Crimes against children
Florida State defensive end Derrick McLendon II (9) and defensive back Shyheim Brown (38) sack Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson (15) during the third quarter of an NCAA college football game Friday, Nov. 25, 2022, in Tallahassee, Fla. Florida State won 45-38. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)
Florida QB Richardson leaves school early, enters NFL draft

By Mark Long Dec. 05, 2022 01:34 PM EST

Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott speaks during a news conference after an NFL preseason football game against the Carolina Panthers on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Rusty Jones)
SDSU defends handling of Araiza gang-rape allegation inquiry

By Bernie Wilson And John Wawrow Aug. 29, 2022 08:58 PM EDT

FILE - This Dec. 1, 2012 file photo shows a silhouette of a crucifix and a stained glass window inside a Catholic Church in New Orleans. The FBI has opened a widening investigation into sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans going back decades, a rare federal foray into such cases looking specifically at whether priests took children across state lines to molest them, officials and others familiar with the inquiry told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
FBI opens sweeping probe of clergy sex abuse in New Orleans

By Jim Mustian Jun. 29, 2022 10:14 AM EDT

FILE - United States' goalkeeper Hope Solo takes the ball during a women's soccer game at the Rio Olympics against New Zealand in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Aug. 3, 2016. Former U.S. women’s national team star goalkeeper Solo was arrested after police say she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in North Carolina with her two children inside. A police report said Solo was arrested on Thursday, March 31, 2022, in a shopping center parking lot in Winston-Salem and charged with driving while impaired, resisting a public officer and misdemeanor child abuse. (AP Photo/Eugenio Savio, File)
Hope Solo arrested on DWI, child abuse charges

By Tom Foreman Jr. Apr. 01, 2022 04:51 PM EDT

FILE- Dwight Hicks addresses the media, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020, in Novi, Mich. Hicks, is one of several Black former University of Michigan student-athletes who claim they were abused by a sports doctor at the school. Now that the school has announced a $490 million settlement for more than 1,000 people who said they were sexually abused, some Black claimants are hoping not to become victims all over again. "Black people are considered less than and the data shows that because of settlements like this, compared to what white people in their settlements, there's a very large discrepancy about who gets what," Hicks told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio_File)
Abuse victims see inequity in payouts at 2 Michigan schools

By Corey Willams And Mike Householder Jan. 21, 2022 07:19 PM EST

Former NFL player, Wisconsin star is accused of assault

Jun. 15, 2021 12:39 PM EDT
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A former NFL player and University of Wisconsin football star is accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a young girl. ...

Ex-Jags LB Smith signs plea deal, avoids underage sex charge

By Mark Long May. 21, 2021 10:48 PM EDT
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Former Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Telvin Smith pleaded no contest Friday to child abuse, avoiding an underage sex charge, and...

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2016, file photo, a New Orleans Saints helmet rests on the playing field before an NFL football game in Kansas City, Mo. The Saints are going to court to keep the public from seeing hundreds of emails that allegedly show team executives doing public relations damage control for the area's Roman Catholic archdiocese to help it contain the fallout from a burgeoning sexual abuse crisis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Judge allows AP to be heard in dispute over Saints emails

By Jim Mustian Jan. 31, 2020 02:02 PM EST

Members of SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, including Richard Windmann, hold signs in front of the New Orleans Saints training facility in Metairie, La., Wednesday Jan. 29, 2020. The pro football team acknowledged last week that its front office helped church leaders deal with the public relations fallout that followed the publishing a list of local clergymen the archdiocese deemed “credibly accused” of sexually abusing children. (AP Photo/Matthew Hinton)
NFL's Saints accused of helping shape clergy sex abuse list

By Jim Mustian Jan. 30, 2020 09:54 AM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2016, file photo, a New Orleans Saints helmet rests on the playing field before an NFL football game in Kansas City, Mo. The Saints are going to court to keep the public from seeing hundreds of emails that allegedly show team executives doing public relations damage control for the area's Roman Catholic archdiocese to help it contain the fallout from a burgeoning sexual abuse crisis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
NFL’s Saints fight to shield emails in Catholic abuse crisis

By Jim Mustian Jan. 24, 2020 02:04 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2019 file photo, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul speaks during a rally at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis. A new report a report released by the state attorney general on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020 finds that law enforcement agencies in Wisconsin are not consistently reporting human trafficking cases. Kaul told The Associated Press that the report shows more work needs to be done to improve data collection, raise awareness of the problem and expand support for victims.(Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP, File)
Worker help sought to combat Super Bowl human trafficking

By Curt Anderson Jan. 09, 2020 02:26 PM EST

FILE - This undated Clark County Detention Center photo released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Cierre Wood. Former pro football player Cierre Wood is seeking to be released from jail in Las Vegas pending trial on murder and child endangerment charges in the death of his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter. Wood's attorney is due to ask a judge on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, to set bail at $75,000 and let Wood live with his father. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP, File)
Ex-NFL player, girlfriend indicted in Vegas child death case

By Ken Ritter Jun. 25, 2019 04:51 PM EDT

Former NFL player Cierre Wood, who along with his girlfriend is charged with first-degree murder in the death of her 5-year-old daughter, La'Rayah Patra Nicole Lamont Davis, appears in court at the Regional Justice Center on Wednesday, May 22, 2019, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)
Ex-NFL player faces trial in death of girlfriend's child

By Ken Ritter May. 22, 2019 03:55 PM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2019, file photo, Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill (10) gives Indianapolis Colts linebacker Anthony Walker (50) and safety Clayton Geathers (26) the peace sign as he rushes for a first down during an NFL AFC Divisional football game at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. The Kansas City Chiefs have made a habit of inciting controversy during the NFL draft in the Andy Reid era by acquiring players that have a history of off-the-field issues. The team took a chance on cornerback Marcus Peters, who was traded away after getting into trouble with coaches. It drafted running back Kareem Hunt, then quickly cut him when he kicked a woman in a hotel hallway. And it picked wide receiver Tyreek Hill, who is currently dealing with a domestic violence case that centers on the 3-year-old child he shares with his fiance. (AP Photo/Colin E. Braley, File)
Chiefs' Hill suspended after audio discussing child abuse

By Dave Skretta Apr. 25, 2019 11:59 AM EDT

This undated Clark County Detention Center photo released by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows Cierre Wood. Wood, a former NFL player, was arrested April 10, 2019, in Las Vegas and is charged with murder and felony child abuse in the death of La'Rayah Davis, the 5-year-old daughter of his girlfriend, Amy Taylor. A preliminary hearing of evidence in the case is scheduled May 21. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)
Ex-pro football player accused of murder in death of girl, 5

By Ken Ritter Apr. 16, 2019 07:19 PM EDT

Craig Carton, the former co-host of a sports radio show with ex-NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason, leaves federal court after receiving a 3 1/2 year sentence for defrauding investors in a ticket reselling business, Friday, April 5, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
Former sports radio co-host Carton gets 3½ years in prison

By Larry Neumeister Apr. 05, 2019 06:41 PM EDT