Sex Cult Leader’s Top Deputy Sentenced to 42 Months in Prison

Nancy Salzman, the Nxivm “prefect,” left 20 years of “trauma and destruction” in her wake, a judge said on Wednesday.

Supermodels Speak Out Against Sexual Harassment

As former models prepare to offer testimony against Gérald Marie, their former agency boss, big names like Carla Bruni, Paulina Porizkova and Karen Elson are offering their support.

Opinion | The Medium of the Moment

Newsletters are a natural evolution of the creator-fan relationship.

Veterans Struggle With Issues That Are Often Invisible to Others

Those who served in the wars that began after Sept. 11, 2001, are struggling with health problems, trauma and feelings of displacement and alienation.

Veterans Struggle With Issues That Are Often Invisible to Others

Those who served in the wars that began after Sept. 11, 2001, are struggling with health problems, trauma and feelings of displacement and alienation.

Nxivm’s Second-in-Command Helped Build a Culture of Abuse, Survivors Say

As Nancy Salzman awaits sentencing, some who fell prey to the Nxivm cultlike group say Ms. Salzman’s enabling made the group’s misdeeds possible.

Alibaba Manager Accused of Rape Is Released, Adding to China’s #MeToo Debate

Prosecutors declined to charge the man, who a co-worker said had assaulted her, an allegation that highlighted sexism in the Chinese tech scene.

Threats and Fear Cause Afghan Women’s Protections to Vanish Overnight

As the Taliban advanced, safe houses for women closed, and the staff sheltered girls at home as relatives released from prison threatened to kill them.

Ex-Nurse Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting Patient in Vegetative State

Nathan Sutherland, a former nurse at an Hacienda HealthCare facility in Phoenix, pleaded guilty to assaulting a woman in his care who later gave birth to his child.

Coming to Terms With the Legacy of Rick James

For a new documentary, the director and the star’s daughter examine both his pioneering work and his misogyny, as well as a sexual assault conviction.

Opinion | Apple Has New Tools to Protect Children. But at What Cost?

Ashton Kutcher and Julie Cordua discuss Apple’s new tools to fight the sexual exploitation of young people online and what the trade-off might be for privacy.

Vatican Clears Brooklyn Bishop of Child Abuse Charges From 1970s

Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio still faces two lawsuits based on the allegations, which date to his time as a young priest in Jersey City.

After Proudly Celebrating Women, Alibaba Faces Reckoning Over Harassment

A rape accusation at the Chinese e-commerce giant has shed light on a work culture that some former employees say is humiliating and toxic.

70 Years After Being Executed for Rape, 7 Black Men Are Pardoned in Virginia

For decades, family members of the men, known as the Martinsville Seven, contended that they were denied due process. Gov. Ralph S. Northam agreed.

R. Kelly Got Angry if Women Broke His Rules, Ex-Assistant Says

Five accusers — four women and one man — have now testified that the singer had sexual contact with them when they were underage, including a woman who described being raped.

R. Kelly’s First Male Accuser Says the Singer Promised Fame for Sex

On the eighth day of Mr. Kelly’s trial, a man and woman both testified that they were underage when they met the singer; the woman, now 44, described being raped.

In R. Kelly Trial, the Verdict May Hinge on a Circle of Enablers

Accusations of sexual misconduct have long followed the R&B star. But central to the charges against Mr. Kelly are the people who prosecutors say made a pattern of abuse possible.

R. Kelly Said He Liked ‘Young Girls,’ His Third Accuser Testifies

The third accuser to testify at the singer’s trial said Mr. Kelly described himself as a “genius” who should be allowed to do what he wanted.

R. Kelly Trial: Key Moments From Week 5

A second male accuser and more of the singer’s former employees testified as the prosecution’s case neared its end.

Woman Says R. Kelly Made Her Have Sex With Someone Else as Punishment

The second accuser to testify against the R&B star during his trial was once among his vocal supporters, but she said on Tuesday that Mr. Kelly had instructed her to lie.