The Daily Wire caught up with policy analyst and author Carrie Sheffield to talk with her about her new book &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Motorhome-Prophecies-Journey-Healing-Forgiveness/dp/1546004386/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1MCPY1LY9G6BK&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.U6jLnuG0UcJjuJ69YTShvcQr6Ezo_ux8egpxy3_tX0obBqozBXOQNMUa7_8fEazolWcS-NOWXGIsih85r2eeNz9V1jGTrnR4mSUZ_fIVhexCclFVtHgIjULyOD7pCboqgN_6orCmPsl-M5S082BZjA.v0WeUS8vwaUdtnuSzFCJH91q6PUV9wLYp4UlOmSaUR0&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=motorhome+prophecies&amp;qid=1713538529&amp;sprefix=motorhome%2Caps%2C93&amp;sr=8-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Motorhome Prophecies: A Journey of Healing and Forgiveness,</a>&#8221; (CenterStreet/Hachette Book Group).
DW: Let’s start with politics. You’ve served as a policy analyst and columnist for several years now, both in New York and in Washington. Which issues are paramount in your mind as we head into the 2024 presidential election season?
Sheffield: Certainly the economy and immigration are top of mind for many voters, including me. The fact that inflation has ravaged household wages is an ongoing and pervasive problem. The fact that average monthly mortgage payments under Biden have skyrocketed means real pain and the dream of home ownership moves out of reach for more American families. Seeing our border towns and cities like New York and Chicago overrun with sanitation issues and safety problems due to Biden’s failed immigration policies is discouraging and must be stopped.
DW: Speaking of presidents, in “<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Motorhome-Prophecies-Journey-Healing-Forgiveness/dp/1546004386/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1MCPY1LY9G6BK&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.U6jLnuG0UcJjuJ69YTShvcQr6Ezo_ux8egpxy3_tX0obBqozBXOQNMUa7_8fEazolWcS-NOWXGIsih85r2eeNz9V1jGTrnR4mSUZ_fIVhexCclFVtHgIjULyOD7pCboqgN_6orCmPsl-M5S082BZjA.v0WeUS8vwaUdtnuSzFCJH91q6PUV9wLYp4UlOmSaUR0&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=motorhome+prophecies&amp;qid=1713538529&amp;sprefix=motorhome%2Caps%2C93&amp;sr=8-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Motorhome Prophecies</a>” you write that your father was convinced he was a Mormon prophet destined to become president of the United States. Looking back, how did that influence the way your family lived?
Sheffield: Yes, my dad claimed that he’d be U.S. president one day. He also made some unproven claims, like President Reagan designating MLK Jr. Day because of my dad’s work supporting Dr. King’s messages and that his political essays influenced then-Speaker Newt Gingrich to impeach Bill Clinton.
Politics was in my dad’s blood because his father had been a successful Utah state lawmaker. He was also former chairman of the Salt Lake City Zoning and Planning Commission for 25 years. That his firstborn son would follow him into politics wasn’t too far-fetched.
My dad’s beliefs about his destiny absolutely motivated our nationwide travels in a street musical orchestra attracting listeners and then passing out patriotic and religious brochures. But the proselytizing came at an expensive price — his kids’ mental health and happiness. Multiple siblings have attempted suicide, two developed schizophrenia (it’s well documented that schizophrenia’s onset is exacerbated by childhood trauma), and I struggled with periodic suicidal ideation, depression, PTSD, and anxiety because of our dad’s zealotry.
Despite the negative aspects, dad gave me a deep love of our exceptional country, of intellectual inquiry, and beautiful music. Though we’ve had many disagreements, I know in his heart he has a deep desire to serve others through his work. I think his love of country in some ways blinded him to his personal life’s failures. That is a common fatal flaw for public servants. Children of politicians often experience abandonment problems as adults. Each generation must recognize and heal our own hurts.
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DW: “Motorhome Prophecies” is written in the vein of famous memoirs like “Hillbilly Elegy” by J.D. Vance, “The Glass Castle” by Jeanette Walls, and “Educated” by Tara Westover, all stories of young Americans growing up in very broken families. Yet each author is somehow able to escape and overcome their childhood trauma and find success as an adult. What were some factors that helped you overcome your childhood?
Sheffield: Necessity is the mother of invention. I knew that if I wanted a better life than the dark, dangerous one around me I needed to be resourceful, pragmatic and humble enough to ask for help. The bravest thing I&#8217;ve done took place when I was 18. In terms of the initial departure, here&#8217;s a passage from the book, it was actually my schizophrenic brother&#8217;s sexual assault and attempted rape that spurred me to start the process of leaving:
<blockquote>It would prove a long winding path, but Peter’s assault eventually became a catalyst for me to scrutinize my faith, to pray for God’s protection and guidance, and, eventually, to reject Ralph’s false prophecies and run away from home. I’m the fifth oldest sibling, but I was the first to escape the clutches of The Mission. That harrowing night back in 2000 taught me a lesson that would be reinforced time and again: life’s most wrenching crucibles can propel us to our greatest moments of growth and freedom.</blockquote>
I pushed myself to achieve in my career and work in public policy because I wanted a better life for myself than remaining trapped in a violent and impoverished environment. Also, as a woman, I wanted to bask in the freedoms denied my mother and myself as the first girl with four older brothers.
Early on, I also felt a sense of jaded insecurity that fueled my ambition. I wanted to prove my dad wrong. He prophesied that I&#8217;d be raped and murdered if I left the cult. I decided I&#8217;d soar to career heights surpassing his own. It’s a toxic, unstable motivation, to prove someone wrong, and it eventually comes crashing down.
Another reason I left was that I&#8217;d undertaken a long-term investigation into my dad and found his handwritten prophecies were in direct opposition to the teachings of the official LDS Church&#8217;s hierarchy.
For many years I struggled. I would paint myself in these absolutist black and white terms, that my dad was evil and that I was a hero for escaping. Today, though, I know I am not the hero of this book, but I am also not the villain. God is the hero, and though I thought my father was the villain, I now see he was crushed by severe religious zealotry sparked by mental illness after suffering sexual assault as a toddler. He also suffered through the death of his childhood best friend which led to enduring isolation. He’s just as deserving of God’s mercy and compassion as I am. I love my father and am sorry I waited so long to forgive him. I believe forgiving him earlier would have stopped me from some toxic self-sabotaging that I did to cope with the trauma.
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DW: Your book deals a lot with mental illness. Authors like Abigail Shrier and Jonathan Haidt have also written books this year on young people struggling with mental illness. It seems to be a growing problem. Why do you think it&#8217;s a common thread and what are the broader takeaways found in &#8220;Motorhome Prophecies”?
Sheffield: Certainly depression and suicide are rising, and this is troubling. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention late last year released <a href="https://thedispatch.acemlna.com/lt.php?s=b497b0dace4b29102719b273346a3dbb&amp;i=2147A2461A1A75103" target="_blank" rel="noopener">provisional data</a> showing nearly 50,000 people committed suicide in the United States in 2022. This nearly 3% increase from 2021 is the highest number ever recorded and the highest rate since 1941 — the aftershocks of the Great Depression. It’s nearly 17 times the number of people killed in the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
Gen Z is far more secular than their parents were when they were young, and I think it’s no coincidence Gen Z is also suffering far greater isolation and mental illness. This is a trend we can and must reverse. People who attend religious services at least weekly are significantly less likely to die “deaths of despair”— suicide, drug overdose, or alcohol poisoning, <a href="https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/regularly-attending-religious-services-associated-with-lower-risk-of-deaths-of-despair/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to 2020 research</a> from Harvard University’s School of Public Health. A literature review appearing in Psychiatric Times <a href="https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/religion-spirituality-and-mental-health">reported</a>: “Of 93 observational studies, two-thirds found lower rates of depressive disorder with fewer depressive symptoms in persons who were more religious. … a review of 134 studies that examined the relationships between religious involvement and substance abuse [concluded that] 90% found less substance abuse among the more religious.”
Ironically, research from the <a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-50618-001">Psychology of Religion and Spirituality</a> found atheism correlates with <a href="https://www.psypost.org/new-psychological-research-links-atheism-to-emotional-suppression/">emotional suppression</a>. Psychology professors (along with biologists) are least likely among all disciplines to believe in God, <a href="https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2007/07/faculty-faith-html#:~:text=A%20professor's%20field%20of%20research,%2C%20economists%2C%20and%20political%20scientists.">Harvard reported.</a> The journal Sociology of Religion <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/epiphenom/2009/05/psychologists-are-least-religious-of.html">similarly found</a> that psychologists are the least religious of American professors. This is a troubling combination. The same trained experts ordained to heal mental disorders are sometimes the very ones who are skeptical of rescuing balm.
A recovered agnostic, I experienced the power of faith to heal my own mental health, as I recount in my book. The biggest hurdle I needed to overcome was comprehending the difference between man-made abuse and healthy faith in God.
DW: Eventually you went to college and ended up at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. How did your worldview change while in Cambridge?
Sheffield: I became more aware of the narratives around “privilege” being crafted at places like Harvard. I gained a sense of understanding perhaps their altruistic impulse — indeed, our country had sexism, slavery, and Jim Crow as stains in our history. But eventually, I came to realize that good intentions do not equal good outcomes.
At Harvard, I also became more entrenched as an agnostic, which is sad because Harvard was founded to help clergy grow their intellectual capacity to teach the mind of God. Around 7 years after I graduated, during my Christian conversion process, the more I studied science, including metaphysics, history, anthropology, and other disciplines, the more my faith in God and my confidence in Christianity grew. Studying Christianity felt like uncovering buried treasure discarded by intellectuals at places like Harvard who had discounted its scientific and philosophical heft.
DW: You’ve written many articles over the years for various periodicals, but this is your first time writing a full-length book. What was the process like for you?
Sheffield: Writing a 90,000 word book is indeed a far heavier lift than a news article. I tell people who ask advice for writing a memoir to begin a journal today if they don’t already. This memoir genre was made far easier for me because I’ve got a stack of journals to assist. I’ve kept a journal since age 8 because journaling is strongly encouraged in the LDS Church and Mormon diaspora community due to strong cultural appreciation of genealogy and family history — the LDS Church has more than 2 billion records in its genealogy database. Also, as a newer faith, we know many things about its early origins due to contemporaneous journals. As a journalist, the personal journals made the process far easier for accuracy — I didn’t have to make up what I was thinking, I knew directly.

