Texas Dem’s claim about abuse victim’s family unravels after relatives say they’re ‘tired of being used’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is facing blowback after the family of a child sex abuse victim whose case he invoked publicly contradicted his claim and said they are “tired of being used” in the election. Talarico held a news conference July 9 outside the office of … Read more

Woman pleads no contest to abuse after 3 kids are found living alone for years

PONTIAC, Mich. — A Michigan woman accused of leaving three children alone for years in a house of squalor pleaded no contest Thursday to child abuse in an agreement that carries a six-year prison sentence, authorities said. Conditions at the Pontiac home were so offensive that police evidence specialists wore hazmat suits when the children … Read more

Biden special counsel’s ’runaway train’ scooped up sensitive lawmaker info: ‘Abuse of power’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into President Donald Trump swept up text messages from nearly 50 members of Congress, bypassing a required review process in what one victim alleged is a direct Constitutional violation. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said the situation is more … Read more

E. Jean Carroll collects more than $5 million from Trump 3 years after a jury found him liable of sexual abuse and defamation

E. Jean Carroll has collected her $5 million judgment against President Donald Trump, more than three years after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming her, court records show. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The money, which was being held in a … Read more

E. Jean Carroll receives $5.62 million sex abuse, defamation payment from Trump after years-long wait

Three years after a jury concluded President Trump should pay $5 million in damages to the writer E. Jean Carroll for sexual abuse and defamation, she has at last been paid. For Carroll, it’s a wait that began long before her federal civil lawsuit went to trial in 2023. The writer first went public with … Read more

Judge orders release of more than $5 million due to E. Jean Carroll in Trump sex abuse, defamation case

Despite last-minute protests from lawyers for President Trump, a federal judge has ordered the court to release $5 million, plus interest, won by the writer E. Jean Carroll when a 2023 civil jury found Mr. Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation. The money had been held in a court-controlled bank account for three years, … Read more

Lawyer for E. Jean Carroll says Trump wants to delay $5 million payment in sex abuse, defamation case

Lawyers for President Trump asked for writer E. Jean Carroll’s consent to delay the $5 million awarded to her by a 2023 jury, and signaled they plan to ask the Supreme Court to reconsider his appeal of Carroll’s sexual abuse and defamation case, according to an attorney for Carroll. Carroll’s lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, wrote in … Read more

Trump says he will ‘continue the fight’ after Supreme Court declines to review Carroll abuse verdict

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump appeared surprised after the U.S. Supreme Court said it would not hear his appeal of a $5 million verdict that found he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll and later defamed her. The high court declined to take up the case, leaving the $5 … Read more

Archdiocese of San Francisco files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy over child abuse lawsuits

SAN FRANCISCO — The Archdiocese of San Francisco is officially filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the wake of numerous claims of child sexual abuse allegedly committed by priests filed against it, according to an announcement Monday. Catholic archbishop of San Francisco Rev. Salvatore J. Cordileone shared the letter posted Monday on the archdiocese’s website. … Read more

Supreme Court won’t hear Trump’s appeal of E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse case

The writer E. Jean Carroll triumphed over President Trump on Monday when the Supreme Court refused to consider overturning a jury’s verdict that he was liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. The unanimous federal jury found that a preponderance of evidence supported Carroll’s claim that Mr. Trump sexually abused her during a mid-1990s encounter … Read more