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Ex-Ohio State players, including NFL veterans, to join a sexual abuse lawsuit against the school
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Ex-Ohio State players, including NFL veterans, to join a sexual abuse lawsuit against the school

  • By MARC LEVY and MARK SCOLFORO - Associated Press
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Thirty former Ohio State football players, including some former NFL players, are agreeing to join a federal lawsuit against the university over the sexual abuse of student-athletes decades ago by a team doctor. A lawyer in the case, Rocky Ratliff, said Thursday that the men have signed letters of agreement to join a lawsuit. Ohio State has fought lawsuits brought by former student-athletes over its failure to stop abuse by Dr. Richard Strauss. Hundreds say they were abused by him. Ratliff says some other former football players have settled with the school in sealed agreements. Ohio State says it has tried to reconcile with survivors through settlements, counseling services and medical treatment.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have ended their 'It Ends With Us' dispute in a settlement
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Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have ended their 'It Ends With Us' dispute in a settlement

  • By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER - Associated Press
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Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have agreed to end their legal battle over the acrimonious production of their 2024 film “It Ends With Us.” The two sides settled their legal dispute on Monday ahead of a planned trial over Lively’s claims that Baldoni conspired with publicists to preemptively destroy her reputation after she privately accused him of sexually harassing her on the movie set. Baldoni directed the film and starred in it with Lively. He denied harassing her or orchestrating a smear campaign. Baldoni said the complaints about his behavior were made up by Lively as part of an effort to seize creative control of the movie.

Teen charged with killing stepsister on Carnival Cruise faces trial in June
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Teen charged with killing stepsister on Carnival Cruise faces trial in June

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A teenager charged with sexually assaulting and killing his 18-year-old stepsister on a Carnival Cruise ship will go to trial in over a month. A federal judge said this week in an order that Timothy Hudson's trial on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated sexual abuse will start June 1 in Miami. The 16-year-old was initially charged as a juvenile before the case was transferred to adult court. He entered a written plea of not guilty last week. Minors are rarely prosecuted in federal court.

Takeaways from AP investigation: Adopted kids confined in for-profit institutions
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Takeaways from AP investigation: Adopted kids confined in for-profit institutions

  • By CLAIRE GALOFARO and SALLY HO - Associated Press
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Takeaways from an Associated Press investigation that finds a business known for tough-love boarding schools for rebellious, rich teenagers has set its sights on a different demographic: adopted kids. Experts say adoptees account for an estimated 25-40% of those in residential treatment. What some call the “troubled teen industry,” a sprawling network of loosely regulated, for-profit residential treatment centers and boarding schools advertise to adoptive parents, promising to help adoptees heal, at a cost as high as $20,000 a month. Adoptees told AP they believe they were in a shadow orphanage system where children end up institutionalized in oppressive, sometimes abusive facilities.