In February, the Justice Department opened its own internal review into the matter. Eric Holland, the deputy assistant secretary of labor for public affairs, said Acosta had no comment. Accusations of sexual predation have dogged Epstein for decades. Until his arrest Saturday, his case had been held up as a prime example of how insulated, powerful men can escape accountability. Epstein, a hedge fund manager, avoided the possibility of a lengthy prison sentence, largely because of a secret agreement his lawyers struck with federal prosecutors in His social circle is filled with the rich and famous, including former president Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew of Britain.

Our coronavirus coverage is free for the first 24 hours. Find the latest information at tampabay. Please consider subscribing or donating. Only 1 percent of children ages 10 to 17 have shared images of themselves or others that involve explicit nudity, a national study found. Roughly the same number said they'd shared suggestive but less graphic photos, while 7 percent said they'd received either type of picture.

A dispute between a father and son June 5 at a residence on Algonquin Avenue in North Bay escalated, police say, when one of them attacked the other with a sword. The investigation began when a North Bay parent was monitoring their teen son's online communication and saw a chat on Instagram and Snapchat. The suspect had used multiple fake usernames and profile pictures to portray himself as a teenage female. Swartwood was arrested in May and charged with attempted sexual exploitation, possession of child pornography and attempted receipt of child pornography. He pled guilty on June 17 of this year to the child pornography related charges and was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison.

Hundreds of Western Australian women and girls - some as young as 14 - have been caught up in a nude photo scandal. The victims originally sent the images privately to a source they trusted but who then shared the images online, reported Seven News. The latest photo scandal comes after authorities shut down a site in February that contained explicit images of young female students from across Australia.