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A lawyer for Jeffrey Maddrey went on the defense Friday — insisting the disgraced NYPD chief had a “consensual” relationship with the lieutenant he allegedly sexually abused and saying he’s weighing civil litigation against her. The former chief of department, who abruptly resigned one week ago as the sex-for-overtime scandal engulfed America’s largest police force, stood silently with clenched fists next to his lawyer as he slapped down the scathing accusations. “We can tell you now those allegations are a lie. They are not true. We deny every aspect of them,” attorney Lambros Lambrou told reporters. “We can tell you...

“You say it’s not a MeToo case,” Maher pressed Daniels at the time. “It’s not a MeToo case,” Daniels replied. “I wasn’t assaulted. I wasn’t attacked, or raped, or coerced or blackmailed.” ... Daniels [Friday] claimed that Trump “was bigger and blocking the way,” that at the end of it, saying “my hands were shaking so hard,” and “I just wanted to leave.” She also claimed that she “blacked out” during the encounter... Maher contended that Daniels’ testimony now has deviated from her original iteration of the alleged encounter. “She’s talking about ‘he was bigger and blocking the way.’ It’s...

ALEXANDRIA, La. (BP) -– The conviction of a 60-year-old man for having sex with a pre-teen girl was overturned by Italy's highest court last fall according to a report by Agence France-Presse. Social worker Pietro Lamberti was sent to prison for five years for his relationship with an 11-year-old girl. The original conviction in 2011 was upheld by an appellate court but now has been overturned by the Italian Supreme Court, which ruled the original court had failed to consider the consensual nature of the relationship, according to AFP. The court ordered a retrial. The high court said consideration should...

A 17-year-old male was charged Wednesday in Ford County District Court with having unlawful voluntary sexual relations with a 15-year-old girl. The suspect is accused of having sex with the girl sometime Friday afternoon at a home on Lampton Circle in the Lazy Acres Trailer Park, according to a news release from the Ford County Sheriff's Office. He was taken into custody Saturday morning and taken to the Southwest Kansas Juvenile Detention Center in Garden City, where he was being held until formal charges were filed. The suspect was charged with unlawful sexual relations because he is younger than 19...