Sexual harassment and assault

Mario Testino taps Asian millennials for private photo work, as fashion shuns him over sex harassment claims

Shunned by fashion, Mario Testino taps Asian millennials for work

World’s most high-profile fashion photographer has been approaching wealthy Southeast Asians for work, after Vogue and others stopped working with him following allegations against him by 13 male models.

17 Dec 2018 - 11:18am

A handout photo made available by Metropoles shows Brazilian ‘medium’ Joao de Deus, denounced by more than 200 women for sexually abusing them while he treating them in spiritualistic treatments, arrives at the centre where he works, the ‘Casa Dom Ignacio de Loyola’, in the city of Abadiania, Brazil. Photo: EPA-EFE

Famed Brazilian medium accused of sex abuse surrenders

17 Dec 2018 - 6:28am

Harvey Weinstein leaving New York Criminal Court following his arraignment in New York on June 5, 2018. Photo: TNS

Weinstein berated woman who rebuffed advances, claims new lawsuit

15 Dec 2018 - 10:10pm 9

A Chinese husband and wife who lived in New Hampshire have been charged with luring at least 27 women from China into prostitution in the US. Stock photo: Shutterstock

Chinese couple ‘used WeChat to lure women into US sex trade’

15 Dec 2018 - 10:57am 6

HH3EGC Los Angeles, United States - February 19, 2016: A Spirit Airlines Airbus A319 with the registration N503NK landing at Los Angeles International Airpor. Photo: ALAMY

Indian man gets nine years in prison for sex assault on US flight

14 Dec 2018 - 1:03pm 4

Thousands of Indonesia migrants have been reported dead or missing since 2014. Photo: AFP

Never coming home: the Indonesian girls lost to trafficking

14 Dec 2018 - 7:54am 1

Daring rescues take place each month to free women and girls from forced marriages or sex slavery in China. Photo: Reuters

Rescuing the Vietnamese women trafficked into China

13 Dec 2018 - 9:05pm 5

People hold a candlelight vigil for the victims of sexual abuse by priests outside the Cathedral, with one person holding the Spanish message: “Demons dressed as priests” in Santiago, Chile. Photo: AP Photo

Pope cuts 2 cardinals from cabinet named in abuse scandal

12 Dec 2018 - 10:48pm

Cardinal George Pell is facing prosecution for historical child sexual offences. Photo: AFP

Scandal-hit Australian cardinal removed from Pope’s inner circle

12 Dec 2018 - 11:23pm

The District Court in Wan Chai. 02MAY16 SCMP/Nora Tam

Scout leader who molested 4 boys to ‘vent negative emotions’ spared jail

12 Dec 2018 - 8:20pm

Police find trove of nude photos in storage unit rented by former USC gynaecologist George Tyndall, accused of preying on hundreds of students

Were victims among gynaecologist’s trove of nude photos?

12 Dec 2018 - 2:48pm

A still from one of the videos shot in secret at “women’s values” classes by Pear Video, which went viral on Chinese social media over the weekend. Photo: Pear Video

Promiscuous women get gangrene, Chinese summer camps told teens

12 Dec 2018 - 3:30am 5

Vera Lui Lai-yiu celebrates after the women’s 100-metre hurdles final at the Asian Games 2018. Photo: Xinhua

Hong Kong athletics star considers legal action over online attacks

10 Dec 2018 - 11:55am 6

Yellow fever: cure needed, say Asian victims of sex prejudice

Yellow fever: cure needed, say Asian victims of sex prejudice

8 Dec 2018 - 6:46am 17

A Chinese non-profit organisation promoting gender equality and awareness of sexual violence is closing its doors in response to a continuing crackdown by Beijing. Photo: Reuters

China gender and sexuality centre shuts down as censorship chill spreads

8 Dec 2018 - 9:47am 21

Former Adelaide Archbishop Philip Wilson. Photo: EPA

Australian archbishop cleared of child sex abuse cover-up

7 Dec 2018 - 2:50am

Reverend Kenneth Bernard Hendricks. Photo: AP

American Catholic priest accused of molesting Philippine altar boys

6 Dec 2018 - 10:04pm 8

Sai Kung Sung Tsun Catholic School in Sai Kung. Photo: Handout

Teacher on indecent assault charges over behaviour 30 years ago

8 Dec 2018 - 10:19am

The High Court in Admiralty. Photo: Roy Issa

Hong Kong man jailed for repeated sexual assault of underage girl

6 Dec 2018 - 12:08am

Trial of billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein ends with apology – but not to the dozens of women he is accused of molesting as underage teens

Billionaire molester of teen girls settles case with apology. But not to them

5 Dec 2018 - 4:24pm 1

Photo: Shutterstock

Sexual assault claims hit Malaysian radio station BFM

5 Dec 2018 - 9:48pm 1

Dean Martin is among a range of famous singers that includes Ray Charles, Dolly Parton and Michael Bublé who have recorded ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’ over the years.

Classic ‘Christmas date rape song’ pulled from US radio station

4 Dec 2018 - 9:03pm 5

Miami cross-dresser Bryan Deneumostier fooled 80 men, filmed secret sex videos, then posted them online. Now he’s going to jail

US cross-dresser fooled 80 men, made secret sex tapes. He’s going to jail

4 Dec 2018 - 6:50am 5

Demonstrators protest assaults on women in India, a country plagued by sexual violence. Photo: AFP

Police ignored her sex assault report. Then her attackers set her on fire

4 Dec 2018 - 3:36am 4

Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson says he will cooperate fully with an ‘impartial investigation’ into allegations of sexual misconduct that have been levelled against him. File photo: AP

Neil deGrasse Tyson denies sexual misconduct allegations

2 Dec 2018 - 9:29pm 1

Harvey Weinstein leaves New York Criminal Court with his lawyer Benjamin Brafman on October 11 after his hearing on his criminal case. Photo: AFP

‘Stop this chaos’: Weinstein lawyer urges sex case dismissal

1 Dec 2018 - 5:28am

There were 491 recent allegations of student-on-student sexual violence in Chicago public schools, as well as 133 reports of alleged misconduct by adults. Stock photo: Alamy

Hundreds of Chicago children say they have been sexually abused at school

30 Nov 2018 - 7:10am 3

In May, 27-year-old Belgian-Dutch actress Sand Van Roy (pictured right) told police that she was raped by Luc Besson, 59, during an on-off relationship with the producer and director. File photo: AFP

Five more women accuse Luc Besson of sex assaults

29 Nov 2018 - 8:00pm

‘In Bali, a woman’s feet were cut off’: #MeToo time for Indonesia?

‘In Bali, a woman’s feet were cut off’: Indonesia’s #MeToo time?

25 Nov 2018 - 2:51pm 2

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