Monthly Archives: March 2004

Woman Charged with False Rape Report After Athletes Secretly Videotape Her Extortion Attempt

In February, Sherri Ann Urbanic-Bach was charged with filing a false rape report, attempted extortion and prostitution in a case involving players with the St. John’s basketball team. The basketball team travelled to Pittsburgh on February 4 where it played, … Continue reading

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Saskatchewan Agrees to $1.5 Million Interim Payment for Klassens

Back in December, a Canadian court ruled that 12 members of the Klassen family prosecuted in a series of ritual abuse cases had been the subject of “malicious prosecution” (see Saskatchewan Government Says It’s Not Sorry for Malicious Prosecution). In … Continue reading

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Woman Pleads Guilty After Leaving Ill Husband to Go to Las Vegas with Boyfriend

A 45-year-old Barkhamsted, Connecticut woman was sentenced to 45 days in jail after pleading guilty to a charge of cruelty to persons in the death of her husband. Nancy Roy was charged for leaving her husband at home on January … Continue reading

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Canadian Woman Acquitted in False Sexual Abuse Allegation Case

In mid-January, Mary Masson, 29, was acquitted on charges of making false sexual abuse charges against her former husband in one of the more bizarre such cases. In 2002, Masson left her husband, Jean-Yves Masson. She then told her sister-in-law … Continue reading

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Man Acquitted on Charges of Performing Oral Sex without Girlfriend’s Consent

The Nova Scotia Chronicle Herald reports that a jury in Sydney deliberated only 10 minutes to find a man not guilty of performing oral sex on his girlfriend without her consent. Apparently prosecutors in Canada don’t have much real crime … Continue reading

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Tokyo to Prohibit Sale of Used Underwear from Young Schoolgirls

The Telegraph reports that Tokyo is in the process of amending its laws in order to forbid sex shops there from reselling used underwear from girls under the age of 16. In case you were curious, a pair of used … Continue reading

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