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Meghan Marklehas reached Australia and is already making headlines for her business deal and her fashionable outfits. The Duchess of Sussex has joined AI fashion platform OneOff as an investor. Interestingly, if a fashion enthusiast loves Markle’s look and wants to have similar pieces in their wardrobe, they can easily shop for them from the platform in real time. The details of each look are already available on OneOff.

Meghan Markle invests in AI fashion platform with access to shopping her Australia looks

Meghan Markle has been turning heads with her fashionable outfits. But this time, she has joined as a participant and investor in the AI-powered fashion discovery platform OneOff. It is “a style-driven fashion discovery platform powered by the people setting the trends.” All her looks, which feature homegrown designers, are already available on the platform, as announced on April 14, perPEOPLE.

Oneoff lets theformer actressbreak down each outfit and give users direct access toshop her wardrobein real time. From her look at the Melbourne Royal Children’s Hospital to her previous outfits at various events, fashion lovers can find outfit details on the platform for a seamless shopping experience.

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Markle has joined OneOff along with many other fashion-forward celebrities. These include Brooks Nader, Iann Dior, Rob Lowe, Shay Mitchell, Suki Waterhouse, Kate Hudson, Emma Roberts, and Hermès, among others.

Per the press release, Markle joined the platform as “she cares about fashion and was motivated to invest not only to expand her portfolio, but to help uplift the fashion designers she is a fan of.”

Her decision comes as she is well aware that her attire can affect a brand. She spoke to The New York Times in 2024. She acknowledged that her outfits receive “global spotlight and attention.” That is why she would like to “support designers that I have really great friendships with.” She also wants to support smaller, up-and-coming brands that haven’t yet received the attention they deserve.

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The move comes as Americans grapple with asurgein gasoline prices that threatens to eat away at household budgets andslowthe economy.

Gasoline prices in the U.S. registered at $4.10 on average per gallon on Wednesday, standing about 35% higher than before the war,AAAdata showed.

How the US Navy could enforce a blockade of Iran's ports in the Strait of Hormuz

The blockade risks higher prices at the pump since oil trades on a global market, meaning a loss of supply in the Middle East could raise prices for Americans, some analysts said.

But, they added, the strategy may hasten a resolution of the war or reassure non-Iranian tankers otherwise hesitant to travel the strait, ultimately alleviating the oil shock and pushing down gas prices.

"This is an economic game of chicken," Tyler Schipper, a professor of economics at the University of St. Thomas, told ABC News.

Ten vessels have beenturned aroundat the Strait of Hormuz during the first 48 hours of the U.S. blockade, complying with U.S. orders, according to U.S. Central Command.

On Wednesday, the commander of the Khatam Al-Anbiya Central Headquarters of Iran’s armed forces said the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports is a "violation of the ceasefire," in a statement published by the official Islamic Republic News Agency.

The war prompted Iran's effective closure of theStrait of Hormuz, a critical waterway that facilitates the transport of 20 million barrels of oil per day, or about one-fifth of the global supply.

Iran continued to export nearly 2 million barrels of oil each day through the strait, blunting some of the supply loss, according to energy data firmKpler.

Still, in March, oil prices notched their largest one-month gain ever, the International Energy Agencysaidin a new report on Tuesday.

The potential loss of Iranian oil exports amid the blockade could deepen the supply shock and raise gasoline prices further, some analysts said.

"The move toward a full blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is compounding global supply concerns and risks further disrupting flows," GasBuddy petroleum analyst Patrick De Haan said in a post on X on Monday.

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Car owners, De Haan added, "should prepare for another round of price increases."

Jason Miller, a professor of supply chain management at Michigan State University, echoed such concern.

"It's unclear to me how this moves to quickly solve the problem that vessels aren't transiting the Strait of Hormuz," Miller told ABC News. "Every day this continues, it gets worse and worse and worse."

Price hikes have not come to pass over the initial days of the blockade, however.

West Texas Intermediate futures price, the benchmark index for U.S. trading, clocked in at about $92 a barrel on Wednesday, marking a nearly 10% drop since the blockade began at 10 a.m. Eastern Time on Monday.

Even so, U.S. oil prices remain about 40% higher than pre-war levels.

The national average price of a gallon of gas as of Wednesday stood 1.4% lower than a week earlier.

The ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran entered its second week, appearing to boost hopes of a resolution to the war.

President Donald Trump reiterated his desire to wind down the conflict, meanwhile, saying the war is "very close to over" in a portion of an interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo that aired on Tuesday.

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Rather than restrict oil supply, the U.S. blockade could ultimately add crude to the market if the naval presence reassures non-Iranian ships otherwise unwilling to sail through the strait, Dominic Pappalardo, chief multi-asset strategist at Morningstar Wealth, told ABC News.

