VATICAN CITY— Five years after the 2018 <a href="https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/report/">Pennsylvania Grand Jury Report</a>, Pope Francis has made permanent new updates to the laws addressing sex abuse and reporting in the Catholic Church.
The announcement, in the form of a “<a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/634060957/Vos-Estis-Apostolic-Letter-AI-Translation">motu proprio</a>” (a document written directly by the pope, on his own initiative) was published in <a href="https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2023/03/25/0227/00486.html">Italian</a> on Friday, with little pomp and circumstance usually attributed to papal documents of this significance. 
In 2019, Pope Francis issued <a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/motu_proprio/documents/papa-francesco-motu-proprio-20190507_vos-estis-lux-mundi.html">the first edition</a> of “Vos estis lux mundi,” meant to be an “experimental” set of legal guidelines for reporting sex abuse cases in the Catholic Church, to include reporting bishops. <a href="https://www.ncronline.org/news/reactions-new-church-abuse-laws-good-step-more-are-needed">Abuse victims</a> commented, even then, that the guidelines weren’t going “far enough,” calling for “zero tolerance” against clergy accused. 
After the Pope held a four-day summit on sex abuse later in 2019, victims complained little had been accomplished, and that practical applications of the “vos estis” reporting failed to cover groups defined as &#8220;vulnerable adults.&#8221; Such a definition, according to canonists, remains ambiguous under the new law. Are adults under spiritual direction or obedience to clergy, such as seminarians or nuns considered “vulnerable?” Interesting as well, the new law includes lay-led consecrated organizations such as Opus Dei or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/17/little-progress-since-vaticans-sexual-abuse-summit-say-activists">Regnum Christi</a>, the latter which has been embroiled in a decades-long scandal of their founder’s making.
Following the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/australian-cardinal-george-pell-dies-at-age-81">public scandal and incarceration of Cardinal George Pell</a>, where trial by media played an active role only for the High Court to later acquit him—balancing “zero tolerance” with equal application of the law—including assumption of innocence before proven guilty—is addressed in the new and permanent version published by the Vatican on Friday.
The Daily Wire contacted canonist and civil lawyer, Michael J. Mazza— graduate from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross and whose <a href="https://canonicaladvocacy.com/">practice</a> specializes in defamation actions and advocacy for clerics, religious and laity— for his assessment of the new laws. Author of &#8220;<a href="https://a.co/d/3M3wAtK">The Right of a Cleric to Bona Fama</a>,&#8221; Mazza immediately pointed out to the expanded focus on ensuring rule of law be held equally and expediently.
“I am very pleased to see the right to reputation is now specifically mentioned, along with respect for the presumption of innocence, in Article 5 §2 and Article 13 §7. But the proof will be in the pudding,” Mazza wrote in correspondence on Sunday. “It will be interesting to see if this very clear direction from the Holy See will have an impact on the odious — but very common — practice in the USA of publishing the names of “credibly accused&#8221; clerics before any penal process has occurred. This is often done in the name of “transparency,” but it wreaks an unjust, serious, and lasting harm to the reputation of accused clerics.” 
As found in the multiple cases of <a href="https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-complex-case-of-fr-marko-rupnik-untangled">Fr. Marko Rupnik</a> of Slovakia, a well known modern artist who allegedly preyed on religious nuns while using the Sacraments, or the infamous ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, abuse cases have been known to remain stagnant, and even covered up for decades after being reported to Church authorities. Although the new laws dictate timelines for action to be taken, Mazza points out a glaring loophole. “It is still very interesting to me how “Vos estis lux mundi” (VELM) sets specific timelines,” Mazza wrote. “Priests and deacons have noted that while it is very nice that such tight deadlines are in place for the bishops, no such deadlines are in place for ordinary clerics. The concept of a very obvious double standard seems to be lost on the leadership.”
Additionally, it seems that the Pope’s new law protects the confidentiality of conversations that take place outside the seal of confession. “The new VELM contains a slight but potentially significant change in the reporting obligations,” Mazza pointed out. “Now defined in terms such that anything revealed to a cleric “in the internal forum” is excepted from the reporting requirement (i.e., broader than the seal of the confessional, but no longer specifically referenced to canon 1548 §2).”
When it comes to crimes of a sexual nature, however, the Pope seems to make it clear that civil law must be considered primary to that of canon law—whether reporting, investigating, trying or conviction. For Mazza, this fact, which seems good in substance, could prove extremely problematic if civil law is actively hostile to the Catholic Church. “As always, in these antinomian days, the real impact of this is going to be seen in the coming months and years; i.e., whether the law actually be applied as written or whether it be applied only when it suits the needs of bishops/superiors (or, perhaps even more directly, their lawyers).”

