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Sacramento teacher sentenced for sexually abusing students

Enrique Rodriguez Valladares, a former third-grade teacher at Bowling Green Chacon Language and Science Academy in Sacramento, is sentenced Sacramento Superior Court on April 25, 2025. Valladares, who taught in the Sacramento City Unified School District for 28 years, was sentenced to eight years in prison after he pleaded no contest to sexually abusing students. Read more at: https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article305094696.html#storylink=cpy

Reams of documents related to L.A. County sex abuse cases never turned over, lawyers say

Thousands of documents that could contain key details about rampant childhood sexual abuse inside a defunct Santa Clarita detention camp — including so-called “grooming drawings” — were left scattered inside the facility and never turned over to the victims’ attorneys, according to a firm suing L.A. County over the decades-old incidents.

Michigan couple returns home after 32-day hold in a Mexican prison over a timeshare dispute

A Michigan couple accused of fraud in a timeshare contract dispute and held in a Mexican prison for 32 days has returned home following negotiations between U.S. and Mexican officials.

Trump aware of US couple jailed in Mexico over timeshare: Friend

There is potentially good news for a Michigan couple held for weeks in a maximum-security Mexican prison because of a dispute over a timeshare.

Local News Rep. Tom Barrett to visit Michigan couple jailed in Mexico over timeshare dispute

Michigan Republican Rep. Tom Barrett is traveling to Mexico to visit a Michigan couple jailed because of a dispute with a resort company over timeshare payments.

Rep. Barrett traveling to Mexico to aid Michigan couple in prison over dispute with resort

Congressman Tom Barrett is traveling to Mexico today with the hope of getting a Michigan couple released from prison.

Rep. Barrett heads to Mexico to check on ‘deteriorating’ conditions of imprisoned Michigan couple

A Michigan couple has been detained in Mexico amid a dispute over timeshare payments with a resort company, and Michigan Rep. Tom Barrett is now on his way to Cancun to try and facilitate their release.

Rep. Barrett traveling to Mexico to aid Michigan couple in prison over dispute with resort

LANSING — Congressman Tom Barrett is traveling to Mexico today with the hope of getting a Michigan couple released from prison.

Congressman Tom Barrett visits couple held in Mexican prison over resort dispute

U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett (R-MI) traveled to Mexico in an effort to get a Spring Arbor couple out of prison and back to mid-Michigan.

Michigan Couple Being 'Held Captive' in Mexico Prison Following Alleged Dispute with Resort, Family Claims

A Michigan couple is reportedly being "held captive" in a Mexico jail amid an alleged dispute with a timeshare company, the family has claimed

US tourists held in 'maximum-security' Mexico prison accused of defrauding hotel company

A Michigan couple was arrested in Mexico for allegedly defrauding a hospitality company, but their family said they were wrongfully charged.

USC names Beong-Soo Kim, its general counsel, interim president after Carol Folt steps down

Beong-Soo Kim, a former federal prosecutor and the university’s general counsel, will take over as interim president when Carol Folt steps down.

DA asks state to investigate ex-West Linn doctor accused of sexually abusing more than 200 patients

Clackamas County’s district attorney has asked Oregon’s attorney general to take over an investigation into a former West Linn doctor accused by dozens of former patients of sexual abuse.

Clackamas County DA asks Oregon Department of Justice to take on Farley case

Despite repeatedly defending his office’s handling of the sex abuse case against West Linn doctor David Farley, which ultimately led to no charges, Clackamas County District Attorney John Wentworth has now asked the Oregon Department of Justice to take on the case.

Archdiocese of Los Angeles to pay $880M in sexual abuse settlement

The agreement, believed to be the largest single settlement of its kind by a Catholic archdiocese, will settle 1,353 claims of childhood sexual abuse.

LA Catholic Church to pay record settlement over clergy abuse; cumulative payouts top $1.5 billion

Archdiocese of Los Angeles Agrees to Pay $880 Million to Settle Sex Abuse Claims

The settlement is the highest single payout by an archdiocese, experts said, and brings Los Angeles’s cumulative payout in sex abuse lawsuits to more than $1.5 billion.

No one interfered’: Sex abuse in L.A. County juvenile halls in spotlight at Senate hearing

Testifying Wednesday before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee, Breane Wingfield said she was 14 when, in 2005, she was sexually assaulted in a van by a deputy probation officer employed at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey.

How MSU trustees, staff tried to insulate university from Nassar scandal

California teacher accused of fathering child with student from 1980s

A band teacher for an Anaheim junior high school is facing consequences after a woman revealed what she calls a decades-old secret. Teacher Steve Graves, 61, is accused of sexual abuse of two teenage girls nearly 40 years ago.

