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A federal judge has approved a $72.5 million settlement between Bank of America and women who alleged the bank helped enable Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation.
A new survivor-led database is compiling public records involving more than 2,700 Protestant church leaders and workers across 100+ denominations, including people accused of abuse or mishandling abuse allegations.
xAI has sued users accused of creating sexualized images of children with Grok as the company faces lawsuits from alleged victims. The cases could help determine how responsibility for AI-generated sexual abuse is divided between users and technology companies.
Meta’s $17 billion social media settlement was not a sexual abuse case. But its child-safety reforms have broader implications for grooming, exploitation and the responsibility technology companies have to protect minors.
More than 800 sexual abuse claims were evaluated through the Archdiocese of New Orleans bankruptcy settlement, but survivors say the payment system lacks transparency and once again leaves them fighting for answers.
Uber is rolling out live video monitoring for teen rides, allowing parents to watch trips through a driver’s front-facing camera. The safety feature arrives while Uber continues to face thousands of lawsuits involving alleged driver sexual misconduct.
A new lawsuit alleges an adult predator used Robux to groom a teenage boy through Roblox before moving communications to Discord. The case comes as Roblox also fights another child-safety lawsuit over whether terms accepted by a young user require private arbitration.
A bipartisan Senate bill could give military sexual trauma survivors a new path to hold the federal government accountable for negligence. Here’s what the proposed law would change and how veterans can pursue existing MST benefits and claims.
Pornhub owner Aylo has agreed to a proposed $120 million settlement resolving class action lawsuits alleging that child sexual abuse material was distributed through its websites. The agreement would also require stronger age verification, content moderation and removal procedures if approved by the court.
A bipartisan Senate investigation is examining child safety on Roblox as states and families pursue lawsuits alleging the platform failed to adequately protect young users from grooming and sexual exploitation.
A landmark ruling requiring Meta to change how Facebook and Instagram protect children comes as states, school districts and families across the country pursue lawsuits over alleged harms to young users.
As states confront growing liability from sexual abuse and other institutional-misconduct claims, survivors are increasingly being discussed as a budget problem. That framing overlooks a more important question: What happened inside these institutions to create the liability in the first place?
A New York Times investigation found that Uber’s lawyers questioned sexual assault survivors about clothing, earlier trauma and other private matters while defending the company against thousands of lawsuits.
The 10th Circuit revived the LDS Church’s effort to make two insurers help cover the cost of defending and settling West Virginia lawsuits involving childhood sexual abuse by Michael Jensen.
More than 80 Southern Baptist abuse survivors, advocates and pastors are demanding an apology from SBC President Willy Rice and Texas pastor Jack Graham after they publicly minimized the denomination’s sexual abuse crisis.