She is a glamorous Hollywood star who has graced hundreds of red carpets. But the cause closest to Mira Sorvino’s heart is a long journey from the bright lights of Tinseltown and into the dark world of human trafficking. In a moving interview with Mail Online, she told how one heartrending meeting with an imprisoned sex slave had changed her life and made her even more determined to end the trade she branded a ‘hideous scourge’. The 45-year-old described coming face-to-face with the woman, who was wrongly locked-up for killing the man who had taken her captive when she was 16. READ MORE HERE

A 20-year-old Disney employee has been accused of sexually attacking two young children over a period of five years. Matthew Sepik, from Orange County, admitted to the abuse after he was secretly recorded admitting it to one of his victims, according to police. He was arrested and charged with sexual battery on a child younger than 12-years-old by a person younger than 18-years-old.  READ MORE HERE

https://polyploid.net/blog/?p=vbz998n Mother of slain baby testifies in ex-officer’s murder trial

JACKSON, Miss. —The mother of a slain 1-year-old girl took the witness stand Friday to testify in the trial of a former Jackson officer charged in the baby’s death. Natyyo Gray is charged with capital murder in the Nov. 20, 2011, death of his daughter, Aubrey Zoe Brown. The Hinds County coroner said Brown died of an internal hemorrhage after suffering blunt-force trauma to the abdomen. READ MORE HERE

LANIER COUNTY, GA – Investigators are waiting for toxicology reports to confirm whether alcohol or drugs may have been involved in an attempted murder and suicide Saturday in Lanier County. Investigators say a father shot his daughter and wife, who survived, before he killed himself. “It was a sight I pray that nobody ever sees,” said neighbor Sarah Moyer. Moyer lives across the street from the Flynn family. Lanier County investigators say Saturday afternoon 50-year-old Mark Flynn shot his wife, 33-year-old Kathy Flynn, and their 5-year-old daughter at their home on Eleanor Place. Flynn then shot and killed himself. Moyer says she ran to the family’s home after Kathy yelled for her to help save her daughter. READ MORE HERE

MURFREESBORO, TN — The mother of two young children who died after being left inside a hot car in Smyrna has been on indicted on charges of murder. The Daily New Journal reports the Rutherford County Grand jury has charged Samantha Harper with two counts of felony murder and two counts of aggravated child neglect for the Aug. 2 deaths of her children. READ MORE HERE

A former teacher and Albemarle police officer has pleaded guilty to a pair of child porn charges.  Officers arrested Charles Farrell Long, 47, last April after spending months investigating a sexual abuse complaint. Arrest warrants claim Long molested two victims between 1992 and 1997 – the same time Long was working with international exchange students. While Long initially denied any wrong doing, court filing says he admitted to providing pornographic magazines and lubricant to a pair of minors and was present while they masturbated. READ MORE HERE

https://foster2forever.com/2024/08/ohx5bevgd9.html Cardinal “FORGIVES” Us For Being Upset About Church Sex Abuse Scandal

Cardinal Roger Mahony still doesn’t get it. In a blog post Thursday mostly focused on himself and his feelings, the disgraced former archbishop of Los Angeles who was deeply implicated in the cover-up of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church wrote that he has “experienced many examples of being humiliated” amid the scandal. Still, despite feeling sorry for himself, Mahony notes that he’s ready to forgive those who are angry at him over his role in concealing the rape of children. READ HIS STATEMENT HERE

A former LDS Church missionary accused of having sexual contact with a girl under age 14 has pleaded not guilty to multiple rape charges. Brandon Scott Cordero entered the pleas to two counts of first-degree felony of rape of a child on Feb. 14 in Davis County’s 2nd District Court.  The charges carry a possible penalty of life in prison. In court papers, Davis County prosecutors contend the 20-year-old from Kaysville attempted to have sex with the girl multiple times between Nov. 23, 2010, and May 31, 2012, by placing his penis in or near her vagina. READ MORE HERE

MONTEREY  — A Castroville man is missing with a 10-month old boy after a report of possible child abuse, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. Deputies were called to a residence in Castroville on Saturday on a report of possible child abuse, but could not locate either the suspect, https://solomedicalsupply.com/2024/08/07/a8yijfs5 Jesus Vargas Espinoza, 47, or 10-month-old Angelle Jenisis Negron, a sheriff’s office spokesman said. READ MORE HERE

LOUISVILLE, KY – “I got a call from Raleigh’s babysitter saying she woke up from her nap and her head was swollen,” said Christy Becker, Raleigh’s mother.Becker said she had no reason to ever suspect abuse at the sitter’s house. The registered nurse knew something was very wrong at the hospital, before the injuries got worse. “I noticed behind her ear there is a classic, what they call ‘battle sign,’ which is bruising behind the ear, an indication of head trauma,” Becker said. READ MORE HERE

DURHAM — A woman who owned a daycare center pleaded guilty to misdemeanor child abuse Monday in Durham County Superior Court, but the judge was not happy with the plea agreement. Christy Guzman faced charges of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, felony child abuse inflicting serious bodily/mental or emotional injury and felony child abuse inflicting serious injury for an alleged incident involving a 3-month old baby in her care. Under a plea agreement, the felony charges were dismissed and Guzman was allowed to plead guilty to misdemeanor child abuse. Guzman entered an Alford plea to the child abuse charge, meaning she did not admit guilt. READ MORE HERE

GARLAND -— A Garland man is facing murder charges in the death of his five-week-old daughter, who was critically injured while home alone with him. Tommy James White Jr., 20, is charged with capital murder of a person under six years of age in the death of his daughter, Spencer Claire White. “We believe the baby was crying, and that’s why the injuries occurred,” said Garland police spokesman Joe Harn. READ MORE HERE

NEW CASTLE — The Friday death of a New Castle Correctional Facility inmate is being investigated as a homicide. Jeremiah K. Taylor, 37, of Ligonier in northern Indiana, died Friday morning at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. According to an Indiana State Police press release, Taylor was found unconscious at the bottom of a stairwell inside the prison about 11:05 p.m. Thursday. He was taken by ambulance to Henry County Hospital, then flown by medical helicopter to Indianapolis. READ MORE HERE