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April 25, 2025 | New York Times

Man Convicted of Fatally Torturing Child May Spend Life in Prison Click For More

The 10-year-old boy was made to hold weights above his head. He was whipped and struck with fists and objects for hours. His beatings were so brutal that his organs were detached and floating in his abdominal cavity.

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April 25, 2025 | New York Daily News

For beating 10-year-old Harlem boy to death, man gets 25 years to life Click For More

A judge sentenced Ryan Cato to 25 years to life in state prison Friday for brutally beating his girlfriend’s 10-year-old son to death, hitting the little boy so hard that his internal organs ruptured.

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April 25, 2025 | CBS New York

Manhattan executive raped, punched and shocked women with cattle prod at his apartment, prosecutors say Click For More

A private equity executive turned his New York City apartment into a torture chamber of "grotesque sexual violence," Manhattan prosecutors said Thursday. Ryan Hemphill is accused of raping six women over five months in a depraved rampage in which he allegedly punched, waterboarded and shocked victims with a cattle prod and kept recordings of the assaults as trophies.

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April 24, 2025 | People

Financial Advisor Used Cattle Prod, Shock Collar on Women as He Raped Them, Urinated on Them: DA Click For More

Ryan Hemphill, 43, allegedly asked his victims about their sexual traumas — and then forcibly reenacted them, say prosecutors

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April 24, 2025 | NBC News

Private equity executive charged with beating, raping women in his New York City apartment Click For More

Ryan Hemphill is accused of assaulting six women over five months in his midtown Manhattan apartment.

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April 24, 2025 | ABC News

Private equity executive charged in ‘grotesque’ sex case: ‘Tip of the iceberg’ Click For More

A private equity executive turned his Manhattan apartment into a torture chamber of “grotesque sexual violence," Private equity executive charged in sex caseA wealthy New York City private equity executive raped and tortured at least six women over a five-month period, according to the Manhattan district attorney's office.


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Manhattan District Attorney's Office1 day ago
ICYMI: Listen to @danwiig1’s @nycountylawyers’ Amicus Curiae podcast to learn more about our approach to prosecution in D.A. Bragg’s second term.
Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Manhattan District Attorney's Office
Manhattan District Attorney's Office1 day ago
“This kind of reckless and senseless violence has no place in our communities and those who engage in it will be brought to justice by our partners at the NYPD and our office’s prosecutors.” – D.A. Bragg. Read more about this indictment:
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Manhattan District Attorney's Office2 days ago
Congrats to our new NYC Department of Corrections Commissioner Stanley Richards. Hear from D.A. Bragg about how we look forward to continued collaboration to make the criminal justice system more efficient, which will benefit public safety long term. Learn more here: