Keyword "assault trial" - List of latest news (49 results)

06:09 ‘Bombshell’ conspiracy theory behind Noah Balta’s sentencing

A “bombshell” conspiracy theory is swirling around the sentence handed down to Richmond defender Noah Balta following his assault trial.

30/03 Victims’ minister accused of ‘factual inaccuracies’ over use of video evidence in UK trials

Top justice expert criticises use of MoJ study to back up claims by Alex Davies-Jones that there is no impact on conviction rates when video evidence is used

03/05 Cop charged with perjury over Jack de Belin sexual assault trial

A former NSW Police officer has been charged with perjury over evidence he gave during NRL star Jack de Belin’s sexual assault court proceedings.

07/02 Beale accuser’s ‘combative’ evidence: court

A jury has been urged to accept a woman’s “defiant” and “forthright” evidence as Wallabies star Kurtley Beale’s gruelling two-week sexual assault trial nears an end.

06/02 Italian restaurant owner on trial over string of alleged sexual assaults on women across Perth

Alberto Nicoletti, the former owner and manager of an Italian restaurant in Como, has pleaded not guilty to 11 charges for a series of alleged sexual assaults.

30/12 Hayne’s new-year heartbreak

Disgraced former rugby league superstar Jarryd Hayne sits in a prison cell contemplating the fresh challenges and possible heartbreak he faces in 2024.

19/12 Jonathan Majors found guilty of assault and dropped by Marvel

Jonathan Majors has been found guilty of assault and dropped by Marvel, throwing years of Disney's plans into disarray. Here's what you need to know.

11/12 ‘I thought it was normal until I had sex ed class’

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10/12 Explosive text messages revealed during Marvel star’s trial

Text messages presented in court during Jonathan Majors‘ trial appear to show the Marvel actor admitting to physical violence against his accuser, ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari.

06/12 Jonathan Majors trial: Accuser recounts night of assault

Grace Jabbari has testified against her then-partner, the rising Hollywood film actor Jonathan Majors, whose career-halting arrest this past spring for assault could see him booted off various screen projects.

04/12 Jonathan Majors’ assault trial begins

Jonathan Majors is fighting not only against specific charges but for his Hollywood career.

10/10 Craig McLachlan reveals secret fallout of indecent assault trial

Actor Craig McLachlan has opened up about the turmoil caused by his headline-making indecent assault trial.

26/09 Sri Lankan cricketer cleared of sexual assault

Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka says he is looking forward to resuming his playing career after a Sydney judge acquitted him of sexual assault.

22/09 Messages before cricketer’s alleged rape

An international cricketer pursued a Tinder date “relentlessly” through messages on three different apps, asking the Sydney woman to fly to Brisbane to see him and telling her he knew they would “like each other” because he had a “feeling”.

21/09 Cricketer’s ‘relentless’ pursuit of woman: court

An international cricketer pursued a Tinder date “relentlessly” with the night turning out “very differently to what the woman expected or wanted”, while his lawyers have told a court the woman’s evidence is “demonstrably unreliable”.

21/09 Cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka pursued woman 'relentlessly' before alleged sexual assault, court told

In a closing address, Crown Prosecutor Gabrielle Steedman says the alleged victim's sexual episode with cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka "turned out very differently to what she expected or wanted".

20/09 Cop grilled over cricketer’s rape allegation

A police officer has been grilled in court after she revealed she wrote an allegation of a sexual assault by a Sri Lankan cricketer on scrap pieces of paper that she later threw in the bin.

18/09 Cricketer’s alleged rape victim ‘feared for life’

A woman who claims she was tricked into having sex without a condom with a Sri Lankan cricketer has told a court there were moments during intercourse she “feared” for her life.

16/09 Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis quit jobs ‘effective immediately’

Ashton Kutcher has resigned “effective immediately” from an anti-child sex abuse organisation he co-founded in 2012.

28/08 Elton John rushed to hospital

Elton John was briefly hospitalised over the weekend after falling at his villa in Nice, France.

21/08 Sex assault trial in shambles after juror 'falls asleep' and another 'can't hear

A trial has fallen apart at a court in Sheffield as jurors are found to have 'fallen asleep' or not able to hear.

27/07 Kevin Spacey celebrates at private members club after being cleared

Kevin Spacey was spotted sipping whiskey with about seven friends at the Groucho Club, a private members spot in Soho on Wednesday night, according to reports.

26/07 Kevin Spacey cleared: House of Cards star found not guilty of assault

The double Oscar winner was once one of Hollywood's most famous names before the allegations were made against him.

24/07 Kevin Spacey arrives at court as jury prepares to retire

The Oscar winner, 63, is accused of assaulting four men 'for his own sexual gratification' between 2001 and 2013. He is seen outside court in London today.

17/07 Elton John and husband appear for the defence in Kevin Spacey trial

Sir Elton was asked about Spacey's attendance at a charity event hosted by the singer in the early 2000s, on the way to which Spacey is alleged to have sexually assaulted a driver.

14/07 Spacey tells trial crotch grab 'not first move' and one accuser lying

Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey (pictured at court today) faced further questions at Southwark Crown Court on Friday as the prosecution's cross-examination of the Hollywood star began.

12/07 Kevin Spacey told police he may have made 'clumsy pass', trial hears

On Wednesday, prosecutor Shauna Ritchie said the defendant had told police he was 'baffled' and 'deeply hurt' by the claims made by one man, who accuses him of assaulting him in a car.

04/07 Kevin Spacey accuser describes how Oscar winner tried to 'groom' him

An alleged sex assault victim of Kevin Spacey said in front of a London court that the "slippery" Hollywood actor had tried to "groom" him.

03/07 It was 'well known' Kevin Spacey was 'up to no good', trial hears

One of the star's accusers said Spacey's (pictured leaving Southwark Crown Court) behaviour was an open secret at the London Old Vic theatre where he worked for more than a decade.

03/07 Kevin Spacey smiles as he arrives at court for sex assault trial

The Hollywood star is accused of a dozen sex attacks on four younger men, with the prosecution describing him as a predator.

14/06 'Dances With Wolves' actor faces additional charges in Canada

The actor, 46, has been accused of sexually abusing Indigenous girls and women for two decades in multiple states in the US. He now faces additional charges in Canada.

12/06 Woman, 21, who duped girl into sex, said pair had toxic relationship

Georgia Bilham, 21, admitted pretending to be a young man called George Parry whenever the pair met, keeping her hood up to hide her long blonde hair.

08/06 Girl's mother 'duped by woman pretending to be boy' realised 'truth'

The mother of a teenager who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a woman posing as a man has sobbed in court in Chester as she described working out the true gender of her daughter's partner.

27/04 Tom Daley's husband Dustin Lance-Black 'surprised' over assault trial

Model Teddy Edwardes, 32, who stars in the BBC Three show The Big Proud Party Agency, claimed she had a drink thrown in her face by Black in the Soho gay bar Freedom last summer.

29/03 Jarryd Hayne sexual assault trial: Timeline before, during, after | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne had just paid a taxi $550 to drive him to Sydney after a buck’s weekend when he decided to make a detour to meet up with a woman he had been chatting with on Instagram for two weeks.

28/03 Jarryd Hayne sexual assault trial: What we couldn’t tell you | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

A woman who was sexually assaulted by former NRL star Jarryd Hayne was so emotional on the day of his appeal that she told a man who would later become a defence witness “you f***ed my appeal”.

27/03 Hayne ‘would never’ assault women, court

Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne has been described as a man who “would never force himself in a sexual way upon a woman” in a criminal manner as his sexual assault trial comes to an end.

26/03 Jarryd Hayne sexual assault trial: NRL star’s wife Amelia Bonnici breaks down | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

The wife of NRL superstar Jarryd Hayne has broken down in court after he was found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman at her Newcastle home almost five years ago.

24/03 Three word text Hayne sent accuser

Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne had just paid a taxi $550 to drive him to Sydney after a buck’s weekend when he decided to make a detour to meet up with a woman he had been chatting with on Instagram for two weeks, a court has been told.

23/03 Hayne’s accuser’s single text ‘says it all’

A single text sent by Jarryd Hayne’s accuser to her friend following his alleged sexual assault “says it all”, the crown prosecutor told a court during closing arguments of the two-week trial.

23/03 Hayne accuser’s three key acts: court

A woman who accused former NRL star Jarryd Hayne of sexual assault did “certain acts” which were consistent with demonstrating she was not consenting during a fleeting encounter at her home, a jury has been told.

22/03 Hayne accuser hid texts from police: court

A woman who alleged Jarryd Hayne sexually assaulted her in a fleeting encounter at her home deleted a bunch of messages with the former NRL star, as well as another man, before handing her phone to police, a jury has been told.

21/03 ‘Quicker the better’: Hayne denies taxi question

Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne has denied he wanted sex “the quicker, the better” after he paid $550 for a taxi which waited out the front with the meter running, as the jury hears his side of the story for the first time.

20/03 How Hayne described alleged rape to friends

Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne told his friends a woman had sent him “nudes on Snapchat” before she “wigged out” over a sexual encounter and contacted the Integrity Unit claiming it was sexual assault, a court has heard.

20/03 Horror injuries of alleged Hayne victim: court

A doctor who has examined thousands of sexual assault victims has told a court of the gruesome injuries a woman received after she was allegedly sexually assaulted by former NRL star Jarryd Hayne during a fleeting encounter.

17/03 Moment Hayne meeting turned sour: court

After two weeks of “sexual” messaging with Jarryd Hayne, the possibility of sex completely “evaporated” for a woman after the former NRL star “awkwardly” sang along to an Ed Sheeran cover of Wonderwall while a taxi waited for him outside, a court has been told.

16/03 NRL told about Hayne claim before police

The brother-in-law of a woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted by former NRL star Jarryd Hayne approached sport journalist Danny Weidler before reporting the matter to the Integrity Unit, a court has been told.

16/03 Woman said no way to sex with Hayne, court

A woman told her mother there was “no way” she was having sex with former NRL star Jarryd Hayne moments before he allegedly sexually assaulted her, causing her to bleed, a court has been told.

30/01 Hayne prepares for third sexual assault trial

Former NRL star Jarryd Hayne is due to face a jury in a matter of weeks for his third sexual assault trial.