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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 365

statutory rape

Maccabi Tel Aviv's Dor Micha controls the ball during a Europa League soccer match against Villarreal at the Ceramica stadium in Villarreal, Spain, December 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
September 22, 2020, 5:31 am
Prosecution closes case against Maccabi soccer stars accused of statutory rape
State finds no evidence players knew girls were under age of consent; prosecutor still investigating online shaming and bullying of girls after case became public
By ToI Staff
Maccabi Tel Aviv's Dor Micha controls the ball during a Europa League soccer match against Villarreal at the Ceramica stadium in Villarreal, Spain, December 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz)
July 6, 2020, 4:55 pm
Soccer players suspected of statutory rape named as Omer Atzili, Dor Micha
Maccabi Tel Aviv members, who have both played for national team, say they no longer want to ‘hide behind gag order’ after being questioned, suspended for underage sex allegations
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A Maccabi Tel Aviv player, in white, dribbles the ball between opposing players during a match against Beitar Jerusalem in Jerusalem on June 8, 2020. (Flash90)
June 15, 2020, 9:13 am
Maccabi Tel Aviv players grilled over underage sex allegations
Soccer players released without conditions, said to give police investigators access to text messages they say prove girls pretended to be above age of consent
By ToI Staff
A Maccabi Tel Aviv player kicks a ball during a match (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 13, 2020, 10:28 pm
Maccabi Tel Aviv suspends players suspected of having sex with minors
Top soccer club says allegations of statutory rape against team members are serious, will wait for investigation to run its course before taking further action
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Maccabi Tel Aviv fans during the UEFA Champions League playoff round second leg soccer match between Switzerland's FC Basel 1893 and Maccabi Tel Aviv at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv on August 25, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 12, 2020, 9:21 pm
Police probing pro soccer players for statutory rape, after sex with teens
Associates of 2 Maccabi Tel Aviv players tell newspaper the girls told them they were above the age of consent, but one of them denies that: ‘We weren’t asked our ages’
By ToI Staff
French-Polish director Roman Polanski looks on on stage after the preview of his last movie 'J'accuse' (An Officer and a Spy) in Paris, November 4, 2019. (Thomas SAMSON/AFP)
February 27, 2020, 3:30 pm
Polanski snubs French Oscars for Dreyfus movie, fearing ‘lynching’ by activists
Director, wanted in US over child rape in 1970s, to skip ceremony in which his film about anti-Semitic affair is the favorite, saying ‘we know how this evening will unfold already’
By Fiachra GIBBONS
Alan Dershowitz at NEP Studios in New York, February 3, 2016. (John Lamparski/Getty Images for Hulu, via JTA)
July 31, 2019, 4:56 am
Dershowitz defends ’97 column claiming statutory rape an ‘outdated concept’
22-year-old article resurfaces as Harvard law professor scrutinized over Jeffrey Epstein ties
By Andrew Silow-Carroll and Ben Sales
Fadia Ammar Al Mohamad, who didn't meet her husband until the day of their wedding, stands next to the cot they sleep on in their tent. (L Marie/ Times of Israel)
August 1, 2018, 1:11 pm
Forced into abusive marriages, Syrian child brides increasingly turn to suicide
In Lebanon, young refugees are being married off by families in need of money and security to much older men who rape and beat them — and often consider them mere entertainment
By L Marie
In this file photo taken on May 27, 2017 French-Polish director Roman Polanski (L) and his wife, French actress Emmanuelle Seigner, leave the Festival Palace following the screening of the film 'Based on a True Story' (D'Apres une Histoire Vraie) at the 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. (AFP PHOTO / LOIC VENANCE)
July 8, 2018, 7:36 am
Roman Polanski’s wife rejects invitation to join Oscars body
Emmanuelle Seigner accuses the Academy of expelling the Jewish director, who was convicted of statutory rape, to ‘satisfy the zeitgeist’
By AFP
Chessy Prout, the author of 'I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice and Hope,' talks during an interview, March 6, 2018, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
April 15, 2018, 4:24 pm
A high schooler just wrote the book on surviving campus sexual assault
Despite the odds stacked against rape survivors, Chessy Prout, with journalist Jenn Abelson, shares the story of her pursuit of justice as she advocates for school accountability
By Cathryn J. Prince
Artist Boaz Arad (YouTube screenshot)
February 2, 2018, 11:48 pm
Artist commits suicide over allegations of sex with young students
Boaz Arad was accused of having sexual relations with several minors at Thelma Yellin High School
By ToI Staff
Oscar-winning Polish-French director Roman Polanski, photographed in Chanceaux-près-Loches, central France, in August 28, 2016. (AFP/Guillaume Souvant)
April 4, 2017, 6:39 pm
Judge rejects Polanski bid to draw line under child sex case
Filmmaker sought confirmation that he could return to US without jail for 1977 rape of minor
By Frankie TAGGART
French director Roman Polanski arrives for the screening of the film "Saint-Laurent" at the 67th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 17, 2014. (AFP Photo/Valery Hache)
February 16, 2017, 10:17 pm
Roman Polanski makes legal bid to return to US
Polish court recently ruled film director and Holocaust survivor already served time for statutory rape conviction
By AFP
French-Polish film director Roman Polanski attending a press conference at the Bonarowski Palace Hotel in Krakow, Poland, October 30, 2015. (Adam Nurkiewicz/Getty Images/via JTA)
December 6, 2016, 4:49 pm
Poland Supreme Court rejects Polanski extradition to US
Ruling means Oscar-winning director won’t be sent to US prison over statutory rape of 13-year-old girl
By Anna Maria Jakubek
French-Polish film director Roman Polanski attending a press conference at the Bonarowski Palace Hotel in Krakow, Poland, October 30, 2015. (Adam Nurkiewicz/Getty Images/via JTA)
December 6, 2016, 12:58 pm
Poland Supreme Court mulls Polanski extradition to US
American request to be reexamined after justice minister ordered review of case to ‘avoid double standards’
By Anna Maria Jakubek
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