Abigail pesta's the girls succeeds by solely giving a voice to sexual assault survivors—not their abuser articles
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8-year-old girl 'terrorized' after McHenry County judge releases man who sexually assaulted her
The state’s attorney said an 8-year-old has been left “terrorized” after the man who sexually assaulted her in McHenry County was released and the suspect’s GPS monitor has repeatedly malfunctioned, triggering police responses. McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally said a defendant was charged in January with predatory criminal sexual assault of an 8-year-old girl. […]
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Man sexually abused 10-year-old girl in bathroom at Museum of Science and Industry, police say
Chicago police are looking for a man they say sexually abused a child in a bathroom at the Museum of Science and Industry on Thursday.
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US court upholds R Kelly’s 20-year prison term for child sexual abuse
Singer had appealed 2022 conviction by a Chicago jury stating Illinois’s shorter statute of limitations applied to his caseThe singer R Kelly was correctly sentenced to 20 years in prison on child sexual abuse convictions in Chicago, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday.Jurors in 2022 convicted the Grammy award-winning R&B singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, on three charges of producing child sexual abuse images and three charges of enticement of minors for sex. Continue reading