‘Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore’ review: An actor’s battle for dignity
p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text clearfix"> Marlee Matlin has a word tattooed on each of her wrists. On the left is “perseverance,” on the right is “warrior.” “After 37…
Suit accuses gynecologist at California prison of abusing patients
SAN FRANCISCO — Warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of alleged sexual abuse.For seven years, the only full-time gynecologist at the California Institution for Women, a high-security…
Neil Gaiman’s nanny sues, accusing him of rape, calling her ‘slave’
British fantasy author Neil Gaiman has been accused of human trafficking, sexual abuse, assault and rape in a lawsuit filed against him and estranged wife…
Olivia Hussey, star of 1968 ‘Romeo and Juliet’ film, dies at 73
LONDON — Olivia Hussey, the actor who starred as a teenage Juliet in the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet,” has died, her family said on social…
Women’s prisons are rife with trauma. Can California set a new course at Chowchilla?
CHOWCHILLA, Calif. — Gazing across the crowd of women, fresh from county jail in their orange prison jumpsuits, Lena Coleman wishes she could save them all.…
Kim Kardashian wants the Menendez brothers to be freed
Kim Kardashian wants Lyle and Erik Menendez, the brothers convicted in the grisly 1989 murders of their parents, to be freed.The reality star, daughter of…
Newsom vetoes bill allowing suits over sex abuse at juvenile facilities
Many people who say they were raped or molested while confined at California juvenile facilities are out of time to sue the county governments that…
‘7th Heaven’ cast addresses Stephen Collins’ sexual misconduct
Three of the actors who played kids on the TV show “7th Heaven” are speaking out about their former TV dad, Stephen Collins.In July, Beverley…
Sex abuse in L.A. County juvenile halls in spotlight at Senate hearing
WASHINGTON — Testifying Wednesday before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, Breane Wingfield said she was 14 when, in 2005, she was sexually assaulted in a van by…
Trump assails women who accused him of misconduct, days before debate
WASHINGTON — Shortly after appearing in court for an appeal of a decision that found him liable for sexual abuse, Donald Trump stepped Friday in front…
Trump in court as lawyers fight to overturn verdict in sex abuse suit
NEW YORK — Veering from the campaign trail to court, Donald Trump watched Friday as one of his lawyers fought to overturn a verdict finding the…
Kamala Harris crushes it in her Democratic convention speech
CHICAGO — On the final night of the Democratic National Convention, expectations were high and rumors were rampant. Speculation of a surprise guest — Taylor Swift?…