#felony sex assault charges

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It bad enough men are being placed in a women's prison, but these scum?

By Genevieve Gluck September 11, 2024

A total of five male convicts were transferred to a Minnesota’s women-only prison following the adoption of a gender identity policy by the Department of Corrections in January of 2023. Two of the men who are now being held at MCF-Shakopee , a female correctional center, are sexual predators serving sentences related to the abuse of children.

Another, Sean Windingland, 35, sexually assaulted two 6-year-old relatives and posted videos of the abuse and grooming on pornography and pro-pedophile websites.

Windingland admitted to engaging in sexual contact with the young girls when questioned by investigators, but claimed that the children had consented. He pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct in 2019. Windingland is now serving his 36-year prison sentence among women at MCF-Shakopee.

The third, Bradley Richard Sirvio, is a convicted murderer who is serving a life sentence. Sirvio, 52, beat a man to death with a hammer before setting his house on fire in November of 1995. A repeat offender, Sirvio has several other convictions that include multiple charges of assault, burglary, and theft. He was quietly transferred to MCF-Shakopee in November 2023, a full five months ahead of the date that a newly-drafted gender identity policy was set to take effect.

Bradley Richard Sirvio. Source: Minnesota DOC

The two remaining men confirmed by Reduxx to have been transferred into the women’s prison are Nathan Charles Johnson, serving two years for aiding and abetting a burglary, and a trans-identified male who uses the name Christina Suzanne Lusk, but was born Craig Lusk.

In June 2022, Lusk launched a discrimination lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Corrections which ultimately resulted in the implementation of measures permitting male convicts to be housed in the female estate. Lusk, who was serving a five-year sentence for the possession of methamphetamine at the Moose Lake correctional facility for men, was backed by the trans activist non-profit organization Gender Justice – which was recently revealed to have received nearly $500,000 in taxpayer funds from the administration of Governor Tim Walz.

The Democratic vice presidential nominee’s office handed out $448,904 to Gender Justice just one year after the organization filed the sex discrimination complaint against Minnesota’s DOC on behalf of Lusk, according to a review of public records published by the taxpayer watchdog group OpenTheBooks.com.

Lusk was arrested on two drug-related felonies, but was ultimately only convicted on one after striking a plea deal. He pleaded guilty to first degree possession of a controlled substance, and was sentenced to 98 months in prison. The defendant fact sheet lists Lusk’s gender as “male,” though he had changed his legal name the year prior.

Lusk had a previous felony conviction for first-degree robbery.

The legal claim, which was successful in court, demanded that Lusk be transferred to MCF-Shakopee and refers to him as “a woman who was assigned male at birth”, using feminine pronouns throughout.

“Gender identity refers to a person’s innate sense and deeply held understanding of their own gender. Everyone has a gender identity,” reads the complaint. Lusk began taking female hormones in 2009 and received chest implants in 2017.

Gender Justice further demanded that Lusk be given “women’s undergarments,” and claimed that DOC “punished Ms. Lusk for having breasts and for wearing women’s clothing.” Additionally it was stated that Lusk was “repeatedly misgendered and misnamed”.

Craig ‘Christina’ Lusk shortly after undergoing a chest implant procedure in 2017.

As previously reported by Reduxx, a Facebook account belonging to Lusk showed that he was obsessively posting about seeking female sexual partners, and that he wanted “a bride from Japan”.

As a result of a settlement between Gender Justice and the DOC, Lusk was awarded a $495,000 payout, of which approximately $250,000 was allocated to cover the cost of legal fees. The DOC also rolled out a new policy that would streamline the process for male convicts to transfer into the women’s prison.

The legal team responsible for arguing Lusk’s case was honored with the title “Attorneys of the Year” by law publication Minnesota Lawyer.

The new transgender inmate policy, which was revised in April last year and came into effect at the beginning of April 2024, established an Agency Gender Identity Committee in order to identify and make placement recommendations for “incarcerated people who are transgender” or “gender diverse”. The document cites as an authority the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH), a lobbying group that Reduxx has repeatedly connected with sex offenders and sexologists sympathetic to pedophiles.

Christina Lusk.

This week, a woman formerly employed at the Minnesota Department of Corrections came forward to tell Alpha News that she had resigned from her post in protest of the new policy allowing men who claim a transgender status to be transferred into the female prison estate. Alicia Beckmann, who worked as a GED instructor at MCF-Shakopee, says the policy which prioritizes “gender identity” over biological sex creates an “unsafe environment.”

“I think it has just created a lot of risk, a lot of unknown confusion, frustration, anger,” Beckmann said. “It just has a vibe that doesn’t sit right with a lot of us who work at Shakopee because we are a women’s correctional facility.”

“We house every custody level. We have what would be considered low-level offenders who are there on DWI charges, theft charges, drug possession. Then, you bring in biological males who are violent, who would be housed at a custody level four facility. I just believe we’re re-victimizing some of these women, re-traumatizing them. They are incarcerated, however, they all have a past and a lot of their past includes physical, sexual, and emotional abuse. I think allowing men to live amongst these women is traumatizing and it’s also unsafe for staff,” she added.

Beckmann remarked that the policy had caused a climate of fear among staff at the women’s prison. “We just fear saying anything. I’ve been away from the DOC now for a few months and I still fear any kind of retaliation from the agency for speaking out, and I’m speaking out for these women who deserve a chance to be rehabilitated and returned to society. I just don’t think the way they’re doing it is appropriate.”