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An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/arizona">Arizona</a> woman who claimed former MLB pitcher Trevor Bauer sexually assaulted her has been charged with extorting him.
Darcy Esemonu has been indicted by a grand jury for fraudulent schemes and theft by extortion, both felonies, ESPN <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39958530/trevor-bauer-accuser-indicted-fraud-arizona" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. She is scheduled for arraignment on April 26 in Maricopa County.
Esemonu “knowingly did obtain a benefit from &#8230; Trevor Anthony Bauer by means of fraudulent pretenses, representation, promises, or material omissions,&#8221; the indictment against her says. She also &#8220;knowingly did obtain or sought to obtain property or services &#8230; by means of a threat to in the future expose a secret or an asserted fact in a social media message or in any other manner&#8221; involving a second man, who is not associated with Bauer.
In 2022, Esemonu filed a lawsuit against Bauer, claiming he sexually assaulted her in 2020 and that she had become pregnant from the encounter. She later updated that lawsuit in 2023. Bauer countersued, saying his encounter with Esemonu “was consensual” and alleging that she tried to harass and extort money from him after he was accused of sexual assault by several other women.
Bauer’s attorneys told ESPN that Esemonu demanded $3.6 million from Bauer, claiming he “forced her to have an abortion.” When he refused to pay her the money, “she made up a bogus sexual assault claim and filed a civil suit against” Bauer.
Esemonu reported the alleged sexual assault to police a week after she filed her lawsuit. Police reports obtained by ESPN show that Esemonu &#8220;initially stated she had a miscarriage, but later referred to the miscarriage as an abortion” when talking to police. Later, she told police there was no abortion but that she miscarried just before heading to a clinic in a different state. A police detective noted in the reports that none of the medical records Esemonu provided indicated that she “was in fact pregnant.”
In January 2023, Bauer’s attorney, Anne Chapman, filed a criminal complaint with the Scottsdale Police Department – the same police department where Esemonu made her allegations – and said the woman “had demanded financial compensation from her client for a pregnancy and abortion that was alleged to be false.&#8221;
Bauer was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/next-victim-star-pitcher-for-the-dodgers-trevor-bauer-reveals-texts-from-his-accuser-following-settlement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">also accused</a> of sexual assault by Lindsey Hill, who also claimed the former star pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers beat her.
He never faced charges relating to the allegations, and a restraining order filed by Hill was denied. Bauer always maintained that the rough sex between him and Hill was consensual.
Once the settlement was announced, Bauer released <a href="https://twitter.com/BauerOutage/status/1708904525724270659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1708904525724270659%7Ctwgr%5E87b30e1ab225617b6890c095bb4047a5c5643ad0%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fnext-victim-star-pitcher-for-the-dodgers-trevor-bauer-reveals-texts-from-his-accuser-following-settlement" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a video</a> revealing some of the text messages Hill had sent to her friends prior to meeting Bauer and after their encounter, which suggests she had always been focused on getting money from him.
“’Next victim. Star pitcher for the Dodgers,&#8217;” Bauer begins in the video with a picture of Hill’s text. “A text Lindsey Hill sent to a friend before she ever even met me. ‘What should I steal?’ she asked another, in reference to visiting my house for the first time. The answer? ‘Take his money.’ So how might that work? ‘I’m going to his house Wednesday.’ she said, ‘I already have my hooks in. You know how I roll.’ Then, after the first time we met, “Net worth is 51 mil” she said. ‘b—h, you better secure the bag’, was the response.”
“But how was she going to do that?” Bauer continued. “‘Need daddy to choke me out,’ she said. ‘being an absolute whore to try to get in on his 51 million,’ read another text. Then, after the second time we met, former [San Diego] Padres pitcher Jacob Nix told her ‘you gotta get this bag.’ ‘I’ll give you 50,000’ Lindsey replied. Her AA sponsor asked her at one point, ‘do you feel a tiny bit guilty?’ ‘Not really,’ she replied.”
Bauer said these messages were “deliberately and unlawfully concealed from me and my legal team” until he filed his lawsuit against Hill and the case entered discovery.
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He also played a video taken just minutes before Hill left Bauer’s house in the morning after the alleged assault, showing her in bed next to him smirking at the camera with no evidence of injury or distress.
He said Hill’s legal team had approached him for money, but after this evidence was turned over, they approached with a settlement offer that included no money. He agreed to a settlement that allowed him to publicly discuss the case since he could not do so for legal reasons prior.
Bauer was suspended for 324 games because of the allegations, but an independent arbitrator reduced that ban to 194 games in December, Fox reported. No team picked him up, so he began playing in Japan for the Yokohama DeNa Baystars, where he was 10-4 with a 2.76 ERA and 130 strikeouts in 19 games.

