Sexual Assault

After years of lurking in the shadows, sexual predators now make the headlines. From abuse in the Catholic Church to the Me Too movement to the Epstein Files, the public and the media now push for answers and accountability. But what about survivors? How are they experiencing this moment? We hear from them.

CMPD Police Chief Johnny Jennings was vocal about the Mecklenburg County bond system after the recent arrest.

A jury ruled Friday that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools did not violate the Title IX civil rights of a former Myers Park High student who said the school system didn't protect her after a 2015 sexual assault.

Actor Anthony Rapp says he was a victim of assault and battery. Rapp says Spacey made a sexual advance on him in the 1980s when he was 14 years old.

Current and former Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools students and their supporters banded together in Park Road Park on Saturday with a message for the school district: enact deeper, broader reforms protecting students from sexual assault, or risk seeing more students harmed on CMS campuses.

Part of Tuesday night's Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board meeting included a presentation on the district’s Title IX policies and procedures.

The number of sexual assaults reported to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has risen 42% this year compared with this time in 2020, the police department said Wednesday. The increase is largely driven by an rise in cases involving minors.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say there has been a rise in the number of reported sexual assaults on children this year.

South Carolina is struggling with a problem that exists nationwide — a backlog of rape kits, which are part of an exam used to collect forensic evidence…

A man arrested Monday for a sexual assault in South End over the weekend has been charged in a second sexual assault case in the same area one day…