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Martin Drennan In November 2009, there were several calls for Bishop Drennan to resign from his post for his inclusion as part of the Murphy Report, surrounding a sexual abuse scandal in the Dublin archdiocese.
Ramon C. CortinesIn May 2013, according to an official statement from the Los Angeles Unified School District, former Superintendent Ramon Cortines admits to what he calls'' consensual spontaneous adult behavior,'' but denies sexual harassment claims in a case that the district settled for $ 200,000 plus additional benefits.
Don Sherwood On September 15, 2004, a woman locked herself inside the bathroom of Sherwood's Washington, D. C. apartment, and called 911 to report she was assaulted.
Gr?goire Owona After the newspapers L'Anecdote and Nouvelles d'Afrique -- as part of an effort to identify prominent individuals guilty of'' deviant behavior'' -- reported that Owona and about 50 others were homosexuals, he filed a defamation suit in February 2006, along with two doctors who were also identified as homosexual.
Edward Paquette Father Edward Paquette, who was kicked out of the Diocese of Fall River and stripped of his priestly faculties in 1963 after accusations of'' improper behavior'' with young boys, only to resurface a year later as a priest in Indiana and then in Vermont.
Alcee Hastings In June 2011, a lawsuit filed by one of his staff members, Winsome Packer, alleged that Hastings made repeated unwanted sexual advances and threatened her job when she refused him.
David PatersonA former staff photographer, a white male, claimed that he was the victim of discrimination in 2005 when Paterson's office replaced him with a black photographer.
Joran van der Sloot On April 27, 2007, a new search involving some twenty investigators was launched at Van der Sloot's parents' home on Aruba.
Paul Shanley According to Leon Podles in his book Sacrilege : Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church,'' In late 1993, Shanley was sent to the Institute of Living in Hartford, Connecticut, for evaluation.
Specioza Kazibwe In April 2002, Dr. Kazibwe filed for divorce from her husband, saying that she refused to be the victim of continued domestic violence.
Jon EntineIn 1993 Entine produced a story with reporter Sam Donaldson on eye surgery clinics that led to a lawsuit against them and Primetime alleging trespass and defamation due to the use of'' test patients''.
Lawrence KeyteOn February 27, 2013, the Ontario College of Teachers found Keyte'' Guilty of Professional Misconduct'' and suspended his teaching license for two years, after a hearing which revealed details of `` an inappropriate electronic relationship'' with a female student that `` included receiving suggestive photos from the student and exchanging flirtatious emails''.
Alexander Rosenberg During the 2006 Duke University lacrosse case, he was one of the so-called Group of 88 professors who, shortly after members of the university's lacrosse team were accused of rape, signed a letter calling attention to problems with race relations at Duke and thanking protesters for'' making a collective noise'' on'' what happened to this young woman.''
Jim JonesIn the summer of 1977, Jones and several hundred Temple members abruptly decided to move to the Temple's compound in Guyana after they learned of the contents of Kilduff's New West article to be imminently published, which included allegations by former Temple members they were physically, emotionally, and sexually abused.
Frank HoustonIn 2000 Houston confessed to the sexual abuse of a boy in New Zealand 30 years earlier.
David Paterson In February 2010, charges were made that Paterson may have been involved in witness tampering in a domestic abuse case involving staffer David W. Johnson after New York State Police and his staffers talked to the woman to get her to drop the case.
Freddie StarrOn 1 November 2012, Starr was arrested by police at his Warwickshire home in connection with the Jimmy Savile sexual abuse scandal.
Scarlett JohanssonOn September 14, 2011, the FBI announced it was investigating the alleged hacking of Johansson's cell phone and the dissemination of nude photographs of her.
Asaram Bapu Asaram was widely criticised after his remark that the 2012 Delhi gang rape victim was equally guilty along with those responsible for the sexual assault on her.
Dermot AhernHe received the Murphy Report into child sexual abuse in the Dublin Diocese in June 2009.