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A biological man claiming to be a woman and a vampire has been convicted of sexually assaulting a mentally disabled teen girl.
Adam Hetke, 35, who uses the name “Sabrina,” was charged in 2021 with “first-degree sexual assault by threatening the use of a dangerous weapon and second-degree sexual assault of a mentally ill victim,” the Waukesha Freeman <a href="https://www.gmtoday.com/the_freeman/news/transgender-waukesha-woman-convicted-of-assaulting-developmentally-disabled-girl/article_4c4ecd81-0478-5463-8f3f-0f0e2604372e.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Hetke met the 16-year-old girl, who had cognitive disabilities, at a gas station in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on July 6, 2021, the outlet reported. He was accused of following her home and sexually assaulting her while threatening her with a nearby knife. She was able to escape by jumping out of a bedroom window.
&#8220;Victim A said that the Defendant ‘told her that he was a vampire and that he would bite her if she didn’t do what he wanted,&#8221; the complaint against Hetke said.
In his defense, Hetke said he went to the teen’s house to watch a movie, denying any sexual contact occurred. But when police contacted him after the incident, he was carrying a knife.
It took a jury less than two hours on Thursday to convict Hetke of first- and second-degree sexual assault.
Hetke reportedly was examined twice to determine whether he could plead not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect before his trial began but was found ineligible.
Hetke was already a convicted sex offender who was released from prison in November 2020, seven months before the attack on the 16-year-old girl. He had been in prison twice since 2007 for sexual offenses against women, the Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13313071/Transgender-vampire-mentally-disabled-teen-hetke.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. He was also released in 2016, with a warning that he had a “high probability to reoffend.”
Hetke began claiming he was a woman after he was released from prison in 2020.
Five months later, Hetke invited a young man with learning disabilities to the house Hetke shared with three other people. The next morning, the man, 28-year-old Vydale Thompson-Moody, was found dead with an electrical cord beneath him and marks on his neck and forehead, the Mail reported.
One of Hetke’s roommates told police that Hetke had bullied Thompson-Moody and even wrapped the electrical cord around the young man’s neck.
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When he was arrested, Hetke allegedly told police that Thompson-Moody was “possessed by a demon” and had stabbed himself with tongs before wrapping the cord around his own neck. Hetke was released from custody days after his arrest, with police unable to provide sufficient evidence for charges.
But Thompson-Moody’s mother spoke to one of the other housemates, who said Hetke admitted to wanting to kill Thompson-Moody because he was “disrespectful.” When the mother took the statement to police, they re-interviewed the roommates, with one saying Hetke admitted to the killing after he was released from police custody. Another allegedly told police he was afraid of Hetke because Hetke claimed to be able to inject demons into people.
Police arrested Hetke again, but this time after he sexually assaulted the teen girl in Waukesha.
“Being that they let this person go and commit another crime, it hurt,” Thompson-Moody’s mother said, according to the Mail. “It could&#8217;ve been prevented.”

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A star basketball player at the University of Illinois was suspended after a woman accused him of sexual assault, but the school has now dropped its own investigation into the athlete.
Terrence Shannon Jr. was suspended from the Illinois basketball team after he was charged with rape in Kansas, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/terrence-shannon-jr-illinois-basketball-rape-charge-9d4bb7e676fa2ba6f0d83018c5f5f463" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> earlier this year. Shannon successfully lobbied a U.S. District Court judge to overturn the suspension and allow him to start playing again, and now the university has ended its attempt to discipline the athlete, citing a lack of evidence.
Shannon was charged with rape on December 5 by prosecutors in Douglas County, Kansas, after a woman claimed that he put his hands under her skirt and violated her. The alleged incident occurred on September 9, 2023, while Shannon and a teammate were at a bar after attending Illinois’ football game against Kansas. The woman claimed Shannon – whom she identified after searching the school’s online basketball team roster – called her over and then grabbed her buttocks before reaching under her skirt to touch her sexually, the AP reported.
A graduate assistant for the basketball team assigned to drive Shannon and his teammate to Kansas and chaperone them said he was near Shannon the entire night in question and never saw anything the woman described in her allegations, the AP report noted.
After the charges were filed, the University of Illinois suspended Shannon from the team, and he missed six games. Judge Colleen Lawless ruled on January 19 that the university had violated Shannon’s civil rights and deprived him of his “protected property interests” by suspending him without due process. She noted that Shannon was supporting several family members and his suspension jeopardized his chances of being one of the first players to be drafted by the NBA and to make money through endorsements allowed by the NCAA’s name, image, and likeness policy.
“Plaintiff’s participation in sports is vital to the development of his career as well as his current and future economic opportunities considering plaintiff’s intention to declare for the 2024 NBA Draft,” Lawless wrote in her ruling, the AP reported. “Prior to his suspension, plaintiff was projected to be a lottery pick in the NBA. His participation in future games impact his prospects in the draft and his earning potential.”
On April 5, Illinois sent a memo to Shannon, his accuser, and university officials stating that it would not follow through on disciplinary proceedings against the star player.
“… a determination was made that the evidence available to [the Office for Student Conflict Resolution] at this time is not sufficient to allow a reasonable hearing panel to find [Shannon] in violation of the Student Code sections identified in the allegation notice,” the school&#8217;s director of its Office for Student Conflict Resolution <a href="https://twitter.com/kcjohnson9/status/1778162577425768806?s=43&amp;t=zEuer7j4Ff8TVIcpiUO1KA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. “For example, access to the complainant, the complainant’s witness and the complete Lawrence Police Department file was not available to the investigator.”
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“The complainant has not indicated an intent to participate in a hearing before a hearing panel at this time,” the school administrator continued. “As a result, the process has concluded, charges have been dropped, and no disciplinary action will be taken against [Shannon] at this time.”
The school did, however, say that it may bring disciplinary proceedings against Shannon should “new substantial evidence” come to light.
Shannon still faces charges in Kansas. His attorney gave <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/university-of-illinois-drops-sex-assault-investigation-into-illini-basketball-player-terrence-shannon-jr-his-attorney-says/14644377/#:~:text=The%20University%20of%20Illinois%20has,basketball%20player%20Terrence%20Shannon%20Junior.">a statement</a> to ABC 7 in December saying Shannon is innocent.
“Since September, when these allegations surfaced, Terrence has cooperated with law enforcement throughout the investigation, declaring his innocence from the beginning,&#8221; the attorney said. &#8220;Now, several months later, my office learned that formal charges were filed against him [in December] in Lawrence, KS. In less than 24 hours, my client responded, and he voluntarily surrendered to local authorities for processing and release. Terrence is innocent of these charges, and he intends to take his case to trial.”
Shannon’s team was ranked 14th in the nation and second in the Big Ten conference, with Shannon averaging 21.7 points per game, according to the AP.

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Virginia Tech University violated a male student’s due process rights when it gave him just one day to prepare for a hearing on allegations he had sexually assaulted a female student, a court has ruled.
The Iranian graduate student, referred to in court documents as John Doe, said in <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vawd.122877/gov.uscourts.vawd.122877.109.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">his lawsuit</a> against the university that he met the female student on a dating app in the fall of 2019, and they had a consensual relationship. It didn’t last, but he said he saw her on campus afterward, and they had a friendly conversation. He also alleges that, at some point, the woman made a racist comment about him, saying he was a “brown guy who smelled very bad.”
On November 20, 2019, the female student asked Virginia Tech administrators to issue a do-not-contact order for John, which it provided. At that time, the female student didn’t want to pursue the matter any further.
Two months later, however, she went back to school administrators and made a formal allegation of sexual assault against John. John wasn’t informed about the allegation until nearly a month later, on February 17, 2020, according to his lawsuit.
On February 28, John met with the school’s Title IX investigator to discuss the student conduct process. On this same day, John received the formal charges against him. On March 3, he met with the school’s assistant director of student conduct to further discuss the process. Just two days later, John was informed that his hearing would take place the next day, which he alleges gave him no time to prepare his defense. He asked for the hearing to be delayed but was denied. He was told he had been made aware of the allegations weeks earlier, on February 17.
At that time, however, John didn’t know the date of the hearing and did not obtain an adviser or legal counsel or procure a witness because he had no idea when they would be needed. It also didn’t give John time to review the school’s investigative report against him so he could mount a defense.
John had to attend his hearing without counsel or an advisor and said in his lawsuit that he couldn’t question witnesses and could not present witnesses of his own. Specifically, John learned that the allegations against him came from an incident with his accuser in an elevator. John said he knew a witness who could dispute the allegations.
John was found responsible for sexual assault and expelled, so he sued. In his lawsuit, John alleges the accuser was convinced to pursue the accusation against him by his former graduate advisor, whom John had made several complaints about. John alleges he was retaliated against after reporting that his advisor had made sexual comments about female students, provided grant money that should have gone to John to a female student, and fraudulently claimed John’s research was funded by grant money.
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While Chief U.S. District Judge Michael Urbanski – an Obama appointee – allowed Virginia Tech’s motion to dismiss John’s allegations of a hostile environment, he allowed his lawsuit to move forward on John&#8217;s claims of grant funding and retaliation. The court also found that John’s due process rights could have been violated when the school gave him a one-day notice of his hearing to determine whether he would be expelled.
The ruling was a win for John and could lead to a settlement with the university.
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Student Accused Of Sexual Assault Receives Court Win After University Gave Him One-Day Notice Of Hearing

