Sexual Offences

The defence tells a Queensland District Court that Yohannes Abate Faris "honestly believed" the encounter was consensual as the jury retires to consider its verdict.

The former Wallaby player repeatedly apologised for 'misreading the situation' in a call to the complainant recorded by police.

A man found guilty of encouraging girls as young as seven to engage in sexual behaviour at a Broome McDonald's is granted bail so a psychological assessment can take place before his sentencing.

A young Tasmanian man who accused his then-girlfriend of cheating on him, then subjected her to 48 hours of horrific abuse, is sentenced to a decade in prison.

On Monday, a Sydney court was told the complainant travelled interstate after the alleged assault in a Bondi hotel cubicle to visit her fiance's family and shop for a wedding dress.

Nicholas Visser first contacted the girl on the social media app Snapchat, then told an internal school investigation the friend request was a mistake he made after a night of drinking.

Child sexual abuse survivor Laura Rowe speaks out following the conviction of her brother. She says the justice system needs to be overhauled to make it easier for others to navigate.

Fifty years ago, a teenaged heiress with a famous last name was kidnapped from her California apartment by armed terrorists. What followed was one of the most confounding crimes in American history.  

A court has heard a woman made it known she did not want to have sexual intercourse with Yohannes Abate Faris, who is accused of raping her on their first date in Maroochydore during early 2022.

During the call, former Wallabies star Kurtley Beale told the woman he is accused of sexually assaulting, he "misjudged the whole scenario" and apologised multiple times, the court heard.

The CEO of Meta expressed regret and pledged to work to prevent further harm as five tech bosses were grilled at a US Senate child safety hearing.

The woman rejected Kurtley Beale's barrister's claims that she was flirtatious, denying the alleged sexual assault was a consensual act.

Survivors of institutional childhood sexual abuse have launched a class action against one of Australia's most prominent sexual abuse law firms, which they say failed to obtain proper compensation from the institutions responsible for their abuse.

Fresh charges are laid over the alleged sexual assault of a teen at Arrawarra on the NSW Mid North Coast following new DNA evidence. Police say charges against the first man accused of the crime will be reviewed.

The woman complainant cried as she rejected suggestions she instigated oral sex in the pub cubicle or that Mr Beale had been given her consent before the alleged assault.

A recorded phone call between rugby player Kurtley Beale and the woman who alleges he sexually assaulted her at a Bondi pub in 2022 is played in court.

A woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by rugby player Kurtley Beale says she was "shocked" when he touched her buttocks in a Bondi Beach bar.

A woman who has accused rugby player Kurtley Beale of sexual assault recalls in court the moment he touched her at a Bondi pub.

The Jehovah's Witnesses are still dealing with child sexual abuse with their own internal investigations and not reporting all cases to police following the royal commission. 

US professional wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigns from World Wrestling Entertainment's parent company TKO the day after a former employee files a federal lawsuit accusing him and another former executive of serious sexual misconduct.

A former WWE employee has filed a federal lawsuit accusing executive Vince McMahon and another former executive of serious sexual misconduct, including offering her to a star wrestler for sex.

Josef Fritzl, who fathered seven children with his then 18-year-old daughter after locking her up in a basement, will make the move from psychiatric detention. 

Queensland police have charged a 63-year-old man with more than 100 child sex offences. (Supplied: QPS)

Stewart Johnston, who helped expose the Oakden abuse scandal, pleads guilty to a charge of possessing child exploitation material.

Dylan Lloyd faces the Adelaide Magistrates Court charged with indecently assaulting a woman in Adelaide’s south in July, after being re-arrested earlier on Wednesday.