Park Si-yeonIn 2013, Park was among the celebrities investigated then indicted for illegal use of propofol ; Park's agency denied the allegations, saying she took the drug for medical reasons after she injured her back doing action scenes for the films Marine Boy and Dachimawa Lee.
Vang PaoPrior to his arrest, Vang was scheduled to have an elementary school in Madison, Wisconsin named after him, a proposal that met with opposition over controversial academic Alfred W. McCoy's allegations that Vang had been involved in war crimes and drug trafficking, with Gary Yia Lee and other scholars strongly disputing his claims Pao's June 2007 arrest later led the Madison School to reopen discussion on the school's naming.
Dave Lee Travis In October 2012 it was alleged by two former BBC employees that Travis sexually assaulted a number of women during his time at the BBC.
Laurie CabotShe garnered more notoriety in 2004 when Salem Police came to her home in order to remove her adolescent grandson over a custody issue between Jody Cabot and her former husband.
Ron SpringsOn January 21, 2008, Adrianne Springs filed a lawsuit on behalf of her husband against the two doctors who performed the surgery, alleging malpractice.
Stephen Joseph RossettiRossetti published a study documenting the spiritual damage to victims of child sexual abuse by Catholic priests in 1995.
Oscar De La HoyaIn September 2007, Mila Dravnel, the woman who sold the photographs, recanted her allegations against De La Hoya and denied the authenticity of the photographs.
Lawrence SingletonIn the spring of 1997, a neighbor called police and reported seeing 69-year old Singleton strangling a nude woman in his house.
Mark Salling In January 2013, Salling was accused by a woman who claims he committed sexual battery by forcing sex without a condom.
Vicki Walker Walker, a sexual assault victim, is partially responsible for forcing former Governor Neil Goldschmidt to admit publicly that he had a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old girl in 1975 which lasted three years.
John R. Dallager The breaking of the sexual assault scandal at the Academy in 2003 brought a great deal of attention on the leadership of Dallager as superintendent.
John Bennett RamseyRamsey reportedly began dating Beth Holloway, the mother of Natalee Holloway, an Alabama student who disappeared during a 2005 high school graduation trip to Aruba.
Dae GakIn 2000, Genthner was subject to disciplinary action following allegations by two patients of sexual misconduct and violations of patient confidentiality ; while denying wrongdoing, he agreed to a suspension of one year, a fine, and one year of supervised probation after his license was reinstated.
Ed SavitzFrom as far back as 1975, he offered teenage boys money, concert tickets and football tickets for their soiled underwear, and various sexual acts including : oral and anal sex, slamming his penis in a door, penis sword fights, urinating on him, vomiting in his mouth and defecating in his mouth through a potty chair.
Keith Bakker By the end of 2010, Bakker was accused of sexual abuse by several of his female clients.
Seung SahnThe first accusations of sexual relationships between Seung Sahn and students came about in 1988.
Montel WilliamsOn November 30, 2007, while in Savannah, Georgia to promote PPA, he threatened reporters following an earlier interview at which Courtney Scott, a 17-year-old high school intern reporter for the Savannah Morning News, had asked him a question about whether restriction of pharmaceutical profits would discourage research and development of new drugs.
Lee BrightBright described himself as troubled by the 2009 revelation that Sanford had flown to Argentina to meet with his mistress, but stopped short of joining calls for the governor's resignation.
Hanan GoldblattIn 2008, Goldblatt was convicted of perpetrating acts of rape as well as other sex offenses against women in his acting class.
Chuck PhilipsPhilips produced some of the most important research into the crimes against Tupac and Biggie,'' In 1997, Los Angeles Times authors Chuck Philips and Matt Laitt reported that the key suspect was a member of the Crips acting in service of a personal financial motive.
Kevin RicksIn 2006, parents of a 13-year-old boy reported that Ricks asked their son to sit on his lap and play video games, although a police investigation resulted in no charges.
Laura BozzoHowever, in March 2008, lawyer Freddy Escobar started an investigation about the possible illegal use of minors in her program, being exposed on TV to present fake cases of family sex violence.