"For countries other than Iran, does the blockade give them more trust for sending oil through the strait?" Pappalarado said. "If other countries start to gain confidence, you could see other shipments pick up for non-Iranian vessels pushing through the strait, which would help alleviate upward pressure on the price."

As of Monday, tanker traffic remained well below pre-war levels after the blockade had taken effect, Kpler said in a post onX. Six vessels sailed through the strait on Monday, Kpler said, marking a decline from 14 vessels a day prior.

The conditions in the strait remain in flux, some analysts said, leaving a wide range of possible outcomes.

"There's still tremendous uncertainty," Miller said.

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• The film is directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and also stars Jesse Plemons, Sandra Hüller, John Goodman, Riz Ahmed, Sophie Wilde, and Emma D'Arcy.

• Digger hits theaters on Oct. 2.

Tom Cruisedoesn't quite look like himself in his new movie.

During Warner Bros.' presentation at CinemaCon 2026 on Tuesday, Cruise and directorAlejandro González Iñárrituarrived in person (and to a standing ovation) to unveil our first proper look at theJerry Maguirestar's radical prosthetics-forward transformation forDigger, his wild new comedy from theBirdmanauteur.

Digger Rockwell appears to be significantly older than the actor playing him, and Cruise is covered in old-age makeup and a hairpiece to give him thinning white hair. He lookswaymore like Garry Marshall than like Ethan Hunt. He also acts like a massive jerk to everybody he interacts with, except his frail old cat.The teaser shows that Digger is in charge of a massive company that has undertaken a drilling operation that went too far and has put millions of lives in danger.John Goodman is portraying the President of the United States, who appears to be using an oxygen tube in several scenes.

Diggerwill mark Cruise's first non-franchise film since 2017'sAmerican Made. Jesse Plemons, who worked with Cruise on that film and also appears inDigger,shared his perspectiveon the new project in an interview withVariety.

"It's one of the strangest, funniest, most tragic scripts I've read," theGame Nightstar said ofDigger. "There's a kind of modern-dayDr. Strangelovething, and then it becomes something else entirely."

Plemons added, "Getting to see Tom just go for it — not in a death-defying action way but fully showing what an incredible actor he is — that was thrilling."

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Sandra Hüller,John Goodman,Riz Ahmed, Sophie Wilde, and Emma D'Arcy also play supporting roles in the film.

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Iñarritu previouslyreflected on his relationshipworking with Cruise in a conversation with IndieWire. "It was the most amazing, unexpected, sweet, gentle relation that I have had on a set," theRevenantdirector said. "His manners, his understanding, his passion, and his integrity, and the way he prepares. He loves the process. Filmmaking has been his life for 40 years. I have never seen somebody so devoted."

The filmmaker continued, "I was happy to share with him that passion. And at the same time, we built an incredible relation of mutual trust. He will surprise the world. People will see a new kind of thing."

Diggerwill debut in theaters on Oct. 2, 2026.

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Drive west to the edge of this city, over the Rio Grande, past subdivisions like Rinconada Trails and Montecito Estates, just one mile north and 3,000 years from where petroglyphs were first carved, to a tan, stucco house with a stone facade and brown tile roof.

Children with names like Aidan and Isabella, Josiah and Abigail play on club soccer teams around here. Basketball hoops dot driveways. Families move for walk-in closets and courtyards, sidewalks and views of the San Mateo Mountains.

A BMW X7 and a new golf cart sit in the driveway. Spiky Mexican feathergrass pushes through the gravel in the high desert that smells of creosote after a light rain.

The parents and their young twins moved here in 2022, a year after the boys landed a role on the TV series “The Cleaning Lady,” shooting in a studio 12 miles away.

The father told friends that his boys’ acting salaries helped them buy the $597,500 house, where I now stood.

Photos on a real estate site show an office with two little desks with two director’s chairs with “The Cleaning Lady” across the back, a ghost of past glory.

The family vacationed with the show’s lead actress in Hawaii and attended cast parties at the home of the show's director and producer,Timothy Busfield, and his wife, the actressMelissa Gilbert. The boys played the drums and guitar, took karate and Muay Thai classes.

The rise of the twin actors and their parents came crashing down when the boys accusedBusfieldof sexually abusing them.

A New Mexico grand juryindicted Busfieldon four counts of criminal sexual contact of a child on Feb. 6. A trial date has been set for May 2027.

Busfield, 68, has denied the charges. His lawyers say the boys’ parents were so dependent on their salaries – about $2 million over three seasons – that they manufactured the abuse and manipulated their children to tell the lie.

