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Newsom (again) overrides Dems on sex trafficking
And Gov. Gavin Newsom is again intervening at the eleventh hour, issuing a statement moments before publication of this ...
Sean 'Diddy' Combs rejects plea deal ahead of sex trafficking trial
Sean "Diddy" Combs on Thursday formally rejected the government's offer to plead guilty and spare himself the possibility of a prolonged prison sentence.
What to know about California’s fight over harsher penalties for soliciting sex from older teens
A debate over whether to create harsher penalties for soliciting and buying sex from older teenagers exploded in the ...
Diddy's claims of 'diminished' mental capacity take center stage days before sex trafficking trial
Prosecutors in Diddy's sex-trafficking case asked for expert testimony regarding the rapper's "diminished" mental capacity be ...
Man who financed FLDS cult leader to be sentenced in Arizona child sex trafficking case
LaDell Bistline had the girls and women. Torrance Bistline had the money,” federal prosecutor Dimitra Sampson said during the ...
Virginia Giuffre, Voice in Epstein Sex-Trafficking Scandal, Dies at 41
She accused Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, of recruiting her to join their predatory ring. She ...
Author of California child sex trafficking bill forced to exclude felony charge for buyers of teen victims
A bill intended to target those who purchase teenagers of a certain age for sex is being challenged by Democratic California ...
Who is Diddy? Everything to know about hip-hop mogul facing federal sex crimes trial
Sean "Diddy" Combs is set to go to trial in his federal sex crimes case. Here's a look back at the hip-hop mogul's life, career and fall from grace.