girl
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — A 73-year-old Midland County man accused of sexually assaulting a disabled woman beginning when she was 9 years old has accepted a plea deal to lesser charges. Robert E. Potts pleaded guilty Jan. 8 to three counts of third-...Tags: Sex Crimes, Abusive Behavior, Justice System, Judges, Sexual Assault
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Lawsuit filed in LaPorte High School sex misconduct case
A lawsuit seeking roughly $19 million in damages was filed Thursday against the LaPorte Community School Cor. and two of its employees. It alleges LaPorte High School varsity volleyball coach Marybeth Lebo and Athletic Director Ed Gilliland knew junior...
Tags: Sex Crimes, Punishment
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Rupert Murdoch gleeful at BBC debacle in Britain
LONDON (AP) — Few seem to be enjoying the management meltdown at the venerable BBC more than Rupert Murdoch, the News Corp. chief whose rival British newspapers have been caught up in their own lengthy, embarrassing and expensive phone-hacking...Tags: Media Industry, Jimmy Savile, David Cameron, United Kingdom, Rupert Murdoch
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Delay in report of sex abuse at Edison
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Four days. That's how long it took for police to be notified after South Bend school board Vice President Bill Sniadecki told Superintendent Carole Schmidt of the alleged sexual abuse of a special-needs student at Edison Intermediate Center...Tags: Labor Legislation, Sex Crimes, Abusive Behavior, Justice System, Child Abuse
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UPDATE: Police say Warsaw pastor had sex with handicapped minor
WSBT-TV ReporterA Warsaw pastor is accused of having sex with a handicapped teenager. His family says he didn’t do it, but court documents say otherwise. Robert Haywood, 77, is now facing three felony charges for alleged sexual encounters he had with a 14-year-...Tags: Sex Crimes, Warsaw (Poland), Rentals
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TV show claims UK TV host Savile abused children
LONDON (AP) — For decades, Jimmy Savile was a fixture on British television — an eccentric, aggressively jocular host of children's shows and a tireless charity fundraiser. When he died last year at 84 — by then knighted as Sir Jimmy...Tags: Rochdale, The Rolling Stones (music group), United Kingdom, Charles, Prince of Wales, Charity
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Ball State sued over sex abuse at university-run school
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The parents of a central Indiana boy are suing Ball State University, alleging their son was subjected to "horrific sexual abuse" by fellow second-graders at a university-run school who they say acted out scenes from pornographic...
Tags: Ball State University, Trials, Students, Colleges and Universities, Teaching and Learning
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