To protect the privacy of the boys, USA TODAY is not naming them or their parents. USA TODAY does not name survivors of sexual assault.

Busfield can still draw a crowd at fan conventions for his role as Arnold Poindexter in “Revenge of the Nerds,” but his best work is behind him (“The West Wing” and “Thirtysomething”) rather than in front.

I interviewed him two years ago when I spent a weekend shadowing his wife at the 50th anniversary reunion for the cast of“Little House on the Prairie”in Southern California. I spent time with Busfield and Gilbert for myode to the womanwho shaped a generation of “Lauras.” (Yes, I’m a Laura too, named after the author Laura Ingalls Wilder, on whom the TV series was based.)

They seemed like the kind grandparents you wished lived next door, her baking apple pies and dropping off bread, him telling stories about Kevin Costner and Allison Janney. Middle-aged women had often said they were #couplesgoals, each on their third marriage, blending their children and nine grandchildren.

In January, headlines shattered the wholesome image Busfield and Gilbert showcased from their upstate New York cottage. “Timothy Busfield’s location being tracked by U.S. Marshals Service.” “Timothy Busfield officially charged with child sex abuse.”

I headed to Albuquerque, a town I once worked in. Once known as the place “Breaking Bad” was set, New Mexico is one of the fastest growing states for film production.

Over a few days in February, I met with prosecutors and toured a playroom with a fluffy therapy dog where child victims are interviewed. I talked with crew members and defense lawyers, friends and neighbors of the boys’ family. I had breakfast with a police spokesman whom I sat next to 30 years ago when we shared a desk as crime reporters.

Many people I contacted didn’t want to talk or didn’t want their names to be public. So, over the course of two months, I combed hundreds of pages of court records and reviewed police videos with crew members and accusers.

This case unfolded like a Netflix crime series. At its center are two child actors, former models for Nike and the Gap.

$25,000 per episode

Drive north on the Pan American Freeway that cuts through Albuquerque, to a place where the city gives way to the grassy desert and, just after summer sunrises, dozens of brightly colored hot-air balloons launch.

The Cinelease studio transforms into Las Vegas, where the TV series“The Cleaning Lady”is set. The crime thriller first aired on Fox from 2022 to 2025, following a surgeon who comes to the United States for her son’s lifesaving medical treatment. Her visa expires, and she works as a cleaner for the mob.

The boys shared the role, like the Olsen twins played Michelle Tanner on “Full House,” ensuring that neither child was on set for too many hours. When the show began filming in late summer 2021, the boys were 6 and they were allowed to work four hours a day.

The boys each earned between $25,000 and $30,000 per episode, according to court documents. Parents of child actors in New Mexico are only required to put 15% of their salary in a trust for them available when they turn 18.

Toward the end of shooting the third season, in spring 2024, the boys’ mother heard a rumor they might be dropped from the show, according to court documents filed by Busfield’s attorneys.

She was at lunch with Elodie Yung, the show’s lead actress, when Yung’s security guard, Chris Ford, overheard a conversation, he later told defense attorneys.

He said the boys’ mother told Yung that if her boys weren’t brought back, she would “get” Busfield and “have his ass."

But that decision didn’t belong to Busfield. In the somewhat confusing hierarchy of TV show production, the showrunner has creative oversight of the series.

And the showrunner, Daniel Cerone, wanted to replace the boys, he told Albuquerque Police Detective Marvin Brown in an interview recorded Jan. 2. The twins were 10 playing a 6-year-old.

Cerone told Busfield that he didn’t need to audition the twins. “I've seen their work and look, they can't pull it off,” Cerone said, according to a video of the police interview.

Busfield told him that they needed to audition the boys “out of respect and courtesy.”

One of the twins auditioned with Yung and Busfield in Albuquerque in September 2024. Cerone interviewed child actors in Los Angeles.

“Tim even coached [the boys] before the [audition]. He tried. I never saw anything but sort of support and just really positive vibes and professionalism from Tim and the situation,” Cerone told Brown.

Cerone hired a new actor, and the boys were let go.

Note: The audio quotes in this story may contain multiple excerpts from longer police interviews and are edited for brevity and clarity.

“Tim doesn't have the level as a producer or the authority to hire or fire or cast,” Cerone told Brown.

The boys’ mother later told Yung that she did "not like what this [her sons being terminated] brought out of her," according to court documents.

Yung, also known for her role as Elektra in “Daredevil,” backed out of an interview with police, leaving a voicemail that she “would not have any information that would assist this case.”

She hasn’t returned emails from USA TODAY to her publicist and manager.

'You mean like Uncle Tim'

The first allegations began in October 2024, after the boys were dropped.