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A woman stabbed a convicted sex offender to death over the weekend as police said the felon attempted to rape her inside a Louisiana business in broad daylight.

The attack took place at a laundromat in Lacombe, a small, rural community about a 50-mile drive northeast of New Orleans.

The St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office reported deputies responded about 3:30 p.m. Sunday to a laundromat off U.S. 190 for a report of unresponsive man with an apparent stab wound.

While en route to the scene, deputies were also dispatched to a call in reference to a woman claiming she stabbed a man who had attacked her while she was at the same laundromat.

Arriving officers found 40-year-old Nicholas Tranchant at the business suffering from a stab wound, officials said.

Tranchant was taken to a hospital where he died, according to a press release from the department.

Woman fatally stabs attempted rapist

A preliminary investigation into the death determined Tranchant − a convicted sex offender − entered the business armed with what officials described as a sharp weapon, and attempted to sexually assault the woman.

But she fought back.  

"The female was able to gain possession of the weapon, and used it to stab him before fleeing to safety," the department wrote in the release.

Sheriff praises woman for 'fighting back'

The woman was also taken to a hospital to be treated for injuries suffered in the attack, the department said.

“I want to compliment this brave woman on the courage and strength she showed in fighting back against her attacker and ask for prayers for her continued recovery,” Sheriff Randy Smith said.

Convicted sex offender Nicholas Tranchant's criminal history

Court records show Tranchant was convicted in Louisiana in July 2003 on a felony charge of indecent behavior with juveniles.

Then in May 2008, records show, he was convicted of felony attempted aggravated rape and aggravated burglary. 

Tranchant was released from jail on those charges on Dec, 21, 2023, the sheriff's office reported, and by law, required to register as a sex offender for life.

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Alright y'all, I'm going do something I don't normally do and get political for a minute. I mean, I reblog things that are political sometimes, but I don't make my own posts about them.

So, I was on Kamala Harris' wikipedia page. Bc she's running for president. And I'm gonna vote for her bc she's not Trump. But I wanna see what she stands for or whatever. For what that's worth in American politics these days. (btw how fucked up is it that everyone refers to Biden and Trump by their last name, but Kamala by her first? like with Hillary there was the excuse of her last name being tied to a former president aka her husband. but with Kamala Harris there is no reason to justify it? it's just plain old sexism)

And I found this:

That's a screenshot from her wikipedia page. Oh shit, screen readers won't be able to pic up what that says. Let me copy and paste it here:

In February 1998, San Francisco district attorneyTerence Hallinan recruited Harris as an assistant district attorney.[55] There she became the chief of the Career Criminal Division, supervising five other attorneys, where she prosecuted homicide, burglary, robbery, and sexual assault cases – particularly three-strikes cases. In 2000, Harris reportedly clashed with Hallinan's assistant, Darrell Salomon,[56] over Proposition 21, which granted prosecutors the option of trying juvenile defendants in Superior Court rather than juvenile courts.[57] Harris campaigned against the measure, which passed. Salomon opposed directing media inquiries about Prop 21 to Harris and reassigned her, a de facto demotion. Harris filed a complaint against Salomon and quit

For those of you who don't know what Prop 21 is, here is a summary from the wikipedia page:

California Proposition 21, known also as Prop 21, was a proposition proposed and passed in 2000 that increased a variety of criminal penalties for crimes committed by youth and incorporated many youth offenders into the adult criminal justice system. Major provisions of the proposition, as summarized by Attorney General of California are:

Increased punishment for gang-related felonies; death penalty for gang-related murder; indeterminate life sentences for home-invasion robbery, carjacking, witness intimidation and drive-by shootings; and a new crime of recruiting for gang activities; and authorizes wiretapping for gang activities.

Requires adult trial for juveniles 14 or older charged with murder or specified sex offenses.

Elimination of informal probation for juveniles committing felonies.

Required registration for gang related offenses.

Designation of additional crimes as violent and serious felonies, thereby making offenders subject to longer sentences.

As someone who works with kids, let me just say that charging a literal teenager as an adult is absolutely horrendous. Because they are not adults. Studies have, in fact, shown that the adolescent brain is only about 80 percent developed.

I have worked with teenagers. They are not children, but they aren't adults. Like Britney Spears said "Not a girl, not yet a woman" Except you know, replace girl and woman with whatever your gender is.

And it's tough for these kids. I think a lot of adults forget how hard it is. Puberty. Hormones. The social hell that is high school. And there are so many of these kids walking around undiagnosed. Bc a lot of mental illnesses can trigger in your teenage years, most commonly depression and anxiety. Which is like, just a natural fear response to the American education system, tbh. Not only for mental illness, but also for disorders and disabilities. There are parents who refuse to get their kids help. I'm not talking about the 'I don't want to medicate my child' people, though they are annoying af too. Like, there are parents who will be told somehow by the school system that their child is showing delays, etc. And they just...refuse to process that. They can't accept it, so their kid goes their whole life until adulthood without getting the help they need. Some of them get help as adults. Some of them don't. And that's not even to mention the dozens of kids who fall through the cracks.

So I personally think it's a good thing that our possible future president was opposed to it. Like, she's got that going for her. And in today's political hellscape I take my wins where I can.

