FBI agents searched a billionaire donor's Beverly Hills home in the federal inquiry tied to Eric Swalwell. What a search warrant on someone else's property means, how target, subject and witness differ, and what comes next.
At Thursday's hearing on removing Letitia James as special prosecutor in the Cornell case, the judge asked why only one of seven accused men had sued. Here is how joinder and ripeness work, and how campus cases consolidate.
A California appeals court upheld Danny Masterson's rape convictions. What a direct appeal reviews, why the statute of limitations argument failed, and the narrow paths left: state Supreme Court review and habeas.
As Cornell's faculty votes on no confidence in its leadership, the university's own rules show two senior administrators sit on every three-member Title IX appeal panel. Here is who decides what, and when to object.
The Chiefs signed Justin Tucker after a 10-game NFL suspension over sexual misconduct allegations he denies. How league discipline works without charges, what a negotiated suspension leaves behind, and how the criminal and civil clocks compare.
Russell Brand denied every charge from the witness box at his London trial. What it means when the accused testifies, how English law treats silence, and what comes next before a verdict.
A Cornell student who served a suspension in the Chi Phi case was placed in a shared dorm on his return. Here is what a written sanction, Title IX remedies and FERPA allow a school to do when a suspended student comes back.
A judge sentenced the Alexander brothers to 30 years each for sex trafficking. What that means for time served, supervised release, sex offender registration and appeal.
The Archdiocese of New York agreed to pay $800 million to about 1,300 people with revived abuse claims. Here is how a global settlement works, what it does not decide, and what comes next.
The Alexander brothers face 15 years to life at sentencing in Manhattan. Here is how a federal judge picks the number, what victims can say, and what comes after.
New York may change how its rape law treats voluntary intoxication after the Cornell case. Campus consent rules already treat heavy drinking as possible incapacity, and the campus bar is lower.
A House Democrats' report includes a 1993 rape allegation against President Donald Trump, which the White House denies. Here is how New York's criminal and civil deadlines apply to old allegations, and what a special counsel could and could not do.
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