The boys’ parents told police they heard there had been complaints that Busfield had been “handsy” on set. They asked their children if they felt uncomfortable with anyone.

“You mean like Uncle Tim,” the mother recalled one of the boys saying, according to a police report.

The mother took the boys to a pediatrician. The doctor found no signs of sexual abuse but called police because the parents suspected the children were groomed for sex abuse, according to a police report.

By early evening on Nov. 1, 2024, an Albuquerque police officer arrived at the family’s home.

“You know what’s right and wrong, right? You know where people can’t touch. Does Tim ever do that?” Albuquerque Police Officer Jacob Osborne asked the boys in a video recording of the interview.

“No, he’s never touched me,” one boy said.

“He’s never touched you?”

“No,” the boy responded.

“You know in your private areas, he never did that?” Osborne asked.

“Never,” the boy said.

The officer interviewed the brother separately, who also said he was not abused.

The father showed Osborne a photo.

Busfield is kneeling, his arms wrapped around the boys’ chests. One boy has his hand on Busfield’s. All three – as well as another crew member – are wearing shirts that say “Hi! Tim Busfield Big Fan.”

While the Screen Actors Guild handbook does not address physical contact off set, it requires parents to supervise their children. The boys’ mother had snapped the photo.

Osborne noted the photo was in “live” mode and captured Busfield “possibly” tickling the boys.

Police filed a report but declined to further investigate.

In the year after the twins left “The Cleaning Lady,” there were several anonymous complaints to the actors’ union hotline about Busfield. A law firm hired by Warner Bros. Television Studios found no abuse. Nothing was serious enough to report to police.

And then last September, one of the boys confided in his therapist that Busfield had touched his “penis and buttocks,” according to the arrest warrant.

The disclosure triggered a report to the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department and a new police investigation.

'He was mad at his dad because he thought he knew it was going on'

The only people who know the truth are Busfield and the boys.

The boys’ parents declined to talk to USA TODAY.

The boys’ parents, through their attorney, said they were dropped from the show because they refused Busfield’s advances, the attorney told investigators for Warner Bros., according to court documents filed by Busfield’s attorneys. Andrew Friedman, who represented the family, did not return phone calls and emails from USA TODAY.

So, I comb through more documents to find their words.

Police reviewed notes from the boys’ therapist and pediatrician. On Sept. 2, 2025, the therapist “documented [the boy] disclosing having nightmares about the director touching him and waking up scared. [The boy] also disclosed that the director had touched and rubbed his penis 3 to 4 times and appeared to be ashamed.”

Notes from the pediatrician that same month did not document abuse or allegations of abuse, but bedwetting, PTSD and anxiety.

The boy said he “was mad at his dad because he thought he knew it was going on,” the therapist wrote, according to Bernalillo County Deputy District Attorney Savannah Brandenburg-Koch, who reviewed the notes.

Detective Brown watched videos of the boys interviewed by a caseworker on Oct. 31, 2025.

One of the boys said that Busfield touched him.

He drew a picture to show where he was alone with Busfield. There is a bed with a stick figure, and a larger stick figure. They are inside a box. Outside the box are several other stick figures.

The other boy drew a long shape with a small stick figure and a larger stick figure.

One of the boys told caseworkers that when his scenes ended, he was scared and walked quickly to hide behind his dad.

The boy “said he was afraid to tell anyone because Tim was the director and he feared Tim would get mad at him,” according to police notes. He also said his “dad is worried about him because Mr. Tim was touching his brother and him.”

The boy’s brother told a caseworker that Busfield “touched him” but didn’t say where, according to the arrest warrant. He said he “did not like being touched but didn’t say anything because he didn’t want to get into trouble.”

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Busfield’s lawyers say the boys’ parents coached them. Defense attorney Amber Fayerberg said that the boys’ stories changed when their parents were present. She read from the therapist’s notes at ahearingon Jan. 20.

“When his father is not in the room with him. [The boy] tells the therapist that he’s waking up at night due to being too hot or too cold. His father tells the client he’s having a nightmare when he wakes up. But client doesn’t remember it,” Fayerberg says. “When the therapist asks the boy why he doesn’t tell his father that he’s hot, she writes: ‘Client feels the need to please his father and at times is scared to tell what’s going on due to fears of disappointing him.’”

Busfield’s lawyer says the director was never alone with the boys.

Most crew members interviewed by police, defense attorneys or USA TODAY said the boys were always supervised on set.

One set teacher told police she noticed one of the boys became uncomfortable after Busfield joined the show.

The teacher “did not understand why [the boy] did not want to go to the set, but he was pretty clear he didn’t want to do it,” the officer wrote in the arrest affidavit.

The teacher did not return phone calls from USA TODAY.

Other crew members told defense attorneys that the boys didn’t want to be on set. They wanted to play soccer.

And yet all may be imperfect witnesses. Friends write characterreference lettersbut that doesn’t speak to innocence. The movie business is an oversized industry growing in a smaller city where connections land your next job. People change their stories.

One crew member said a detective misrepresented her words in saying she was afraid to talk.

We listen to a recording of her interview with police.

“The economy doesn't know like, ‘Oh yeah, you did the right thing, everything is going to be fine.’ No, the economy is like, ‘You still have bills to pay at the end of the day,’” she said on Jan. 13.

“I did the right thing … I have to now worry about my job. My coworker totally just lied to you and said, ‘Oh, I don't know anything about it.’ And that's probably what I should have done as well.”

'It was a playful environment'

Detective Brown called Busfield in New York in November 2025, where he and Gilbert split time between a Manhattan apartment and their 14-acre Catskills cottage, according to the arrest warrant.

Busfield seemed eager to talk.

“It's ridiculous that I would ever be inappropriate with the little boys,”Busfield told Brownin the video obtained by USA TODAY and first reported on April 7.

His wife joined the call.

He described a studio hospital room that matches the boys’ drawings and where one of the boys told his therapist he was abused.

Busfield told police he and Gilbert invited the boys and their parents to their home for a cast party. Gilbert said she bought Christmas gifts for all the children who attended.

"It's cruel and it's vindictive and it's disgusting,” Gilbert said. “And in my opinion, that does nothing to help these children. It only hurts them.”

“It’s tragic, actually,” Busfield said. “That's the thing. These are good kids.”

Busfield told police he wasn’t alone with the boys, but said it’s likely he picked up the boys and tickled them in front of their parents or teacher. “It was a playful environment,” he said.

“I don't remember [tickling] those boys,” Busfield said. “No, I don't, I don't actually. I don't remember it. If it happened, I don't remember overtly tickling the boys ever, but it wouldn't be uncommon for me."

A photo in police files shows the back of a gray-haired man carrying a child.

A history of allegations of abusing women, girls

Midway through my reporting, we learned that five women reported incidents with Busfield between 1993 and 2019.

In March, USA TODAY reported theseallegations, which were in videos obtained through records requests from Albuquerque police. The women came forward after Busfield was arrested.

While none of the women’s claims resulted in charges, they reveal a history of alleged inappropriate sexual conduct.

One of the women told USA TODAY that she ran out of a theater after Busfield touched her breasts and genitals. She was 17 at the time.

The woman told USA TODAY she fears that not reporting the abuse to police potentially led to more victims.

"Would it have stopped him from hurting other girls? Other kids? If you're a predator, you don't have rules," she said. "What really is the difference between a 16-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy? Not that much. They are kids."

There were no reports from parents of boys.

An attorney for Busfield characterized the allegations as unproven and irrelevant to the charges Busfield faces.

A hearing for freedom

Busfield, legs and hands shackled, sat between his lawyers at a detention hearing.

The warrant for his arrest had been issued Jan. 9. He turned himself in four days later.

Gilbert, her mother and friends sat in a row behind Busfield in the courtroom.

Gilbert wore her “nana” necklace, the role she says is her favorite.

While prosecutors say the boys referred to Busfield as “Uncle Tim,” no one on set heard the children call him that unless the boys’ father urged them, according to police and witness reports.

Fayerberg, Busfield’s attorney, told the court that the boys' parents are “con artists.”

The father lost his law license in California and spent three years in prison for taking money from homeowners facing foreclosure and failing to help them, according to U.S. District Court records and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California. He was ordered to pay $3.5 million restitution. The mother has multiple civil judgments against her for writing bad checks and gambling debts at Las Vegas casinos, according to Nevada court records.

The judge released Busfield.

Busfield lifted his hand to his heart and walked out with his lawyers.

Ten days after her husband’s indictment, Gilbert sat in her familiar and bright kitchen where she often shares recipes and quilting tips.

“Family is everything to me and during this incredibly difficult time. … You wrapped me in love even when I was quiet,” she said in the Feb.16Instagram video.

The weekend I interviewed Gilbert in 2024, the documentary“Quiet on the Set: The Dark Side of Kids’ TV”aired, featuring former child actors alleging sexual assault on the sets of Nickelodeon children's TV shows.

We talked about the potential for danger.

Gilbert was 15 when she had to kiss a 23-year-old who played her husband on “Little House.”

Gilbert saiddirector Michael Landonand crew looked after her. “Nothing ever could have happened to me,” she said that day.

Gilbert now declines to talk to USA TODAY, but she sat down withABC Newson April 6.

Gilbert said she was aware of several women’s allegations before she married Busfield.

“I trust him with my children's lives, with my grandchildren's lives. He is an honorable, caring, generous human being,” she said.

Her husband, she said, is “the last person in the world who would hurt a child. And believe me, if I thought for a second that Tim Busfield hurt a child, he'd have a lot more to worry about than prison.”

'However bad it is for us, we know it's worse for victims'

I read through police interviews one more time, looking for truth among the words of so many. Then I met with prosecutors.

Brandenburg-Koch walked us into a room on the second floor of the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s office, past the four-story wooden dollhouse, the Beauty and the Beast Lego set, the giant Connect Four game on this sunlit February day.

It is here where she and prosecutor Rebekah Reyes sit on gray carpet squares to talk with children who say they've been abused.

Brandenburg-Koch leads the county’s special victims unit, which has gotten convictions in 3 out of 4 cases the last three years.

It is a job that takes its toll.

Jake, the 2-year-old Golden Retriever therapy dog, falls asleep quickly after a day with child victims.

“You can tell it’s hard, even on the dog,” says Reyes, who is Jake’s owner.

“We see and hear bad things every day,” Brandenburg-Koch says. “However bad it is for us, we know it’s worse for victims.”

Some days prosecutors simply sit with kids, playing Jenga or Hungry, Hungry Hippos, watching “Barbie’s Mermaid Tale,” gaining their trust.

The cases are some of the most difficult to prosecute.

Sex abuse cases don’t often come with the evidence you see with murders.

Juries want emails and eyewitnesses, documented injuries.

Instead, usually they get a child’s voice. An adult’s denial.

Brandenburg-Koch tries to help juries understand these complexities.

“Abusers can be really great people. And they can still abuse children,” she says. “Two things can be true.”

She explains that most children, about 80%, delay telling anyone about abuse until they feel safe, mentally or physically. Most often the abuser is someone they know.

In their combined almost 20 years as prosecutors, Brandenburg-Koch and Reyes say they can’t recall a child making up abuse.

Brandenburg-Koch declines to talk specifically about the Busfield case. Jake is wagging his tail and headed toward the door. She is working this trial along with four other sex abuse and child abuse cases this month.

A quilt covering one of the walls of the playroom, handmade by volunteers, bears the names of more than 100 children, all victims of abuse. The names, embroidered in bright primary colors, are a reminder of why she does this work.

She flips off the light as we exit the room.

Laura Trujillo is a national columnist focusing on health and wellness on USA TODAY's investigations and storytelling team. She is the author of "Stepping Back from the Ledge: A Daughter's Search for Truth and Renewal" and can be reached at ltrujillo@usatoday.com.

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Aubrey Plazais excited to see what motherhood will bring!

The 41-year-oldParks and Recreationstar appeared on a special bonus episode of theSmartlesspodcast on Monday, April 13, where she spoke about her pregnancy for the first time.

“Well, there's a baby inside of me,” she told hostsWill Arnett,Jason BatemanandSean Hayes. “No, I said there is a baby inside of me right now.”

Plaza went on to joke that her dog was also getting an ultrasound, saying, “Today was a big day. I went to the doctor's today, and my dog also went to the doctor's. And both of us — my dog's getting a scan right now. I got a scan earlier. I'm not kidding.”

“She had to get an ultrasound on her stomach… And then I got an ultrasound on my stomach, and there is a baby in there,” Plaza continued. “It already has a cloak and a little hat. I think it's gonna come out.”

Plaza, who is currently dating actor Christopher Abbott, said she's excited to be a first-time mom.

“I am. Yeah. I've always wanted, I've always wanted, I've always wanted to see what that's all about, you know?” Plaza said of becoming a mom. “It just seems so interesting, that whole thing.”

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PEOPLE first broke the newsthat Plaza was pregnant earlier this month. A rep for Plaza has also confirmed the news to PEOPLE.

“It was a beautiful surprise after an emotional year,” an exclusive source shared. “They feel very blessed.”

Plaza and Abbott, 40, have previously collaborated on the Off-Broadway revival ofDanny and the Deep Blue Seaand the 2020 filmBlack Bear.

He's currently starring on Broadway in the revival of Arthur Miller'sDeath of a Salesmanopposite Nathan Lane and Laurie Metcalf. The couplestepped out togetherfor the opening night of the show last week.

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Months afterconversation – and controversy – erupted over Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle jeans ad campaign, the star is back for a newsummer spin on shortswith the retailer.

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Syd exemplifies "the true self, the authentic person, the more casual version of thatSydney Sweeneypersona," Brommers says, and the collaboration is part of a "throughline" that "resonates" with consumers.

