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Audrie Pott had drawings, names on body morning after assault

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SAN JOSE — Awakening in a friend's bedroom after drinking too much at a sleepover, 15-year-old Audrie Pott looked down and realized she had been sexually assaulted and her attackers had written and drawn on intimate parts of her body, her family's attorney said Monday.Over the next week, she pieced together one horrifying detail after another. She went online and tried to confront the three boys she had known since junior high who she believed had done it. Read More

Four more men accuse John Travolta of sexual assault

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Gawker has obtained documents that show four more men came forward with sexual assault accusations against John Travolta last year. Read More

Woman attacked in CCSF locker room shower

Police are hunting for a vicious creep who tried to sexually assault a woman last weekend as she was showering in a City College of San Francisco locker room. An alert was issued Monday about the 12:15 p.m. attack Saturday at the Ocean Avenue Campus’ Wellness Center, which is located at 50 Phelan Ave. Read More

Texas parolee accused of sexually assaulting S.F. woman

A man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of a sexual assault Saturday night in the Cathedral Hill neighborhood, police said Wednesday. Arthur Salinas, 57, was booked on several counts of aggravated and sexual assault and for failing to register as a sex offender, among other charges. Salinas has past sexual offense convictions in Texas; he was sentenced to 60 years in prison in 1982, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. He was paroled in 2009. Read More

Telegraph Hill sexual assault victim praised for courageous actions

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A woman who was stalked and sexually assaulted inside her Telegraph Hill apartment last weekend is being lauded by prosecutors for her bravery in helping police catch the suspect. Read More

Man charged in connection with sexual assault in San Francisco

Jovan Jones, the man arrested last weekend for allegedly breaking into a Telegraph Hill apartment and sexually assaulting a woman, will be arraigned this afternoon, Assistant District Attorney Alex Bastian said. Read More

Dozier guilty in Mission rapes, faces life term

A solemn mixture of relief and sadness permeated the Hall of Justice on Tuesday after a vicious serial rapist who prowled the Mission district last year was convicted on 25 of 26 charges related to the three brutal attacks. Frederick Dozier Jr. sat virtually emotionless as a court clerk read off “guilty” 25 times. The only count in which Dozier was found not guilty was attempted murder. Read More

Verdict set to be announced in Mission rape trial

Mission district residents will find out today if a vicious serial rapist is truly off their streets. A verdict was reached Friday and is set to be announced this morning in the case of former school nutrition worker Frederick Dozier Jr., who is accused of dragging, beating, raping and robbing three women in three separate incidents last year. Read More

Police investigating unrelated sexual assault allegations at Outside Lands event

Three women were possibly sexually assaulted at the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival last weekend. The attendees, whose ages range from 18 to the mid-20s, have come forward saying they were attacked at the Golden Gate Park concert, police Officer Albie Esparza said. The incidents are not believed to be related since they reportedly occurred in different locations of the music festival and none of the victims knew one another. Read More

Suspect in sexual assaults heads to court

Who: Frederick A. DosierWhat: The 32-year-old San Francisco man who police say is the suspect in a string of violent sexual assaults last year in the Mission district is expected to make his first court appearance Wednesday. Read More
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