So far in the 21st century nearly a third of a billion children have been sexually abused, most of them multiple times, some thousands of times. 6 out of 7 are girls. Anything you can do to get this message to as many people as possible will help save abused children all over the world, and maybe even some of the abusers. Please read "Save A Child from Sexual Abuse by 3:15 PM" under "First Time Visitor?" May God bless you and anoint this ministry.
Everyday thousands of children are being sexually abused. You can stop the abuse of at least one child by simply praying. You can possibly stop the abuse of thousands of children by forwarding the link in First Time Visitor? by email, Twitter or Facebook to every Christian you know. Save a child or lots of children!!!! Do Something, please!
3:15 PM prayer in brief:
Pray for God to stop 1 child from being molested today.
Pray for God to stop 1 child molestation happening now.
Pray for God to rescue 1 child from sexual slavery.
Pray for God to save 1 girl from genital circumcision.
Pray for God to stop 1 girl from becoming a child-bride.
If you have the faith pray for 100 children rather than one.
‘American Idol’ producer accused of sexually assaulting
Paula Abdul joked he wanted to be ‘next to abuse her’
in resurfaced interview
By
Social Links forDeirdre Bardolf
Published Dec. 30, 2023, 7:07 p.m. ET
Nigel Lythgoe, the director and producer accused of sexual assault by Paula Abdul, joked in a 2015 interview that he “wanted to be the next person to abuse her.”
The two spoke with the Daily Beast in 2015 ahead of the premier of the 12th season of “So You Think You Can Dance,” on which Lythgoe served as executive producer and judge, alongside Abdul for two seasons.
Discussing the singer’s rocky on-air relationship with Simon Cowell during her “American Idol” days, Lythgoe told the outlet how Cowell had “abused and mistreated” her.
Abdul co-hosted the show with Cowell from 2002 to 2009 and the two often bickered in front of the cameras. Lythgoe was also a producer on “Idol."
“We’ve known each other for so long now,” Lythgoe said at the time. “To be honest, I was an admirer of Paula back in the UK before I came here to the States. To be able to work with her on ‘Idol’ for all those years and see how she was mistreated by Simon…bdul interrupted and groaned, “Oh, please,” continuing what the writer described as “playful banter.”
“So abused and mistreated,” Lythgoe continued. “I wanted to be the next person to abuse her.”
He hired Abdul to co-host the competitive dance show in 2015 and 2016.
Paula Abdul filed a lawsuit against producer Nigel Lythgoe for sexually assaulting her multiple times after joining “American Idol” in the early 2000s.
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In the years before the Daily Beast sitdown, Lythgoe twice assaulted Abdul, she now claims in a lawsuit filed against him on Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court.
Lythgoe allegedly shoved Abdul against the wall in a hotel elevator, grabbed her genitals and breasts and shoved his tongue down her throat during an incident which occurred during the early seasons of “American Idol,” she said in court documents.
In 2014, he allegedly forced himself on her after a dinner at his house, telling her they would make a great “power couple,” Abdul contends in the legal filing, in which she also accused Lythgoe of groping her assistant in 2015.
“It was clearly a difficult decision to make, but Ms. Abdul knows that she stands both in the shoes and on the shoulders of many other similarly situated survivors, and she is determined to see that justice is done,” said Abdul’s attorney, Douglas Johnson, in a statement.
Lythgoe called the allegations false and “deeply offensive.”
“While Paula’s history of erratic behavior is well known, I can’t pretend to understand exactly why she would file a lawsuit that she must know is untrue,” he said in a statement. “But I can promise that I will fight this appalling smear with everything I have.”
'Almost Naked' party of Moscow elites sparks outrage
in increasingly conservative Russia
A celebrity-studded "Almost Naked" party in Moscow's famed Mutabor nightclub has drawn outrage from Russia's political establishment, which has become increasingly po-faced since the assault on Ukraine.
Footage showing Russian VIPs in lingerie and raunchy costumes led to the arrest of a rapper for wearing nothing but a strategically-placed sock, and calls for boycotts and investigations.
The scandal shows the shrinking space for anything deviating from conservative patriotism in Russia since its deadly assault in Ukraine almost two years ago.
Actually, it started long before that! Russia's gay propaganda law or anti-gay law,was signed into law by PresidentVladimir Putin on 30 June 2013.
Amid the backlash, organiser Anastasia Ivleeva published a tearful apology video.
"I would like to ask you, the people, for a second chance... If the answer is no, then I'm ready for my public execution," she said Wednesday.
Over 20 people filed a class lawsuit against her, demanding she pay a billion rubles ($11 million) to a charity supporting the assault on Ukraine.
Her apology left some unmoved, including influential state television presenter Vladimir Solovyov.
"You want a second chance? Bring our guys heaters and drones in Tokmak" on the southern Ukrainian front line, he told her on Telegram.
In an earlier post, Solovyov called the attendees "beasts, scum" and said: "You have no idea how much the people hate you."
People attend an "almost naked" party organized by Russian blogger Anastasia (Nastya) Ivleeva at Mutabor nightclub in Moscow, Russia, in this image published December 21, 2023.via Ostorozhno Novosti via Reuters.
The arrested rapper, Vasio, had already been sentenced to 15 days in jail for distributing "gay propaganda" and petty hooliganism, state-run news agency TASS said.
He was convicted under the "LGBTQ propaganda"law banning positive information on lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people, which authorities toughened this year.
'Irresponsible in heroic times'
Russia's conservative spiral has deepened since the military operation in Ukraine.
But until recently liberal high society circles in Moscow had rarely been affected.
Apologies from people who attended the December 20 party have been trickling out over the past few days.
Russia's flamboyant pop king Filipp Kirkorov asked for forgiveness after footage circulated of him wearing a sparkling lace outfit with futuristic sunglasses.
"In today's difficult and heroic times, an artist of my calibre... cannot and should not be so irresponsible when participating in various events," he said on camera.
Ksenia Sobchak, a media personality and the daughter of Vladimir Putin's mentor, appeared in several photos in a beige dress with barbed wire patterns.
She said she understood "showing photos of the party to the whole world was inappropriate" at the moment in a post on social media.
And singer Dima Bilan said he "understood the resentment of our people, especially guys who are defending us on the front line."
The Kremlin refused to comment, but foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova addressed the controversy.
"Life teaches us painful lessons," she said on Sputnik radio, according to state-run television. "These people need to realise the depth of the problem and become better. For their own sake," she said.
That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson has been sent to a California state prison to serve his sentence for two rape convictions.
Authorities said Wednesday that the 47-year-old Masterson has been admitted to North Kern State Prison, and they released his first prison mug shot. The photo shows him wearing orange prison attire, with long hair and a beard.
In June, Masterson was convicted of raping two women in his Los Angeles home in 2003. In September, a judge sentenced him to 30 years to life in prison. His wife, actor Bijou Phillips, filed for divorce in the weeks that followed after a marriage of nearly 12 years.
This mug shot provided by the California Department of Corrections on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023, shows inmate Danny Masterson. “That ’70s Show” actor Masterson has been sent to a California state prison to serve his sentence for two rape convictions. Authorities said Wednesday that the 47-year-old Masterson has been admitted to North Kern State Prison. California Dept. of Corrections via AP
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He had been held in Los Angeles County jail in the months since while post-sentencing hearings were held and issues resolved, including the turnover of all the guns Masterson owned, some of which had to be located.
Two heros of the fight against child sex trafficking, Ashton Kucher and Mila Kunis, jumped into the ring on Masterson's side and are now sidelined in the war on Child sex trafficking.
It will be more than 25 years before Masterson will be eligible for parole.
Masterson’s lawyers said they plan to appeal the conviction.
Posted December 28, 2023 9:20 am. Updated December 28, 2023 1:39 pm
NOTE: The following article contains details that some might find disturbing. Please read at your own discretion.
Jodi Hildebrandt, the business partner of former family vlogger Ruby Franke, has pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse for torturing Franke’s children.Last week, Franke also pleaded guilty to four counts of aggravated child abuse, a second-degree felony.
Both women were initially charged with six counts of child abuse, but each accepted a plea deal that knocked off two of those charges.
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A copy of the plea agreement obtained by KUTV shows that Hildebrandt faces up to 15 years in prison and a fine of up to US$10,000 for each count. Hildebrandt signed the agreement on Dec. 23.
The plea deal also includes a statement of facts regarding the crimes, which Hildebrandt signed off on. A similar statement of facts appeared in Franke’s plea agreement, CBS reports.
Hildebrandt “intentionally or knowingly inflicted and allowed another adult to inflict serious physical injuries upon two children living in her residence,” according to the deal. The children are referred to as EF, age nine, and RF, who was abused from age 11 to 12. The abuse involved “physical torture” and “severe emotional harm.”
Franke’s 10-year-old daughter was also found in a similar condition when police searched the home, and she required hospitalization alongside her brother.
In total, four of Franke’s children were removed from her care and taken in by the Department of Child and Family Services. Her other two children are adults.
