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DULUTH — Myrissa Overfors ran barefoot from a Lakeside neighborhood home in 2007, hiding in some bushes while frantically calling her mother for a ride. Recalling the “horror movie” scene 17 years later, Overfors told a judge she “would’ve ran to the end of the world to get away” from the man who sexually assaulted her that day. ADVERTISEMENT “I’m 33 years old and I’m just now starting to heal,” she said to a packed courtroom at the St. Louis County Courthouse. For the numerous victims of Jackson Michael Gatlin, Monday marked a significant milestone in their long-awaited quest for justice — a day they were not sure would ever come. Gatlin, 36, a former youth pastor at Duluth Vineyard Church, was sentenced to 13 years in prison for a series of sexual assaults perpetrated against minors who were under his supervision. Earlier this month, he pleaded guilty to five counts of criminal sexual conduct, ranging from first- to fourth-degree. The charges date back more than a decade, and while just five cases could be charged, authorities said there were at least 10 identified victims. “We wonder how many others there were,” said Jeanne Filkins, whose daughter, Kacey, died by suicide in 2022 after years of struggling with the trauma of her abuse. “How many girls did he really get to?” Gatlin served as a volunteer and paid pastoral assistant at the Kenwood neighborhood church from 2007-23. His parents, Michael and Brenda Gatlin, were then senior pastors at the church and were also involved in its national leadership. Several investigations were initiated, with court filings indicating the Gatlins allowed their son to use the church's youth group as a "hunting ground" to "(prey) on underage girls with no consequences for years" before police eventually became involved in 2022. ADVERTISEMENT Authorities said the known victims ranged in age from approximately 11 to 16. Overfors, then 16, said she was in a particularly vulnerable position when she joined the church after losing her father. She spoke of a “snowball effect” after the assault that included becoming addicted to heroin and methamphetamine. “I was served that monster on a silver platter under the guise of God,” said Overfors, who said she has been sober for 10 years. Vanessa Josephson listed some of the struggles she has faced over the past 16 years: anxiety, depression, panic attacks, eating disorder, self-isolation, anger, loss of faith, difficulty sleeping, loss of trust and struggles in school. “At 15 years old, I should’ve been worried about hanging out with friends, what dress to wear to the school dance and where to go to college,” Josephson said, “not whether my crippling depression would ultimately take my life.” Josephson said she wants to use the tragedy to advocate for others, and as a mother of two boys she added: “We often talk about how ‘no’ means ‘no’ — something I wish Jackson’s parents had taught him.” The News Tribune generally does not name victims of sexual assault, but the women in this story agreed to be publicly identified. ADVERTISEMENT St. Louis County prosecutor Mike Ryan called Gatlin’s actions “an exploitation of innocence and faith” and said he “robbed (the victims) of their youth and treated them like they were disposable.” “He is lucky to enjoy a sentence that is defined by law,” Ryan said, “not by the moral code of his religion, which would prescribe something much harsher.” Gatlin declined to address the court, but defense attorney Chris Stocke noted the crimes occurred 15-17 years ago when his client was about 20 years old. He said Gatlin struggled to recall many of the details of the cases and has since remained law-abiding. “He’s coming to terms with what he has done,” Stocke said, adding that Gatlin is in therapy. “Knowing what he did was wrong, he has spent 15 years trying to be a better man.” Judge Dale Harris credited the victims with showing “remarkable courage” in sharing their stories and said he likely would not have accepted the plea agreement if they had not signed off on it. Harris said police reports suggested some in the church community spoke out about Gatlin over the years, while some tried to conceal his actions, and others simply had suspicions. “Ultimately, all of you must look in the mirror and decide if what you did was enough,” the judge said, noting that is a matter to be decided another day. ADVERTISEMENT Gatlin was sentenced Monday on two of the five convictions. Additional victims are expected to be heard Tuesday when he is sentenced in the remaining three cases. All sentences will run concurrently, and after prison, he will be subject to lifetime conditional release and sex offender registration. But as the criminal proceedings conclude, a new phase of litigation is beginning. Nine lawsuits were filed this month against Gatlin, his parents, and the local and national Vineyard Church. “Thirteen years is a good start,” Filkins said, “but it will never be enough for what this community has lost because of Jackson’s actions.” If you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call 911. National Sexual Assault Hotline: 24/7 hotline: 800-656-4673 Center Against Sexual and Domestic Abuse (CASDA): serves Duluth, Superior and Ashland, Bayfield and Douglas counties; 24/7 hotline 800-649-2921; submit a help request at casda.org/get-help Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault (PAVSA): serves southern St. Louis County; 24/7 hotline 218-726-1931 Sexual Assault Program of Northern St. Louis County: serves northern St. Louis County; 218-749-4725; leave a message and an advocate will be contacted 24/7 Family Pathways: serves Carlton and Pine counties; 24/7 hotline 800-338-7233 Support Within Reach: serves Aitkin and Itasca counties; hotline 866-747-5008 North Shore Horizons: serves Lake County; 24/7 hotline 218-834-5924 Violence Prevention Center: serves Cook County; 24/7 hotline 218-387-1237 Friends Against Abuse: serves Koochiching County; 24/7 hotline 888-344-3264 Fond du Lac Reservation: 24/7 hotline 