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hi, i'm gonna fuck up your whole afternoon:

this is the most fucked up and comically evil shit i've read about happening in this country in a hot minute. i've got a pretty strong stomach but this is hard to read. they're making this woman send her kids to reunification therapy with this monster, and they're making her pay for it-- around $300 a session, a fucking christian court-ordered therapist, and she can't even switch therapists? like of all the awful, awful shit in this article, that was the straw on top of the fucked up sundae that made me wanna hurl, if we're wildly mixing our metaphors. shocking abuse of the system all around.

rachel pickrel-hawkins has a gofundme set up here:

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At least 6 female teachers arrested for sexual misconduct with students over two days across US

*This was back in April of this year, but I'm not sure if you guys heard about this. I didn't until now

At least six female teachers were arrested in a span of two days this week for having sex with students — including a Kentucky staffer who allegedly had trysts with a pair of 16-year-old boys.

Ellen Shell, 38, of Danville, was arraigned in Garrard County District Court on Thursday after prosecutors said she had sex with the teens on two separate occasions in July and August of last year.

Shell worked as a teacher’s aide at Woodlawn Elementary School and was employed at Lancaster Elementary School prior to that, according to WTKR.

The outlet reported that Boyle County School officials sent out a letter to parents alerting them to the arrest.

Shell had been placed on administrative leave pending the resolution of the case.

The bust was just one of at least six recent cases of female teachers engaging in sexual misconduct with their teen charges in recent days, according to reports from across the country.

Arkansas educator Heather Hare, 32, was expected to turn herself in Friday for an alleged sexual relationship with a teen student and is now facing a first-degree felony assault rap, the Arkansas Times reported.

Oklahoma teacher Emily Hancock, 26, was also arrested Thursday after local police were tipped off to her alleged relationship with a student.

A former substitute with Wellston Public Schools, Hancock allegedly began communicating with the teen last October and eventually began sending the 15-year-old nude photos, according to KOCO.

The pair eventually had illicit relations on school property, the outlet reported.

Kristen Gantt, 36, an English teacher at a Catholic high school in Des Moines, Iowa, was added to the tally Friday for allegedly having sex with a teen student five times inside and outside her school, according to local reports.

Investigators said Gantt groomed the student over social media — and that surveillance cameras caught them going into a classroom alone with a papered over window.

She has since been fired by the school and will now answer to felony counts of sexual exploitation.

In Virginia, Allieh Kheradmand, 33, a teacher at James Madison High School, was also nabbed for allegedly sex with a student over the course of several months, according to FFXNow.

A learning disabilities teacher with Fairfax County Schools since 2016, Kheradmand has been charged with four counts of indecent liberties and is being held without bond. 

Finally, a Pennsylvania javelin coach allegedly had sex with a 17-year-old boy she coached, according to prosecutors.

Hannah Marth, 26, was arrested after police learned she had engaged in a sexual relationship with the Northampton Area High School track and field athlete, prosecutors allege.

The 26-year-old sent the teen a text in May 2021 and invited him to her home, where the two allegedly had sex, the Northampton district attorney said in a news release.

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Stephen Casper, Michigan inmate 297654, born 1997, incarceration intake December 2016 at age 19, discharged December 2021

Criminal Sexual Conduct

In November 2016 Kalamazoo County Circuit Court Judge Paul Bridenstine sentenced Stephen Josef Casper, 19, to 30 months to 20 years in prison on one charge of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and one charge of assault with intent to commit second-degree criminal sexual conduct.

Casper's defense attorney, James Kinney, called it "a very sad case" and said Casper, who Bridenstine noted had a history of drug use, had never been in trouble before due to illegal drug use.

"He must've been incredibly high to do what he did," Kinney said.

According to court records, Casper entered an apartment in Oshtemo Township around 4 a.m. September 5 2016 through a door that had been left unlocked for one of the alleged victims' boyfriends.

There, police say, he groped a woman who was sleeping on a couch. He then entered a bedroom and laid down on the bed, fondled a woman's breasts, kissed her and digitally penetrated her.

The woman turned on the lights and ran away, yelling for help, according to a detective's testimony during a probable cause hearing in Kalamazoo County District Court.

Police say three women in the apartment gathered in another bedroom and called police, and Casper took off his clothes and got into the shower. When officers arrived, Casper told them the apartment was either his or his cousin's, and that no women were there, even though the women were in the bedroom.

As part of the plea agreement, Casper will be on the sex offender registry for the rest of his life and also will wear an electronic tether for the rest of his life, according to his attorney.

"That in and of itself is a huge punishment," Kinney said.

Neither of Casper's victims were present in the courtroom during his sentencing, but Bridenstine noted one victim had submitted an impact statement describing how his actions affected her.

When Bridenstine asked Casper if he had anything to say, Casper apologized to to the victims, the state of Michigan, the court and his family.

Bridenstine noted Casper had no other felony convictions and six misdemeanor convictions on his record. Bridenstine said Casper appeared to have used a lot of drugs in his lifetime and appeared to have had a lengthy history of drug use at 19 years old. Still, he said, Casper has stable housing and education and isn't someone he would normally find standing in front of him facing a potential life sentence.

