Illinois High School Assistant Principal Pleads Guilty to Student Sexual Abuse

Erin Hamilton-Foley, 53, pleaded guilty in a Madison County court to felony aggravated criminal sexual abuse after having a relationship with a teen student, and was sentenced to 4 years in prison.

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Former Texas Doctor Receives 8-Year Prison Sentence for Sexually Assaulting Patients

56-year-old Kenneth Donald Haygood, of Tyler, Texas, was indicted on seven counts of sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, and practicing medicine without a license.

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Attor­ney Gen­er­al Inves­ti­gates Meta and Char​ac​ter​.AI for Mis­lead­ing Chil­dren with Decep­tive AI-Gen­erat­ed Men­tal Health Services

TX Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into artificial intelligence chatbot platforms, including Meta AI Studio and Character.AI, for potentially engaging in deceptive trade practices and misleadingly marketing themselves as mental health tools.

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Insurance Companies Denied Standing in Albany Diocese Bankruptcy Case

A federal bankruptcy judge has denied motions by several major insurance companies seeking to disallow sexual abuse claims against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, ruling that the insurers lack standing because they have not accepted financial responsibility for the claims.

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99% of Nonconsensual Sexual Deepfakes Target Women and Girls

A U.S. cybersecurity firm reports that: 1. In 2024, 34 million AI images were generated daily; and 2. There were 95,820 deepfake videos online in 2023, a 550% increase from 2019, with 98% being pornographic, and approximately 99% of nonconsensual sexual deepfakes targeting women and girls.

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Seven Former Patients Allege Sexual Assault at a CA Psychiatric Hospital

Seven former psychiatric patients filed a lawsuit in Sacramento Superior Court, alleging that 8 staffers at Sierra Vista Hospital sexually abused them when they were minors and that management ignored warning signs and concealed past employee misconduct from them and their parents or guardians.

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After Being Called a Monster, a ND Principal Was Sentenced to Decades in Prison for Child Sex Abuse

A federal judge has sentenced a former West Fargo elementary school principal to 40 years in prison for child sex abuse crimes, but not before suggesting a life sentence would be ‘sufficient.’

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Former School Bus Driver Faces 60 Years for Child Sexual Exploitation

Scott Wayne O’Toole, a 60-year-old man from Joshua, Texas, was sentenced to federal prison for producing sexually explicit photos of two children in Fort Worth, TX.

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