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An ex-sister-in-law of #PeteHegseth’s submitted a sworn statement to senators on Tuesday that accused #Hegseth, #Trump’s nominee for secretary of #defense, of being so “abusive” toward his second wife that she once hid in a closet from him & had a safe word to call for help if she needed to get away from him.

#criminal #law #ViolenceAgainstWomen #DomesticViolence #BelieveSurvivors #felon47 #ToxicMasculinty
nytimes.com/2025/01/21/us/poli

The New York Times · Hegseth Ex-Sister-in-Law Tells Senators He Was ‘Abusive’ to Second WifeBy Karoun Demirjian
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All the nonsense that media types so carefully say #Trump wasn’t found to have raped #EJeanCarroll, read the judgement:
NY Judge Lewis Kaplan said that when Carroll repeated her allegation that Trump raped her, her words were “substantially true”. Kaplan also set out in detail why it may be said that Trump raped Carroll.

#law #rape #SexualAbuse #SexualAssault #BelieveSurvivors #WomensRights #BodilyAutonomy #ReproductiveRights #WomensHealth #Vote #VoteBlue #HarrisWalz2024
storage.courtlistener.com/reca

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In Monday's 2nd lawsuit, another male accuser said he was a 17-yr-old auditioning for the reality TV show "Making the Band" when #SeanCombs & a bodyguard sexually assaulted him in 2008.

Combs, 54, has also pleaded not guilty to #criminal #SexTrafficking charges in federal court in Manhattan, where he faces #felony counts of #racketeering #conspiracy, sex trafficking & transportation to engage in prostitution.

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“Her name was … whoever. Let’s see. Her name … was who?” #Trump leaned back so his lawyer, Alina Habba, could feed him the answer.

“Swornov? Yeah. I don’t have it,” Trump said, confused. “Whatever her name was—I don’t know the lady, so. Perhaps it’s better that way, but I don’t know the lady.”

[Stoynoff, you idiot]

Trump claimed he couldn’t possibly have #assaulted her, because she had ultimately written a “beautiful story.”

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[#Trump went on to use his other “defense” of disparaging the woman’s looks - cuz he’s such a fucking dreamboat]

“What are the chances of that happening? What are the chances?” Trump questioned. “And, frankly, I know you’re going to think it’s a terrible thing to say, but it couldn’t have happened. It didn’t happen, & she would not have been the chosen one. She would not have been the chosen one.”

#law #TrumpIsARapist #SexualAssault #Rape #BelieveSurvivors
#WeAreNotGoingBack
#HarrisWalz2024

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In attempting to make light of the serious allegation, #Trump boasted about his popularity & seemed to reveal his own faulty memory. #TrumpIsUnfit

“And passengers are coming into the plane, & she said I was making out w/her, & then, after 15 mins—& then she changed her story a couple of times, maybe it was quicker—that I grabbed her at a certain part, & that was when she had enough,” Trump said.

#law #TrumpIsARapist #SexualAssault #Rape #BelieveSurvivors
#WeAreNotGoingBack
#HarrisWalz2024

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#Trump’s lawyers argued in court Fri that #EJeanCarroll’s 2023 #rape trial was tainted by the other allegations. While attempting to follow their lead to downplay Carroll’s claims, Trump recapped the accusations 2 women made against him during the trial—as if that would somehow make him seem less #guilty.

#law #TrumpIsARapist #SexualAssault #Rape #ViolenceAgainstWomen #BelieveSurvivors #MaleSupremacy #misogyny #EverydaySexism #RapeCulture
#WomensRights #WeAreNotGoingBack
#HarrisWalz2024

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During a press conference in NYC, #Trump gave rambling remarks in which he made #gross references to 2 women who claim he sexually abused them. His comments came shortly after oral arguments concluded for the day in Trump’s #appeal of the #verdict in #EJeanCarroll’s #SexualAbuse & #defamation case against him.

#law #TrumpIsARapist #SexualAssault #Rape #BelieveSurvivors #ViolenceAgainstWomen #MaleSupremacy #misogyny
#WeAreNotGoingBack
#HarrisWalz2024

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“Growing up, you’re taught in schools ‘officers are always there to help,’” Nicole testified. “The trust that I had has been taken away from me.”

Much of the 3-day trial centered on the steps #police leaders took — & didn’t take — after learning of concerns about #Vicknair’s behavior.

#NOLA#Louisiana#law
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>30 states have #AffirmativeDefense provisions that allow #SexTrafficking victims [survivors] to be acquitted of certain charges against them if they can prove at trial that a #crime was committed because of their #abuse.
#Kenosha County DA Michael Gravely had argued that #ChrystulKizer carried out a premeditated killing to steal Volar’s BMW
[AYFKM?]

#law #kidnapping #SexualAbuse #SexualAssault #Rape #SelfDefense #BelieveSurvivors #Wisconsin