"I don't know what you did on this particular occasion in terms of the consumption of substances that left you so disoriented that you didn't realize you were in somebody else's home ... touching somebody and you had no idea ..." Bridenstine said. "You deserve certainly to be punished for this."

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Harvey Weinstein was arraigned on an additional sex crimes charge in a New York City courtroom Wednesday, roughly two months ahead of a retrial in the disgraced Hollywood producer’s landmark #MeToo case. Weinstein, who arrived at the Manhattan courthouse in a wheelchair, pleaded not guilty to one count of criminal sexual act in the first degree. He is recovering from emergency heart surgery this month, and his lawyer said he takes 19 medications. In the New York penal code, a criminal sexual act in the first degree concerns engaging in “oral sexual conduct or anal sexual conduct with another person” by “forcible compulsion.” It is a class B felony. In a statement, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said the charge stemmed from the alleged sexual assault of a woman in a lower Manhattan hotel in 2006 sometime from April 29 to May 6. “Thanks to this survivor who bravely came forward, Harvey Weinstein now stands indicted for an additional alleged violent sexual assault,” Bragg said. “This investigation is ongoing.”

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sexual battery & sexual assault: the difference between the two.

sexual assault is a term used to cover many types of sexual acts done without consent of the victim. from unwanted touch to actual r*pe, sexual assault, you can be charged with a felony or misdemeanor (based on what happened) and can even be put on a federal sex offender list. on the other hand, sexual battery is to use forceful physical contact to do sexual things without consent. hitting and even drugging is considered sexual battery, and can lead to spending time in prison and depending on the state will determine whether or not the harmer will be charged with a felony or misdemeanor.

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Let’s talk about sex work

In an ABC news poll, at least 15% of American men have admitted to paying for sex at least once, (Source 2) but research suggests this is a serious underestimate.

As many as 1-in-3 children are sexually abused in some form by age 18 in the united states. 1-in-4 adults are victims of attempted or completed rape in their lives, but more than 60% experience any type of sexual victimization. Almost half of childhood sexual abuse victims are re-victimized later in life.

Girls aged 16-19 are at the highest overall risk of sexual violence, as an age bracket.

Studies have found that 68% of prostitutes have been raped since entering prostitution, and 83% were victims of physical violence. 57% experienced prior sexual abuse as children.

Rates of violence are higher for 'street' prostitutes, and significantly higher for those in the global south.

the US Department of Justice office for victims of Crime reports that up to 66% of transgender people are victims of sexual violence in their lives, most were first assaulted in childhood and often in very serious ways. in nearly half of cases, the victim's transgender status was a factor in the perpetrator's motive.

Transgender female prostitutes experience higher rates of overall violence than even cisgender female prostitutes. (Full source, paywall)

After leaving prostitution, most experience long term emotional and psychological problems, including PTSD at potential rates of 68%. They are also at risk for depression and self-image problems as a result of the extreme degradation they face, as they are seen as subhuman, ‘undesirables’, 'dirty', and called pejoratives like "whores".

As a result of their adverse experiences and their duration and repetition, former prostitutes can have lasting feelings of worthlessness, shame, and self-hatred. They may find it difficult to be physically intimate with their partners, become averse to sex, and struggle to maintain healthy, trusting relationships.

Is it fair for prostitutes to be at risk of severe sexual violence, physical violence and murder, emotional abuse, illness, AND be targeted by the police? fined, when they make barely enough, and often not enough, money to even survive, at the cost of trauma they can never undo? Imprisoned, where they face further sexual violence (mostly by prison staff!), for even more of their difficult and painful lives to be stolen from them? Police themselves may even perpetrate sexual assault against prostitutes.

In countries such as the United States sex work is illegal, and so sex workers are not able to report violence done against them in fear of being arrested themselves. In certain states anti-prostitution mandates carry a minimum sentence and can increase to felony charge after multiple arrests, which leads to difficulty finding housing and employment, and disqualification for social safety net benefits. (Original source) In some locations, prostitutes who are arrested must register as sex offenders.

Who are these policies helping? Who are the victims of the crime of prostitution!!! Who are the perpetrators!!!

Researcher Melissa Farley has described prostitution as nothing more than “paid rape”.

Is it right to laugh at, look down upon, and be disgusted by people engaged in prostitution? An already disadvantaged group who enter the activity as a result of prior trauma, disability, poverty, and other forms of suffering, who then experience further trauma? Is society secondarily victimizing them?

At the other extreme, there is a growing trend (especially on social media) that advocates for 'normalization' and 'support' for "sex work," with a tenor of encouragement and empowerment rather than concern. Advocate Norma Ramos, executive director of the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women says "The more the commercial sex industry normalizes this behavior, the more of this behavior you get." Some researchers argue that the sex industry helps to create a supply of victims for human trafficking (source 2), and indeed, many end up with this fate.

Has the positive framing of the term "sex work" in order to de-stigmatize prostitution gradually come to do more harm than good, by presenting prostitution as a legitimate option? Has the conversation about "sex work" been trivialized by the rise of OnlyFans and the distance of seeing the issue from behind a screen and social media? How is prostitution distinct from some contemporary applications of the term "sex work", and has that term become diluted in a way that erases the clear and present dangers?

What actually happens in "sex work"? What is it really like for people who have to go out and accept being sexually penetrated by untrustworthy strangers, perform physical sex acts by direct order, in the temporary custody of someone who seeks only to harm and exploit them? who seeks to gratify themselves with more extreme acts than they can get consensually?