Shaun Murphy (snooker player)In an article in The People newspaper, Abigayle Tadeo, an escort girl and an old friend of Murphy's, whom he had met at a religious youth group, claimed that the two had had sexual intercourse in a hotel room in November 2008.
Verne Troyer On June 25, 2008, a private home videotape was released which showed Troyer and his former live-in girlfriend Ranae Shrider having sex.
Larry SeidlinIn March 2009 the niece and caretaker of the same elderly woman filed another complaint with the Elder Abuse Hotline in Florida, reiterating their belief that Seidlin has manipulated the woman into giving him money and has failed to adequately care for her.
Rembert WeaklandIn 1994, Weakland said those reporting sexual abuse were'' squealing.''
Steve RothmanIn November 2010, Rothman's longtime Chief of Staff, Robert Decheine, was arrested in Gaithersburg, Maryland on charges of soliciting sex from someone who had allegedly identified'' herself'' to him over the Internet as a 15-year-old girl, but who in reality was a law enforcement agent in a sting operation organized by federal and local authorities.
Rodney Alcala In March 2010, the Huntington Beach and New York City Police Department s released 120 of Alcala's photographs and sought the public's help in identifying them, in the hope of determining if any of the women and children he photographed were additional victims.
Esther Rantzen In Exposure : The Other Side of Jimmy Savile, broadcast on 3 October 2012, Rantzen, after seeing the interviews the programme contains, acknowledged that the jury was no longer out about Jimmy Savile's abuse of children.
Eyal Ben-Ari In May 2008, a teaching assistant at Hebrew University published accusations of sexual misconduct regarding one of Ben-Ari's colleagues, which led to closer scrutiny of the department.
Jung Myung Seok In 1999, Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) in Korea reported about sexual abuse allegedly committed by Jung.
John GreysonThe film deals with the 1985 murder by five adolescent males of Kenneth Zeller, a high school teacher and librarian, when he was allegedly cruising for sexual encounters in Toronto's High Park.
Jim Gibbons (U.S. politician) As Gibbons was campaigning for governor in October 2006, it was brought to light that more than ten years earlier, his wife Dawn had employed Patricia Pastor Sandoval, a then-illegal immigrant from Peru, as a housekeeper and babysitter.
Quentin Davies, Baron Davies of StamfordIn 1991 he was fined for two charges of animal cruelty having been legally responsible for his farm employees' failure to feed the sheep on his estate ; following his conviction and the immediate dismissal of the shepherd who had been left in charge, he was greeted by Labour MPs with calls of' Baaa !'
Giuliano Mignini In 2006, Mignini was charged with abuse of office for allegedly ordering the illegal wiretapping of the phones of various police officers and journalists involved in the Monster of Florence case.
Aleister CrowleyIn August 1931, he took Bertha Busch as his new lover ; they had a violent relationship, and often physically assaulted one another.
Brock AdamsIn 1992 he chose not to be a candidate for reelection after eight women made statements to The Seattle Times alleging that Adams had committed various acts of sexual misconduct, ranging from sexual harassment to rape.
Thomas Edwards-SeymourThis all changed when Thomas was convicted of sexual assault as reported in the Winnipeg Free Press on September 06, 2012.
Peter Nattrass In July 2004, the West Australian newspaper and MLA Larry Graham aired allegations of domestic violence made by Margot Nattrass, his former wife.
Charlie ChaplinBarry, who displayed obsessive behaviour and was twice arrested after they separated, According to the prosecutor, Chaplin had violated the act when he paid for Barry's trip to New York in October 1942, when he was also visiting the city.
Dale FushekOn January 27, 2005, a lawsuit was filed in Maricopa County Superior Court alleging that Fushek witnessed a sexual assault committed by a priest, and did nothing, and on April 4 of that year Fushek resigned as a pastor of St. Timothy's Catholic Church The suit, settled by the Diocese of Phoenix for $ 100,000 in December, does not imply any admission of guilt, and was dismissed with prejudice.
