rape

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The jury convicted Weinstein on one count, acquitted him on another, and reached no agreement on a rape charge.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

Andrew Tate, a popular influencer is facing rape and trafficking charges in the United Kingdom and Romania, claims to have converted to Islam in 2022.

From Salon • May 4, 2026

Thompson served as the lead prosecutor when a jury convicted Weinstein of rape and other charges in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

The prosecution argued the payments amounted to blackmail and that her report of rape to the police was false.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

This was the same year in which William Blake evoked England’s 'dark, Satanic mills* in his poem ‘Jerusalem’, but Beethoven's easy-listening Pastoral is not about the industrial rape of the countryside.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall