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Winnipeg police say a high-risk offender has been charged with sexually assaulting an unconscious woman.

In December 2025, Skye Atoa was arrested after three teenage girls were found inside his south Lethbridge apartment. On Wednesday, he was sentenced to five years in federal prison. Justin Sibbet reports.

Grant Lee Cichacki is on trial, facing multiple charges of sexual assault involving former co-workers, employees, and acquaintances. Mike Gazzola reports.

Grant Cichaki faces several charges after 5 women claimed to have been sexually assaulted by him. Court heard from a second witness Thursday. Mike Gazzola reports.

As Catherine McDonald reports, investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) led to the arrest of Leslie King after nearly three decades.

British actor and comedian Russell Brand was in a London court Wednesday as the rape and sexual assault trial by jury against him, kicked off. The case opened with the prosecutor dubbing Brand — who has pleaded not guilty to multiple counts — a “ruthless sexual predator.”

Comedian and actor Russell Brand has made his first court appearance in London for the start of his rape and sexual assault trial. Heidi Petracek explains the allegations, the judge’s warning to potential jurors, and how the trial is unfolding at a time of heightened awareness around sexual violence.

A Quebec judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit against a popular spa, over multiple allegations of sexual assault. More than 140 people have come forward claiming they were assaulted while receiving massages at Nordik spa Village in Chelsea, Que. Mike Armstrong is following the story.

A case of misidentification: that’s what the lawyer for a former civilian member of the Edmonton Police Service is calling his client’s trial. It comes after Yasin Cetin was acquitted on charges of child luring and sexual assault. Jasmine King reports.

Cornell’s president is speaking out over an alleged gang rape of a student at a fraternity house in 2024, calling it “deeply disturbing.” Michael Kotlikoff said it would weigh on the university for years to come and pledged greater transparency amid mounting outrage over the school’s handling of the case. He described the past week...

A man who previously worked for the Edmonton Police Service was in court Monday for Day 1 of his retrial. Yasin Cetin, 33, is facing sexual assault and child luring charges. Jasmine King reports from the law courts.

WARNING: This video contains disturbing content. Viewer discretion is advised. Just days after the case of an alleged gang rape of a student at Cornell University in 2024 was reopened, the governor of New York has appointed a special prosecutor to oversee the investigation. Jackson Proskow reports.

The sexual assault trial of ‘Trailer Park Boys’ star Mike Smith is over before it could even begin. The Crown Thursday told the judge they would be submitting no evidence in the matter, and the defence motioned for the charge to be dismissed, which was granted. Ella MacDonald reports with the latest.

Two young Nova Scotia hockey players appeared in Truro Provincial Court today on sexual assault charges stemming from a 2025 assault. While one boy prepares to head to trial, another is admitting his involvment. Ella MacDonald has the latest.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul spoke out Friday about the ongoing investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a female Cornell University student in 2024. “This young woman had already endured something that is utterly unspeakable and that, at every turn, she has failed by people and institutions with an obligation to protect her,” Hochul...

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman in New York in 2006. A New York jury re-convicted Weinstein last year for forcibly assaulting former TV production assistant Miriam Haley. He was first convicted and sentenced in 2020, but New York’s highest court overturned that...

Nova Scotia RCMP say they’re investigating after a school teacher in Pictou County was arrested this week for a range of alleged assaults. Police say 53-year-old Matthew Donahoe now faces several charges including sexual assault, all stemming from the first week of the school year.

Transcona city councillor Russ Wyatt has confirmed to Global News he will be running for re-election despite facing sexual assault charges.

A man convicted of drugging and violently assaulting vulnerable women has been sentenced to 12 years behind bars. Richard Mantha was convicted in the spring after multiple trial delays and on Thursday, he and the women he victimized learned his sentence. Elissa Carpenter reports

WATCH: A Saskatoon man is facing charges after five victims, aged around 10-years-old, alleged the staff member sexually interfered with them, police said.