218-348-1817 Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa: Grand Portage Human Services 218-475-2453 Bois Forte Tribal Government–Victim Services Program: emergency cell 218-248-0067F1 expands grid, adds Cadillac brand and new American team for '26F1 expands grid, adds Cadillac brand and new American team for '26NEW YORK (AP) — He's making threats, traveling abroad and negotiating with world leaders. Donald Trump has more than a month and a half to go before he's sworn in for a second term. But the Republican president-elect is already moving aggressively not just to fill his Cabinet and outline policy goals, but to achieve them. Trump has threatened to impose a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico, prompting emergency calls and a visit from Canada's prime minister that resulted in what Trump claimed were commitments from both U.S. allies on new border security measures. The incoming president has warned there will be “ALL HELL TO PAY" if Hamas does not release the hostages being held in Gaza before his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025. And this weekend, Trump returned to the global stage, joining a host of other foreign leaders for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral five years after it was ravaged by a fire. There, he was welcomed like a sitting dignitary , with a prime seat next to French President Emmanuel Macron . Absent in Paris: lame duck President Joe Biden, who has largely disappeared from headlines, except when he issued a pardon of his son , Hunter, who was facing sentencing for gun crimes and tax evasion. First lady Jill Biden attended in his place. “I think you have seen more happen in the last two weeks than you’ve seen in the last four years. And we’re not even there yet,” Trump said in an over-the-top boast at an awards ceremony Thursday night . For all of Trump's bold talk, though, it is unclear how many of his efforts will bear fruit. The pre-inauguration threats and deal-making are highly unusual, like so much of what Trump does, said Julian Zelizer, a political historian at Princeton University. “Transitions are always a little complicated in this way. Even though we talk about one president at a time," he said, “the reality is one president plus. And that plus can act assertively sometimes." Zelizer said that is particularly true of Trump, who was president previously and already has relationships with many foreign leaders such as Macron, who invited both Trump and Biden to Paris this weekend as part of the Notre Dame celebration. “Right now he’s sort of governing even though he’s not the president yet. He’s having these public meetings with foreign leaders, which aren't simply introductions. He's staking out policy and negotiating things from drug trafficking to tariffs," Zelizer said. Trump had already met with several foreign leaders before this weekend's trip. He hosted Argentinian President Javier Milei in Florida at his Mar-a-Lago club in November. After the tariff threat, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a pilgrimage to Mar-a-Lago for a three-hour dinner meeting. Canadian officials later said the country is ready to make new investments in border security, with plans for more helicopters, drones and law enforcement officers. Incoming Trump aides have also been meeting with their future foreign counterparts. On Wednesday, several members of Trump's team, including incoming national security adviser Mike Waltz, met with Andriy Yermak, a top aide to Zelenskyy, in Washington, as Ukraine tries to win support for its ongoing efforts to defend itself from Russian invasion, according to a person familiar with the meeting. Yermak also met with Trump officials in Florida, he wrote on X . That comes after Trump's incoming Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, traveled to Qatar and Israel for high-level talks about a cease-fire and hostage deal in Gaza, according to a U.S. official familiar with the efforts, meeting with the prime ministers of both countries. The official was not authorized to publicly discuss the matter and spoke on condition of anonymity. There is no prohibition on incoming officials or nominees meeting with foreign officials, and it is common and fine for them to do so — unless those meetings are designed to subvert or otherwise impact current U.S. policy. Trump aides were said to be especially cognizant of potential conflicts given their experience in 2016, when interactions between Trump allies and Russian officials came under scrutiny. That included a phone call in which Trump's incoming national security adviser, Michael Flynn, discussed new sanctions with Russia’s ambassador to the United States, suggesting things would improve after Trump became president. Flynn was later charged with lying to the FBI about the conversation. Trump’s incoming press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that “all transition officials have followed applicable laws in their interactions with foreign nationals.” She added: “World leaders recognize that President Trump is returning to power and will lead with strength to put the best interests of the United States of America first again. That is why many foreign leaders and officials have reached out to correspond with President Trump and his incoming team.” Such efforts can nonetheless cause complications. If, say, Biden is having productive conversations on a thorny foreign policy issue and Trump weighs in, that could make it harder for Biden “because people are hearing two different voices” that may be in conflict, Zelizer said. Leaders like Russia's Vladimir Putin and Netanyahu may also anticipate a more favorable incoming administration and wait Biden out, hoping for a better deal. Although there is no requirement that an incoming administration coordinate calls and meetings with foreign officials with the State Department or National Security Council, that has long been considered standard practice. That is, in part, because transition teams, particularly in their early days