A doctor cared for generations of families. Now dozens of women say he also abused them

The three women sit huddled together, hands and arms intertwined, heads on each other’s shoulders. For too long, each felt utterly alone and it’s as if their physical closeness gives them a boost of strength.

Anaheim police investigating teacher accused of fathering child with student 35 years ago

Anaheim police are investigating a 61-year-old band teacher after two women accused him of having inappropriate relationships with them while they were students of his at Loara High School in the 1980s, authorities said on Friday, Sept. 13.

Attorney on the DOJ report of the FBI mishandling child sexual abuse cases

ABC News’ Juju Chang speaks with John C. Manly, the attorney representing survivors of sexual assault by Larry Nassar, about the watchdog report from the DOJ regarding sexual abuse against children.

Child sexual abuse cases mishandled by FBI: Justice Department

A new report from the Inspector General reveals that the FBI continued to mishandle child sex abuse claims, despite training policy updates and system changes after the Larry Nassar abuse scandal.

DOJ inspector general: FBI still falls short in child sex abuse cases

The Justice Department inspector general said Thursday that the FBI is still not adequately handling allegations of child sex abuse, years after the Larry Nassar scandal led to a series of new rules on such investigations.

Justice Department watchdog finds failures in FBI’s handling of child sex abuse cases

Senior FBI official said bureau made mistakes in investigating crimes against children but that ‘vast majority of work’ handled appropriately.

Justice Dept. watchdog blasts FBI over handling of child sexual abuse cases

The report comes three years after another report criticized the FBI's handling of allegations against convicted sexual abuser Larry Nassar.

Flaws Persist in F.B.I.’s Handling of Child Sex Abuse Cases, Watchdog Says

The Justice Department’s inspector general cited significant improvements even as he identified structural issues, like high caseloads, that continue to hamper progress.

15 female patients allege doctor at UCI, Hoag-affiliated clinic sexually assaulted them

Girl sues Encinitas school district, alleging molestation by middle school staffer

$14 million for four victims of alleged sexual abuse by a teacher in Fontana

Fontana Unified pays $14 million to settle sex abuse lawsuits involving predatory ex-teacher

'They paid out everything they had in terms of coverage,' an attorney for the victims

Larry Nassar survivor supports sex abuse awareness training for elementary kids

The first known survivor of sexual abuse at the hands of prolific pedophile Larry Nassar is advocating for sex awareness education in children from when they are in kindergarten.

Teacher’s aide, Beaumont Unified School District sued over her alleged sexual harassment of students

Two boys allegedly targeted by a Beaumont Unified School District teacher's aide suspected of sending them explicit images and repeatedly harassing them in an attempt to sleep with them sued her and the district for infliction of emotional distress and negligence, it was announced today.

Alum Rock school district covered up convicted teacher’s abuse of students

SAN JOSE — Eleven girls who say they were sexually abused by a convicted former teacher are suing the Alum Rock Union School District, claiming administrators conspired to cover up his past misconduct and move him around schools instead of reporting him to authorities.

‘Monster’ music teacher accused of sexually abusing students in 3 San Jose schools

A new lawsuit filed on behalf of students accuses the Alum Rock Union School District of placing a “serial pedophile” in three San Jose schools where he allegedly abused more than thirty female students.

East San José School Conspired to Hide Teacher's Sexual Abuse, 11 Victims Allege in Lawsuit

Eleven victims in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday, June 12, allege the current interim superintendent at the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District and former staff conspired to cover up sexual abuse by a former teacher.

Judge Allows Jimmy Collins Sex Abuse Lawsuits to Proceed Against Village of MT. Kisco, Boys & Girls Club

NYS Supreme Court Judge Alexandra Murphy rejected motions filed by the Village of Mt. Kisco and the Boys & Girls Club to remove themselves from lawsuits filed by 11 alleged victims of James “Jimmy” Collins. Collins, now in prison, is accused of sexually abusing 16 boys over a period of 40 years, starting in the 1970’s in his role as a coach, counselor and janitor for the Village of Mt. Kisco, the Boys Club of Northern Westchester and Chappaqua School District.

Barstow Unified settles teacher sex abuse suit for $2.38 million

“Barstow Unified School District has a child sexual abuse scandal brewing that is on par with what we have seen within Redlands Unified School District and the Los Angeles Unified School District,” the victim’s attorney, Morgan Stewart, said in a May 23 statement.

Redlands Unified ‘systematically violated laws’ protecting kids from abuse, California AG says

Redlands Unified has paid more than $45.5 million to settle teacher sex abuse lawsuits since 2016