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Virginia

Virginia Tech

A former Villanova University football player was found not guilty on Thursday of attempting to sexually assault a classmate back in 2019.
The football player, who will not be named by The Daily Wire because his accuser is not being named by other outlets, was found not guilty after a three-day trial in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The jury made the determination on the same day the trial ended, The Philadelphia Inquirer <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/crime/iyanu-solomon-attempted-rape-villanova-football-acquittal-20240329.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
While the prosecution maintained that the female accuser was traumatized, defense attorney Daniel Bush provided text messages showing the woman continued to spend time with the accused student-athlete after the alleged traumatizing assault. Bush noted that the two shared Uber rides and that the woman invited the accused to her dorm days after the alleged incident.
Bush argued that the woman only made the allegations after the two had an argument.
“A rape allegation is not a sword you pull out of your pants and swing around every time you get mad,” Bush said in his closing statement, according to the Inquirer. “That’s what she did.”
The woman testified that the accused had asked her for nude photos over Snapchat and that she went to his room alone on September 2, 2019, <a href="https://www.delcotimes.com/2024/03/27/alleged-victim-testifies-in-nova-attempted-rape-trial/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to the Delco Times</a>. She claimed she told a friend to get her if she was not back in 30 minutes. She alleged that the accused pulled her onto his lap and she protested, saying she had a boyfriend. She claimed the accused kept her from leaving by holding her wrists and laying on top of her on the bed. She also said she was so afraid she started to recite the Lord’s Prayer, prompting the accused to finally let her go.
The accused, who is the son of Nigerian immigrants, testified that the woman sat on his lap, and he thought she wanted to have sex but that he stopped when she seemed uncomfortable. He also denied that he kept her from leaving, saying he walked her to the front door of the building.
Friends of the woman testified that she told them about the alleged encounter within days, but she also continued to spend time with the accused.
The accused testified that after riding together to a party, the woman became angry with him and accused him of turning her friends against her after the two had an argument. A text message exchange showed in court revealed that she later texted the accused, giving him an ultimatum. The next day, she reported the alleged rape to a resident assistant, who reported it to police. At that time, the woman declined to press charges.
But two years later, she changed her mind, claiming the accused student was following and harassing her. The accused student’s attorney argued in court that campus police could not substantiate the woman’s stalking claims.
Bush, the defense attorney, said that his client had asked the woman to stop spreading rumors that he was a “registered sex offender.” A day after he sent this text, the woman went to police to file rape charges.
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After this woman came forward, two others claimed the accused sexually assaulted them back in 2019 as well, the Philly Voice <a href="https://www.phillyvoice.com/villanova-football-player-sexual-assault-charges-iyanu-solomon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Later this month, a status meeting will be held to determine how to proceed on those allegations.
The accused student was removed from campus and kicked off the football team. After the jury verdict, his attorney said his client would need to rebuild his life.
“This case shows that mere accusations do not mean that someone actually committed a crime, but accusations alone can destroy a person’s world. Law enforcement needs to be more diligent on who they actually charge,” the defense attorney said. “[The accused] has maintained his innocence from day one, and fought hard to prove it.”

Law And Justice

Former Villanova Football Player Found Not Guilty Of Attempted Sexual Assault

College Football

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

The woman who accused Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers has resurfaced after speaking with Rolling Stone and writing a book.
During Christine Blasey Ford&#8217;s recent appearance on “The View,” co-host Sarah Haines pointed out that “even today some people remain skeptical of your story.”
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ABC’s <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahaines?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sarahaines</a> to Christine Blasey Ford: “Even today some people remain skeptical of your story” <a href="https://t.co/MomNLed6ML">pic.twitter.com/MomNLed6ML</a>
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1770114274133708804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway, who co-authored a book about Blasey Ford’s allegations against Kavanaugh, wrote a lengthy post on X detailing all the reasons to doubt the accusation. According to Hemingway, some of the reasons people still doubt Blasey Ford’s story include the lack of evidence that she had ever even met Kavanaugh and the fact that witnesses she named to back up her story contradicted her.
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1. There Is No Evidence that Ford and Kavanaugh Ever Met
2. Leland Keyser Said She Did Not Have ‘Any Confidence’ in Her Friend’s Story
3. Friends Pressured Keyser to Change Her Story
4. All Alleged Witnesses Strongly Dispute the Claim
5. Ford’s Father Supported Kavanaugh’s… <a href="https://t.co/tEJxIbkhuE">https://t.co/tEJxIbkhuE</a>
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) <a href="https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1770298907098054797?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Hemingway also pointed out that Blasey Ford could never say where the alleged sexual assault took place, how she arrived at that location, or how she got home. Blasey Ford also changed the date of the alleged assault by years after first telling her story.
One of the biggest issues for Blasey Ford was that the witnesses she named as being able to corroborate her allegations all said they had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/3-witnesses-named-ford-questioned-fbi-deny-party-amanda-prestigiacomo?amp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">no recollection</a> of such an event. Blasey Ford’s best friend at the time, Leland Keyser, would eventually come out and say in the 2019 book “The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation,” by reporters Robin Pogebrin and Kate Kelly, that <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/15/new-book-christine-blasey-fords-friend-leland-keyser-doesnt-believe/#.XX7SCNWkVfg.twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">she didn’t believe</a> Blasey Ford’s claims.
Keyser said “that she didn’t recall that get-together or any others like it.” Keyser also “challenged Ford’s accuracy,” the authors wrote. Keyser told them: “I don’t have any confidence in the story.”
Keyser also told the authors that she was pressured to support Ford’s story, and threatened for not doing so: “I was told behind the scenes that certain things could be spread about me if I didn’t comply.&#8221;
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In Hemingway’s own book on the saga, titled “Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court,” she reveals that Keyser had “logistical and character-driving” issues with Blasey Ford’s story. Keyser told Hemingway and her co-author, Carrie Campbell Severino, that “It would be impossible for me to be the only girl at a get-together with three guys, have her leave, and then not figure out how she’s going to get home.”
Blasey Ford’s media tour is about selling her new book, “One Way Home,” about her allegations against Kavanaugh. In the book, she claims to have received death threats following her testimony. A Rolling Stone <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/christine-blasey-ford-book-death-threats-kavanaugh-1234989129/amp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> about these alleged death threats fails to mention the death threats that Kavanaugh received in the wake of Blasey Ford’s allegations – and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-id-armed-man-who-said-he-wanted-to-kill-supreme-court-justice-kavanaugh-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the very real attempt</a> on his life by a man angry about the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Christine Blasey Ford

‘The View’ Co-Host Bemoans Fact People ‘Remain Skeptical’ Of Christine Blasey Ford’s Accusations Against Brett Kavanaugh. Here’s Why People Are Skeptical.

