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Duffy to tell story of her kidnapping and rape ordeal in new Disney+ documentary https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/25/duffy-kidnapping-rape-ordeal-new-disney-documentary #Duffy #Music #Culture #PopAndRock #RapeAndSexualAssault #Disney #Documentary #FactualTv
Duffy to tell story of her kidnapping and rape ordeal in new Disney+ documentary

Promising ‘unprecedented access’, the programme will recount the singer’s story, including full details of the harrowing attacks that drove her into hiding for a decade

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US news | The Guardian6d ago
The legend of Cesar Chavez will never be the same after multiple rape allegations | Moira Donegan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/20/cesar-chavez-legacy-rape-allegations #RapeAndSexualAssault #Children #UsUnions #UsNews
The legend of Cesar Chavez will never be the same after multiple rape allegations

The righteousness of the farmworker struggle persists in the face of a man who chose not to live up to its values

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World news | The GuardianMar 19
California moves to rename Cesar Chavez Day after recent sexual abuse allegations https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/19/california-rename-cesar-chavez-day #California #UsFarmWorkers #RapeAndSexualAssault #UsCrime #WestCoast #UsNews
California moves to rename Cesar Chavez Day after recent sexual abuse allegations

Legislators propose designating 31 March as Farmworkers Day in light of allegations against late labor leader

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World news | The GuardianMar 19
St Patrick’s Day float that mimicked a sexual assault is condemned https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/19/st-patricks-day-float-mimicked-sexual-assault-epstein-andrew-condemned #Ireland #StPatricksDay #Europe #WorldNews #RapeAndSexualAssault
St Patrick’s Day float referencing Epstein files draws condemnation in Ireland

Charities call display, which mimicked a sexual assault, ‘an act of public grooming’ that normalises sexual violence

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US news | The GuardianMar 18
Dolores Huerta speaks out about César Chávez abuse allegations https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/18/dolores-huerta-cesar-chavez-abuse-allegations #California #UsFarmWorkers #RapeAndSexualAssault #UsUnions #UsCrime #WestCoast #UsNews
Dolores Huerta says she was abused by Cesar Chavez: ‘My silence ends here’

UFW co-founder published her statement after sharing her story publicly for the first time with the New York Times

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US news | The GuardianMar 18
Lawmakers and community leaders react to ‘indefensible’ César Chávez sexual abuse allegations https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/18/cesar-chavez-sexual-abuse-allegations #UsFarmWorkers #RapeAndSexualAssault #UsNews #California #Arizona #UsUnions #WestCoast
Lawmakers and community leaders react to ‘indefensible’ César Chávez sexual abuse allegations

New York Times report leads to multiple cancellations of events meant to celebrate the late labor organizer

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World news | The GuardianMar 17
US rapper Mystikal pleads guilty to third-degree rape in 2022 arrest https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/17/us-rapper-mystikal-pleads-guilty-third-degree-rape #Louisiana #UsCrime #RapeAndSexualAssault #Rap #Music #UsNews #Culture #Celebrity
US rapper Mystikal pleads guilty to third-degree rape in 2022 arrest

Musician, AKA Michael Tyler, faces up to 20 years after entering plea in state court outside Baton Rouge, Louisiana

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World news | The GuardianMar 17
Cutting jury trials risks ‘undermining justice’ for abused women and girls, Lammy warned https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/mar/17/cutting-jury-trials-risks-undermining-justice-for-abused-women-and-girls-lammy-warned #TrialByJury #ViolenceAgainstWomenAndGirls #UkCriminalJustice #DomesticViolence #UkNews #Law #Women #England #Wales #RapeAndSexualAssault
Cutting jury trials risks ‘undermining justice’ for abused women and girls, Lammy warned

In letter to justice secretary, groups say judge-led decisions more likely to be influenced by bias than those made by 12 random people

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World news | The GuardianMar 12
Sussex therapist who claimed he could heal trauma with sex jailed for 11 years https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/12/sussex-therapist-jailed-11-years-heal-trauma-with-sex #RapeAndSexualAssault #UkNews #Society
Sussex therapist who claimed he could heal trauma with sex jailed for 11 years

Exclusive: Judge describes Gerald Peck, who was banned from practising in the 1980s, as ‘a charlatan and a fraud’

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US news | The GuardianMar 12
Trump-endorsed Republican in Louisiana accused of rape in 2007 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/11/louisiana-republican-blake-miguez #Republicans #Louisiana #UsPolitics #UsCongress #UsNews #DonaldTrump #RapeAndSexualAssault
Trump-endorsed Republican in Louisiana accused of rape in 2007

Blake Miguez, 44, not criminally charged over allegation reported to local police but never disclosed to public

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