Brian David MitchellBut they eventually reached local church officials who then excommunicated Mitchell and Barzee in absentia in June 2002, the same month Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped, Mitchell was also accused at the time of having pornographic pictures of young girls raising further suspicions of pedophilia amongst LDS Church members, but it was not included in his Church disciplinary council process.
Adolph MongoMongo was also instrumental in forcing the release of three black college-bound students accused of killing a Taylor, Michigan white woman in 2007.
Leigh GriffithsIn March 2012, newspaper reports claimed that Griffiths had assaulted Fenlon and his assistant, but these reports were denied by the club.
Dominic NoonanOn 27 October 2012, Lattlay-Fottfoy was charged under his adopted name by Greater Manchester Police in connection with the alleged rape and false imprisonment of a fifteen year-old boy in Manchester.
Gail PalmerAfter a visit to Hunter S. Thompson's home in 1990 she accused the writer of sexual assault ; the charges were later dropped.
Matthew KellyKelly was arrested by police in January 2003, over allegations of child sex abuse, which arose as part of Operation Arundel.
Ossie BrownThe suit, which stemmed from the accidental fatal shooting by police of a black teenager named Clarence Morrison, Jr. (born ca. 1963), claimed, among various allegations, that Brown had used the grand jury investigative procedure as a'' legal backup'' to support arbitrary actions by the police department.
Michael Sarris On 15 October 2011, Sarris was accused by the de facto state of Northern Cyprus of sexual misconduct with a minor and was detained for three days.
Jack Cust On December 13, 2007, Cust was named in the Mitchell Report as a user of performance-enhancing drugs, although there was never any evidence outside of a conversation he once supposedly had with former teammate Larry Bigbie.
Katie Rees On 20 December 2006, allegations of Rees exhibiting lewd behaviour in a Florida nightclub, three years prior while away at college, were made, and several photographs of Rees, kissing other women, and simulating sexual acts were released to the media.
Robert Finn (bishop)Finn told reporters that he failed to read a letter sent to the diocese a year earlier (May 2010) by a Catholic elementary school principal who was reporting numerous instances of inappropriate behavior.
Jonathan King In 2000 King was investigated by police in relation to allegations of sexual offences committed against boys since the 1970s.
Thomas E. WatsonIn 1913 Watson played a prominent role through his newspaper in inflaming public opinion in the case of Leo Frank, a Jewish American factory manager who was accused of the murder of Mary Phagan, a 13-year-old factory worker.
Bob GamereAccording to court documents, the FBI had been investigating Gamere as far back as 2005 when they alleged he e-mailed videos of children having sex with each other and adults.
Mark PendergrastAs he revealed in the book's first edition, by 1992 he had lost contact with his two adult daughters, apparently in connection with psychotherapy they received which involved'' repressed memories'' of childhood sexual abuse, although the women never revealed details of what the alleged abuse supposedly involved.
Scott Ritter Ritter was detained in April 2001 and arrested in June 2001 in connection with police stings in which officers posed as under-aged girls to arrange meetings of a sexual nature.
Joe PaternoAn investigation conducted by former FBI director Louis Freeh concluded in July 2012 that Paterno concealed facts relating to Sandusky's sexual abuse of young boys.
Jos? LindPolice were called to the home of his ex-wife, Lizza Lind, in July 1996, when he visited in violation of a restraining order and the situation escalated to physical violence, which was witnessed by his daughters.
Steven PinkerIn 2011 Pinker published The Better Angels of Our Nature, which argued that violence has decreased over multiple scales of time and magnitude, including tribal warfare, homicide, cruel punishments, child abuse, animal cruelty, domestic violence, lynching, pogroms, and international and civil wars.
Martin GleesonPrior to the match, the Manchester Evening News reported that in December 2010, Gleeson had contacted the police alleging he was the victim of blackmail but had decided to drop the charge.
