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Doctors at the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) would be barred from performing abortions, even in cases of rape and incest, under new rules proposed by the Trump administration. The draft regulations, which also forbid providers from counseling female veterans about terminating a pregnancy, have generated nearly 20,000 comments in the federal register from conservative activists, abortion rights supporters …

Kevin Costner has fired back at a lawsuit from a “Horizon 2” stunt performer who claims that she was forced to perform an unscripted rape scene in violation of union protocols. In a motion to throw out the lawsuit filed Tuesday, Costner said the allegations are “patently false” and “deeply disappointing” and were designed to damage his reputation. “I can …

Kevin Costner has spoken out against a lawsuit filed by a stunt performer on his film Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2, alleging that she was forced to perform a “violent” unscripted rape scene without required notice, consent or the mandatory presence of an intimacy coordinator. In a legal declaration filed Monday in LA superior court, Costner called the …

Kevin Costner Demands Dismissal Of “Horizon” Sexual Harassment Suit … This Is A Shake Down, Judge!!! Published August 19, 2025 1:00 AM PDT Kevin Costner is demanding a judge toss a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against him by a stunt performer who claims she was forced to participate in an unscripted and unscheduled rape scene on the set of the …

Man Who Faked His Death and Fled to Scotland Is Convicted of Rape  The New York Times Nick Alahverdian, former RI conman who faked his death, found guilty of Utah rape  yahoo.com Man accused of faking death and fleeing U.S. convicted of rape  NBC News Fugitive Nicholas Rossi guilty of rape after extradition to US  BBC American accused of faking death, fleeing US found …

A man accused of faking his own death and fleeing the United States to avoid sexual assault and fraud allegations was convicted of rape in Utah on Wednesday, prosecutors said. A Salt Lake County jury found Nicholas Alahverdian, who has been identified and charged by authorities in Utah as Nicholas Rossi, guilty after three days of testimony. Deliberations began Wednesday. …

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Rhode Island man accused of faking his death and fleeing the United States to evade rape charges was found guilty Wednesday of sexually assaulting a former girlfriend in his first of two Utah trials. A jury in Salt Lake County found Nicholas Rossi guilty of a 2008 rape after a three-day trial in which …

A man accused of faking his death and fleeing to the United Kingdom to avoid rape charges faced an alleged victim in court Monday as a jury trial in Utah began. The man known in the U.S. as Nicholas Rossi, whose legal name is Nicholas Alahverdian, is accused of sexually assaulting two women in Utah in 2008. He has pleaded …

The wife of Salman Iftikhar, the executive recently sentenced for threatening a Virgin Atlantic flight attendant, has come forward to defend her husband, attributing his actions to mental health struggles. Abeer Iftikhar, social media influencer from Pakistan.(Instagram-abeeriftekhar) Abeer Rizvi, a social media influencer based in Pakistan, shared her thoughts on Instagram days after Iftikhar was sentenced to 15 months in …

British TV presenter Jay Blades has been charged with two counts of rape. The 55-year-old, best known for hosting the BBC‘s The Repair Shop, will appear in court next Wednesday over the charges, according to the BBC. He left the series last year. The Repair Shop has been in action on British television since 2017. The show follows a workshop …