Sex Crimes

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As if picking a jury for Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial wasn’t complicated enough, some potential jurors have been posting on social media about their involvement in the case, violating court rules that could land them behind bars, the judge said Wednesday as the selection process […] More

January 16, 2020

BY SEEMA IYER | COURT TV LIVE “Is this a witness list or the Oscar nominations?” That was my first thought when hearing that several Hollywood A-listers comprise the 90 names being read to potential jurors in the New York trial against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein. Just a day after seeing actresses Charlize Theron and […] More

January 15, 2020

By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Supermodel Gigi Hadid is in the running to be a juror in Harvey Weinstein’s New York City rape trial after telling a judge Monday that she thinks she’d be able to “keep an open mind on the facts.” Hadid, who lives in Manhattan and studied criminal […] More

January 14, 2020

Comedian Bill Cosby filed an appeal Thursday of a court decision last month that upheld his conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home. The latest appeal — filed with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which does not have to take the case — focuses on four key trial issues, including the judge’s […] More

January 9, 2020

Court has recessed for the day to allow one of the attorneys to tend to a medical issue. But before the recess, the judge swore in the panel of about 130 jurors and then dismissed them for the day. The same group will return tomorrow for preliminary questioning. Judge Burke also denied the defense motion […] More

January 9, 2020

After many delays, movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is ready to face a jury of his peers in his sexual assault trial, but how did we get here? Harvey Weinstein Trial: How We Got Here Court TV anchors Vinnie Politan and Seema Iyer will look back at all that has occurred – allegedly or not – […] More

January 9, 2020

It was a rocky start for Harvey Weinstein inside the New York Courthouse where Judge James Burke appeared furious after learning Weinstein allegedly violated his orders by using a cell phone in the courtroom. More

January 7, 2020

Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced today that film producer Harvey Weinstein has been charged with raping one woman and sexually assaulting another in separate incidents over a two-day period in 2013.   Defendant Weinstein (dob 3/19/52) was charged in case BA483663 with one felony count each of forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, […] More

January 6, 2020

BY COURT TV STAFF Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein will soon face his toughest audience yet as jury selection begins in his long-awaited sex crimes trial. More than 100 people have been summoned to appear in New York Supreme Court on Tuesday to start the process of choosing the 12 jurors plus alternates who will […] More

January 6, 2020

BY SEEMA IYER | COURT TV Harvey Weinstein, a Hollywood tycoon whose alleged sexual behavior has sparked a powerful conversation world-wide began his plummet from power in early 2015.   And it’s all thanks to a few strong women who had the courage to speak out. Here’s a timeline of how the scandal unfolded: March […] More

December 30, 2019

Los Angeles and Beverly Hills police each brought four investigations to prosecutors, accusing Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault. More

December 27, 2019

BY PHILIP MARCELO | ASSOCIATED PRESS Scandinavian writer Ari Behn — the ex-husband of Norwegian Princess Martha Louise and among the people who had accused actor Kevin Spacey of sexual misconduct — died this week, his manager said. He was 47. Behn died by suicide Wednesday, his manager told the Norwegian news service NTB. Authorities […] More

December 26, 2019

The Michigan attorney general said the investigation into serial sexual abuser Larry Nassar was ongoing despite an earlier statement. More

December 26, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein says he is a pioneer in advancing the careers of women in the film industry. “I feel like the forgotten man,’’ Weinstein said in an interview published Sunday in the New York Post. “I made more movies directed by women and about women than any filmmaker, and I’m talking […] More

December 16, 2019

BY LARRY NEUMEISTER ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Ninety-eight percent of The Weinstein Co.’s creditors are joining a tentative settlement that plaintiffs say includes $25 million for over two dozen actresses and former employees who claim Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed them, a lawyer said Thursday. >>RELATED: Weinstein could face jail, bail hike over monitoring […] More

December 12, 2019

UPDATED 12/11/19 12 pm BY COURT TV STAFF Harvey Weinstein’s bail was increased by Judge Burke on Wednesday over allegations that he violated his bail by removing his ankle monitor. Weinstein’s bail went from $1 million to a choice of paying either a $5 million cash bail, or $50 million security bond partially secured at […] More