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An unnamed victim of deceased child sex predator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeffrey-epstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeffrey Epstein</a>, as well as the government of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/virgin-islands" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U.S. Virgin Islands</a>, will be allowed to file suit against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jp-morgan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JPMorgan Chase</a> and Deutsche Bank.
United States District Judge Jed Rakoff tossed most of the charges against the two financial institutions in proposed class action lawsuits on Monday, according to a <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-20/jpmorgan-deutsche-bank-win-dismissal-of-several-epstein-claims?leadSource=uverify%20wall" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Bloomberg, and threw out three of the four claims against JPMorgan Chase in a separate suit from the U.S. Virgin Islands. Attorneys will be permitted, however, to contend that the firms benefited from the Epstein sex trafficking scheme by providing him with financial services.
“Epstein’s sex trafficking operation was impossible without the assistance of JPMorgan Chase, and later Deutsche Bank, and we assure the public that we will leave no stone unturned in our quest for justice for the many victims who deserved better from one of America’s largest financial institutions,” lawyers for the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Epstein victim, identified only as Jane Doe, said in a statement.
The lawsuit from Doe contends that Epstein, who ran a hedge fund before his suicide in 2019, was granted special treatment from JPMorgan Chase because he attracted clients to the investment bank. Epstein worked with the company between 1998 and 2013, after which most of his business went to Deutsche Bank.
An earlier <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-virgin-islands-sues-major-bank-for-allegedly-turning-blind-eye-to-epstein" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> from former U.S. Virgin Islands Attorney General Denise George noted that JPMorgan Chase continued working with Epstein even after he pleaded guilty to two counts of soliciting prostitution from a teenage girl in 2008. George was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virgin-islands-prosecutor-fired-days-after-suing-major-bank-over-jeffrey-epstein-ties" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dismissed</a> from her post by U.S. Virgin Islands Governor Albert Bryan days after she submitted the lawsuit.
Jes Staley, a former senior executive at JPMorgan Chase and the former chief executive of Barclays, allegedly exchanged more than 1,200 emails with Epstein, some of which reportedly made reference to young women and vacations to Little St. James, the private estate in the U.S. Virgin Islands owned by Epstein. JPMorgan Chase filed suit against Staley earlier this month, contending that he should be held responsible for damages to the company should any claims from Doe or the U.S. Virgin Islands be upheld in court. Staley is scheduled to be deposed on Thursday.
“We are pleased that the U.S. Virgin Islands will continue to work alongside survivors to hold JPMorgan Chase accountable for enabling Jeffrey Epstein’s heinous sex-trafficking venture,” U.S. Virgin Islands Acting Attorney General Carol Thomas-Jacobs said in a statement, according to a <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/20/jpmorgan-chase-can-be-sued-by-virgin-islands-over-jeffrey-epstein-sex-trafficking-claims.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from CNBC. “This case is critically important to ensuring that financial institutions do their jobs, with the detailed, real-time information available to them, as a first line of defense in identifying and reporting potential human trafficking, as the law expects.”
Epstein purchased Little St. James in 1998 and owned the property until he died in 2019. The island has allegedly hosted former President Bill Clinton and British Prince Andrew, while a pilot who formerly worked for Epstein <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/two-presidents-and-a-prince-epsteins-former-pilot-testifies-famous-men-flew-on-sex-offenders-plane" target="_blank" rel="noopener">testified</a> that he had seen the two individuals, as well as former President Donald Trump, lawyer Alan Dershowitz, and actor Kevin Spacey, on the deceased predator’s aircraft. Little St. James has acquired nicknames such as “Pedophile Island.”
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The lawsuits against JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank come months after Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime companion of Epstein, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-epstein-sex-trafficker-ghislaine-maxwell-sentenced" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sentenced</a> to 20 years in prison on multiple conspiracy and sex trafficking charges for aiding Epstein in recruiting and grooming young girls. Maxwell was accused of “normalizing” the abuse by undressing in front of a victim, discussing sexual topics with other victims, and prompting them to give “sexualized massages” to Epstein, according to a federal indictment. She allegedly tried to befriend victims by taking them on shopping excursions and asking about their lives.

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A former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood">actor</a> who appeared in the 1990 film “Dances With Wolves” was arrested by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/las-vegas">Las Vegas</a> police on Tuesday for allegedly running a sex cult.
Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse, better known as Nathan Chasing Horse, was arrested following a SWAT raid on his home in North Las Vegas, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/02/01/dances-with-wolves-actor-nathan-chasing-horse-arrested-for-sex-abuse/">reported</a>. Chasing Horse reportedly lived at the home with five wives, with one allegedly given to him as a “gift” when she was just 15 and another becoming his wife after she turned 16.
In a 50-page search warrant <a href="https://apnews.com/article/dances-with-wolves-actor-arrested-1bc3119c6308a0221b7ce1ec18d6d97e">obtained</a> by the Associated Press, authorities alleged that Chasing Horse is the leader of a cult called The Circle, where he used his position to allegedly abuse underage Native American girls. Authorities investigated Chasing Horse for months after receiving a tip in October 2022, though it is alleged that his crimes have been ongoing for about two decades.
Chasing Horse was known for his role as Smiles a Lot, a young Sioux tribe member, in the film “Dances With Wolves.” Following his appearance in the film, Chasing Horse was known as a medicine man among tribes in the U.S. and Canada, and would perform healing ceremonies and spiritual gatherings, the AP reported. It was in this position that Chasing Horse allegedly abused at least six victims, including at least one as young as 13.
“Nathan Chasing Horse used spiritual traditions and their belief system as a tool to sexually assault young girls on numerous occasions,” the search warrant said, according to the AP.
The search warrant added that Chasing Horse’s followers apparently believed he could actually communicate with higher beings, and called him “Medicine Man” or “Holy Person.”
Chasing Horse was arrested for crimes allegedly committed in Clark County, Nevada, but the search warrant reportedly includes information pertaining to crimes committed in other states, including Montana and South Dakota and other parts of Nevada. Chasing Horse is accused of sex trafficking and sexual assault of a child younger than 16, as well as child abuse. In addition, he is alleged to have recorded sexual assaults and arranged for other men to have sex with the victims for a fee.
The warrant also alleged that Chasing Horse was kicked off the Fort Peck Reservation in Poplar, Montana, in 2015 after being accused of human trafficking.
Chasing Horse was born on South Dakota’s Rosebud Reservation and is a member of the Sicangu Sioux tribe, one of the seven tribes of the Lakota nation, the AP reported.

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Hundreds of teachers in the third-largest school district in the country reportedly <a href="https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/638582935-i-m-ready-to-f-right-now-i-m-not-gonna-be-gentle-either-oig-report-details-cps-teachers-sexual-grooming-assaults-of-their-students">sexually groomed, assaulted, and raped students</a> over a period of decades.
According to a <a href="https://cpsoig.org/uploads/3/5/5/6/35562484/cps_oig_fy_2022_annual_report.pdf">new report</a> from the Chicago School District’s Office of the Inspector General, over 600 “adult-on-student” misconduct allegations were filed with its office, and the office has substantiated more than half of them.
“At least 16 subsequent criminal charges have been filed against CPS-affiliated adults for sex-related crimes by prosecuting agencies,” the report states.
Among the cases involving criminal charges there were incidents like these:
A teacher allegedly groomed and sexually assaulted a 17-year-old student on three occasions. The report states that “when the student mentioned that she was going to disclose the sexual abuse, the teacher responded, ‘Please no&#8230;&#8230;’ and ‘we’re talking about my entire life here&#8230;&#8230;Please&#8230; I’m begging u&#8230;.’”
A former JROTC staff member allegedly had sex with a girl and sent her text messages including one boasting, “I’m ready to f*** right now &#8230; I’m not gonna be gentle either.”
“The investigation also revealed that when the JROTC staff member became aware that he might be under investigation, he threatened to kill the student and her family if she disclosed the sexual abuse,” the report added.
A high school physical education teacher allegedly exposed himself to one girl, prompting staff members who were alerted to make excuses for him, with one saying that the claim had to be false because the teacher had a daughter of his own. A 15-year-old classmate of the girl produced evidence that the teacher had sent her photos and videos of himself masturbating and engaging in other sexual acts, the OIG said.
A high school substitute teacher allegedly engaged in kisses, sexual hugs, and backrubs, asking one student to recruit another student for a “threesome.”
An elementary school teacher allegedly touched a CPS student sexually between 1996 and 1999, when the student was approximately 11 to 14 years old, and spent the night in the student’s bedroom having sex.
A teacher who “had frequent boundary-crossing interactions with students outside of school, including hosting students at his residence, going with students to movies and sporting events, having meals with students outside of school, and driving students in his vehicle,” the report added.
A CPS charter school administrator “took a high school junior to a Broadway musical in downtown Chicago,” then allegedly “touched the student’s leg with his own” during the show and then “slid his hand down inside of the front of the student’s pants and touched his genitals” on the way home.

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Socialite <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/paris-hilton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paris Hilton</a> is opening up about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sexual-abuse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sexual abuse</a> she allegedly experienced at a boarding school in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/utah" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Utah</a> when she was a teenager.
The former reality show <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">star</a> discussed the experience with The New York Times during an emotional interview. Hilton said the alleged abuse occurred “very late at night” by staff members at Provo Canyon School who claimed they were performing cervical exams. 
&#8220;They would have us lay on a table and put their fingers inside of us,&#8221; she told the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/10/11/opinion/teen-mental-health-care.html?unlocked_article_code=KSRgvn04788T8Wxd47YhSUQ23x0fN3IGUM8SqKTtPuF_7ejRMbRCh-KCEmKQzoBzpI4gLX3w29L9tccle8ooF9QldfBqixT_kwyLVUm8tCOgrqQoKZwp4b94mSJ0qVykeegYt6yH5Q6_bNps4gmkw2UOMeWX0hW_yq1NgQle2WAbIcTGFBWvY-JzAubHmn-3urIjOI66yJxNIa3VsEIHUGs3erkKY5xokOdFVl2m2b5WpDGio6Q3zlvgmhFqq-f_30L5RHjB8f972qzvGv6gKb91v7bsQj0Lgs09nfZik5iJtnoWhZARGx-ieg2aZq19TD7jlv81VAIyW4tucnAYb0bKJit5rV_619QgpbTec6K3dQ">NYT</a>. &#8220;I don’t know what they were doing, but it was definitely not a doctor, and it was really scary, and it’s something that I really had blocked out for many years.&#8221;
The 41-year-old celeb told the publication that, in retrospect, she realized these actions by staff were “definitely sexual abuse.”
Hilton also claimed that a staff member took her phone privileges away when she started telling her parents how terrible things were at the school.
&#8220;We’re going to tell your parents that you’re manipulating, that you’re lying,&#8221; she said the staffer told her after one call.
The socialite shared a link to the article with her almost 16.9 million Twitter followers.
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I opened up in a <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NYTimes</a> video about something I’ve never discussed before. At Provo Canyon School, I was woken up in the middle of the night by male staff who ushered me into a private room and performed cervical exams on me in the middle of the night. <a href="https://t.co/mWxF8Pvmaw">https://t.co/mWxF8Pvmaw</a>
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“I opened up in a @NYTimes video about something I’ve never discussed before,” she wrote in the caption. “At Provo Canyon School, I was woken up in the middle of the night by male staff who ushered me into a private room and performed cervical exams on me in the middle of the night.”
“Sleep-deprived &amp; heavily medicated, I didn’t understand what was happening,” Hilton continued in a follow-up. “I was forced to lie on a padded table, spread my legs &amp; submit to cervical exams. I cried while they held me down &amp; said, ‘No!’ They just said, ‘Shut up. Be quiet. Stop struggling or you’ll go to Obs.’&#8221;
“This was a recurring experience not only for me but for other #survivors,” Hilton wrote. “I was violated &amp; I am crying as I type this because no one, especially a child, should be sexually abused. My childhood was stolen from me &amp; it kills me this is still happening to other innocent children.”
“It&#8217;s important to open up about these painful moments so I can heal &amp; help put an end to this abuse,” she added.  
Finally, she urged followers to watch the video and help the effort to “shut down” Provo Canyon School.

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The world we live in is almost completely digital. For young people, the Internet is increasingly used to learn, play, and connect with others across the globe and even across the street.
By age 11, <a href="https://www.commonsensemedia.org/research/the-common-sense-census-media-use-by-kids-age-zero-to-eight-2020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">more than half</a> of American children own a smartphone, and on average, outside of schoolwork, teenagers spend more than seven hours viewing screen media each day.
While new technology has opened many positive ways for children to learn and grow, it has also unleashed a Pandora’s Box of threats to their well-being. Children today are targeted with an onslaught of predatory actions and online threats that no generation has ever faced before — and parents and teachers are overwhelmed trying to keep up.
Unfortunately, it’s not a question of if a child will face these threats online, it’s a matter of when.
<a href="https://www.nspcc.org.uk/about-us/news-opinion/2020/instagram-grooming-crimes-children-lockdown/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Social media apps</a> are one of the primary ways predators target vulnerable young people – by grooming, abusing, and exploiting them. The FBI estimates that as many as 500,000 people are a daily threat to kids online, and that children between the ages of 12 to 15 are most targeted by online predators. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) reported that in 2020, online enticement incidents spiked to 37,872, from 19,174 in 2019.
The digital world has even led many teenagers to self-produce and share child sexual exploitation images, a practice commonly known as “sexting.” This trend has led to many tragedies, including <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/stop-sextortion-youth-face-risk-online-090319" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sextortion schemes</a> and other forms of image-based sexual abuse, more commonly known as “revenge porn.” 
Many families are either unequipped or feel powerless to deal with the endless new pieces of technology introduced to their children, whether at school or from friends. This leaves children fending for themselves in a digital world infested with predators, hardcore pornography, image-based sexual abuse, and messages that encourage them to sell their bodies for “empowerment” or survival. Parents, teachers, advocates, and the children themselves have been drowning in this digital world with almost nowhere to turn to for help.
We as a society are able to recognize when collective accountability is needed across sectors in order to make a massive responsibility like driving safe for everyone. So why haven’t we applied the same logic to the Internet?
Look no further than Big Tech, which fights common sense accountability for its products, abdicating that responsibility to children and families.
For example, tech companies should be focused on eradicating child sexual abuse material (CSAM) from digital platforms. After all, each report of CSAM is a child who has been victimized by rape or assault. A  New York Times  <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/09/28/us/child-sex-abuse.html?mtrref=undefined&amp;assetType=PAYWALL" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigation</a>  called the proliferation of CSAM an “almost unfathomable” increase in criminality: from 600,000 images reported to NCMEC in 2008 to 60 million in 2018. That’s potentially 60 million crime scenes. (Further, reports increased <a href="https://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline/cybertiplinedata" target="_blank" rel="noopener">35 percent</a> between 2020 and 2021). 
Yet CSAM exists because many tech platforms don’t think they need to report it; nor do they have any incentive to prevent or eliminate it. Why? Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act – born in 1996 before social media existed – gives them near-blanket immunity from liability. Many tech companies will say that they have procedures in place to report CSAM to the authorities, but reporting standards vary widely.
A bipartisan bill, the <a href="https://endsexualexploitation.org/earnit/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EARN IT Act</a>, would hold technology companies accountable if they knowingly facilitate the distribution of CSAM. In other words, EARN IT gives tech companies legal incentive to detect and delete — as well as to report — CSAM.
EARN IT would help address what is, disturbingly, a common experience for young users on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, Twitter, YouTube, and beyond: routine exposure to predatory targeting, grooming, sexual violence, prostitution/sex trafficking, hardcore pornography, and more. 
But use Google to search for any positive news about the EARN IT Act and you’ll come up empty. Big Tech does not like EARN IT because it would finally hold them accountable for protecting children.
Congress has led the way in exposing social media companies’ lack of care for children in hearings with executives from Facebook/Meta, Instagram, and TikTok. This is just the start.
Recognizing that Big Tech can and should do more to protect children, Congress is considering a number of proposals to ensure kids are protected from harm online. 
The <a href="https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/kosa-its-time-for-big-tech-to-protect-children-online/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kids Online Safety Act</a> establishes a duty of care for commercial software applications and electronic services that are used, or likely to be used, by a minor. It mandates platforms to responsibly design products to ensure children are protected. The <a href="https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/congress-needs-to-institute-greater-protections-for-kids-online/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act</a> will strengthen protections for children and include minors up to age 16 against the collection, use and disclosure of personal information.
To be sure, we recognize that some tech companies like <a href="https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/apples-parental-controls-got-a-major-upgrade/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Apple</a>, <a href="https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/google-defaults-chromebooks-to-safety/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google</a>, and <a href="https://endsexualexploitation.org/articles/victory-tiktoks-new-privacy-and-safety-features-for-children/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a> have responded to our concerns about child safety, gradually instituting more robust parental controls and other safety mechanisms. But parental controls are not enough. The burden of safety must be on the tech platforms.
These platforms place millions of kids in danger everyday and it is past time for technology companies to do more about it. Like millions of cars built without seat belts, traveling down roads with no streetlights or signage, tech companies have created platforms with very little safety infrastructures for minors. 
Children cannot confront these challenges alone. The responsibility for creating safe digital spaces must be spearheaded by the architects of this brave new world. 
Dawn Hawkins is the CEO of the <a href="http://www.endsexualexploitation.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Center on Sexual Exploitation</a>, the leading national non-partisan organization exposing the links between all forms of sexual exploitation such as child sexual abuse, prostitution, sex trafficking and the public health harms of pornography. Twitter: @NCOSE
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ricky-martin">Ricky Martin</a> is responding to the false allegation of sexual abuse brought against him by serving his nephew with a $20 million <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lawsuit">lawsuit</a>.
The 50-year-old Latin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">pop singer</a> filed the lawsuit in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Wednesday against his relative Dennis Yadiel Sanchez, per <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2022/09/07/ricky-martin-sues-nephew-sexual-abuse-lawsuit/">TMZ</a>. Martin claims his nephew was attempting to “assassinate his reputation and integrity.”
In July, Sanchez had gone public with claims that he had engaged in a 7-month romantic relationship with Martin and that afterward, Martin began stalking and harassing him. Sanchez filed a restraining order but later withdrew the petition. He <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/09/08/ricky-martin-sues-nephew-extortion-sexual-assault-lawsuit/8020493001/">admitted</a> under oath that he had never been sexually assaulted by Martin.
This latest lawsuit alleges that Sanchez was the one behaving in a harassing manner, sending Martin multiple messages every day. The court filing described him as a “maladjusted individual.”
The suit further alleges that Sanchez posted Martin’s personal cell phone number to Instagram and created an account pretending to be one of Martin’s children. It states that Martin has lost numerous multi-million dollar deals due to the backlash from his nephew&#8217;s false allegations.
The “Livin’ La Vida Loca” singer also mentioned that he and his family now feel “unsafe” in Puerto Rico because of what happened. These adverse outcomes spurred the demand for $20 million plus an order for Sanchez to cease communication with Martin and his family. 
Previously, Martin detailed how “devastating” the false accusations were and how they impacted his life. 
“For two weeks, I was not allowed to defend myself because I was following a procedure where the law obligated me not to talk until I was in front of the judge,” Martin said in a video in late July, as the Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wouldnt-wish-this-upon-anybody-ricky-martin-breaks-silence-on-nonsense-incest-allegations-from-his-nephew">reported</a>. 
He said after the allegations had been “proven to be false,” he wanted to tell the “truth” about what really happened.
“It has been so painful. It has been devastating for me, for my family, for my friends, and I wouldn’t wish this upon anybody,” Martin continued.
“To the person that was claiming this nonsense, I wish him the best and I wish he finds the help so he can start a new life filled with love and truth and joy, and he doesn’t hurt anybody else.”
The singer concluded by thanking fans for standing by him through it all. 
“You have no idea the strength that you gave me,” he concluded. “Every comment you wrote on social media. I wish you love and light — and here we come with the same strength and passion. God bless you all.”

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Ricky Martin Slaps Nephew Who Falsely Accused Him Of Sexual Assault With $20M Lawsuit For Trying To ‘Assassinate’ His Reputation

Ricky Martin Slaps Nephew Who Falsely Accused Him Of Sexual Assault With $20M Lawsuit 

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Comedian Tiffany Haddish is breaking her silence on the pending <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/sexual-abuse">sexual abuse</a> lawsuit against her and fellow <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/comedy">comedic star</a> Aries Spears.
“I know people have a bunch of questions. I get it. I’m right there with you,” Haddish shared on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CiIKTS2Pdcx/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D">Instagram</a>. 
“Unfortunately because there is an ongoing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lawsuit">legal case</a>, there’s very little that I can say right now. But, clearly, while this sketch was intended to be comedic, it wasn’t funny at all — and I deeply regret having agreed to act in it. I really look forward to being able to share a lot more about this situation as soon as I can.”
Her response comes after a lawsuit was filed last week alleging that Haddish and Spears acted inappropriately toward plaintiffs Jane Doe, now 22, and her younger brother John Doe, now 14, while filming two comedy sketches filmed when they were children.
The clip in question is a sketch comedy skit called “The Mind of a Pedophile,” which was posted to the site Funny or Die but removed in 2018. 
As The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiffany-haddish-aries-spears-accused-of-child-sex-abuse-in-lawsuit-both-deny-claims">reported</a>, John Doe “spends most of the video clad only in his underwear” while Spears looks at him longingly. The camera also zooms in on his private parts while he’s playing. In one scene, Spears massages baby oil on the child suggestively. He also has the child John playing with a train in way that suggests phallic masturbation. Finally, there’s a scene where Spears smokes a cigarette while watching the child naked in a bath.
The suit further alleges that Jane was encouraged by Spears and Haddish to mimic oral sex for a comedy skit in 2013. The plaintiff says she was forced to watch a skit of coeds “moaning and making sexual noises” as they both ate a sub sandwich “in a manner that simulated the act of fellatio.”
“I tried to mimic what they wanted me to mimic, but it still came out just super uncomfortable,” Jane told the Daily Beast, who reported on the lawsuit. “I knew when I left the booth that I didn’t complete what they wanted me to do.”
Spears has still not made any public comments on the pending lawsuit.
A previous version of this article called the sketch &#8220;Through a Pedophile&#8217;s Eyes&#8221; based on a Daily Beast report that was later corrected.

