Restaurants
Amy Roulston reported that Gunaseelan Manoharan, the owner of the popular Horsham restaurant Rooh, is standing trial on multiple charges of sexual assault against his teenage workers. Manoharan has denied the allegations, with his defence attorney claiming he was simply "a businessman who was not very good at running
Actors
Gerard Depardieu, France's biggest movie star, has been ordered to stand trial for the sexual assault of a 22-year-old actress in 2018. The alleged victim, Charlotte Arnould, had initially kept her name private but later went public with her story, expressing relief that the case is finally going
Police departments
A Chinese national, Chao Xu, 33, has been convicted of 24 counts of serious sexual assaults, including rape, digital penetration, and voyeurism, against six women in London. The case highlights the bravery of the victims who came forward to provide statements and evidence that led to Xu's guilty
Police departments
In a partnership with the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, Special agents from ICE Homeland Security Investigations arrested David Perez-Teofani, a 35-year-old Mexican national, previously charged with sex crimes against a child. Perez-Teofani was taken into custody near the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on August 20. This
Police officers
The Phnom Penh Police Department conducted a crackdown on four suspects, accused of illegal detention, extortion of $100,000, and sexual assault. The operation, led by Lieutenant General Chuon Narin, resulted in the arrest of ZHU ZONG LIANG, YI MING XING, San Sreyni, and Suos Saravy on August 26, 2025.
Police officers
Former Honolulu Police Department officer Mason Jordan was sentenced to 23 years in federal prison, followed by a lifetime term of supervised release, for his role in secretly photographing and recording a child, creating sexually explicit material, and coercing the child into producing and sending him additional explicit content. Jordan,
Police departments
The UK government has been urged to answer questions about its failure to implement all the recommendations from a 2023 review into serious public sector data breaches, including the exposure of Afghans who worked with British military forces, victims of child sexual abuse, and 6,000 disability claimants. The review,
Police officers
Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, a 38-year-old migrant residing at an asylum seeker hotel in Essex, has been charged with five counts of sexual assault, including an allegation of assaulting a child under 16 years old. Footage of Kebatu's tearful arrest, captured on police body-worn video, was played in court
Police officers
A police officer handcuffed a 38-year-old asylum seeker, Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, at the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, on July 8, after arresting him on suspicion of sexually assaulting a female under 16 years old. The arrest was captured on police body-worn video footage, which was played in court on
Police departments
Dr. Sheldon D. Simon, a 81-year-old podiatrist, has been indicted by the Daviess grand jury on a charge of sexual abuse. The alleged incident occurred on June 2 at Simon's office, where he allegedly forced a woman to perform a sex act after she came to clean the
Police departments
Five senior Metropolitan Police detectives, including a detective inspector in the force's Directorate of Professional Standards, have been arrested on suspicion of plotting to cover up a complaint of sexual assault by a policewoman against a senior colleague. The allegations center around a CID party last Christmas, where
Police officers
Three police officers were ambushed and shot by a gunman while executing a warrant related to historical sexual abuse allegations at a rural property in Porepunkah, Victoria. Two officers were killed, and the third sustained serious lower body injuries and was airlifted to hospital. A widespread police search for the
