# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cheryl-araujo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:09:49.649Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cheryl-araujo"
name: "Cheryl Araujo"
slug: "cheryl-araujo"
description: "Cheryl Ann Araujo was an American woman from New Bedford, Massachusetts, who was gang-raped in 1983 at age 21 by four men in a tavern in the city. Her case became national news and drew widespread attention to media coverage of rape trials."
tagline: "American victim of crime, activist (1961-1986)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1961-03-28"
deathDate: "1986-12-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.97
  momentum:             6.36452360619739
  historical:           7.682904000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Araujo"
    title: "Cheryl Araujo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%BA%D9%88"
    title: "شيريل أراوغو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%88"
    title: "شيريل اراوجو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Araujo"
    title: "Cheryl Araujo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Araujo"
    title: "Cheryl Araujo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Araujo"
    title: "Cheryl Araujo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Araujo"
    title: "Cheryl Araujo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%BE%2C_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB"
    title: "Араужо, Шерил"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q541820"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump