Carré Sutton accuses a former executive at a modeling agency of sexual assault, and a second employee of enabling the attacks. Source: New York Times
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A 7-Year-Old Dies in the Bronx, and Records Show a History of Abuse
By Gotham Rex on August 11, 2021
Julissia Batties, who was found unconscious with a head injury, had been the subject of a child welfare case since birth. Her half brother admitted beating her, a police official said. Source: New York Times
Jeffrey Epstein Victims Fund Paid Out About $121 Million
By Gotham Rex on August 9, 2021
The administrator of the fund said she wanted to approve the final awards before Tuesday — the second anniversary of Mr. Epstein’s death. Source: New York Times
Newborn Twins Are Found Dead in an Apartment in Queens
By Gotham Rex on April 22, 2021
The mother of the infants was in custody but had not been charged in the deaths of the twins, a boy and a girl, officials said. Source: New York Times
Police Responded to a 911 Call and Left. Then a Child Was Killed.
By Gotham Rex on March 9, 2021
The police commissioner said there will be a review to determine if correct procedures were followed in the case of 10-year-old Ayden Wolfe. Source: New York Times
Jacob Daskal, Founder of Brooklyn Safety Patrol, Is Charged With Sexually Abusing a Teen
By Gotham Rex on March 4, 2021
Jacob Daskal, who founded the ultra-Orthodox patrol, groomed a 15-year-old girl for sex and abused her in New York and Chicago, federal prosecutors said. Source: New York Times
Child Welfare Agency Cuts Ties to Professor Over Pedophile Studies
By Gotham Rex on January 7, 2021
The New York City Administration for Children’s Services will no longer work with Theo Sandfort, a professor who headed a separate study on L.G.B.T.Q. youth in foster care. Source: New York Times
Judge Rejects Ghislaine Maxwell’s $28.5 Million Bail Proposal
By Gotham Rex on December 28, 2020
The British socialite, charged with assisting Jeffrey Epstein in his abuse of girls, had called jail conditions “intolerable.” Prosecutors said she has her own shower, TV and computers. Source: New York Times
Buffalo Diocese Accused of Yearslong Cover-Up of Sexual Abuse
By Gotham Rex on November 23, 2020
The state Attorney General said in a lawsuit that two former top leaders helped shelter more than two dozen priests accused of harming children. Source: New York Times
Vatican Report Concludes McCarrick’s Ascent Was Aided by Misleading Accounts
By Gotham Rex on November 10, 2020
In elevating the disgraced prelate, Pope John Paul II believed his denials about sexual misconduct and relied on “inaccurate and incomplete” testimony from bishops, an investigation says. Source: New York Times
Ghislaine Maxwell Is Denied Bail by Judge Who Calls Her a Flight Risk
By Gotham Rex on July 14, 2020
The longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein has been charged with helping him recruit, groom and ultimately sexually abuse girls as young as 14. Source: New York Times
Child Abuse Cases Drop 51 Percent. The Authorities Are Very Worried.
By Gotham Rex on June 10, 2020
The coronavirus has shattered the system that protects children, leaving some confined in troubled homes or lingering in foster care. Source: New York Times