Do we talk about "sex work" responsibly? Should the issue be treated with more gravity? Should prostitutes be supported through de-stigmatization, mental health and safety resources, help escaping prostitution and recovering, and addressing underlying risk factors? What should "support sex workers" mean?

Is the risk of harm from the attitude of 'normalization' disproportionate for young people, especially teenagers who don’t know better, who may enter prostitution with warped expectations and end up horribly traumatized? 

How do modeled relationships in childhood predispose people to certain behaviors, psychological issues, and to seek certain patterns/relationships? can childhood poverty, which is a risk factor for abuse, lead someone down a pipeline accelerated by misguided “pro-sex work” ideas?

The federal minimum wage is still only $7.25 per hour, which is less than 1200 dollars a month working full time before taxes. adjusted for inflation, this wage is worth 28% less in 2023 than it was in 2009, yet it has not been increased. median rent costs have exceeded 2000 dollars nationally, and most landlords will not lease to anyone whose income is less than 3 times the cost of rent.

84% of a sample of prostitutes reported current or past homelessness. Eighty-eight percent stated that they wanted to leave prostitution, and described what they needed in order to escape.

Do economic decisions that continue to disadvantage poor people to benefit corporations and the wealthy really result in a cycle of trickle-down trauma?

There is no magical boundary crossed on someones 18th birthday that makes someone immediately a psychologically mature adult. 18 year olds were 17 just months ago, but how are they perceived differently? Why is "b*reIy I***I" pornography popular? Is this morally acceptable? Is their psychological trauma less real because they are a few months older than someone else? Does society ignore their exploitation?

Does the rampant sexualization and control over teenage girls' bodies from puberty contribute to their victimization once perpetrators can get away with it? If perpetrators can get away with it, are teenage victims less likely to conceptualize themselves as victims and get appropriate, timely psychological help, and escape?

Does the false sense of agency that "pro sex work" rhetoric online peddles also lead them to minimize their trauma and self-blame?

How is real life pornography produced? How much of that pornography is produced through human trafficking? Can you even know by watching it? Is it morally acceptable to consume it?

How hard is it to put on a show where you behave in these absurd ways to satisfy someone's fetishistic demands, no matter how scared you are and what you're going through?

How are participants in pornographic material re-victimized throughout their lives by the creation of a permanent record of their exploitation? Who are the human beings behind videos and images? what is the story of the person who is being reduced to a sexual object? How did they get there and what are they feeling?

Do you forget about them when you turn a video off? Can they ever forget?

"Lesbian" and "transgender" pornography were the first and fourth most popular search terms *among self-identified men* on PornHub in 2022. Why? How might this relate to the current climate of severe homophobic and transphobic rhetoric in this country going on at the same time?

You don't think... that some groups people perceive LGBT people as sexual deviants because they are only exposed to them through consuming fetish pornography, produced through corruptions of consent, that exploits them, do you...? How can we stop all of this from happening, without driving the sex trade underground and drastically increasing victimization? There is no easy answer, and it is sadly probably impossible. But can the way we talk about it, and responsibly look out for each other, be part of the picture? Do the little decisions we make as a culture make a difference?

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I hate Fox News but this guy wasn’t misgendered his sex was accurately referred to.

The attorney who assisted in the prosecution of a transgender child molester has reportedly been suspended from his role by the District Attorney’s office after being accused “misgendering and deadnaming” the predator.

Shea Sanna, who had been the lead prosecuting attorney for part of the case of Hannah Tubbs, has been suspended for 5 days without pay by Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon. Fox News was first to report the details in an article which used “she/her” pronouns to refer to the offender.

Sanna had previously argued Tubbs was attempting to use his gender identity to receive favorable treatment from the justice system, something Fox sources say made others in Gascon’s office uncomfortable and ultimately led to the suspension. Sanna had based his opinion on comments Tubbs himself had made. 

Tubbs, born James, was sentenced last year in connection to the sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl in 2014. The predator was only two weeks shy of his 18th birthday when he followed the young girl into the bathroom of a Denny’s in Palmdale, California. He grabbed her by the throat and forced his hand down her pants, only stopping his assault when someone entered the restroom, and then ran away before he could be detained. It was later learned that Tubbs had committed a similar act of sexual violence upon a 4-year-old girl at a California library just one year prior.

Prior to moving to California from Idaho, Tubbs had a lengthy criminal record under his birth name.

In a decision which would spark international backlash, Tubbs was handed what was considered an outrageously short sentence after pleading guilty to the 2014 crime as part of a bargain. 

Tubbs was initially sentenced to two years in a juvenile facility housing female youth because of his gender identity, and the fact he was technically a minor when he committed the crime. He was also told he wouldn’t have to register as a sex offender following the completion of his sentence. 

It was quickly revealed that the short sentence was a result of Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon repeatedly refusing to transfer Tubbs’ case to adult court, limiting the scope of possible sentencing options.

In February of last year, Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin released exclusive audio from an in-custody phone call between Tubbs and his father in which he laughed and boasted about the lenient sentence he had been offered. The recording appears to have been from just before the final decisions in the case were made.

