A prominent Seattle Times reporter has resigned after the newspaper began investigating a report that he had harassed and sent sexually explicit messages to another journalist. Mike Rosenberg had been with the newspaper as a real estate journalist since 2016 and had about 37,000 Twitter followers...

Sexual assault and harassment can take many forms. More recently, there has been a growing national interest particularly with regard to personal safety and the use of popular ride-sharing services, like Uber and Lyft. King County has recently considered the implementation of additional requireme...

A bill that would modify Washington's laws regarding the confiscation of firearms during a domestic violence call has moved forward to the Senate Rules Committee. House Bill 1225 requires that police officers confiscate firearms for five business days following a domestic violence incident, an in...

An Arizona woman is claiming self-defense against allegations that she assaulted her teenage daughter. According to the report, the 40-year-old woman allegedly slapped the teen in her face, bit her nose, and hit her legs with a plastic hanger after an argument about household chores turned physic...

Tyreek Hill, a star wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs, is under investigation by police for alleged child abuse. Police reports indicate that a juvenile victim suffered injuries as a result of battery at Hill's Overland Park, Missouri home. The sports industry rumors allege that the victim...

A California man was arrested for allegedly kidnapping his girlfriend from a casino in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. According to the report, police responded to a call of domestic violence at a local hotel on Saturday night where the man allegedly strangled and beat his girlfriend following an argument ab...

A couple in Florida was arrested after police responded to a domestic dispute over an argument. According to reports, the couple allegedly threw asphalt and concrete blocks through the back windows of each other's vehicles. The rear windows of both cars were shattered. The estimated damages to th...

​A daycare worker in Port Orchard is being accused of child molestation. While the charges are severe and carry heavy penalties, they fall outside the purview of Washington's domestic violence laws because they do not involve a “family or household member,” and so do not warrant the extra protect...

New laws in Washington have pushed prosecutors into pursuing charges for people who buy, or who even attempt to buy, prohibited firearms. As a result, people who have been accused or convicted for domestic violence are likely to be singled out. New Law Pushes Prosecutors to File Charges for Proh...

A federal trial court has deemed Washington's cyberstalking law to be unconstitutionally broad and in violation of the First Amendment. The case is a huge win for proponents of free speech, everywhere, and draws an important line in the sand between permissible conduct and poor attempts to regula...

One of the most important defenses that can be raised to allegations of domestic violence – particularly when the allegations come in the context of an ongoing divorce – is that the accuser has an ulterior motive. Claiming that the alleged crime is based on a false report, though, can be tricky b...

A bill working its way through the Washington state legislature took a big step forward when it was set for a committee hearing. The law, which would provide funding for expediting rape kit testing, would help those accused of domestic violence and rape by drastically reducing the waiting times n...

Josh Copelin, a professional mixed martial arts fighter, was arrested in Colorado following an alleged domestic violence incident. According to the criminal complaint, Copelin - nicknamed “Cuddly Bear” by his fans - allegedly shoved and hit his wife multiple times following a disagreement about t...

There are several different types of domestic violence crimes. That being said, in order for a crime to be classified as domestic violence, the state of Washington has outlined what “domestic violence” means legally. Washington law legally defines domestic violence as the following. “The Physi...

A new study reports that nearly one-third of domestic violence victims decide not to leave or seek assistance at a shelter out of concern for pets that they will be leaving at home. Unfortunately, “only about 3% of domestic violence shelters nationwide can accommodate pets.” With the expiration o...

The Brazilian psychic Jaõa Teixeira de Faria, also known as Jaõa de Deus, or “John of God,” has been faced with a mind-blowing amount of sexual assault allegations over the last couple of weeks. The deluge began at the beginning of this month with a Dutch Choreographer accusing the psychic of rap...

Celebrities, athletes, and politicians relinquish their privacy when they make the decision to become a public figure. Whether they intend for their lives to be on display or not is often beside the point. The media and the public become even more interested in these figures when catastrophe stri...

It is possible that musician Cardi B could face jail time if she fails to appear at her upcoming court date. The Judge issued this warning to the rapper after Cardi B failed to appear in arraignment court earlier this week. She was due to appear in arraignment court on Monday to address her alleg...

A new study on gender-related homicides of women and girls was just released by the United Nations. The study found that more than half of women killed across the world in 2017 were killed by intimate partners or family members. In fact, of the 87,000 women murdered worldwide in 2017, 58%, or 50,...

Domestic violence is a tragedy for all involved. It becomes even more of a tragedy when those involved have managed to separate themselves from the violent situation only to be later assaulted and ultimately lose their life, whether through domestic violence homicide or imprisoned due to a domest...

Michael Avenatti, a lawyer who became famous by representing porn star Stormy Daniels in her suit against President Donald Trump, has been arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence. Avenatti was arrested in Los Angeles, California and LAPD confirmed that Avenatti's arrest is an ongoing in...

A man was charged with felony domestic violence when he attacked his mother late last week in Ohio. The mother attempted to assist her son with a dispute taking place at Cashland and on the way home he demanded that she stop and purchase alcohol for him. The mother refused, which angered the man,...

Last week, a woman was killed when she was stabbed in the neck in an act of domestic violence at the Seattle Center food court by a man she'd had a relationship with. According to documents related to the case, the couple had an “off and on” relationship and shared a five-year-old son. Within the...

As National Domestic Violence Awareness month comes to a close, Washington has made an announcement that survivors of domestic violence are no longer required to disclose their address or current location on public records. The state now has an Address Confidentiality Program that helps domestic ...

Domestic violence is scary, confusing, and dangerous for everyone involved, but it is especially terrifying for children. This is increasingly true when an impassioned parent decides to take the children and leave without the consent of the other parent. In fact, if you take your own child away f...