From O.J. Simpson to Johnny Depp, these celebrities found themselves in the courtroom spotlight as well.
Medical examiners confirmed Friday that convicted Ponzi schemer and Jeffrey Epstein mentor Steven Hoffenberg was the person found dead in a Connecticut apartment earlier this week. More
August 26, 2022
A domestic assault case against singer Michelle Branch has been dismissed. More
August 26, 2022
A law firm that helped defend Ghislaine Maxwell is suing her, her brother and husband, saying it was never paid for more than $878,000 for its work. More
August 25, 2022
New York's highest court has agreed to hear an appeal from Harvey Weinstein over his 2020 rape conviction. More
August 25, 2022
Defense lawyers at R. Kelly’s child pornography trial in Chicago sought Wednesday to portray a key government witness as a liar and extortionist, contending the man first approached the R&B star in 2001 and demanded that Kelly pay $1 million or he’d go public with video that could put Kelly in serious legal peril. More
August 24, 2022
Mario Batali has agreed to settle two Massachusetts lawsuits that accused the celebrity chef of sexual assault. The decision to settle the cases comes more than two months after the former Food Network personality was cleared of a criminal charge stemming from accusations by one of the women, who prosecutors alleged aggressively kissed and groped her while taking a selfie at a downtown Boston bar in 2017. More
August 24, 2022
A former merchandizing agent for R. Kelly testified Tuesday that the singer offered him $1 million to find a VHS tape featuring Kelly as prosecutors sought to persuade jurors that Kelly was desperate to recover the missing recording. More
August 23, 2022
Actor Gary Busey has been charged with sexual offenses following alleged actions at the Monster Mania Convention in the Philadelphia suburb of Cherry Hill. More
August 22, 2022
R. Kelly’s legal team will get its chance to question the government’s star witness on Friday after she testified at his federal trial in Chicago that the R&B singer sexually abused her hundreds of times before she turned 18. More
August 19, 2022
By MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A woman who has been central to R. Kelly’s legal troubles for more than two decades testified Thursday that the R&B singer sexually abused her “hundreds” of times before she turned 18 and that it was her and Kelly in a videotape that was at the heart […] More
August 18, 2022
An attorney for R. Kelly implored jurors at the singer's trial-fixing and child pornography case Wednesday not to accept what she said is the prosecution’s portrayal of her client as “a monster.” More
August 17, 2022
Kelly is accused of enticing minors for sex, of producing child pornography and of fixing his 2008 state child pornography trial at which he was acquitted. More
August 17, 2022
R. Kelly's musical accomplishments have been accompanied by a long history of allegations that he sexually abused women and children. Now the R&B singer faces a trial in his hometown of Chicago on charges accusing him of rigging his 2008 child pornography trial and of enticing minors for sex. More
August 16, 2022
After a string of arrests and erratic behavior that spanned Hawaii to Vermont, “Flash” actor Ezra Miller said they have begun treatment for “complex mental health issues.” More
August 16, 2022
Rapper A$AP Rocky was charged with two felonies for pulling a gun on a former friend and firing in Hollywood. The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office charged the 33-year-old New York native, whose legal name is Rakim Athelaston Mayers, with two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. More
August 15, 2022
The fatal film-set shooting of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin last year was an accident, according to a determination made by New Mexico's Office of the Medical Investigator following the completion of an autopsy and a review of law enforcement reports. More
August 15, 2022
Jury selection begins Monday at R. Kelly’s federal trial in his hometown of Chicago, where he faces charges that he rigged his 2008 state child pornography trial. More
August 15, 2022
Soon, it will be Cruz's attorneys arguing why he should be spared, hoping to convince at least one juror their mitigating factors outweigh the prosecution's aggravating circumstances — a death sentence must be unanimous. More
August 15, 2022
Singer Michelle Branch has been charged with domestic assault after police say she slapped her husband multiple times in the face. More
August 15, 2022
Atlanta rapper Young Thug, who’s accused of conspiracy to violate Georgia’s RICO Act and participation in a criminal street gang, is facing six new felony charges along with four others linked to the case. More
August 10, 2022
Actor Ezra Miller has been charged with felony burglary in Stamford, Vermont, the latest in a string of incidents involving the embattled star of “The Flash.” More
August 8, 2022
A judge on Thursday ruled that Kevin Spacey and his production companies must pay the makers of “House of Cards” nearly $31 million. More
August 5, 2022
YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. (Court TV) — Three days before filing an appeal to the $10.35 million judgment she was ordered to pay her ex-husband, Johnny Depp, Amber Heard’s California desert estate quietly sold, according to public property records. The three-bedroom, three-bathroom Yucca Valley home, featured in many of Heard’s Instagram posts, sits on just under 6 […] More
August 2, 2022
Prosecutors said the harassment campaign stretched from November 2018 to February 2020 after the woman filed a civil lawsuit against Kelly. More
July 27, 2022
Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell has been moved to a Florida federal prison to continue serving her 20-year sentence. More
July 25, 2022
Jury selection is set for Monday in a trial that will determine for the first time how much Infowars host Alex Jones must pay Sandy Hook Elementary School parents. More
July 25, 2022
R. Kelly’s manager Donnell Russell was convicted of making a phone threat that gunfire was about to occur at a crowded Manhattan theater preparing to show a documentary about the singer’s sexual abuse of women and girls. More
July 22, 2022
Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, was convicted on Friday of contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. More
July 22, 2022
Trump ally Steve Bannon did not testify and did not call any witnesses in his contempt of congress trial on Thursday. More
July 21, 2022
Amber Heard notified a Virginia court that she will appeal the $10.35 million judgment she was ordered to pay ex-husband Johnny Depp during a high-profile defamation trial. More
July 21, 2022
