The Australian sheep farmer who was acquitted of drugging and raping a LI speech therapist is heading back to Australia...but not before he sues his accusers. Australian David Green says he plans to file a $1 million lawsuit against the two women whose false accusations of date rape led to him spending more than a year and a half in Rikers. "They took 18 months from me," he told reporters today as he left Manhattan Supreme Court. more ›

As film director Roman Polanski remains in Swiss custody, after being arrested on a U.S. arrest warrant for the 1977 rape of a 13-year-old, his moviemaking brethren are rallying to his side. A number of notable film notables, including Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, David Lynch, Jonathan Demme, and Pedro Almodovar, have reportedly signed a petition demanding his release. However, it's unlikely he'll be released on bail anytime soon. more ›

Queens City Councilman Dennis Gallagher, whose office was raided last July after rape allegations and was indicted by a grand jury in August, is smiling - for now. A judge dismissed the indictment, believing the defense's claim that the "grand jury process was compromised." The jurors had complained the prosecutors were trying to make Gallagher look "foolish." more ›