“Don’t worry about it. It’s a strike, but they’re gonna plead, I’m [going to] plead out to them and then plead guilty. They’re going to stick me on probation. And it’s going to be dropped. It’s going to be done, done. I won’t have to register,” Tubbs says in one recording, to which his father responded with confusion, seemingly not understanding how his son’s crime would result in no severe penalty.

“For offender… you won’t have to register?” Tubbs’ father asks, to which Tubbs responds, “I won’t have to do none of that!”

But Tubbs’ light sentence would ultimately be cut short after prosecutors in Kern County issued felony charges against him, including murder and robbery, in connection with the 2019 death of Michael Clark.

According to local KGET coverage, Clark’s decomposed body was discovered in the Kern River in August 2019. Prosecutors brought charges against Tubbs earlier this month after ongoing investigation into the case resulted in enough evidence for a Judge to bind Tubbs for trial. 

Tubbs is currently being held in Kern County awaiting trial on the felony charges. He is listed under his birth name, and is housed at the Lerdo Justice Facility with an anticipated hearing date of March 17.

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YON, France (AP) — A French court ruled on Monday that the American man accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said, “So I raped you,” can be extradited to the United States.

Ian Cleary, 31, of Saratoga, California, was detained in April in the city of Metz in northeastern France after a three-year search. He has been held in custody pending extradition proceedings since his arrest.

The Court of Appeal in Metz said that Cleary can be extradited. When asked if he wished to be extradited or not, in line with French law, Cleary refused, prosecutors said in a statement Monday. His refusal may delay the extradition process, but it won't stop it.

The ruling is final. Cleary's case is now the responsibility of the French Justice Ministry, which must prepare and submit the extradition order for the French prime minister. While he awaits the prime minister's signature, Cleary remains detained in France.

Justice Ministry officials didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

Cleary had been the subject of an international search since authorities in Pennsylvania issued a 2021 felony warrant in the case weeks after an Associated Press story detailed the reluctance of local prosecutors to pursue campus sex crimes.

The arrest warrant accuses Cleary of stalking an 18-year-old Gettysburg College student at a party, sneaking into her dorm and sexually assaulting her while she texted friends for help. He was a 20-year-old Gettysburg student at the time, but didn't return to campus.

The Gettysburg accuser, Shannon Keeler, had a rape exam done the same day she was assaulted in 2013. She gathered witnesses and evidence and spent years urging officials to file charges. She went to authorities again in 2021 after discovering the Facebook messages that seemed to come from Cleary’s account.

“So I raped you,” the sender had written in a string of messages.

“I’ll never do it to anyone ever again.”

“I need to hear your voice.”

“I’ll pray for you.”

The AP doesn't typically identify sexual assault victims without their permission, which Keeler has granted. The accuser’s lawyer in Pennsylvania, reached on Monday, declined to comment on the development.

According to the June 2021 warrant, police verified that the Facebook account used to send the messages belonged to Ian Cleary. Adams County District Attorney Brian Sinnett, who filed it, declined to comment on developments when reached Monday.

After leaving Gettysburg, Cleary earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from Santa Clara University, near his family home in California, worked for Tesla, and then moved to France for several years, according to his website, which describes his self-published medieval fiction.

Keeler, originally from Moorestown, New Jersey, stayed on to graduate from Gettysburg and help lead the women’s lacrosse team to a national title.

By 2023, two years after the warrant was filed, Keeler and her lawyers wondered how he was avoiding capture in the age of digital tracking. The U.S. Marshals Service thought he was likely overseas and on the move, even as he was the subject of an Interpol alert called a red notice.

Across the U.S., very few campus rapes are prosecuted, both because victims fear going to police and prosecutors hesitate to bring cases that can be hard to win, the AP investigation found.

Keeler, when the warrant was issued, said she was grateful, but knew it only happened “because I went public with my story, which no survivor should have to do in order to obtain justice.”

[reasoningdaily]

Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old Black teen, was shot in the head after going to the wrong home to pick up his two younger siblings.

His story has brought attention to adultification bias, which disproportionately harms Black children. 

The term adultification bias is used to define how children are viewed and treated as older than they are.

On the night of April 13, Ralph Yarl, a 16-year-old Black teen, went to the wrong home in Kansas City to pick up his two younger siblings. When he rang the doorbell, he was greeted by Andrew Lester, an 84-year-old white homeowner who shot Yarl in the head. Shortly after, Lester administered a second bullet, shooting Yarl in the right arm. 

Lester told police that he and Yarl didn't exchange words before he fired at him through a locked glass door. A probable cause statement revealed that Lester told investigators he was "scared to death" by the teenager's size and worried he would not be able to defend himself. 

Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas told CNN's News Central he believes Ralph was racially profiled by the shooter. "This boy was shot because he was existing while Black, and he knocked on the door of someone who clearly, clearly fears Black people — Black boys, Black children, and I think that that is clear as day."

Lester surrendered to authorities and pleaded not guilty to felony charges of assault in the first degree and armed criminal action. He has been released on $200,000 bail. Yarl, who has a prognosis of a full recovery, has been discharged from the hospital. 

In response to claims that Yarl's size is intimidating, family attorney, Lee Merritt, told CNN that Yarl stands at 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighs 140 pounds. "There is no way you can see fear when you look at that kid — if you really look at him, and not just the color of his skin. There is no way you can see fear," Faith Spoonmore, Yarl's aunt added. 