"Our American Eagle customer base really loved the duality" of the "Euphoria" star, 28, Brommers tells USA TODAY. "Yes, there is the actress on the red carpet with box office hits and Emmy-nominated performances on streaming shows. But there's also this very carefree, casual, real side, the girl-next-door side."

Jeans ad causes backlash:Sydney Sweeney says assumptions of American Eagle ad 'just aren’t true'

The Emmy-nominated star of "Euphoria" and "The White Lotus," Sydney Sweeney, has made a name for herself in prestige television, on silver screens in horror flicks or romantic comedies and as a fashion darling on red carpets like the Met Gala.

Scroll through for more photos of her life and career.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends a Refinery29 event on Dec. 6, 2017, in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney starred as Emaline on the Netflix series "Everything Sucks!" in 2018.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends the premiere of Hulu's "The Handmaid's Tale" Season 2 at TCL Chinese Theatre on April 19, 2018, in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney played Eden in the second season of "The Handmaid's Tale" on Hulu.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends the 70th Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on Sept. 17, 2018, in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Jonathan Davino, left, and Sydney Sweeney attend an InStyle event on Oct. 23, 2018, in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Harry Shum Jr. and Sydney Sweeney walk the red carpet at the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles on Jan. 27, 2019.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends The 2020 InStyle And Warner Bros. 77th annual Golden Globe Awards Post-Party at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 5, 2020, in Beverly Hills, California.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney received an Emmy nomination in 2022 for her part in the first season of HBO's "The White Lotus."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends an InStyle event on Nov. 14, 2021, in West Hollywood, California.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney was nominated for an Emmy in 2022 for her role as Cassie on the HBO series "Euphoria."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends the 2022 Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 94th Oscars at the The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California, on March 27, 2022.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends the 2022 Met Gala.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Maude Apatow and Sydney Sweeney attend the "Bones and All" red carpet at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on Sept. 2, 2022, in Venice, Italy.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends ELLE's 29th annual Women in Hollywood celebration on Oct. 17, 2022, in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends the 2022 LACMA ART+FILM Gala on Nov. 05, 2022, in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends the GQ Men Of The Year Awards 2022 on Nov. 16, 2022, in London.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends the 2023 Met Gala.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends a screening of HBO Films' "Reality" at Museum of Modern Art on May 16, 2023, in New York City.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney and Aja Naomi King attend a Miu Miu event during the 76th Cannes Film Festival on May 23, 2023, in Cannes, France.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends Variety Power of Young Hollywood at NeueHouse on Aug. 10, 2023, in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney and her cousin Lucille Hancock attend the Miu Miu fashion show as part of Paris Fashion Week on Oct. 3, 2023, in Paris, France.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends Columbia Pictures' "Anyone But You" New York Premiere on Dec. 11, 2023, in New York City.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Glen Powell, left, and Sydney Sweeney in the 2023 film "Anyone But You."

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends the screening of "Anyone But You" at Hoyts Entertainment Quarter on Dec. 18, 2023, in Sydney, Australia.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney greets fans at the screening of "Anyone But You" at Hoyts Entertainment Quarter on Dec. 18, 2023, in Sydney, Australia.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Dakota Johnson and Sydney Sweeney attend the World Premiere of Sony Pictures' "Madame Web" on Feb. 12, 2024, in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends the 35th GLAAD Media Awards at The Beverly Hilton on March 14, 2024, in Beverly Hills, California.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends the premiere of Neon's "Immaculate" during Beyond Fest at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood on March 15, 2024, in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends Met Gala celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2024, in New York City.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends the premiere of "Eden" during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2024, in Toronto.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney attend CinemaCon 2025 on April 1, 2025, in Las Vegas.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 5, 2025, in New York City.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on Sept. 14, 2025, in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney underwent a weeklong transformation before debuting her most shocking hairstyle yet. She arrived at the Oct. 25, 2025, "Christy" premiere during the annual AFI Fest sporting an icy blonde bob, her shortest 'do yet.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> "Sydney was looking for a change and wanted to have a big hair moment for the red carpet to support her new movie," hair colorist Jacob Schwartz told Vogue.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney made headlines after donning a sheer, silver, floor-length Christian Cowandress at Variety's 2025 Power of Women Los Angeles event, where she was an honoree, on Oct. 29, 2025.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney walks onstage during pre-race ceremonies prior to the Nascar Cup Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway on Nov. 2, 2025, in Avondale, Arizona.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Sydney Sweeney attends the 2025 GQ Men of the Year party at Chateau Marmont on Nov. 13, 2025 in Los Angeles.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney attend the Los Angeles premiere of "The Housemaid" on Dec. 15, 2025.