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‘Wasn’t Funny At All’: Tiffany Haddish Breaks Silence On Child Sex Abuse Lawsuit Regarding ‘The Mind Of A Pedophile’ Sketch

Tiffany Haddish Breaks Silence On Child Sex Abuse Lawsuit Regarding 'The Mind Of A Pedophile' Sketch

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Last Friday, a Waldorf, Maryland high school principal’s son, the volunteer track coach, was charged for sexually abusing a student.
According to the Charles County Sheriff’s Office, the alleged abuse <a href="https://www.ccso.us/press-releases/11333/">occurred</a> to a former Westlake High School student where the accused, 32-year-old Jason Roberts, began coaching in the 2017-2018 school year. His mother, Diane Roberts, has been the principal of Westlake High School since 2018. 
According to his LinkedIn, Roberts attends North Carolina Central University Law School, where he’s the vice president of the Christian Legal Society (CLS). Roberts also served as a youth leader with Victory Christian Ministries International for 13 years, where he organized Bible studies, Sunday services, and conferences.
In an April Facebook post, Roberts shared a picture of the Westlake Track and Field Team seniors to congratulate them on graduating.
“Nothing but love for my seniors over the past four years,” wrote Roberts.
Roberts also participated in a Black Lives Matter protest with students the weekend following George Floyd’s death. In a Facebook post, he thanked the Charles County Sheriff’s Office for allowing the protest — the same agency that announced the charges against him this past week. 
“I have to thank the professionalism of the Charles County Sheriff’s Office and the Maryland State Police for allowing us the space and freedom to march out some of the pain, anger, and frustration we are feeling; they provided more support than your fearless leader of color who claims ‘Charles County Matters,’” wrote Roberts. “Also, it was great seeing a lot of students and teachers joining in solidarity this afternoon.”
Charles County Public Schools (CCPS) Superintendent Maria Navarro said in a statement that the district removed Roberts as a coach upon learning of the charges against him. Navarro shared that Roberts had a clear background check on file with the school system. Additionally, Navarro shared that CCPS would host a public meeting to discuss the allegations against Roberts in the near future. 
“CCPS does not condone any inappropriate conduct between staff, volunteers or any other adults affiliated with the school system and students. Anytime a report is shared with us about alleged misconduct, whether it involves students and/or staff, it is provided to police for investigation,” stated Navarro. “Keeping schools, staff and students safe are the main priorities of CCPS and police are not able to investigate what they do not know.”
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Seniors take heed to the advice provided by Principal Roberts &amp; Superintendent Dr. Hill. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WolverinePride?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WolverinePride</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Westlake2021?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Westlake2021</a> <a href="https://t.co/J8XtVniTGq">pic.twitter.com/J8XtVniTGq</a>
&mdash; Westlake High School (@Westlake_HS) <a href="https://twitter.com/Westlake_HS/status/1399727547894702082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote>
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From January to July, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/181-k-12-educators-charged-child-sex-crimes-2022">reported</a> that at least 181 K-12 educators were arrested on child sex-related crimes. As The Daily Wire reported in April, officials sometimes <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/radical-activist-teacher-got-away-with-shocking-behavior-for-years">overlook</a> egregious cases like that of California high school teacher Matef Harmachis.
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Radical Activist Teacher Got Away With Shocking Behavior For Years <a href="https://t.co/GXIjcTB6d3">https://t.co/GXIjcTB6d3</a> <a href="https://t.co/nSCTl6Eh1l">pic.twitter.com/nSCTl6Eh1l</a>
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There have been other sexual abuse charges against educators since Fox News’ analysis in July, such as the charges against another <a href="https://www.theintelligencer.net/news/community/2022/08/former-wetzel-county-teacher-coach-charged-with-sexual-abuse/">former coach</a> in West Virginia earlier this month. There have also been charges against administrators who fail to report sexual abuse. A Connecticut elementary school principal and three staff members were <a href="https://www.wfsb.com/2022/08/24/2-plymouth-school-staff-members-arrested-failing-report-abuse/">charged</a> recently for not reporting abuse allegedly committed by a fourth-grade teacher. 
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Virginia Teacher Charged With Child Porn Possession After Tip Leads To Disturbing Discovery <a href="https://t.co/jT0MuyBg4Q">https://t.co/jT0MuyBg4Q</a> <a href="https://t.co/nhnNpcVySs">pic.twitter.com/nhnNpcVySs</a>
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Investigations into Roberts are ongoing. The Charles County Sheriff’s Office requested that anyone with information <a href="https://www.ccso.us/press-releases/11333/">contact</a> the detective on the case. Those who prefer to remain anonymous should contact the Charles County Crime Solvers.
The CCPS community may also <a href="https://www.ccboe.com/community/see-something-say-something">reach out</a> via the school district’s “See Something Say Something” tip line.

