Abdon Pallasch, former legal affairs reporter, spoke with A&E True Crime about his years reporting on R. Kelly and why it took nearly three decades for the singer to be prosecuted for his crimes against underage girls.

In the decade since FLDS leader Warren Jeffs was sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing underage girls he married, evidence suggests he maintains a grip on a diminished, but devout group of followers.

People with disabilities are especially vulnerable to becoming victims of financial, mental, physical or sexual abuse because they are often isolated and dependent on others for their care.

Lisa Montgomery spent years on death row after committing a horrific crime. While there, she began to recover from a lifetime of nightmarish abuse. In January 2021 she was the first woman executed by the U.S. government in 67 years.

From Mary Stauffer to Colleen Stan to Elizabeth Shoaf and more, read the unbelievably horrific true stories of women and young girls who were kidnapped, raped and tortured—in some cases for many years—before they escaped.

SVU detectives are trained and equipped to handle cases involving sexual assault, abuse and interpersonal violence. Hear from one detective what it's like working a real-life SVU.

After their 2013 escape from Ariel Castro's house of horrors, where he repeatedly raped and tortured them, the three women are now working to help other survivors.

Kathy (Kate) Ann Jewell fled her home when her boyfriend, John Branden, raped and attempted to kill her. After that, he disappeared—and she spent years trying to ensure he'd never find her.

Josef Fritzl imprisoned his daughter Elisabeth for 24 years in a windowless basement. When she finally emerged in 2008, the story of his sadism shocked the world. Read about this shocking case.

Sex trafficking is big business. Globally, it generates tens of billions of dollars in profit every year. Here in the United States, it ensnares hundreds of thousands of victims. And while the stereotypical image of a trafficking victim is a foreign national, many of the exploited are underage American girls.