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
Supreme Court reversed the state child molestation convictions of McGirt because he is Native American and the crime occurred on a tribal reservation that was never disestablished by Congress.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 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
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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
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We are to unite in our endeavours to deliver our distressed neighbors from the horrible annoyances and molestations wherewith a dreadful witchcraft is now persecuting of them.
From Salem Witchcraft and Cotton Mather A Reply by Upham, Charles Wentworth
She drove them all into the barn-yard, when the soldiers, out of respect to her courage, or for some other cause, ceased their molestations and returned to the frigate.
From Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent by Clement, J. (Jesse)