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Left-leaning publication The Atlantic fawned over Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who accused Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault just prior to his confirmation, ahead of the release of her new memoir.
&#8220;Christine Blasey Ford’s new memoir places her Senate testimony in the wider context of her life. And as her story goes on, it &#8216;comes to read as an indictment—not of one person, but of a form of politics that sees stories as weapons in an endless war,'&#8221; the outlet teased the story, written by Megan Garber, in a post on X on Tuesday.
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Christine Blasey Ford’s new memoir places her Senate testimony in the wider context of her life. And as her story goes on, it &quot;comes to read as an indictment—not of one person, but of a form of politics that sees stories as weapons in an endless war,” <a href="https://twitter.com/megangarber?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@megangarber</a> writes.… <a href="https://t.co/KCTVTs7Jh0">pic.twitter.com/KCTVTs7Jh0</a>
&mdash; The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAtlantic/status/1770141734095532293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Garber&#8217;s article painted Ford as a victim of trauma who, despite knowing she would be traumatized all over again by coming forward, was still brave enough to do so for the good of her country and victims everywhere. In contrast, she painted Kavanaugh as an angry reactionary who was prone to emotional outbursts under pressure.
&#8220;Kavanaugh spoke after Ford, and the gulf between the two testimonies was, in retrospect, an omen,&#8221; Garber wrote. &#8220;She offered evidence. He offered grievance. She spoke science. He spoke politics. She was piecing together a story, parts of which she had forgotten. He was controlling the narrative.&#8221;
The key points that Garber left out were glaring — in particular, the fact that despite the &#8220;evidence&#8221; she claimed Ford had offered, none of it included concrete proof that she and Kavanaugh had ever actually met. People she named as witnesses could not remember the events she claimed transpired. And even Ford herself was unable to give any specifics regarding when and where the alleged assault took place.
Critics were quick to point those omissions out in their reactions to the story:
&#8220;As I wrote at the time: &#8216;But the problem for Ford is not that she doesn’t remember everything: It is that everything she remembers changes at her convenience,'&#8221; The Federalist&#8217;s Senior Legal Correspondent Margot Cleveland wrote.
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As I wrote at the time: &quot;But the problem for Ford is not that she doesn’t remember everything: It is that everything she remembers changes at her convenience.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/ZHeocsg3I8">https://t.co/ZHeocsg3I8</a>
&mdash; Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) <a href="https://twitter.com/ProfMJCleveland/status/1770257755112132715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;She offered ZERO EVIDENCE. This is ridiculous. She accused someone of sexual assault with no proof, no corroboration, can&#8217;t remember where or when it took place, and journalists are still carrying water for her. It&#8217;s outrageous,&#8221; journalist Mark Hemingway added.
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She offered ZERO EVIDENCE. This is ridiculous. She accused someone of sexual assault with no proof, no corroboration, can&#39;t remember where or when it took place, and journalists are still carrying water for her. It&#39;s outrageous. <a href="https://t.co/a7Jt0ujiwt">https://t.co/a7Jt0ujiwt</a>
&mdash; Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) <a href="https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/1770198743951823188?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Radio host Dana Loesch responded, &#8220;Christine Blasey Ford is a liar and embarrassment who shamefully tried to character-assassinate a man with zero evidence to prevent him from joining SCOTUS. The progressive matriarchy weaponized for politics, just as described and misattributed here.&#8221;
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Christine Blakey Ford is a liar and embarrassment who shamefully tried to character-assassinate a man with zero evidence to prevent him from joining SCOTUS. The progressive matriarchy weaponized for politics, just as described and misattributed here. <a href="https://t.co/D9DBCO9Vir">https://t.co/D9DBCO9Vir</a>
&mdash; Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) <a href="https://twitter.com/DLoesch/status/1770302820136124606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This episode disgusts me more than almost anything in my career. Years after the allegations, any intellectual curiosity required for basic elementary beat reporting on this would be more than enough to punt these filth allegations into the sun. But here we are…garbage culture,&#8221; podcast co-host Josh Holmes said.
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This episode disgusts me more than almost anything in my career. Years after the allegations, any intellectual curiosity required for basic elementary beat reporting on this would be more than enough to punt these filth allegations into the sun. But here we are…garbage culture. <a href="https://t.co/HXdAiMBnth">https://t.co/HXdAiMBnth</a>
&mdash; Josh Holmes (@HolmesJosh) <a href="https://twitter.com/HolmesJosh/status/1770312887187181721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 20, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Frank Fleming, a scripted creator at The Daily Wire, added, &#8220;&#8216;She spoke science.&#8217; It&#8217;s becoming increasingly clear that while the left worships science, they have no clue what it is.&#8221;
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&quot;She spoke science.&quot;
It&#39;s becoming increasingly clear that while the left worships science, they have no clue what it is. <a href="https://t.co/r3fruULfYt">https://t.co/r3fruULfYt</a>
&mdash; Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) <a href="https://twitter.com/IMAO_/status/1770214511896584499?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;There has never been any evidence anywhere produced by anyone that she even ever met Bret Kavanaugh,&#8221; conservative pundit Stephen Miller noted.
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There has never been any evidence anywhere produced by anyone that she even ever met Bret Kavanaugh. <a href="https://t.co/5CZyBQrHYs">https://t.co/5CZyBQrHYs</a>
&mdash; Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1770178449803497844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;&#8216;She spoke science.&#8217; These people are completely insane. She had no evidence. The FBI investigated and found nothing. But that doesn&#8217;t stop the media from pushing lies,&#8221; came from the popular X account @ComfortablySmug.
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&quot;She spoke science&quot;
These people are completely insane. She had no evidence. The FBI investigated and found nothing. But that doesn&#39;t stop the media from pushing lies. <a href="https://t.co/WmxFl79avI">https://t.co/WmxFl79avI</a>
&mdash; Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) <a href="https://twitter.com/ComfortablySmug/status/1770202019673882845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 19, 2024</a></blockquote>
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‘She Spoke Science’: The Atlantic Fawns Over Kavanaugh Accuser Ahead Of New Book