and weeks, do not always have the latest information about the state of relations with foreign nations and may not have the resources, including interpretation and logistical ability, to handle such meetings efficiently. It is unclear the level of State Department involvement, but the Biden and Trump teams say they have been talking, particularly on the Middle East, with the incoming and outgoing administrations having agreed to work together on efforts to free hostages who remain held in Gaza, according to a U.S. official, who was not authorized to comment publicly about the sensitive talks and spoke on condition of anonymity. That includes conversations between Witkoff and Biden’s foreign policy team as well as Waltz and Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan. Last month, Biden administration officials said they had kept Trump’s team closely apprised of efforts to broker a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah on the Israel-Lebanon border. “I just want to be clear to all of our adversaries, they can’t play the incoming Trump administration off of the Biden administration. I’m regularly talking to the Biden people. And so, this is not a moment of opportunity or wedges for them," Waltz said Friday in a Fox Business interview. Sullivan echoed those comments at the Ronald Reagan National Defense Forum Saturday. “It has been professional. It has been substantive. And frankly, it has been good," he said of their coordination on national security issues. “Obviously we don’t see eye to eye on every issue, and that’s no secret to anybody," he went on. But he said both teams believe “it is our job on behalf of the American people to make sure this is a smooth transition,” particularly given the seriousness of issues like the war in Ukraine, conflicts in the Middle East and threats from China. “The nature of the world we find ourselves in today only elevates our responsibility to be engaged, to talk regularly, to meet regularly, to be transparent, to share, and to make sure it’s an effective transition,” he said. Trump’s team, meanwhile, is already claiming credit for everything from gains in the stock and cryptocurrency markets to a decision by Walmart to roll back diversity, equity and inclusion policies Trump opposes. “Promises Kept — And President Trump Hasn’t Even Been Inaugurated Yet,” read one press release that claimed, in part, that both Canada and Mexico have already pledged "immediate action” to help “stem the flow of illegal immigration, human trafficking, and deadly drugs entering the United States." Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has stopped short of saying Trump mischaracterized their call in late November. But she said Friday that Trump “has his own way of communicating, like when we had the phone call and he wrote that we were going to close the border. That was never talked about in the phone call.” Earlier this week, Mexico carried out what it claimed was its largest seizure of fentanyl pills ever. Seizures over the summer had been as little as 50 grams per week, and after the Trump call, they seized more than a ton. Biden, too, tried to take credit for the seizure in a statement Friday night. ___ Associated Press writers Matthew Lee, Aamer Madhani, Colleen Long and Ellen Knickmeyer in Washington and Mark Stevenson in Mexico City contributed to this report.

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NEW YORK, Nov. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Why: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, continues to investigate potential securities claims on behalf of shareholders of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE: BEN) resulting from allegations that Franklin Resources may have issued materially misleading business information to the investing public. So What: If you purchased Franklin Resources securities you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement. The Rosen Law Firm is preparing a class action seeking recovery of investor losses. What to do next: To join the prospective class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=29671 call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email case@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. What is this about: On August 21, 2024, Franklin Resources filed a current report with the SEC. In this current report, the company announced it was naming a sole Chief Investment Officer at Western Asset Management (a company subsidiary) to replace co-Chief Investment Officer Ken Leech, who had been on a leave of absence, effective immediately. The current report also stated Ken Leech had “received a Wells Notice from the Staff of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,” and “[i]n light of Mr. Leech’s leave of absence, the Company has determined that closing its Macro Opportunities strategy [. . .] is in clients’ best interests.” On this news, Franklin Resources’ stock fell 12.5% on August 21, 2024. Why Rosen Law: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources, or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually litigate securities class actions. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company at the time. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs’ Bar. Many of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers. Follow us for updates on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-rosen-law-firm , on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rosen_firm or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rosenlawfirm/ . Attorney Advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. ------------------------------- Contact Information: Laurence Rosen, Esq. Phillip Kim, Esq. The Rosen Law Firm, P.A. 275 Madison Avenue, 40th Floor New York, NY 10016 Tel: (212) 686-1060 Toll Free: (866) 767-3653 Fax: (212) 202-3827 case@rosenlegal.com www.rosenlegal.comConor McGregor lashes out on rape accuser in social media rant after being found liable for assault

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