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High School Principal’s Son, A Track Coach, Charged With Sexually Abusing Student

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Boxing great <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/george-foreman-smacks-privileged-kaepernick-durant-james-barrett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George Foreman</a> has been accused in twin civil suits of raping two women in the 1970s, when the alleged victims were underage.
The women, now in their 60s and identified in court papers as Denise F. and Gwen H., sued the 73-year-old pugilist-turned-pitchman separately Wednesday in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/los-angeles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Los Angeles</a> County Superior Court. Both say they met Foreman when they were young children because their fathers knew the fighter.
Foreman denied the claims.
“Over the past six months, two women have been trying to extort millions of dollars each from me and my family,” he said in a statement. “I don&#8217;t pick fights, but I don&#8217;t run away from them either.”
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Two women who said former heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman sexually abused them in the 1970s have filed lawsuits in a Los Angeles court.
Foreman has denied the allegations.
Content warning: This story includes details of sexual assault. <a href="https://t.co/nrBxvgnK1a">https://t.co/nrBxvgnK1a</a>
&mdash; ESPN (@espn) <a href="https://twitter.com/espn/status/1563157351846146050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 26, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Foreman is not named in the court papers either but is identified as a professional boxer who defeated Joe Frazier in 1973 to become the heavyweight champion of the world before losing the title to Muhammad Ali the following year. That description conclusively refers to Foreman.
Denise, of Los Angeles, claims Foreman groomed her when she was just eight and had sex with her when she was 15 in a San Francisco hotel. Gwen, a Nevada resident, says she met Foreman when she was nine, and that he raped her in a Beverly Hills apartment when she was 15. She claims Foreman told her he would fire her father, who was part of his entourage, if she didn&#8217;t submit to his advances.
A 2020 California law extended the statute of limitations that previously had barred most victims of childhood sexual abuse from suing. Both women are seeking a jury trial and unspecified damages.
Foreman, a native Texan, posted a 76-5 record over a professional career that spanned nearly 30 years. A 1968 Olympic gold medalist, he turned pro a year later and won the world heavyweight title in 1973 with a second-round knockout of Frazier. But three years after Ali took the title from him, Foreman retired following a loss to Jimmy Young and became a preacher.
Foreman announced an improbable comeback at age 45 in 1994 and won the heavyweight belt for the second time with a defeat of Michael Moorer to become the oldest heavyweight champ of all time.
While Foreman was seen as a brooding behemoth in his earlier career, he was beloved after his comeback. His newfound charm led to a host of lucrative endorsements, most notably the eponymous countertop cooker. Some estimates say he has made more than $200 million hawking the George Foreman grill.
Foreman has 12 children, including five boys who are all named George.

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Boxing Legend Sued By 2 Women Claiming He Groomed, Raped Them In 1970s When They Were Underage

George Foreman Sued By 2 Women Claiming He Groomed, Raped Them In 1970s When They Were Underage

