Celebrities on Trial

Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo filed a lawsuit alleging an effort to portray them as racist, homophobic and violent men. More

March 18, 2022

Jussie Smollett was ordered released from jail Wednesday by an appeals court that agreed he should be released pending his appeal. More

March 17, 2022

Three months after a jury convicted Empire actor Jussie Smollett of faking a hate crime, he returned to court for sentencing from the judge. More

March 17, 2022

Jussie Smollett's attorneys say they're planning to appeal nearly everything that went on in court over the last few months. More

March 16, 2022

Jussie Smollett began a 150-day jail sentence for staging a hate crime against himself in protective custody. More

March 15, 2022

A federal magistrate is recommending that U.S. District Judge Jennifer Dorsey transfer to a Nevada judge the newspaper’s open-records request for documents that Dorsey has deemed confidential under a hush-money agreement the woman signed more than a decade ago. More

March 15, 2022

Las Vegas judge agreed to postpone hearing evidence in criminal case accusing ex-Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs of driving drunk and causing a high-speed crash that killed a woman. More

March 10, 2022

“I am innocent," Jussie Smollett yelled, raising his fist. “I could have said I am guilty a long time ago.” More

March 10, 2022

Lawyers for Prince Andrew and American woman Virginia Giuffre, who accused him of sexually abusing her when she was 17, formally asked a judge to dismiss her lawsuit. More

March 8, 2022

Maxwell's lawyers say the verdict should be thrown out over the juror's apparent failure to disclose before the trial began that he’d been a victim of childhood sexual abuse. More

March 8, 2022

Judge denies bail to former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez, who faces attempted murder and gun assault charges. More

March 7, 2022

The high court declined prosecutors' request to hear the case and reinstate Cosby's conviction. More

March 7, 2022

Former reality TV star Geoffrey Paschel was denied a motion seeking a new trial at a sentencing hearing on Friday More

March 4, 2022

Rocker Marilyn Manson sued his former fiancee, “Westworld" actor Evan Rachel Wood, on Wednesday over her allegations that he sexually and physically abused her during their relationship. More

March 3, 2022

Former two-time UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was charged Wednesday with attempted murder and multiple gun assault charges. More

March 3, 2022

Kim Kardashian became a single woman on Wednesday, nearly eight years after her marriage to Ye. Kardashian appeared via videoconference and was put under oath in a Los Angeles courtroom. More

March 2, 2022

A Ghislaine Maxwell trial juror whose post-verdict revelation that he had suffered child sex abuse has jeopardized Maxwell's conviction may receive immunity to testify before the judge mulling whether the verdict will stand. More

March 2, 2022

Former UFC heavyweight champion Cain Velasquez was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. More

March 2, 2022

In interviews with news outlets, the juror described a moment during the deliberations when he told fellow jurors that, like some of the victims of Epstein, he had been sexually abused as a child. More

February 24, 2022

The husband of a cinematographer shot and killed on the set of the film "Rust" says it's "absurd" that Alex Baldwin believes he's not to blame for the shooting and he was "so angry" when Baldwin didn't accept responsibility. More

February 23, 2022

The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision throwing out a lawsuit filed by a woman who accused billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein of sexually abusing her when she was a child. Courtney Wild's lawsuit claimed Florida federal prosecutors failed to consult victims more than a decade ago when reaching a secret plea deal with Epstein, who died in jail in New York in 2019. More

February 22, 2022

Paris police are investigating Jean-Luc Brunel’s death at the historic La Sante prison in Paris, the prosecutor’s office said.  More

February 21, 2022

The “reckless conduct and cost-cutting measures” of Baldwin and the film's producers “led to the death of Halyna Hutchins,” attorney Brian Panish said. More

February 15, 2022

Virginia Giuffre sued Prince Andrew in August. The American accused the British royal of sexually abusing her when she was 17 while she traveled with financier Jeffrey Epstein. More

February 15, 2022

ANGELES (Court TV) — Hip-hop superstar Snoop Dogg, scheduled to perform at Sunday’s Super Bowl LVI halftime show, is being sued for the alleged sexual assault of a woman in California in 2013. More

February 11, 2022

A country music singer who was a finalist on TV's “American Idol” has been charged with driving under the influence resulting in death,. More

February 9, 2022

A lawyer for Bill Cosby asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday to reject a bid by prosecutors to revive his criminal sex assault case. More

February 4, 2022

A lawyer for ex-Las Vegas Raiders player Henry Ruggs told a judge he has received body-worn camera video from police who arrived after a high-speed crash that killed a woman. More

February 3, 2022

Tiger King Joe Exotic calls Vinnie Politan from prison to give an update on his health, appeal status and discusses his nemesis, Carol Baskin. More

February 3, 2022

Relatives of Robert Durst's first wife, who disappeared in 1982, have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his second wife. More

February 1, 2022