'She Spoke Science': The Atlantic Fawns Over Kavanaugh Accuser Ahead Of New Book

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Sexual Misconduct

Former &#8220;RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race&#8221; contestant and actor &#8220;Shangela&#8221; has reportedly been accused of multiple sexual assaults after recently settling a civil lawsuit accusing the star of rape. 
<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/shangela-rupaul-drag-race-sexual-assault-1234974148/">Rolling Stone</a> detailed the accusations against 42-year-old Darius Jeremy Pierce from five individuals, including allegations that the drag performer attempted to get them inebriated beyond the ability to give consent.
The sexual assaults allegedly occurred between 2012 and 2018 in California, Texas, Louisiana, and the United Kingdom.
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Drag Queen “Shangela,” who has now been accused of multiple sexual assaults, gave the welcome speech to Vice President Kamala Harris’ Pride event hosted at the VPs home in 2022. <a href="https://t.co/hVW3IUYoDQ">pic.twitter.com/hVW3IUYoDQ</a>
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href="https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1769815052482220152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
One person reportedly filed a police report for an alleged assault he said happened in Los Angeles in 2017 when he was 20 years old. According to the police report, he recalled &#8220;waking up completely naked on a bed and believed to be at Pierce&#8217;s residence&#8221; after the two met for dinner and Pierce bought him a drink.  He said when he woke up, Pierce told him that they had had sex. 
Another man reportedly said he met Pierce in 2018 in Texas when he was 21. He accused Pierce of shoving him on the floor in a bathroom closet and trying to penetrate him.  
The other three accusations were similar, including claims that Pierce supplied drinks to men who passed out and awoke in a dazed state after they were allegedly sexually assaulted. In some of the cases, the men claim that there was another person in the room with them.
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In a letter from Pierce&#8217;s attorney to Rolling Stone magazine, Pierce denied the sexual assault accusations, calling them &#8220;false and unsupported by any evidence or reliable witness testimony.&#8221; 
All five of the people said they came forward after a civil lawsuit, filed by Daniel McGarrigle, a production assistant on HBO&#8217;s &#8220;We&#8217;re Here,&#8221; was dismissed. McGarrigle accused Pierce, who hosted the show, of drugging and raping him after a 2020 wrap party. The case was recently settled. The terms were not revealed.
In 2022, Pierce was invited to the White House by President Joe Biden for the signing of the Respect for Marriage Act, The <a href="https://thepostmillennial.com/new-drag-queen-invited-to-white-house-by-joe-biden-and-kamala-harris-accused-of-sexual-assaults">Post Millennial</a> reported. That same year, the drag queen was invited by Vice President Kamala Harris to her residence for a Pride event.

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Former ‘Drag Race’ Star Accused Of Multiple Sexual Assaults: Report

Former 'Drag Race' Star Accused Of Multiple Sexual Assaults: Report

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Drag Queens

Entertainment

Joe Biden

Rolling Stone

The United Nations released a report on Monday that outlined their findings from a preliminary investigation into the campaign of rape that Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists inflicted upon people inside of Israel during their unprecedented terrorist attack on October 7.
The U.N.&#8217;s team reviewed thousands of photos, 50 hours of footage, and interviewed dozens of witnesses and survivors from the Islamic terrorist attack, including some of freed hostages. The team also visited four areas where significant activity occurred on that day, including Nahal Oz military base, kibbutz Be’eri, the Nova music festival site, and Road 232.
The report said in-part about the events of October 7:
<blockquote>Based on the information gathered by the mission team from multiple and independent sources, there are reasonable grounds to believe that conflict-related sexual violence occurred during the 7 October attacks in multiple locations across Gaza periphery, including rape and gang rape, in at least three locations. Across the various locations of the 7 October attacks, the mission team found that several fully naked or partially naked bodies from the waist down were recovered – mostly women – with hands tied and shot multiple times, often in the head. Although circumstantial, such a pattern of undressing and restraining of victims may be indicative of some forms of sexual violence.
At the Nova music festival and its surroundings, there are reasonable grounds to believe that multiple incidents of sexual violence took place with victims being subjected to rape and/or gang rape and then killed or killed while being raped. Credible sources described finding murdered individuals, mostly women, whose bodies were naked from their waist down – and some totally naked – tied with their hands behind their backs, many of whom were shot in the head. On Road 232, credible information based on witness accounts describe an incident of the rape of two women by armed elements. &#8230;
The mission team received credible information about bodies found naked and/or tied, and in one case gagged, in some of the kibbutz’ destroyed houses and their surroundings.</blockquote>
Buried deep in the report were the team&#8217;s findings about what the hostages have been subjected to by the terrorists:
<blockquote>The mission team reviewed incidents of alleged sexual violence related to hostages in Gaza. Based on the first-hand accounts of released hostages, the mission team received clear and convincing information that sexual violence, including rape, sexualized torture, and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment occurred against some women and children during their time in captivity and has reasonable grounds to believe that this violence may be ongoing.
Based on first-hand accounts of released hostages there are reasonable grounds to believe that female hostages were also subjected to other forms of sexual violence.</blockquote>
The team had a difficult time speaking with survivors of the extreme sexual violence for a variety of reasons, including that many were undergoing treatment and were 
&#8220;experiencing severe mental distress and trauma&#8221; from the attacks and were unable to be interviewed. The U.N.&#8217;s investigators found that they were widely distrusted by those who experienced the October 7 attacks as the organization has a long history of anti-Semitism and members of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) were <a href="https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1764716524768461115">involved</a> in <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/blinken-says-evidence-of-unrwa-staffers-oct-7-involvement-highly-highly-credible/">carrying out the attacks</a>.
The report said that trust in &#8220;international organizations, such as the United Nations, are at an all-time low amongst many survivors and/or witnesses of the 7 October attacks.&#8221;
&#8220;Another factor impeding the access to more survivors and/or witnesses of the attacks with potential information is the fact that many civilians from the attacked kibbutzim were internally displaced after 7 October 2023, and many individuals that attended the Nova music festival are scattered throughout Israel, with some having moved to or returned to third countries.&#8221; the report said.
The U.N. said that some of the released hostages did not want to come forward because they had &#8220;well-founded fears about the risk of revealing their stories, which may result in their identification and further harm to them as well as to those still in captivity. The mission team further noted the fact that the identities of some of them have been publicly disclosed in both national and international media, often with their names and photos, which has contributed to some choosing to remain silent.&#8221;

