Emmy Rossum Joins RAINN as Anti-Violence Ambassador
The Golden Globe nominee will partner with the anti-sexual violence organization while Hulu renews her series Furious for a second season.
U.S. Sex Crime News
This section covers sex crimes in the United States — sexual assault prosecutions, trafficking investigations, sex offender registry policy and the legislation and advocacy that shape how these crimes are addressed. Reporting follows cases, policy and systemic questions.
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November 6, 2026
Vause Asks Appeals Court to Reconsider SentenceThe former girlfriend of Raymond Moody seeks relief from an 18-year sentence for lying to the FBI during the Brittanee Drexel investigation.
November 6, 2026
Epstein Survivors Cite Blanche Admission of FBI FailuresLawyers for 32 women suing the FBI say the attorney general acknowledged the bureau mishandled its Epstein investigation before 2007.
November 5, 2026
Wolff Asks Appeals Court to Revive Suit Against MelaniaMichael Wolff is seeking reversal of a federal dismissal of his lawsuit against Melania Trump, which had been moved from New York State court.
November 5, 2026
SVU Marks 600th Episode With Meloni ReturnChristopher Meloni reprises Elliot Stabler in the milestone installment airing November 12 on NBC.
November 4, 2026
Court Weighs Forced Labor Suit Against Tool MakerA Seventh Circuit panel heard arguments on whether a former Chinese political prisoner can sue Milwaukee Tool Corporation under federal law.
November 4, 2026
Netflix Revisits Natalee Holloway Case in DocuseriesA three-part Netflix documentary series examines the 2005 disappearance of Natalee Holloway during a graduation trip to Aruba.
November 3, 2026
Justice Department Funds Study on Gender Dysphoria, ViolenceThe National Institute of Justice announced up to $1 million in grants for research into violence committed by people diagnosed and treated for gender dysphoria.
November 3, 2026
US Report Logs Record Trafficking Victims, ProsecutionsThe 2026 Trafficking in Persons Report, covering 2025 data, was published three months late and ranks countries into tiers.
November 3, 2026
ABC to Revisit JonBenét Ramsey CaseA 20/20 special with Diane Sawyer reexamines the 1996 Boulder murder and newly reexamined DNA evidence.
November 2, 2026
Nocturne Episode 3 to Bring Serial Killer Probe CloserSaga Bauer goes undercover at Riverside Psychiatric Hospital as the Apple TV series hunts for a suspected accomplice of killer Jurek Walter.
More in Sex Crimes
Trafficking prosecutions and the operations that precede them, sexual assault trials and their verdicts, sex offender registry changes, campus assault policy developments and survivor advocacy legislation at the state and federal level are the recurring subjects in this coverage. New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston and Phoenix are among the jurisdictions where major trafficking and sexual assault prosecutions most often originate, and federal cases brought in those districts generate national coverage because of the scale and profile of the cases involved. Registry and civil commitment policy generate a sustained legislative and legal coverage thread that runs between major cases, as states continue to revise the rules governing how offenders are monitored and supervised after serving sentences. Survivor advocacy has become an increasingly prominent driver of legislative news in this area, as organized advocacy groups have moved bills through multiple state legislatures and Congress on issues ranging from statute of limitations to evidence preservation.