molestation
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As biopic ‘Michael’ crosses $900 million at the global box office, Netflix’s molestation trial docuseries ‘The Verdict’ rises, and a prosecutor reports threats from Michael Jackson fans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Rep. Tim Bonner, a Republican from Mercer and a former prosecutor who handled child molestation cases, said making the legislation retroactive was the right thing to do.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2023
Like Jackson, who was acquitted in 2005 of child molestation, Brown is a divisive figure.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2022
Hashtags such as #arrestzubair began trending and exactly a month later, Delhi police called him to question him about a photograph he had posted of a man accused of molestation.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2022
He let Johnny have his rig and also wrote him a pass which would prevent any molestation from the Whig mobs and told Cilia to get a similar pass from the British soldiers.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
Steinsapir, who emphasized that the alleged molestations took place in Jackson’s home, not in workplaces, replied, “Could my law firm tell me who I’m allowed to be with in my own home?”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
Delhi police records released in February showed a small drop in reported rapes and molestations last year, and 10% fall in offences against women overall.
From The Guardian ● May 4, 2017
To this the German version bears little resemblance: there was merely an orderly demonstration against "molestations" of German girls by Polish officials, and Gustav Gruebner was plugged for no reason at all.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Adelantado put a speedy stop to these molestations; but he determined to root out so formidable an adversary from the neighborhood.
From The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) by Washington Irving
Even the dead remains of Pope Pius IX. could not be carried through the streets without molestations.
From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Francis A. (Francis Aloysius) Cunningham
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