Stoney Westmoreland has worked for years as an actor, writer, producer, and director with credits including “Godzilla,” “NCIS,” and “Scandal.” SALT LAKE CITY — An actor for a Disney show has been arrested in Salt Lake City after police say he solicited a person he thought was 13-years-old on a dating app, and asked […]
CLEVELAND– The Warrensville Heights High School band director accused of sexual battery appeared in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Friday morning. Duane Keeton, 32, is charged with sexual battery and attempted sexual battery. He also faces an importuning charge involving a student. His attorney argued for a lower bond, but it was set at $500,000. […]
CBS has actually had history of firing employees who initiated sexual behavior and assault against others. Details are currently sparse, but there’s reportedly a Ronan Farrow New Yorker piece coming on CBS chairman and CEO Leslie Moonves, one of the most powerful men in media, including allegations of sexual misconduct. The Hollywood Reporter scooped the New Yorker’s scoop: “Sources […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Cleveland Orchestra has suspended concertmaster and violinist William Preucil in the wake of sexual assault allegations. Violinist Zeneba Bowers was 26 when she says Preucil aggressively forced himself on her at a hotel room in 1998. She said she fought him off, and fled the room. The report surfaced in The […]
CANTON, OH (WOIO) – Former Canton McKinley High School teacher, Tiffany Eichler, 37, was sentenced for her participation in sex acts with three male students. According to police, Eichler had sex with the students for a two-month period between January and March 8, 2018. The full sentence includes: 30 days in the Stark County Jail 30 half days at the […]
OLMSTED FALLS, OH (WOIO) – A former Boy Scout leader fro the Olmsted Falls troop was sentenced Tuesday morning to eight years in prison for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. Aaron Robertson, 29, pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual battery and four counts of gross sexual imposition as part of a plea deal in exchange for dropping rape […]
SHELBY, OH (WOIO) – Police have arrested Shelby High School‘s band director and charged him with rape. Oyun Benjamin Hyun, 27, was arrested on November 27 and is locked up in the Richland County Jail. Hyun began working at Shelby High in the fall of 2015. Authorities have not said when the incident occurred but we do […]
CLEVELAND – A Cleveland police officer has been indicted on multiple charges stemming from an alleged inappropriate sexual relationship she had with a 13-year-old boy. According to court documents, 24-year-old Maria Velez was charged with three counts of sexual battery, two counts of attempted tampering with evidence and two counts of intimidation of a crime […]
On Tuesday, CBS News announced it had fired veteran broadcaster Charlie Rose following accusations of sexual misconduct from at least eight women. According to an internal memo sent to the New York Times, his employment with the major news agency has been “terminated … effective immediately”the day after a Washington Post report detailed the “unwanted sexual advances” allegedly made by the […]
According to a TMZ report, the brother of Las Vegas shooter Stephen Paddock has been arrested for child pornography by a joint FBI and LAPD task force. The Associated Press later confirmed the report. “Bruce Paddock was taken into custody moments ago in North Hollywood, CA at an assisted living home,” wrote TMZ. “Law enforcement sources tell […]
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced Thursday a review of how the department investigates sexual assault in schools, saying it’s time to replace the Obama administration’s “failed system.” Rolling back Obama-era guidelines It’s a first step toward rolling back stricter Obama-era guidelines for handling sexual assault, potentially changing how the Department of Education handles hundreds of […]
A Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority officer has been indicted on sex offense charges. According to authorities, Christopher Collins met the five teenage victims at a mentoring program. The 26-year-old Garfield Heights resident now faces several charges, including five counts of underage alcohol use, four counts of endangering children, and two counts of sexual battery. “As […]