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A woman who has accused former Saturday Night Live cast member <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/horatio-sanz/">Horatio Sanz</a> of sexual abuse has <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/08/jimmy-fallon-tracy-morgan-lorne-michaels-horatio-sanz-sexual-assault-1235098749/">added the names</a> of Jimmy Fallon and Tracy Morgan to the list of defendants she names in her 2021 lawsuit.
The woman, who was 17 when the alleged incidents occurred in 2002, said the atmosphere created at the show’s “after-parties” and “after-after parties” was part of an environment created by Michaels, and Fallon and Morgan were participants in said culture.
“Central to the SNL cast’s culture are its world-famous ‘after-parties’ and ‘after-after-parties,’ to which SNL transports guests in limousines from its offices at Rockefeller Center,” the legal filing claims. “These parties are the stuff of legends; they are major career networking opportunities with the rich and powerful SNL luminaries.”
The filing says that the “SNL crowd” — including SNL producer Lorne Michaels — knew teenage girls were regularly invited to these parties and served alcohol.
The plaintiff, “Jane Doe,” “attended the show and/or after-parties on no fewer than 17 separate evenings, including over 20 SNL parties, where she and her teenage friends socialized with SNL cast and executives alike,” the filing states
Then the filing gets down to brass tacks:
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In 2002, Tracy Morgan hosted a notorious “after-after-party” where hired sex workers were part of the entertainment. However, another unwitting part of the entertainment was 17-year-old Jane. At this party, cast member Horatio Sanz groped Jane’s breasts and buttocks and rubbed her vagina, in full view of party onlookers, continuing the assault even as she implored him to stop. Jane not only felt sexually humiliated and degraded, but her lifelong career aspirations of working at SNL ground to a halt – as the entire SNL cast watched and her idols, Tina Fey and Rachel Dratch, laughed at her.
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“Michaels is known for controlling every detail on the show. He has complete power and authority over it, which he wields singularly,” the filing comments.
“Jane,” who documents how her life later spiraled out of control after her encounters with SNL, claims she met Fallon in 1999, when she was 14; her meeting with him was reportedly documented by a New York Magazine article. She created a fan website, which got hacked into, but she stated Fallon emailed her a supportive message along with Sanz.
In October 2000, the day before the SNL season premiere, Jane traveled hours from her home, hoping to attend. She allegedly met Sanz, whom she says flirted with her.
After repeated trips to SNL over several months, Jane states, she was finally invited to the first SNL after-party she would attend. She claims Sanz would leak her information about the show which she could use on her website.
The filing cites an after-party on May 11, 2002, that Morgan hosted. “17-year-old Jane was very drunk as they made out, and Sanz began rubbing Jane’s vagina over her clothing,” the filing claims, adding, “In a moment that felt like her worst nightmare, Jane glanced up to see that the majority of the SNL cast was gawking at her. Worse, two of her lifelong idols, Fey and Dratch, were not only staring directly at her, watching her being groped, but giggling excitedly with their hands over their mouths.”
“Suddenly, Sanz grabbed Jane’s breasts and lifted them out of her shirt from behind, exposing them to all of the party attendees, but for his hands. When Fey and Dratch saw Jane looking at them, they immediately hid behind others, though they continued to giggle,” the filing asserts. “Jane protested as best she could, asking Sanz repeatedly to stop, but he did not. &#8230; Jane’s unwitting role as the party entertainment may have been terrible for her, but it served its purpose. In her 2012 memoir, Dratch later described that party as ‘the most memorable after-after party.’”
The next week, Sanz and Fallon brought Jane and one of her friends upstairs to the party in the SNL offices, where she claims Sanz told her, “Don’t worry, Jimmy [Fallon] doesn’t care if you’re a slut.”
The legal filing concludes, “NBC, Sanz, Michaels, Fallon, and Morgan enabled each other’s crime of unlawfully dealing with a child and endangering the welfare of a child. As a direct and proximate result, Doe has suffered emotional and psychological distress, physical injury, mental anguish, loss of enjoyment of life, humiliation, embarrassment, pain and suffering, and economic damages.”

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Jimmy Fallon, Tracy Morgan, Added To List Of Defendants In Woman’s Sexual Abuse Suit Against SNL Star

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In a series of posts on social media, &#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; author J.K. Rowling spoke out against a woke policy that is reportedly taking place at a school that she says endangers &#8220;extremely vulnerable teenage girls.&#8221;
Rowling shared an article on Twitter that was reportedly written by unnamed parents with a daughter who is a &#8220;severely learning-disabled&#8221; 16-year-old. The report says that a policy change at the school will now allow men to take their daughter to the bathroom one-on-one, &#8220;behind a closed door.&#8221; The school&#8217;s governing body decided to &#8220;remove cross-gender consent from the personal and intimate care policy,&#8221; according to the article.
&#8220;I cannot overstate my contempt for those supporting policies that endanger extremely vulnerable girls. This is a travesty. Have we learned nothing from successive abuse scandals? Do we value the disabled so little?&#8221; Rowling tweeted. &#8220;Nearly 20 years ago I founded @lumos to reform care systems for vulnerable children. I know from long experience how vulnerable children are in institutions. The statistics on predation are appalling. Disabled women and children are many times more likely to be abused.&#8221;
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I cannot overstate my contempt for those supporting policies that endanger extremely vulnerable girls. This is a travesty. Have we learned nothing from successive abuse scandals? Do we value the disabled so little? 1/5<a href="https://t.co/ewIG8S4lcG">https://t.co/ewIG8S4lcG</a>
&mdash; J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1546473378168594434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2022</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Predators go where there is access. Predators love victims who can&#8217;t fight back or speak out. Successive studies show that 98-99% of sexual abusers are male. This validation of male feelings over disabled girls&#8217; protection is abhorrent,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;I&#8217;m so bloody angry my hands are shaking. I&#8217;m the daughter of a disabled mother and I&#8217;ve campaigned for the rights of vulnerable children for many years, but I&#8217;m still constantly shocked by the cruelty and indifference shown to those who cannot advocate for themselves.&#8221;
Rowling encouraged her audience to contact their local British lawmakers and other individuals who hold political power to vent their anger over the policies.
The parents of the girl, who they call &#8220;Helen&#8221; but acknowledge that&#8217;s not her real name, say that the school sent out a memo about the new policy that stated that the change was &#8220;in line with legislation and guidance relating to equality and diversity.&#8221;
&#8220;As her parents, our reaction was initially disbelief, followed by outrage, and a determination that this policy change should be reversed,&#8221; the parents wrote.
The parents wrote that their daughter was so disabled that she has to rely on others to make &#8220;decisions in their best interests&#8221; and to plan &#8220;nearly every aspect&#8221; of their daily life.
&#8220;Their disabilities leave them with no sense of stranger-danger,&#8221; they wrote. &#8220;They are unable to tell anyone if they have been flashed, groped, or raped. They are unable to advocate for themselves or draw attention to their vulnerability through social media such as Twitter. They are entirely dependent on others, twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.&#8221;

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J.K. Rowling Fumes Over Woke Policy Endangering ‘Extremely Vulnerable’ Disabled Girls

J.K. Rowling Fumes Over Policy Endangering ‘Extremely Vulnerable’ Disabled Girls

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