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U.N. Finds ‘Clear And Convincing’ Evidence That Rape Happened On October 7, Continues To Happen To Hostages

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October 7

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A Flint, Michigan, man who had spent years in prison for engaging in sex without telling his partners he was infected with HIV will be released on bond less than a year after he was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/felon-who-worked-on-flint-mayors-campaign-arrested-for-allegedly-grooming-raping-child-has-hiv" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged with crimes</a> related to his alleged sexual assault of a teenage boy.
John Cole, 55 — who had volunteered on the campaign of Flint Democratic Mayor Sheldon Neeley — was <a href="https://www.abc12.com/flint-man-accused-of-raping-young-child-spreading-hiv/article_23eb74ea-f0cf-11ed-b439-1b899fd22887.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a> last May with 12 counts, including one count of child sexually abusive activity and three counts of accosting a child for immoral purposes. On Monday, Genesee County Circuit Court Judge Celeste D. Bell granted Cole a personal recognizance bond that was requested by his defense attorney, MLive <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2024/02/flint-man-with-hiv-accused-of-assaulting-teen-will-be-released-on-bond.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The judge’s granting of a personal recognizance bond means the Flint man will be released from jail as he awaits trial without paying bail even though he was being held at the Genesee County Jail on a $75,000 cash/surety bond. The judge stipulated that Cole must remain under house arrest and on a tether. Last October, he was <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2023/10/flint-man-who-assaulted-underage-boy-while-positive-for-hiv-to-stand-trial.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ordered</a> to stand trial and bound to circuit court.
Cole was arrested and charged after a 15-year-old boy’s mother told the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office that she believed her son had been sexually assaulted, according to testimony at Cole’s preliminary examination. Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson accused Cole of using cunning tactics to befriend a minor at a community event in December 2022 before he later allegedly sexually assaulted the individual.
Then, in February of last year, Cole allegedly picked up the 15-year-old boy to go watch a basketball game, but on their way to the game, Cole “diverted” to a business in Flint and “aggressively started to sexually assault the young victim,” the sheriff said. Cole allegedly assaulted the boy again at a bowling alley a month later.
The Genesee County Sheriff’s Office said that, during its investigation into Cole, it found evidence showing there could be more victims whom Cole allegedly preyed on, but no new charges have been filed in the case, MLive reported. Cole, who was known to use aliases, was previously convicted of not telling partners that he had HIV before engaging in sex with them and served seven years in prison, according to Swanson.
Cole strongly supported Mayor Neeley — now running for a seat in the U.S. House — and had volunteered for his campaign in the past. Photos posted online <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/felon-who-worked-on-flint-mayors-campaign-arrested-for-allegedly-grooming-raping-child-has-hiv" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showed</a> Cole at Neeley’s election night party posing for a picture with the mayor.
At the time of Cole’s arrest last year, Neeley’s office told The Daily Wire that Cole “was known as a member of the community who, like many others, occasionally showed up to volunteer for the mayoral campaign,” adding that he was “never employed by the city of Flint or the Neeley campaign.”
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“Political antagonists may try to embellish this association and make it more than it is,” Neeley’s office added.
“Cole seems to have presented himself as a close associate of the mayor in order to ingratiate himself to other community members, but in reality, he was an incidental acquaintance,” the statement continued. “We are focused on supporting the victims and raising awareness about how to protect the most vulnerable members of our community from these types of abuses.”

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Felon With HIV Who Volunteered For Dem Flint Mayor To Be Released On Bond As He Faces Allegations Of Sexually Assaulting A Child

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A man who was arrested in Virginia last week for alleged sexual crimes against a child is an illegal alien, authorities say.
The Campbell County Sheriff’s Office arrested 32-year-old Renzo Mendoza Montes on multiple felony charges for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor.
Law enforcement officials said that Montes is a Venezuelan national who illegally entered the country in September of last year, according to <a href="https://wset.com/news/local/venezuelan-citizen-arrested-in-connection-with-a-sexual-assault-on-a-minor-deputies-virginia-february-2024">ABC 13 News</a>.
He was released into the U.S. because of President Joe Biden&#8217;s immigration policies.
Montes was being held without bond but is now <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/venezuelan-migrant-illegally-us-charged-sexual-assault-against-minor-virginia">reportedly</a> in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials.
Virginia Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin responded to the story late on Monday night by calling for justice in the case.
&#8220;We pray for the victim tonight and thank the Campbell County Sheriff’s Department,&#8221; Youngkin said. &#8220;Let’s be clear, prosecution must be to the fullest extent of the law.&#8221;
The news comes as President Joe Biden will finally visit the U.S. border this week, on the same day that former President Donald Trump is going, to talk to local officials about the crisis that he created that has resulted in more than 7 million illegal aliens flooding into the U.S.
The illegal immigration crisis that Biden caused has become a serious threat to Biden’s re-election as polling has shown that the overwhelming majority of Americans disapprove of what is happening at the border, and they blame Biden for it.
The Trump campaign said in a statement that it was a “last-minute, insincere attempt to chase President Trump to the border.”
“Crooked Joe Biden has had three years to visit the border and fix the crisis he created,” said Karoline Leavitt, a Trump spokeswoman. “Now Biden’s handlers are sending him there on the same day as President Trump’s publicly reported trip, not because they actually want to solve the problem, but because they know Biden is losing terribly.”
Biden will reportedly attempt to blame House Republicans for the crisis even though the situation was largely just as bad during his first two years in office when Democrats controlled the entire federal government.
A White House official <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/26/biden-southern-border-visit-00143283">told</a> POLITICO that Biden “will discuss the urgent need to pass the Senate bipartisan border security agreement, the toughest and fairest set of reforms to secure the border in decades.”
“He will reiterate his calls for Congressional Republicans to stop playing politics and to provide the funding needed for additional U.S. Border Patrol agents, more asylum officers, fentanyl detection technology and more,” the official continued.
The U.S. House passed a bill nearly a year ago that included stronger measures to secure the border than the proposal that the U.S. Senate put forth, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will not take up the bill.
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