Sexual Assault

Mass. Lawyers Weekly reports that a bill under consideration by the Legislature would restrict the use of nondisclosure agreements in the settlement of employment cases involving sexual assault and discrimination. In January, Republican Rep. Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida introduced a bill to prohibit nondisclosure agreements in the settlement of employment cases involving claims of sexual assault, sexual […]

Miguel Rivera, 49, of Holyoke, Massachusetts accepted a plea bargain in December and was convicted of second-degree sexual assault and risk of injury to a child in a single incident in Enfield, Connecticut on Dec. 10, 2020. He entered the plea bargain under the Alford doctrine, meaning that he didn’t admit guilt but acknowledged that […]

The Boston Herald reports on a young man accused of sexually assaulting a horse.

A Massachusetts man, incarcerated on similar charges, is accused of sexually assaulting a juvenile female in residences in Waterford, CT and in Massachusetts. As reported by “The Day” newspaper in Connecticut, Adam Nielsen, 38, of Auburn, Mass., who currently is incarcerated at the Franklin County Correctional Facility in Greenfield, Mass., was charged Wednesday by Connecticut […]

A Massachusetts woman claims in a new federal lawsuit she suffered “extreme sex discrimination,” harassment, violence, retaliation, and abuse at the hands of a former faculty member at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The woman filed her lawsuit Monday in federal court in Chicago under the name Jane Doe. It alleges now-former […]

The Massachusetts Senate has unanimously passed a bill strengthening the laws surrounding sexual assault on college campuses, in response to the Trump administration’s calls to cut down on Title IX regulations. The legislation, partially written and amended by several Lowell-area lawmakers, would codify and enhance several existing federal regulations on sexual violence and Title IX […]

The Adams-Cheshire Regional School District is still standing by its January 2017 statement that there was an “absence of proof” that former custodian Clement St. Hilaire molested numerous middle school boys in the 1970s, despite the fact that additional victims have come forward and that St. Hilaire himself has publicly admitted to at least some […]

As we reported over the weekend, and as reported by the Berkshire Eagle, additional victims have come forward with claims of sexual abuse at a now-closed middle school in the Berkshires, corroborating the information first raised by William Howcroft and another anonymous man, both represented by Matthew Fogelman and the Fogelman Law Firm. In a […]

This is one of the more important blog posts I have written in a long time.  It tells the tale of two grown men, William “Bill” Howcroft and a man we will call “Frank” (to protect his identity), who were sexually abused as boys by a janitor at their school, the now-closed Adams Memorial Junior […]

The New York Times reports that the allegations against Robert Ward, the former headmaster at The Williston Northampton School, add to a small but growing number of claims against top leaders at some of New England’s most prestigious prep schools. The Williston Northampton School, a private boarding school in Western Massachusetts, named this week its […]

A man with a history of sexual abuse is facing charges for alleged incidents. Jason Dresser, 24, of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, pleaded not guilty in Windham Superior Court, Criminal Division Tuesday to two felony lewd-and-lascivious charges and one count of attempting to lure a child. His conditions of release involved him not having any […]

The Associated Press reports that a former Kingston fire chief who abruptly retired in February shortly after receiving a new contract now faces a sexual assault charge. Robert Heath has been charged with indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or older. Police say the 59-year-old Heath put his hands down a 23-year-old man’s pants […]

Bill Cosby has sued seven women who have accused him of sexually assaulting them, claiming that they defamed his character and purposefully derailed an upcoming television opportunity. Cosby is suing Tamara Green, Therese Serignese, Linda Traitz, Louisa Moritz, Barbara Bowman, Joan Tarshis, and Angela Leslie — seven of more than 50 women who have accused […]

Four more women are planning to join a federal lawsuit against Bill Cosby, claiming the comedian sexually abused them and later defamed them by letting his representatives publicly label their stories lies. Cosby’s lawyers were expected to file a response Friday to a defamation lawsuit filed last year in federal court in Massachusetts. Instead, a […]

A Ludlow woman who successfully pushed for new legislation extending the statute of limitations for alleged victims of childhood sexual abuse to file lawsuits will get her day in court. Kathy Picard, 52, has said previously she worked for 12 years to push a new bill extending the deadline for alleged victims to sue. The […]

A former youth hockey coach accused of sexually assaulting one of his young players in the 1990s pleaded not guilty in Suffolk Superior Court to the charges against him, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office. Robert Richardson, 61, of Dorchester, was indicted on three counts of child rape, authorities said. The alleged abuse […]

Help is on the way for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. Nearly one in six Massachusetts women has experienced rape or sexual assault in their lifetime. That’s why Governor Charlie Baker is re-launching a council to tackle sexual assault and domestic violence in the state. The group will focus on implementing the law […]

Nice piece about this motorcycle group helping childhood victims of sex abuse and assault.

The Lowell Sun reports that disturbing new allegations have emerged in a human-trafficking case in which a prosecutor says a Lowell man — who is a member of a notorious street gang — had only been out of prison for several weeks when he plied a vulnerable 13-year-old girl with drugs and alcohol, raped her, […]

The University of Massachusetts Amherst and its alumnus Bill Cosby have split ways amid allegations of sexual assault and rape, as reported by CNN. At least 15 women have spoken out to various media outlets accusing the comedian of sexual misconduct. “Bill Cosby has agreed to resign as an honorary co-chair of UMass Amherst’s capital […]

Newburyport police are seeking a suspect in a string of sexual assaults against females in that city in the past four months — the most recent against a juvenile on Monday night, police said. The assaults have escalated in severity and seem to involve the same perpetrator, Newburyport police said in a statement Thursday. Beginning […]