KUALA TERENGGANU, May 16 — A former bowling assistant coach was sentenced to six years in prison by the Sessions Court today after he was found guilty of physical sexual assault against a Malaysia Games (Sukma) athlete, six years ago. Judge Nooriah Osman meted out the punishment on Mat Salleh Jalani, 61, who was found … Read more
PARIS, April 29 — French police today summoned cinema legend Gerard Depardieu for questioning over suspected incidents of sexual assault with a view towards placing him in custody, a police source said. Police were to question the 75-year-old actor over allegations by two women that he assaulted them — one on a film set in … Read more
JOHOR BARU, March 26 — The Seri Alam district police clarified that they completed investigations into an alleged sexual abuse case of a married woman by her husband in January and are awaiting the next course of action from the prosecutor. Seri Alam police chief Superintendent Mohd Sohaimi Ishak said police had acted after a … Read more
MUAR, March 14 — The Sessions Court here today sentenced a lorry attendant to a total of five years in prison and three strokes of the cane for physical sexual assault and rape of a teenage girl last month. Judge Abu Bakar Manat handed down the sentence on Muhammad Syazwan Akmal Mohd Hanafadil, 27, after … Read more
SYDNEY, Feb 27 — An Australian photographer said he was punched by Taylor Swift’s father on a wharf on Sydney Harbour early this morning after her final Sydney concert, prompting a police investigation. Police said they were investigating an alleged assault involving a 71-year-old man and another man on Neutral Bay wharf about 2.30am today. … Read more
PARIS, Feb 26 — A set designer has filed a complaint against French screen legend Gerard Depardieu for an alleged sexual assault during a 2021 film shoot, her lawyer told AFP yesterday. Depardieu, 75, has been charged with rape in another case and has been accused of sexual harassment and assault by more than a … Read more
NEW YORK, Feb 22 — A US judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit accusing Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler of sexually assaulting a former teenage model twice in one day in Manhattan nearly 50 years ago. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan said Jeanne Bellino waited too long to sue the 75-year-old Tyler, who has … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 1 — Police have arrested three local men yesterday who are suspected of abducting and robbing a male journalist from China near Kajang on December 31, last year. The incident involved a 40-year-old victim who was vacationing in the country. He was offered a cash chip worth RM100,000, and invited to play … Read more
LONDON, Jan 31 — British MPs yesterday called on the music industry to clean up its act, as it laid bare a catalogue of misogyny, discrimination and sexual abuse in a damning report. “The music industry has always prided itself on being a vehicle for social change,” Parliament’s Women and Equalities Committee said. “When it … Read more
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 28 — Five individuals have been arrested in connection with the assault of a man in Lorong Ikan Emas 6, Ampang, here on Tuesday. Ampang Jaya district police chief ACP Mohd Azam Ismail said the suspects, comprising two men and three women in their 20s and 30s, were picked up in Ampang, … Read more
