prostitution
A Florida man was arrested on his honeymoon after landing himself in the middle of a prostitution sting. According to a news release from the Hilllsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Paul Turovsky, 34, made arrangements to meet a prostitute while on his honeymoon. He left his wife in their hotel room and went to the location, where […]
A man who held the title of Vice President of Student Life at the University of Alabama has stepped down from his position following an arrest as part of a reported prostitution sting. Per a report from the Associated Press, 50-year-old Myron Pope was arrested last week on a misdemeanor charge of soliciting prostitution and later released […]
An investigation conducted by Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz found that five FBI officials “solicited” prostitutes while on an overseas trip, ABC News reports. Such behavior is considered a violation of FBI and DOJ policy. Four of the five officials “solicited, procured, and accepted commercial sex overseas.” The people involved weren’t identified and the location of where these […]
A South Korean military court sentenced K-pop star Seungri to three years in prison, the Associated Press reported on Thursday. The former Big Bang member was found guilty of several crimes including arranging illegal sexual services for business investors from Taiwan, Japan, and Hong Kong. He was also convicted of embezzling funds from a Seoul nightclub he ran, […]
A French woman who shot dead her abusive step-father turned husband will not face more jail time, according to The New York Times. Valérie Bacot, who admitted to killing her him back in 2016, was sentenced to a four-year prison term, with three years suspended, meaning she would not serve additional time behind bars since she already […]
Manhattan is one step closer to decriminalizing sex work. On Wednesday, the boroughs’ District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. announced his office will no longer prosecute prostitution-related offenses, citing the disproportionate impact these laws have on women, people of color, and the LGBTQ community. Vance and his team are also looking to dismiss more than 900 cases involving “unlicensed […]
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office has made a sweeping move that aims to keep sex workers out of the court room. On Friday, Kings County DA Eric Gonzalez announced his office has recently vacated 262 bench warrants related to prostitution and loitering for the purposes of prostitution. He also said his team intends to dismiss 850 more warrants, some of […]
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft may potentially have a felony charge on his hands if Florida prosecutors have their way. The 78-year-old billionaire, who was arrested earlier this year and hit with two misdemeanor counts of soliciting prostitution at a Florida massage parlor, could face a third-degree felony in connection with that case, according to […]
Devin Nunes only embraces the First Amendment when it suits the President, and when it doesn’t, he’ll sue Twitter for allowing users on the platform to say bad things about him, and impersonate his fictional cow. In Nunes’ most recent legal tirade, the Republican Representative is suing his hometown newspaper for what he claims is […]
Robert Kraft is finally speaking out. About a month after being charged with two counts of soliciting a prostitute, the New England Patriots owner has issued his first public statement about the scandal. “In deference to the judicial process, I have remained silent these past several weeks. To correct some of the misinformation surrounding this matter, my […]
