In the wake of the media storm surrounding a judge's controversial decision to give sexual assault convict Brock Turner six months in jail for the attack on Stanford's campus, one sex crime survivor is speaking out in a heartfelt letter to the victim. Delaney Henderson, 21, posted the emotional letter on Facebook, recalling her own trauma as she encouraged the Stanford victim, who is 23 and has not been publicly named, to stay strong. "I am writing to tell you that I understand your pain … I know what it feels like to have a school and the justice system completely fail you.
- 6/23/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
In the wake of the media storm surrounding a judge's controversial decision to give sexual assault convict Brock Turner six months in jail for the attack on Stanford's campus, one sex crime survivor is speaking out in a heartfelt letter to the victim. Delaney Henderson, 21, posted the emotional letter on Facebook, recalling her own trauma as she encouraged the Stanford victim, who is 23 and has not been publicly named, to stay strong. "I am writing to tell you that I understand your pain … I know what it feels like to have a school and the justice system completely fail you.
- 6/23/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
The $55 million award Erin Andrews received in her civil trial over a secretly recorded nude video taken of her is a victory not only for Andrews but for all sex crime victims, an anti-sex crime advocate tells People.
Angela Rose, founder and executive director of Pave: Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment, a nonprofit that works to prevent sex crimes and help survivors, tells People that the reward is worth more than money.
"The exposure [of the award] is priceless. It gets the nation talking about [sex crime] issues. At the end of the day it raises awareness, and I really applaud her courage for standing up,...
Angela Rose, founder and executive director of Pave: Promoting Awareness, Victim Empowerment, a nonprofit that works to prevent sex crimes and help survivors, tells People that the reward is worth more than money.
"The exposure [of the award] is priceless. It gets the nation talking about [sex crime] issues. At the end of the day it raises awareness, and I really applaud her courage for standing up,...
- 3/11/2016
- by Harriet Sokmensuer, @HGSokmensuer
- People.com - TV Watch
President Obama said Wednesday that there is "no precedent" for revoking the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Bill Cosby.
"We don't have that mechanism," Obama said during a press conference about the U.S.'s nuclear deal with Iran.
Although he said he couldn't comment on "the specifics" of the allegations against the comedian, the president broke his silence on the scandal, saying:
"I'll say this. If you give a woman, or a man for that matter, a drug and then you have sex without their consent, that's rape. And I think this country – any civilized country – should have no tolerance for rape.
"We don't have that mechanism," Obama said during a press conference about the U.S.'s nuclear deal with Iran.
Although he said he couldn't comment on "the specifics" of the allegations against the comedian, the president broke his silence on the scandal, saying:
"I'll say this. If you give a woman, or a man for that matter, a drug and then you have sex without their consent, that's rape. And I think this country – any civilized country – should have no tolerance for rape.
- 7/15/2015
- by Tierney McAfee, @tierneymcafee
- People.com - TV Watch
A day after impassioned signees encouraged Disney World to remove its Bill Cosby bust, another petition began calling for more Cosby hardware. Promoting Awareness | Victim Empowerment (a.k.a. Pave), a sexual-violence awareness nonprofit, is pressuring the Obama administration to revoke Cosby's Presidential Medal of Freedom. "The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest honor to any American civilian, and Bill Cosby’s name does not belong on it," Pave founder Angela Rose told Time. The medal is "presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors," according to the White House. Then-president George W. Bush gave the embattled comedian the honor in 2002. The petition comes on the heels of Cosby's recent unsealed admission to having sex with drugged women. "We cannot yet give his...
- 7/9/2015
- by Sean Fitz-Gerald
- Vulture
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