molestation

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Supreme Court reversed the state child molestation convictions of McGirt because he is Native American and the crime occurred on a tribal reservation that was never disestablished by Congress.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2023

Like Jackson, who was acquitted in 2005 of child molestation, Brown is a divisive figure.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2022

In 2005, Tucker testified in Michael Jackson's child molestation trial and called the accuser "cunning."

From Fox News • Dec. 1, 2021

August 18, 1992: Allen delivers a public statement at New York’s Plaza Hotel calling the allegations of child molestation “false and outrageous.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2021

He let Johnny have his rig and also wrote him a pass which would prevent any molestation from the Whig mobs and told Cilia to get a similar pass from the British soldiers.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes