Sexual misconduct

Kiryat Ono gymnastics coach arrested on suspicion of years-long sexual crimes against minor

Police opened an investigation three days earlier after receiving a complaint concerning suspected sexual offenses committed against the young trainee.

ILLUSTRATIVE: POLICE ARREST suspect thought to have allowed illegal immigrants through border, November 30, 2025.
Israeli singer Eyal Golan performs at the Arena Stadium in Jerusalem on December 6, 2021.

Eyal Golan once again accused of sex crimes, state attorney calls for renewed investigation

IDF female combat soldiers.

Military defense attorney indicted over alleged sex offenses against 10 soldiers and recruits

FILE PHOTO: US Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) attends a House Judiciary Committee hearing with FBI Director Kash Patel (not pictured), on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, September 17, 2025.

Manhattan district attorney investigates four sexual assault claims against California's Swalwell


Police mishandle treatment of sexual offense cases, victims - study

“Too often, we see the police fail to collect evidence, ask questions in a sensitive manner and lack the adequate training needed to deal with someone who survived sexual trauma.”

Israelis protest sexual violence in the country. Photo taken in 2020

This is the Lehava activist suspected of sex offenses on 17-year-old

Yitzchak Gabai, who served time in prison after a 2014 arson attempt on a Jerusalem school, is suspected of sexual offenses against a 17-year-old.

Yitzhak Gabai (C), a member of the right-wing Lehava organization at the courtroom of the District Court in Jerusalem as he arrives to a court hearing on July 22, 2015, Yitzhak Gabai where involved in the arson attack on a Jewish-Arab school in Jerusalem on November 29, 2014.

A rabbi’s accuser wanted me to tell her story, and why it took 20 years

Why didn’t I publish the story more than 15 years ago? I knew that I had important information — information that could protect others, but I did not have the full permission of my source

Synagogue at Babyn Yar

Epstein's jail guards avoid prison, judge approves pact with prosecutors

The defendants, Tova Noel and Michael Thomas, had been accused of falling asleep and surfing the internet rather than checking on Epstein every 30 minutes at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.

Jeffrey Epstein appears in a photo taken for the NY Division of Criminal Justice Services' sex offender registry

Gynecologist gets 18 months in prison after sexually assaulting patients

The court filing said Schechter used a vibrating device to rate the "pleasure levels" of three women on four separate occasions. One woman reported that he using his fingers as well.

A doctor examines a pregnant woman at a hospital in the province of Fayoum

Witnesses to testify on accused sex abuser Malka Leifer

Leifer left Australia for Israel in 2008 when allegations were raised.

Malka Leifer

US House ethics panel opens investigation of Republican Matt Gaetz

Earlier, Representative Adam Kinzinger became the first congressional Republican to call for Gaetz to resign.

US Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, US February 26, 2021.

Charges against soldiers for invasive search on Palestinian woman dropped

Littman said that the investigation found insufficient evidence to bring charges against the two female soldiers who performed the cavity search, one of whom is a doctor.

The Duvdevan unit of the IDF carrying out an arrest

Matt Gaetz says part of plot involving missing FBI agent Robert Levinson

Gaetz and his father, Don, who is said to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars, say they alerted federal authorities to the alleged extortion scheme.

Kidnapped American Robert Levinson

Minnesota Supreme Court rules willing alcohol consumption justifies rape

The victim testified that she blacked out and woke up on a couch finding the man who she had just met sexually assaulting her.

Israelis demonstrate against sexual violence after the rape of a 16-year-old girl in Eilat last week, Jerusalem, August 23, 2020