Sexual Offences

The ABC went on a multi-country investigation in the Pacific to understand one of the world's worst gender violence crises. What we found was much more complicated than a story about victimhood.

Casandra Ventura continues to give evidence at rapper Sean Combs' sex-trafficking trial, telling court her ex-partner threatened to release sex tapes.

Sean "Diddy" Combs's former partner tells a New York court how he would allegedly threaten to release sex tapes to humiliate her and ruin her career.

Junior Vincent, 43, appeared in the Broome Magistrates Court on Wednesday to face three charges after the alleged attack.

The national children's commissioner wants a cabinet minister for children and is calling on governments to "act on evidence" from child protection reports. This comes after the ABC exposed that children were being sexually exploited in the $2 billion residential care system.

Sean "Diddy" Combs's former girlfriend gives evidence at his criminal trial, telling jurors she felt she had no choice but to participate in the "freak-off" sex parties central to the case.

The actor, 76, was accused of having groped a 54-year-old set dresser and a 34-year-old assistant during filming of Les Volets Verts (The Green Shutters).

During a brief mention on Tuesday, a lawyer for the former broadcaster said the evidence was "blatantly contradictory" to allegations of historical indecent assault and sexual touching against his client.

The prosecution argues Sean "Diddy" Combs used his power to coerce victims into marathon drug-fuelled orgies, while the defence says its client is merely a "swinger" with unconventional sexual proclivities.

An ABC investigation into the $2 billion residential care system finds children in three of the biggest states are being preyed upon by child sex abusers when they should be safe in state care.

Taylor Swift's subpoena in the It Ends With Us case is another attempt "to intimidate and attack women's rights and reputations," Lively's spokesperson said.

Ex-Queensland police officer Ross Kouimanis is now behind bars for the rape and assault of a child in the 1990s. The survivor of the abuse says he carried a silent burden for decades.

When Greg Thompson became bishop of Newcastle, he refused to turn a blind eye to the decades-long child sex abuse scandals in the diocese. For him, it was personal. He was himself a sexual abuse survivor. But speaking out came at huge cost. 

Yvonne Cole was told a police investigation into her violent attack was being suspended so she posted the disturbing details of what happened to her online.

NT police have charged a teenage boy in relation to six separate incidents that allegedly involved the indecent assault of women at a popular Darwin walking spot and local hospital car park.

Dhiren Patel faces three charges of rape, among other offences relating to the alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl. Magistrate Alexandra Burt told the court it was a strong prosecution case, partly because some of the incident was captured on CCTV.  

The man, who was 18 years old at the time, raped a 15-year-old he met in the pool at a tourist park and indecently assaulted another teenager.

David Rayan, 34, has received a two-year community corrections order for multiple offences at the Revolver nightclub in Melbourne in 2023.

A class action against NSW Police strip searching people at musical festivals began on Monday, with one woman having her experience described as being "akin to a sexual assault".

Music mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs is facing federal charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transporting people across state lines to engage in prostitution. His trial will be closely watched and may have greater implications for popular culture.