The principal of a public elementary school in Kitchener, Ontario, has been arrested on multiple charges including sexual assault, child pornography, and luring an underage victim. London Police Service issued a news release on March 31 stating that Phillip Sallewsky, age 55, has been arrested following a joint investigation involving police forces from London, Toronto,…

A police chief has vowed to “root out” predators within her force after one of her officers was jailed for taking pictures of a teenager’s breasts. South Yorkshire Police Chief Constable Lauren Poultney said “wrongdoing and poor standards” would not be tolerated within her ranks after the jailing of now-resigned police officer Paul Hinchcliffe on…

A new report (pdf) released on March 9 by the Department of Defense, shows a significant rise in sexual assaults at U.S. military academies during the 2021–22 school year. The report revealed that there have been increases in unwanted sexual contact across the board, involving both men and women. The report covered the Army, Navy,…

A House Democrat asked the U.S. military’s top enlisted leaders what they were doing about sexual assault in the military after an annual report showed the problem is getting worse. She made clear that she was not pleased with their answer. “No disrespect, but that’s an unsatisfying answer,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) told Master…

Alberta’s top court has increased the sentence of a former club promoter convicted of sexually assaulting five women to 11 years in prison. Matthew McKnight was sentenced to eight years after he was convicted in 2020 of the assaults that happened in Edmonton between 2010 and 2016. In a unanimous decision released Wednesday, the panel…

ALHAMBRA, Calif.—A Santa Clarita man who pleaded no contest to sexually assaulting seven women was sentenced Mar. 1 to 310 years to life in prison by a judge who called him a “predator.” “Frankly, it’s stunning how much pain and suffering one man can inflict,” Superior Court Judge Jared Moses said after hearing statements from…

An audit commissioned by the federal government has found that Hockey Canada did not use public funds to settle sexual assault cases or pay for related legal fees. Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge called for the audit in June after media reported that Hockey Canada had settled a $3.55 million sexual assault lawsuit. She requested the…

The man accused of raping former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins has filed a formal complaint of professional misconduct against the prosecutor involved in the case, accusing him of being politically motivated in his handling of the matter. Bruce Lehrmann faced trial for the alleged sexual assault of Higgins in Parliament House. But the case was…

A former Fox News employee has filed a lawsuit against the outlet, alleging that she was subjected to sexual and psychological abuse for decades at the hands of former network head Roger Ailes, while claiming inaction from the corporate leadership. Laura Luhn, 62, started working with Fox in 1996. The lawsuit (pdf) was filed on…

Commentary When it comes to teasing out the murky truth in sexual consent cases, the mobile phone is a key source of evidence offering a lifeline that often serves to exonerate accused men. That’s why phone evidence has become such a hot-button issue, with police and prosecutors now routinely withholding or deleting phone evidence that…