Joe ArpaioFive years later Patrick Morrison was arrested and later admitted to his crime and was sentenced to 24 years in prison In December 2011, responding to continuing media coverage of the controversy, and apparently unaware that there were hundreds of victims in these cases, Arpaio stated, in a press conference,'' If there were any victims, I apologize to those victims.''
Stephen Downing caseThe Stephen Downing case involved the conviction and imprisonment in 1974 of a 17-year-old council worker, Stephen Downing, for the murder of a 32 year old legal secretary, Wendy Sewell, in the town of Bakewell in the Peak District in central England.
Barney RuditskyRuditsky was also assigned to crowd control for the police guarding child star Shirley Temple during her 1938 visit to New York City ; the two met again in Hollywood ten years later, when Ruditsky offered to take the young woman along for the police raid that saw actor Robert Mitchum arrested in a'' marijuana bust''.
Tarun Tejpal On 20 November 2013, Tehelka magazine informed its staff that Tejpal was stepping down as editor for six months, after a woman colleague alleged that she had been sexually assault ed by him.
Michael BarrymoreOn Barrymore's high-profile return to the UK in January 2006 to take part in Celebrity Big Brother, former solicitor, politician and local activist Anthony Bennett initiated a private prosecution, comprising six charges regarding Barrymore's alleged misuse of drink and drugs on the night of Stuart Lubbock's death.
Brian David MitchellMitchell's second wife filed a police report in 1985 alleging that Mitchell molested two of their children, but he was not charged.
Barnet BurnsThe Elizabeth returned to Sydney on 5 January 1831 and soon afterwards Burns appeared before the Police Magistrates where he was convicted of gross assault.
Steven M. BermanIn July 2008 Berman was accused of domestic violence and was the subject of investigation.
E. Brent BrysonAdditionally, Bryson was lead counsel in a case against a hotel casino in Laughlin, Nevada which resulted in the only jury verdict against the hotel casino for its conduct surrounding the melee between the Hells Angels and Mongols Motorcycle Clubs during the 2002 Laughlin River Run.
Se?n BradyOne of the victims gave him a list of other children being abused by Father Brendan Smyth, who was convicted in 1994 of dozens of offences over a 40-year period.
Peter R. de Vries On September 11, 2010, De Vries traveled to Lima, Peru with his television crew and Beth Holloway to visit Miguel Castro Castro prison where Joran van der Sloot was being held while awaiting trial for the murder and robbery of Stephany Tatiana Flores Ramírez.
Anson Dorrance In 1998 a former player, Melissa Jennings, sued Dorrance for sexual harassment.
Jimmy Savile During Savile's lifetime, sporadic allegations of child abuse were made against him dating back to 1964, but only became widely publicised after his death.
Vince NeilIn 2003, Neil was arrested again after accusations that he assaulted a sex worker at the Moonlight BunnyRanch by grabbing her around the throat and throwing her against a wall.
Trayvon Martin Martin's parents, upset that an arrest had not been made in their son's death, contacted Martin's sister-in-law, an attorney who put them in touch with Benjamin Crump, a civil rights attorney from Tallahassee, Florida.
Anthony Bennett (politician)He has also campaigned for the parents of Madeleine McCann, who disappeared while on a family holiday in Portugal in 2007, to be prosecuted for child neglect and accused them of covering up what happened to their daughter, which led to the family successfully pursuing legal action against him.
J?rg KachelmannIn a 2012 interview, Kachelmann claimed that concerning rape accusations, women would generally be regarded as victims, coining the term victim's subscription ().
Murder of Rachel NickellRachel Cerfontyne, of the IPCC, said that police failed to investigate the 1989 report that he attacked a woman on Plumstead Common, in London, and no record of the telephone call can be found.
Manohara Odelia PinotDaisy fled France in 2007 with Manohara and another daughter Dewi after Saliha made a police report against Daisy and Pinot alleging sexual and physical abuse / Daisy was jailed 18 months in absentia while Pinot got four months.