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Moab Art Teacher Arrested For Alleged Sexual Assault Of 12-Year-Old Girl

Moab Art Teacher Arrested For Alleged Sexual Assault Of 12-Year-Old Girl

(Moab, UT) — A Moab art teacher is facing charges after allegedly touching a young girl. Grand County police say the 12-year-old girl told them about Robert Hucko arriving at her family’s home on Friday. The 70-year-old stayed in her home once he realized there were no other adults there. […]

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The Dove Center Launches Program To Help Sexual Assault Survivors In Rural Areas

The Dove Center Launches Program To Help Sexual Assault Survivors In Rural Areas

(St. George, UT) — The Dove Center is launching a pilot program in hopes of helping sexual assault survivors in rural areas. In a news release, Executive Director Jillian Penhale said inadequate internet services in rural areas have created barriers for victims seeking help. The group is planning to use […]

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Utah Supreme Court Hears Appeal Of Former USU Player’s Rape Conviction

Utah Supreme Court Hears Appeal Of Former USU Player’s Rape Conviction

(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Supreme Court is considering the appeal of a former Utah State University football player convicted of rape and sexual assault. Lawyers for Torrey Green claimed yesterday that he did not receive a fair trial in 2019 because six different cases were combined into […]

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Utah State police chief resigns after sex-assault comments

Utah State police chief resigns after sex-assault comments

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah State University police chief has resigned after a recording the institution called reprehensible came to light showing telling football players that some religious women may claim sex was not consensual because they regret it. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Chief Earl Morris […]

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Woman sues Utah youth facility amid sex assault allegations

Woman sues Utah youth facility amid sex assault allegations

PROVO, Utah (AP) — A woman is suing a Utah youth treatment facility that she says punished her after she accused a male staff member of a sexual assault while she was a minor. A lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Utah’s 6th District Court alleges that she was sexually assaulted […]

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Lawsuit: School mishandled disabled student’s rape report

Lawsuit: School mishandled disabled student’s rape report

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A former student at an elite private school in Utah says in a lawsuit that administrators mishandled her 2017 sexual assault allegation as she endured bullying from classmates. She’s seeking $10 million in damages. The lawsuit says students reenacted the rape during a school assembly […]

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Salt Lake man sexually assaulted lesbian

Salt Lake man sexually assaulted lesbian

SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — The Salt Lake City Police Department has launched an investigation Thursday into a possible hate crime after a man was arrested on multiple sexual misconduct charges. The Deseret News reported that 34-year-old Adam Quinn Atwood was accused of sexually assaulting a lesbian woman, who […]

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Utah State agrees to guidelines involving sex assault cases

Utah State agrees to guidelines involving sex assault cases

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Department of Justice and Utah State University have agreed to a series of guidelines following a three-year investigation into the school’s alleged mishandling of sexual assault cases on campus. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the agreement released Wednesday notes that the federal review of […]

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Elizabeth Smart says she was sexually assaulted on flight

Elizabeth Smart says she was sexually assaulted on flight

Utah kidnapping and rape survivor Elizabeth Smart says she was sexually assaulted on an airplane last year. Smart said on “CBS This Morning” Thursday that she was sleeping when she felt someone’s hand rubbing her inner thigh. She says the last time someone touched her without permission was when she was […]

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Newly released sex offender accused of sex assault on bus

Newly released sex offender accused of sex assault on bus

VERNAL, Utah (AP) — Utah authorities say a sex offender recently released from an Iowa prison has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman on a Greyhound bus. KUTV reported Thursday that the man was arrested in the small northeastern Utah city of Vernal after the driver stopped […]

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