Screen grab of an Instagram video featuring Ruby Franke (R) and Jodi Hildebrandt (L), who were both arrested on Aug. 30 on suspicion of aggravated child abuse. Jodi Hildebrandt pleaded guilty to four counts of child abuse in a plea deal signed Dec. 23, 2023. Instagram/Moms of Truth
Details of the plea agreement
The plea deal outlines how RF was “forced to do physical tasks for hours and days at a time,” including wall-sits, carrying heavy boxes up and down stairs and working outside without shoes in the summer heat.
“He was forced to stand in the direct sunlight for several days,” the court document reads, resulting in “repeated and serious sunburns with blistered and sloughing skin.”
RF was also denied water for the several days he was forced to stay outside and “was punished when he secretly consumed water.”
When RF was caught trying to run away from home, he was punished by having his hands and feet regularly bound. His wrists and ankles were bound by handcuffs, and, at times, “ropes were used to tie the two sets of handcuffs together.”
The bindings would cut through RF’s skin, causing injuries that “were treated with homeopathic remedies and covered with duct tape.” The handcuffs would then be placed over top of the duct tape.
RF was also denied adequate food — and when he was given food, the meal would be very plain while others in the home ate “regular and more flavorful meals.” RF was denied all forms of entertainment and was isolated from others.
The adults in the home “regularly sought to indoctrinate RF and convince him that: (1) he was evil and possessed, (2) he needed to willingly be obedient to avoid punishments, and (3) the punishments were necessary to repent.”
The boy was told that all of this torture was being done to him as “acts of love.”
EF was subjected to similar torture and emotional harm, though she was not bound. EF was “isolated and forced to do the physical tasks, remain outside, and denied food and water.”
She also was told the punishments were necessary and “was convinced that she was evil and needed to go through these things in order to repent.”
EF was forced to work outside without shoes and made to “run barefoot on dirt roads for an extended period of time,” causing repeated injuries and sunburns. She was also “either physically forced or coerced” to jump into a cactus multiple times.
Background on Jodi Hildebrandt and Ruby Franke
Franke rose to fame by documenting her family’s life on the now-defunct YouTube channel “8 Passengers.” After facing years of criticism from viewers — including allegations of child abuse — regarding her strict parenting style, the 8 Passengers channel was shuttered.
In 2022, Franke announced she was forming a new channel with Hildebrandt called ConneXions, described as a moms’ “support group.” This channel has also faced backlash for its extreme parenting advice.
Hildebrandt, a therapist, counselled Mormon couples and families in Utah for years before her partnership with Franke. Former patients of Hildebrandt spoke out about her relationship advice that “destroyed” livesto NBC News, which included separating spouses, pathologizing patients’ behaviour and encouraging people to cut off those who didn’t live according to her teachings.
After Franke pleaded guilty to child abuse, her law firm cast blame on Hildebrandt, characterizing Franke as a mother “led astray.”
“Over an extended period, Ms. Hildebrandt systematically isolated Ruby Franke from her extended family, older children, and her husband, Kevin Franke,”Winward Law wrote. “This prolonged isolation resulted in Ms. Franke being subjected to a distorted sense of morality.”
Seems like her sense of morality was always distorted. Sin is progressive, you know.
Illinois hoops star Terrence Shannon Jr.
arrested on rape charge
By
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Published Dec. 28, 2023, 3:00 p.m. ET
University of Illinois men’s basketball star Terrence Shannon Jr. was arrested Thursday on a rape charge and has been suspended from the program,the school announced.
A warrant for his arrest was issued Wednesday by the Douglas County District Attorney in Kansas
after an alleged incident on Sept. 8 while Shannon was in Lawrence for the Illinois-Kansas football
game.
Shannon, 23, traveled to Lawrence on Thursday to turn himself in and posted bail.
Illinois guard Terrence Shannon Jr. was arrested Thursday on a rape charge.
USA TODAY Sports via Reuters Con
“The University and DIA [Division of Intercollegiate Athletics] have shown time and again that we
have zero tolerance for sexual misconduct,” Illinois athletic director Josh Whitman said in a statement.
“At the same time, DIA policy affords student-athletes appropriate levels of due process based on the
nature and severity of the allegations. We will rely on that policy and our prior experiences to manage
this situation appropriately for the University and the involved parties.”
School officials were aware of a police investigation into Shannon since the end of September,
but the university said in its release it “had yet to receive actionable information” until Wednesday.
The fifth-year senior, who’s a Chicago native, is considered an All-American candidate for Illinois,
which is ranked No. 11 in the country.
Terrence Shannon Jr. (0) playing in Illinois’ most recent game against Missouri on Dec. 22, 2023.
AP
Shannon is averaging 21.7 points per game, which is tied for the eighth-best average in the
country, along with 4.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists.
The guard has played in all 11 games this season for Illinois (9-2).
He played three years at Texas Tech before transferring to Illinois for the 2022-23 season and
