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Former British television presenter John Leslie, who previously hosted kids show Blue Peter and ITV's remake of Wheel of Fortune, has been charged with a sexual offense involving “a woman aged 16 or over.” Leslie was charged by Scotland Yard's Central West  Command Unit over the incident, which is understood to have…

A report claims actor Kevin Spacey has been questioned by Scotland Yard about alleged sexual assaults in the U.K. Variety reported that Spacey was interviewed in the US in May by Scotland Yard officers investigating six allegations of sexual assault that were said to have occurred between 1996 and 2013. Spacey was not…

In early November, Scotland Yard opened an investigation into allegations that Kevin Spacey sexually assaulted a man in London in 2008. Later that month, the police said it was looking into another claim of sexual assault by the same alleged perpetrator in 2005, also in Lambeth, which is home to the Old Vic Theatre of…

UK Prime Minister Theresa May scolded President Donald Trump today for his tweet claiming Scotland Yard had the "sick and demented people" who perpetrated this morning’s  train bombing in their “sights” and that the org “must be proactive” in the future. Some grown adults interpreted Trump’s tweet as suggesting…

Can News Corp Escape The Scandal Unscathed? U.S. prosecutors are checking to see if News Corp violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. They have have written to request info on alleged bribes paid by its employees to UK police, Bloomberg reported. The inquiry comes on the heels of a Justice Department and FBI probe…

Scotland Yard is demanding that reporters at The Guardian disclose the confidential sources that enabled the paper to break the News Corp phone hacking scandal story. The police are citing the UK’s Official Secrets Act — normally used against spies — in a legal bid to get the names. It was The Guardian’s revelation in…