The problem of adultification bias

The case, which is still under investigation, made headlines after protests broke out across Kansas City. It is yet another example of the epidemic of unarmed Black boys and men falling victim to gun violence, such as Ahmaud Arbery and Trayvon Martin. The case also brought attention to the underreported issue of adultification bias, which disproportionately harms Black children. 

The term is used to define how Black children are viewed and treated as older than they are.

In 2017, the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality explored the term in a report titled "Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls' Childhood." The report labeled adultification bias as a form of dehumanization that presents the actions of Black children as "intentionally malicious, instead of the result of immature decision-making — a key characteristic seen in childhood."

Viewed as less innocent

The effects of adultification bias can manifest in different ways — Black teens and children could be hypersexualized, or seen as hyperhuman, something that often happens to Black athletes. It can also lead to medical neglect, sexual assault, violence, and sometimes death.

A 2014 study found that Black boys as young as age 10 are viewed as less innocent than their white peers, placing them in positions of being held responsible for their actions. Black boys are also more likely to be perceived as guilty and face police violence if accused of a crime. 

Adultification bias doesn't just affect boys. A 2020 study found that Black girls are thought to need less nurturing, less protection, less support, less comfort than their white peers. They are also seen as being more independent, and more knowledgeable about adult topics, like sex. 

Facing harsher punishments

These biases can have a lifelong impact. Studies have found that Black students are more likely to face harsh punishments in school than their white counterparts, even when they behave in the same manner. When students are routinely punished, suspended or expelled, they are less likely to graduate and more likely to be a part of the criminal justice system.

There are many reasons Black children specifically face adultification bias, including systemic racism and white supremacy. A 2022 study found that these societal factors also force Black children to take on adult behaviors and roles, well before they are adults.

"Black children are often taught to behave in a manner more mature than their age. This has been a method for survival," Kim Wheeler Poitevien, a licensed clinical social worker told WebMD. "When a girl is catcalled it's because her clothes are 'too tight.' When she is reprimanded for talking in school she is 'disruptive' rather than gregarious."

Because of these reactions, many Black children learn to control the ways in which they are perceived through altering their appearance, whether it be clothing or hairstyles. This is a form of respectability politics that social workers like Wheeler Poitevien reject.

"I often tell them that they cannot control the opinions and expectations of the adults and the system around them and understand that it's unfair," Wheeler Poitevien said.

[renegadeurbanmediasource]

White Male Arrested For Child Trafficking Previously Had Child Porn, Sex Assault Of Child Charges Dismissed, Records Show

Wow! Honestly I didn’t think Euro-Amerikans committed such an act! They seem to enjoy laying all the ills and evils of society at the feet of Black people.  Robert Beidleman, 48, was arrested Sunday on a first-degree felony charge of child trafficking, intending to commit sexual offenses after sexually assaulting two minors in December 2022 at a trailer park in the 10800 block of Green Lake…

[offender42085]

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...The DNA test showed that his profile is at least 163 octillion times more likely or otherwise expressed -- the number 163 followed by 27 zeros...... 

Chet Neilson, Idaho inmate 134749, born 1988, incarceration intake in 2020 at age 31, parole eligible on 08/23/2034 with full discharge on 08/22/2044

Rape

A man who almost got away with a violent rape for over two years was sentenced.  District Judge Steven Boyce sentenced 31-year-old Chet K. Neilson to 15 to 25 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to felony rape. The courtroom was packed and deputies brought in extra chairs for people attending the sentencing hearing.

Neilson’s comments during the hearing were barely audible to other people in the room.  Neilson never looked at anyone else in the eye and constantly looked to the floor as he spoke.

The guilty plea came as part of an agreement made with Teton County Prosecutors at a mitigation hearing. In exchange for the guilty plea, prosecutors dropped a felony battery charge and felony enhancement of infliction of great bodily injury.

Investigators with the Teton County Sheriff’s Office tied Neilson to the Aug. 4, 2017, rape by collecting his used chewing tobacco and matching it with DNA from a sexual assault exam of the victim.

“Mr. Neilson, you committed a shocking crime,” Boyce said before handing down the sentence. “I’ve been in the law 25 years and this is one of the worst things I’ve ever seen.”

Neilson attacked the then 26-year-old woman as she was walking in the Victor City Park around 1 a.m. that August morning. The man, later identified as Neilson, grabbed her mouth and threw her to the ground before raping her. During the assault, Neilson repeatedly said he would kill her if she made any noise.

During the sentencing hearing, it was made known that Neilson strangled the victim to the point she passed out. The lack of oxygen caused blood vessels in her eyes to burst. Boyce said he’s only seen injuries like that in cases where the victim does not survive.

The Teton County Sheriff’s Office opened its investigation immediately after the attack but had little leads. Last August, detectives received a tip that led them to Neilson.

The following week, detectives, along with the Idaho State Police and the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office, began a surveillance operation to collect a DNA sample from Neilson. Investigators were successful in obtaining used chewing tobacco spit from Neilson’s mouth.

Lab results from the DNA test showed the “profile is at least 163 octillion times more likely to be seen if Chet Neilson is the source than if an unrelated individual randomly selected from the general population is the source.”

Deputies arrested Neilson and he confessed to the violent rape.

