assaulted
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Pennsylvania has also made efforts to try and change the law to make it easier for victims who were intoxicated to prove they were assaulted.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Conviction rates are lower than when the person assaulted was sober.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
The US Supreme Court on Monday rejected for a second time President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn a jury judgment that he sexually assaulted and defamed writer E Jean Carroll.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
Leto, in a statement shared with The Times on Wednesday, denied the allegations raised by the BBC documentary: “I have never sexually assaulted anyone in my entire life,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
He and Bono sat by my side, though clearly their senses were assaulted by the noisome sheets and the breath of myself and those around me.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
