Rape

The sentence handed down Monday for Rossi was the first of two he faces after being convicted separately in August and September of raping two women in northern Utah in 2008.

A jury in Salt Lake County found Rossi guilty of a 2008 rape after a three-day trial. He is to be sentenced on Oct. 20.

The man, known in the U.S. as Nicholas Rossi, was arrested in Scotland in 2021 — a year after he was reported dead — when he was recognized at a Glasgow hospital while receiving treatment for COVID-19.

Rep. Kera Birkeland hopes the bill “empowers” more survivors to report their assaults to the police.

For a victim of sexual assault, waiting for an update on his or her case can be a painful process on its own. But a new hotline in Utah, might help put…

Brigham Young University has formalized a new policy that provides amnesty to victims or witnesses of sexual assault. The university’s Advisory Council on…

Reporting led by journalists at The Salt Lake Tribune helped spur major reforms at Utah colleges and universities this past year. Administrators and…

Brigham Young University will no longer investigate alleged victims of sexual assault for violating the schools strict code of conduct. The school…

Westminster College is hosting its second annual conference on campus sexual violence. This year, the college is expanding the discussion to include…

A new organization aims to raise awareness about sexual assault in Utah. It’s called Honey.The founders of Honey are Taylor Rippy Monson and Taylor…

Wednesday marks the launch of an annual campaign in Utah to change the way people respond to reports of rape and sexual assault. It calls on law…

The Salt Lake City Council met with law enforcement officials yesterday to continue discussing the possibility of mandatory testing of all rape kits in…