Nevertheless, the court's ruling further smudges the already blurred line between discrimination on the basis of sex, which is what is actually outlawed by Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act (the primary source of sexual-harassment law), and mere incivility or, in Mr Oncale's case, criminal assault.
He pleaded not guilty to menacing, criminal mischief and assault in a pre-trial hearing in March.
Arrests were made for a variety of offences including burglary, aggravated trespass, criminal damage and assault on a police officer.
He was facing charges of criminal damage and assault in connection with violence that followed an Apprentice Boys parade in Derry.
The number seven player - and his teammate Ince - are still facing a criminal investigation following assault charges brought by police.
Mr. Ambrose was charged in New Jersey with felony assault, criminal possession of stolen property and evading police.
Thornton, who admitted offences at an earlier hearing, was jailed for 18 weeks for assault and criminal damage.
Among other charges, each teen is accused of aggravated assault, criminal attempt to commit armed robbery and first-degree cruelty to children.
At Swindon Crown Court, Pike admitted a string of charges including burglary, theft of a motor vehicle, common assault, criminal damage and driving while disqualified.
Following Taylor's conviction in 1998, it emerged that he had a previous criminal conviction for indecent assault on boys in 1975 before he was sent to the children's home.
In October 2010, Randy Soto was arrested and charged with a host of counts, including murder, attempted murder, gang assault and criminal possession of a weapon for his alleged role in the melee, authorities said.
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Those held have been charged with assault, rioting and criminal trespass, among other counts, he said.
Twenty arrests were made for public order offences, affray, assault, theft, criminal damage and possessing weapons.
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He said that during a struggle Mr Thompson, who has a total of 182 previous criminal convictions including offences of serious assault and indecent assault, first used a lump hammer and then a knife.
It was later revealed that he had a criminal record after serving a sentence for assault.
On Sunday Mr. Aska was arraigned in Bronx Criminal Court on charges including attempted murder, assault and reckless endangerment.
He had previous convictions for assault occasioning actual bodily harm and criminal damage.
"Not all of these alerts mean someone has been harmed but Panorama says one was an incident of assault and another has resulted in a criminal investigation, " she explained.
Aspen police charged Sheen with felony second-degree assault, felony menacing and a misdemeanor charge of criminal mischief.
His criminal record would grow from that point to include shoplifting, assault and battery, and numerous DWI convictions.
On Friday, Scotland Yard started a formal criminal investigation in the UK into complaints of abuse and sexual assault by the late entertainer who died in October 2011 aged 84.
The majority of offences are criminal damage, but they also include more serious crimes such as arson and assault causing actual bodily harm.
We live in a culture in which victims are blamed for the assault and made to feel like they are the ones who are criminal and dirty and shameful.
In enacting VAWA in 1994, Congress acknowledged that the criminal justice system chronically failed to respond to the crimes of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking, too often blaming victims and refusing to hold offenders accountable as violent criminals.
The National Black Police Association said last week that the decision by prosecutors not to act on the claims of assault and racist remarks against three officers highlighted the issue of racism and the criminal justice system.
India's Parliament in March passed legislation to overhaul the country's criminal code, instituting stricter punishment for rape cases, and making many other forms of sexual assault and harassment punishable crimes.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission said that, now the criminal trial was over, it would be continuing its investigation into the allegations that the original assault had not been treated seriously enough.
She was held under under the mental health act on 9 February, arrested on suspicion of assault seven days later, held over a public order offence on 29 February and arrested in connection with criminal damage on 2 March.
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