Staff / TruthdigJan 15, 2011
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has officially been placed under investigation for allegedly paying for sex with a 17-year-old girl, providing even more fodder for criticism of the scandal-addicted Italian executive. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 17, 2010
The U.S. Supreme Court changed the future fortunes of minors accused of less severe crimes than murder on Monday, ruling in a 6-3 decision that doling out life sentences with no chance of parole in those cases would amount to cruel and unusual punishment. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 15, 2010
Claiming that Roman Polanski's legal team is wrongly spinning the story of his sexual abuse of a minor over three decades ago "as an isolated incident," British actress Charlotte Lewis piped up on Friday to declare that the director had "forced himself" upon her when she was 16 years old. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigMay 6, 2010
Former New York Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor was arrested Thursday morning and later in the day was facing charges of third-degree rape after a 15-year-old girl who allegedly met with Taylor in a Montebello, N.Y., hotel was treated for injuries at a hospital. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 15, 2009
Remember the name Mark Foley? It can be difficult to keep all the GOP sex scandals from blending together, especially when trying to remember one so far back as 2006, but Foley's the ex-congressman from Florida who wound up in big trouble for sending raunchy messages to an underage page. Now, Foley is looking to reinvent himself on AM radio. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 29, 2009
Bill Clinton's got nothing on Silvio Berlusconi, if the Italian prime minister's estranged wife's claims are proved true. Rumors that the 72-year-old Berlusconi had improper relations with a minor, and invited some 40 young women to his villa for a New Year's Eve party, aren't significant for their titillation value so much as for the threat they may pose to his position as Italy's head of state. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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