Defense attorney Sean Moulton recommended his client serve a rider and said when he first met Neilson, he was completely candid about what he did and wanted to plead guilty. He mentioned how Neilson has no prior criminal record but struggles with cognitive disabilities. Moulton described reports calling those cognitive deficits as “thinking errors.”

Boyce referred to a psychosexual evaluation done before Neilson was sentenced showed deception in a polygraph. He also said it’s concerning how Neilson said he saw the victim and had a “sexual urge” before raping her in a seemingly random act.

“This rape was so violent she was literally fighting for her life,” Boyce said.

In addition to time in prison, Boyce ordered Neilson to pay a $1,000 fine and $375 in court costs. He will also have to pay $5,000 to the victim as well as restitution.

Neilson will have to register as a sex offender for life.

“You’ve thrown your whole life away with one random act,” Boyce said.

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[transformationsproject]

Trans rights are still under attack in the United States. Please visit our website linked below to learn about your state and contact your reps. Here's a thread of today's updates:

A bathroom bill denies access to public restrooms by gender or trans identity. They increase danger without making anyone any safer and have even prompted attacks on cis and trans people alike. Many national health and anti-sexual assault organizations oppose these bills.

Arkansas SB270 was filed today. This is an extremely aggressive bathroom bill which would make it a criminal offense for trans adults to use bathrooms consistent with their gender identity if a minor is present, deeming it "sexual indecency with a child," a felony offense. Healthcare bills go against professional and scientific consensus that gender affirming care saves lives. Denying access will cause harm.

Providers are faced with criminal charges, parents are threatened with child abuse charges, and intersex children are typically exempted.

Oklahoma SB613 passed in the Senate today and was sent to the House. Tennessee HB1215 passed in its first committee and was sent to the House Insurance Committee yesterday. Idaho H0071 passed in the House yesterday and is now with the Senate.

Public performance bans, or "drag bans," restrict access for folks who are gender non-conforming in any way. 

They loosely define "drag" as any public performance with an “opposite gender expression,” as sexual in nature, and inappropriate for children. 

This also pushes trans individuals out of public spaces.

Tennessee HB0030 passed in its first committee and was sent to the House Finance, Ways, and Means Committee yesterday. Tennessee HB0009 passed its first committee and was sent to the House Calendar and Rules Committee yesterday.

Schooling / Parental Rights bills force schools to misgender or deadname students, ban instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity, and make schools alert parents if they suspect a child is trans.

They remove life-saving affirmation and support for trans youth. 

Iowa HF8, a "Don't Say Gay or Trans" bill, passed in subcommittee yesterday and is now with the House Education committee. Wyoming SF0133, which already passed in the Senate, is now with the House H04 - Education Committee.

Sex designation bills make it harder for trans folks to have IDs, such as birth certificates, that match their gender identity.

They can force a male or female designation based upon sex assigned at birth.

Some ban a non-binary “X” marker or require surgery to qualify for ID updates

Iowa HF290 was introduced and sent to the House State Government Committee yesterday. This is a sex designation bill which defines gender as sex assigned at birth. Kansas SB180, a sex definition bill, had a hearing this morning, but no vote was held.

Most sports bills force schools to designate teams by sex assigned at birth. They are often one-sided and ban trans girls from playing on teams consistent with their gender identity.

Some egregious bills even force invasive genital examinations on student athletes.

Yesterday Tennessee HB0306 had its action deferred in the House K-12 subcommittee until next week on the 21st.

In other bills that either fit multiple categories or stand on their own, we have: West Virginia HB3503 was introduced and sent to the House Education Committee yesterday. This is an "anti-diversity" bill which prohibits requesting diversity statements for admissions and employment and bans DEI activities (e.g., training on gender identity). It also bans state funding for DEI offices and staff.

North Dakota HB1205, a book ban, is on the House floor.

It's not too late to stop these and other hateful anti-trans bills from passing into law. YOU can go to <http://transformationsproject.org/> to learn more and contact your representatives

[newsdailynow]

Springfield man charged with rape.

A Springfield man has been accused of raping a woman after taking her on a date.

Harrison Keegan | May 27, 2019

Michael Cataldo, 45, was charged Friday with second-degree rape.

According to a probable cause statement, Cataldo went on a date with a woman last week that included some drinking and culminated with her going over to his southeast Springfield home sometime between 10 p.m. and midnight.

The statement says the woman told authorities she woke up the next morning naked in Cataldo's bed and she did not remember what happened, but she had "a lot of pain in her vaginal area and her throat."

When the woman brought the pain up to Cataldo, the statement says he insinuated the pain was from rough sex.

The statement says the woman left Cataldo's residence and eventually went to the hospital, where she reported that she had been sexually assaulted.

In a secretly recorded phone call the next day, the statement says Cataldo told the woman he did not have sex with her because she was too drunk.

Law enforcement executed a search warrant at Cataldo's home and found a camera in his bedroom pointing toward the bed and the alleged victim's shoes, according to the statement.

Court documents say Cataldo was previously charged with sexual assault in 2011 when he was accused of having sex with an intoxicated woman against her consent. That case went to trial and Cataldo was acquitted.

Online records indicate Cataldo posted bond in this case on Tuesday. He does not have an attorney listed.

Second-degree rape is a Class D felony punishable by up to seven years in prison.

An attempt to reach Cataldo for comment on Tuesday afternoon was not successful.