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30 Dec 2010 10:08

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World: Number of former Israeli presidents convicted of rape? One.

It’s good to note that Moshe Katsav, who was convicted of raping two former employees and harassing another, backed out of a plea deal to fight this in court. Bad idea. source

06 Dec 2010 20:48

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World: Julian Assange works with authorities, keeps them at arm’s length

  • yeah … Julian Assange, currently in the U.K., agreed to meet with British police about his legal situation in Sweden, which wants to extradite him. He has not been arrested and his people are the moment cooperating with the authorities.
  • … but Our boy’s lawyers have been fighting tooth-and-nail for him, trying to get him as sweetheart a deal as they possibly can. It might be hard with rape charges, though. (His lawyers deny that Sweden has actually charged him.) source

06 May 2010 10:51

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Culture: NFL great Lawrence Taylor (a.k.a. LT) arrested on rape charges

The former NFL star, who was on “Dancing with the Stars” just last year, was accused of rape at the Holiday Inn Holidome Hotel in Suffern, New York. source