Celebrities on Trial

Ghislaine Maxwell reached her 60th birthday behind bars Saturday as she awaited the outcome of her sex trafficking trial. More

December 27, 2021

Court officials are edging closer to dividing up pop superstar Prince 's estate. The Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Wednesday that November tax filings show the Internal Revenue Service and Comerica Bank & Trust, the estate administrator, have reached an agreement in November on the total value of Prince's assets. More

December 22, 2021

ATLANTA (Court TV) — 2021 was a big year for celebrities on trial, from R&B artist R-Kelly to ex-‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett. These high-profile cases ran the gamut as far as charges, but they all had similar verdicts.   R. KELLY SEX TRAFFICKING TRIAL In September of 2021, a jury found Grammy award-winning singer R. […] More

December 22, 2021

Ghislaine Maxwell will spend Christmas — and her 60th birthday — in jail without a resolution to her sex trafficking trial as a jury ended an abbreviated first week of deliberations Wednesday without reaching a verdict. More

December 22, 2021

The jury deliberating at Ghislaine Maxwell's trial finished its first full day of deliberations Tuesday without reaching a verdict, having asked to review the testimony of three of four women who said they were teens when the British socialite aided financier Jeffrey Epstein in sexually abusing them. More

December 21, 2021

SALT LAKE CITY (Scripps News Salt Lake City) — A federal grand jury has indicted former Olympic speedskater and Utah resident Allison Baver on nine counts that accuse her of lying to obtain $10 million from the Paycheck Protection Program. The indictment was filed Wednesday in federal court in Salt Lake City. A docket shows […] More

December 20, 2021

The initial case against 'Empire' actor Jussie Smollett represented a 'major failure of operations,' according to the special prosecutor. More

December 20, 2021

The prosecutor told jurors that Maxwell was a "posh, smiling age-appropriate woman” who provided cover for Epstein's “creepy” behavior. More

December 20, 2021

The case for and against Ghislaine Maxwell has been made, and as soon as Monday, her fate will rest squarely in the jury's hands. More

December 20, 2021

Rock icon Rod Stewart and his son have pleaded guilty to battery in an assault case stemming from a New Year's Eve 2019 altercation with a security guard at an exclusive Florida hotel. Court records released Friday show that the singer and his son Sean Stewart entered guilty pleas to misdemeanor charges of simple battery. More

December 17, 2021

Ghislaine Maxwell's defense called another of Jeffrey Epstein's one-time paramours to the stand Friday: a former Miss Sweden, New York City doctor and tabloid fixture who told the jury that she trusted the financier with her young daughters and denied taking part in a group sexual encounter with a key accuser. More

December 17, 2021

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities on Thursday issued a search warrant for Alec Baldwin’s cell phone, saying it could hold evidence that might be helpful as they investigate a deadly shooting on a New Mexico film set that killed a cinematographer and wounded the director. Baldwin was holding a revolver during rehearsal when it […] More

December 16, 2021

Several judges on the panel appeared open to considering reversing Weinstein’s conviction and ordering a new trial. More

December 16, 2021

Ghislaine Maxwell's trial will resume with the defense calling its own witnesses in federal court in Manhattan. More

December 16, 2021

The Chicago Blackhawks have settled a lawsuit by a former player who said he was sexually assaulted by an assistant coach during the team's 2010 Stanley Cup title run. More

December 15, 2021

Ghislaine Maxwell has denied allegations from multiple women that she helped the millionaire Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls. More

December 15, 2021

The woman who died in a fiery crash that authorities blame on ex-Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III driving drunk at racetrack speeds burned to death, the county coroner in Las Vegas said Tuesday. More

December 14, 2021

O.J. Simpson is a free man. The 74-year-old former football hero and actor, acquitted California murder defendant and convicted Las Vegas armed robber was granted good behavior credits and discharged from parole effective Dec. 1, a day after a hearing before the Nevada Board of Parole. More

December 14, 2021

The only Black juror on Jussie Smollett's jury said he couldn't get past what he did not do after attackers looped a noose around his neck. More

December 14, 2021

By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors completed presenting their case against Ghislaine Maxwell on Friday, after a key accuser at the British socialite’s sex-abuse trial testified that Maxwell and her companion, Jeffrey Epstein, forced themselves on her when she was just 16.    Annie Farmer told jurors […] More

December 10, 2021

A jury's guilty verdict that Jussie Smollett faked a racist and homophobic attack isn't the end of court for the former 'Empire' actor. More

December 10, 2021

Accuser at sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell testified Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein forced themselves on her during 1996 visit to financier's sprawling New Mexico ranch when she was 16. More

December 10, 2021

His attorney declared Smollett's innocence after the jury found him guilty on five of six counts of disorderly conduct for lying to police. More

December 9, 2021

The sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell was paused Thursday after it was announced an attorney on the case had gotten sick. More

December 9, 2021

Ex-boyfriend of woman who says she was paid to give sexual favors to Jeffrey Epstein starting at age 14 corroborated parts of her account at the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell. More

December 8, 2021

Jury in Jussie Smollett's trial started deliberating after prosecutor said there is 'overwhelming evidence' actor lied to police. More

December 8, 2021

Jussie Smollett's defense attorney told jurors the evidence is based on the testimony of 'sophisticated liars' and 'worst type of criminals.' More

December 8, 2021

Taking the witness stand in his own defense earlier this week, Jussie Smollett repeatedly denied the attack was a fake. More

December 8, 2021

Carolyn offered some of the most explicit descriptions so far at the New York trial of Maxwell’s alleged grooming of underage victims, who prosecutors say were lured into “a pyramid scheme of abuse.” More

December 8, 2021

Jussie Smollett's publicist has lined up supporters outside the courtroom where he is fighting charges of lying to Chicago police. More

December 7, 2021