December 11, 2019

BY MARYCLAIRE DALE | ASSOCIATED PRESS Bill Cosby lost his bid to overturn his sexual assault conviction Tuesday, as an appeals court upheld the verdict in the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era. In its ruling, the Superior Court upheld the right of prosecutors to call other accusers to bolster their case — the […] More

December 10, 2019

  The following is the complete statement furnished exclusively to Court TV by Harvey Weinstein Lead Attorney Donna Rotunno: “I was dismayed to see all the press coverage incorrectly stating that Mr Weinstein was trying to garner sympathy at his court appearance last week. Mr. Weinstein was in a serious car accident in August, which […] More

December 9, 2019

By RYAN TARINELLI and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein violated his bail conditions by mishandling his electronic ankle monitor, which left his whereabouts unrecorded for hours at a time, a New York prosecutor argued Friday. Prosecutor Joan Illuzzi spoke at a pretrial hearing for Weinstein, who is free on […] More

December 6, 2019

BY SEEMA IYER | COURT TV A clearer picture has emerged of what we can expect in Harvey Weinstein’s upcoming trial after the presiding judge made decisions on several outstanding defense motions.   Annabella Sciorra will be able to testify. The defense argued they did not receive “fair notice” of the allegations involving Sciorra and […] More

December 5, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) — Imminent changes to New York’s criminal justice system are forcing Harvey Weinstein back into court a month before his sexual assault trial is set to start. Weinstein is due to appear Friday at a bail hearing necessitated by changes that go into effect Jan. 1. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to […] More

December 4, 2019

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut rabbi convicted of repeatedly sexually abusing a teenage boy more than a decade ago was sentenced Monday to 12 years in prison. Superior Court Judge Jon Alander imposed the punishment on Daniel Greer, 79, of New Haven, whose lawyer has said he expects to appeal the convictions. Greer, […] More

December 2, 2019

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Bill Cosby says he’s prepared to serve his 10-year maximum sentence for sexual assault rather than show remorse for a crime the comedian says he didn’t commit. Cosby is serving three to 10 years in a state prison near Philadelphia after a jury last year convicted him of sexually assaulting a Temple […] More

November 27, 2019

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — A judge dashed the hopes of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky for a shorter prison term Friday, resentencing him to the same 30-to-60-year term imposed against him in 2012 for sexually abusing children. Judge Maureen Skerda gave Sandusky what prosecutors and his own attorney described as effectively a […] More

November 22, 2019

BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) — Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is expected in a Pennsylvania courtroom to be resentenced after an appeals court said mandatory minimum sentences had been improperly applied against him. The 75-year-old Sandusky will be resentenced Friday by Judge Maureen Skerda at the county courthouse in Bellefonte. State Superior Court […] More

November 22, 2019

MASON, Mich. (AP) — A former mid-Michigan fifth-grade teacher has been sentenced to seven to 15 years in prison after being convicted of molesting male students that he taught. Patrick Daley learned his punishment Wednesday after a jury last month found him guilty of 18 counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct. The Lansing State Journal reports the 36-year-old Daley […] More

November 20, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) — Two jail guards responsible for monitoring Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself were charged Tuesday with falsifying prison records to conceal they were sleeping and browsing the internet during the hours they were supposed to be keeping a close watch on prisoners. Guards Toval Noel and Michael Thomas were accused […] More

November 19, 2019

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who confronted Jeffrey Epstein at a July bail hearing to tell a judge he touched her inappropriately when she was 16 sued his estate Tuesday, alleging he had subjected her to sex trafficking as part of his attacks on young women and girls. Lawyers for Annie Farmer filed the […] More

November 12, 2019

Manhattan prosecutors recently filed a response to several Harvey Weinstein defense motions. The defense motions included: Dismissal of the Predatory Sexual Assault counts, Suppression of evidence seized pursuant to search warrants, Reconsideration of the court allowing testimony about rape trauma syndrome and Permission for the defense to call an expert on the reliability of memory of […] More

November 8, 2019

  LAS VEGAS (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo’s lawyers won a courtroom bid Thursday to block a Nevada woman accusing the soccer superstar of raping her in Las Vegas in 2009 from digging into the validity of their 2010 confidentiality agreement and $375,000 hush-money payment. U.S. Magistrate Judge Daniel Albregts told Kathryn Mayorga’s attorney that it […] More

November 8, 2019