sexual assault

Serena Van Orman will be carrying a 15-pound camping mattress in a clear backpack for 26.2 miles to raise awareness of sexual violence and push for policy changes in Indiana that could help survivors.

Keith Graves, an eastside Democrat, says the accusations against him are false.

Indiana lawmakers are again exploring whether to eliminate the statute of limitations for rape and child molestation.

The Indiana Criminal Justice Institute awarded more than $6.8 million to more than two dozen organizations throughout the state through two separate grant programs.

More than a dozen incidents of sexual abuse have surfaced at Pierceton Woods Academy. But the state kept sending boys there anyway, according to a new investigation by the IndyStar and ProPublica.

MeToo Purdue held a rally Friday, calling for the resignation of campus leaders found guilty of retaliating against students who came forward with sexual assault allegations.

A jury has found that Purdue University violated due process and treated a student differently because she was a woman after she came forward with assault allegations against a fraternity member.

The FBI has reached out to attorneys representing Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and other women who were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar to begin settlement talks in the $1 billion claim they brought against the federal government, according to three people familiar with the matter.

A lawsuit alleges officers at an Indiana jail watched the incident play out, but didn't intervene. A lawyer for the sheriff's office has said the women are seeking financial gain from the department.

Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles and dozens of other women who say they were sexually assaulted by Larry Nassar are seeking more than $1 billion from the FBI for failing to stop the sports doctor when the agency first received allegations against him, lawyers said Wednesday.