Queen Sugar 
TV Show
Drama
TV Show
Drama
Updated: 6 June 2023
No rape or sexual assault
Rape or sexual assault mentioned, discussed, implied
Sexual harassment e.g non-consensual grabbing, touching, cat-calling)
Sexual relationship between adult and teenager
Child sex abuse
Incest
Attempted rape
Rape off-screen or strongly implied
Rape on-screen

Description

S1E1: a basketball team is accused of gang-raping a woman. There is victim blaming. A main character's husband is accused of rape: the wife confronts him after there is video evidence. The video of right before the rape is shown on screen. The main character is sexually harassed by reporters asking about her husband. S1E3: the rape is mentioned again. The husband says that the woman was a hired escort. S1E4: the basketball player is suspended for "rape". The audience does not get to know if the incident in question was actually rape, or consensual sex with a sex worker. A rape kit is mentioned. Teenage "sexting" is mentioned. S1E5: the wife of the accused rapist goes to visit the victim. She refuses to believe her husband could be a rapist, just because the victim is a sex worker. The wife offers to pay off the victim: she says that she wants the player to admit what he did. S1E6: two radio hosts blame the rape victim. The accused player's wife is mad at her sister for calling her a victim. The rape victim meets with the basketball player: he told his friends that they could have sex with his callgirl. The wife finally realizes her husband is a rapist and leaves him. S1E9: the rape is mentioned again. S1E13: the rape is mentioned again. A white police officer forcefully grabs the bottom of a Black woman who wrote a critical article about the police force. S2E6: the sexual assault is mentioned again. S2E8: Donald Trump is quoted about illegal immigrants raping US citizens. S2E10: a woman is catcalled: S2E9: a woman is catcalled by a man from her past. Her fiance slut shames her for it. S2E16: a woman describes how she got pregnant (she was high and there was a group of guys and she does not remember). S4E1-3: the rape payoff is mentioned again several times. S4E4: sexual violence threats towards a 10 year old are mentioned. S4E5: a relationship between a college professor and a student is revealed. S4E10: while discussing a main characters past actions, the episode points out that women who are intoxicated cannot consent to sex. It also tackles spousal rape when a main character discusses her abusive husband. S5E10: the basketball players rape accusation is mentioned again. Throughout season 6, details of an attempted rape of an 18 year old by a 33 year old man are revealed. S6E1: another relationship between a college professor and her student is revealed. S6E3: a character reveals that she was raped when she was 18, and that she left town because everyone blamed her and no one believed her. She outed her friend to her father because she did not believe her about the rape. S6E6: the rape by the grown man against a teenage girl is mentioned again. S6E7: full details about the attempted rape of an 18 year old by a 33 year old man are revealed. S7E4: a main character's past rape is mentioned, as well as the fact that her rapist is running for Congress. Another side character's past attack is also mentioned. S7E5: a previous rape is mentioned in a flashback. A main characters rapist calls her and threatens her. S7E6: a main character is repeatedly threatened by her rapist. S7E7: a woman's rapist shows up looking for her. A woman's domestic abuser and another woman's rapist calls from hospice while he is dying. S7E8: the aftermath of the previous episode is discussed and shown. More is dealt with about the main character's rape too.

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