accuser

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Recent Examples of accuser He was prohibited from speaking to his accuser directly. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 17 June 2026 The anonymous male accuser filed his lawsuit against Combs this week in California. Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN Money, 11 June 2026 He was released from custody on March 31 after posting a $600,000 bond and ordered to have no contact with his accuser, who is now 14, or any unsupervised contact with any minors under the age of 18 — including his four young children and two youngest siblings. Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026 The case involved the testimony of a single accuser, Jessica Mann, rather than the testimonies of multiple accusers. Brian Welk, IndieWire, 15 May 2026 An appeals court overturned his 2020 New York conviction on charges that involved Mann and another accuser. ABC News, 14 May 2026 However, the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office ultimately dropped charges against Santana after the 17-year-old accuser recanted his statements to prosecutors, television interviewers and on social media, according to court records. Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 14 May 2026 An appeals court overturned his 2020 New York conviction on charges that involved Mann and another accuser. Jennifer Peltz, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026 His abuse, which extended to both athletes and non-athletes alike, has been most closely associated with wrestlers, including Michael DiSabato, the first accuser to publicly detail allegations against him. Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 7 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accuser
Noun
  • Still, the star did not name her harassers.
    Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 22 May 2026
  • Most harassers do not harass others in front of someone else.
    Briana Mascaro, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
Noun
  • Secretary of State Shirley Weber, a Democrat, said Wednesday night that petitioners collected more than the roughly 875,000 signatures needed to place the original proposal before voters.
    Sophie Austin, Fortune, 21 June 2026
  • Secretary of State Shirley Weber, a Democrat, said Wednesday night that petitioners collected more than the roughly 875,000 signatures needed to place the original proposal before voters.
    Sophie Austin, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • Sirianni hesitates for a moment, like the school troublemaker on the verge of another unpleasant trip to the principal’s office.
    Michael Silver, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • Jodie Whittaker, who portrays Daniel's troublemaker sister Lizzy, has a family of her own off-screen.
    Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
Noun
  • If the appeals court affirms the conviction, the handbook says the appellant can then petition the United States Supreme Court for a certiorari review.
    Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 12 May 2026
  • Previously, when a Planning Commission decision was appealed, the City Council could only consider the issues raised by the appellant.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • So Jacob is now related to his tormentor.
    Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
  • Crucial events morphed into massive set pieces, like Louis hunting down Claudia’s killers by setting their theater on fire, exploding the motorcycles of the vampires who fled the inferno, and eventually bursting out of a manhole to behead Claudia’s main tormenter.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • Within days, the defendants were arrested and charged.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • In Ohio, defendants are given 365 days to challenge their conviction after such transcripts are filed.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Red is immediately abducted, cut open in an ambulance, and injected with pain-magnifying drugs by his torturers, while Liz accidentally murders the mysterious man surveilling her next door.
    EW Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026
  • Aaron escapes his torturers, first by rooting himself in the town’s only movie theater open to Black people, and then by lying about his age and enlisting in the Navy at 16.
    Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • The plaintiffs allege Bio-Lab and the parent company, Kik LLC, had a history of chemical storage issues, and staff incorrectly tried to put out a water-reactive chemical reaction by adding water before the fire began, thereby causing the fire and toxic gas plume.
    Irene Wright, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • Using the algorithm, station owners inflated gasoline by as much as 22 cents a gallon and diesel by 33 cents, on top of already high prices caused by the US war with Iran, the plaintiffs alleged.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 23 June 2026

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