" style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney attend W Magazine's annual Best Performances Party at Chateau Marmont on Jan. 10, 2026, in Los Angeles.

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The Emmy-nominated star of"Euphoria"and"The White Lotus," Sydney Sweeney, has made a name for herself in prestige television, on silver screens in horror flicks or romantic comedies and as a fashion darling on red carpets like theMet Gala.Scroll through for more photos of her life and career.

Sydney Sweeney jeans ad sparked backlash – and American Eagle success

Some retailers might have moved on after their first collab generated so much controversy.

Thefall campaign, released last July, was a play on "genes" and "jeans,"proclaiming that Sweeney "has great jeans." "Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair color, personality and even eye color," Sweeney said in the commercial. "My jeans are blue."

The internet pounced. Some said the commercial, with a conventionally attractive, white, thin, blonde woman with blue eyes at its center, was upholding Sweeney as the beauty standard. Others said the ad was regressive, highlighting a blonde bombshell and catering to the objectifying male gaze. And some argued out it had references to eugenics, or the belief that some genetic features are superior to others.

PresidentDonald Trumpand Vice PresidentJD Vanceboth added commentary. Sweeney "has the 'HOTTEST' ad out there. It's for American Eagle, and the jeans are 'flying off the shelves.' Go get 'em Sydney!"Trump posted in August.

Trump weighs inon American Eagle's Sydney Sweeney ad

At the time, the company released a response that said, in part, "Great jeans look good on anyone." And the company CEO said in aWall Street Journalinterview, "We stand behind what we did."

Now, Brommers reveals just how thrilled the company was with the results. American Eagle Outfitters' stock jump by 22%. "A vast, vast, vast majority of Americans understood that the campaign was about jeans," Brommers says. "It was one story, her story."

Sweeney, in a NovemberGQinterview, said "the reaction definitely was a surprise," a sentiment she reiterated toPeoplein December, adding, "I did it because I love the jeans and love the brand. I don’t support the views some people chose to connect to the campaign. Many have assigned motives and labels to me that just aren’t true."

The campaign "certainly drove jeans sales," Brommers says. "American Eagle has a store in all 50 states and during that campaign, we saw new customer acquisition grow in every single county in America. It is a fact that it was the most successful campaign in the history of the American Eagle brand."

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Brommers says the ad had more than 55 billion impressions and was "the most talked about advertising campaign of the year, maybe of the decade – sometimes ChatGPT tells me of the century."

Sydney Sweeney breaks silenceon American Eagle jeans ad backlash

New American Eagle Sydney Sweeney campaign will 'turn the volume down'

Given those results, Brommers says American Eagle consumers were "clamoring for a new chapter to this partnership," focusing on the word "new."

"When we thought about what we could do next together, it wasn't about going backwards – it was about going forward," Brommers says.

"The world is curious and the world will be talking when we launch the campaign," Brommers says. "As we learned in the fall campaign, there is noise, but there are also facts as well, and we're excited to see where this campaign takes our brand."

The new ad aims to lean into joy and away from the previous campaign, Brommers says, though its language directly winks at the controversy.

"The real world is very noisy right now, and sometimes you want to turn the volume down, just be your true self and then live your life in American Eagle jean shorts in the summer," Brommers says.

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What exactly is that "noise"? "It could mean anything," Brommers says, "It could be geopolitical. It could be the harsh realities of social media. Sometimes it could be pain that someone is going through in their own life, their mental health, whatever it is. I think that it's not for me to define someone's noise.

"This idea that you know yourself and you should embrace yourself and your beliefs and get out there and live your own life is a message that has been with the American Eagle brand for many years now. … In a particularly noisy moment out in the real world, we hope that this campaign brings that hope to to our audience."

Sydney Sweeney 'very involved' in American Eagle campaign

Brommers seems to suggest this won't be the last collaboration between American Eagle and their "It girl."

And for those wondering, Sweeney is "very involved," Brommers says.

"She's in there selecting shots and selecting angles and selecting story lines that she likes the most. So this is not about a payday. This is not about someone showing up and cashing a check," Brommers says. "This partnership is deep. It is authentic, and it's someone who is a very savvy business person and very understanding about her brand."

The new products, like the original, support theCrisis Text Line, which offers free, 24/7, confidential mental health support to anyone in need; 100% of the net proceeds from the shorts and jeans will be donated the nonprofit. The limited-edition denim styles feature a butterfly motif in honor of the philanthropic partnership, a cause close to Sweeney's heart.

"Being in the Sydney Sweeney business has been great for us," Brommers says, adding Sweeney "will always drive conversation" in a "partnership [that] has been so culturally defining."

Contributing: Anna Kaufman, Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY

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