Donald Wayne Hartung faces a potential death sentence if he's convicted of murdering his mother and two half-brothers. More

January 15, 2020

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti, the embattled former attorney for the porn actress Stormy Daniels, was arrested Tuesday evening in California for alleged bail violations, according to a court filing by federal prosecutors. The arrest came as Avenatti was appearing before the State Bar Court in Los Angeles, which […] More

January 15, 2020

MERIDEN, Conn. (AP) — DNA testing has helped police identify the mother of an infant who was found frozen to death in a Connecticut parking lot in 1988, but she is not expected to face charges because of how long ago the crime was, authorities announced Tuesday. Meriden Police Chief Jeffry Cossette said the mother […] More

January 15, 2020

HARLAN, Iowa (AP) — A Kansas man has asked an Iowa judge to let him engage in a sword fight with his ex-wife and her attorney so that he can “rend their souls” from their bodies. David Ostrom, 40, of Paola, Kansas, said in a Jan. 3 court filing that his former wife, Bridgette Ostrom, […] More

January 15, 2020

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — The man who shot several people, killing one, at a zombie-themed festival in Florida more than four years ago was sentenced on Monday to 30 years in prison. Jose Raul Bonilla, 24, was sentenced after pleading no contest to second-degree murder, aggravated battery with a firearm and possession of a […] More

January 14, 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

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) — Actress Lindsay Lohan’s mother is facing charges related to another drunken driving incident after authorities say she rear-ended a driver and then left the scene. VIDEO CREDIT: WCBS Dina Lohan, who has a history of driving while intoxicated, was driving with a suspended license on Saturday evening when she hit another […] More

January 13, 2020

UPDATED 1/13/2020 11 AM: Jose Bonilla has agreed to a plea deal on the day his trial was scheduled to begin.   ORIGINAL STORY: A Florida man who allegedly fatally shot one person and wounded several others at a 2015 event is facing life in prison. Jose Raul Bonilla, 20, is accused in the deadly […] More

January 13, 2020

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — New England Patriots star Julian Edelman was arrested in Southern California on suspicion of misdemeanor vandalism after jumping on the hood of someone’s car, authorities said Sunday. Edelman, 33, caused unspecified damage when he jumped on the vehicle Saturday night on a commercial block of Beverly Hills, police Lt. Elisabeth […] More

January 13, 2020

CHICAGO (AP) — A fight between two of R. Kelly’s girlfriends inside the embattled singer’s Trump Tower condominium led to a domestic battery charge against one of them and sent the other to the hospital, Chicago police said Thursday. Joycelyn Savage, 24, was taken into custody after allegedly punching a 22-year-old woman in the face Wednesday, police […] More

January 10, 2020

MAYS LANDING, N.J. (AP) — A woman who pleaded guilty in the beating deaths of her mother and grandmother in their New Jersey beach home was sentenced Thursday to 42 years in prison. Heather Barbera, 43, used a nightstick to bludgeon 67-year-old Michelle Gordon and 87-year-old Elaine Rosen in their Ventor condo in July 2018, […] More

January 10, 2020

  NEW YORK (AP) — A federal grand jury handed up hate crime charges Thursday against the man accused of stabbing five people with a machete during a Hanukkah celebration north of New York City. The indictment charges Grafton Thomas with five counts each of attempting to kill victims based on their religion and obstructing the free […] More

January 10, 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

CHICAGO (AP) — A fight between two of R. Kelly’s girlfriends inside the embattled singer’s Trump Tower condominium has led to a domestic battery charge against one of the women and sent the other to the hospital, Chicago police said Thursday. Joycelyn Savage, 24, was taken into custody after allegedly punching a 22-year-old woman in the face […] 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

Pamela Smart is serving a sentence of life without parole for plotting with a teenage student to murder her husband. More

January 9, 2020

MORRISON, Ill. (AP) — A northern Illinois teenager pleaded guilty Wednesday to shooting to death her mother because of fears the woman opposed the daughter’s lesbian relationship. With her guilty plea to second-degree murder in Whiteside County Circuit Court, 17-year-old Anna Schroeder of Morrison faces four to 20 years in prison when she is sentenced […] More

January 9, 2020

A judge has ordered Google to turn over a year's worth of emails, messages and other data related to Jussie Smollett. More

January 9, 2020

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN has settled a lawsuit with a Kentucky teen who claimed media organizations falsely labeled him as a racist following a well-publicized encounter with a Native American last year at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. The network confirmed the settlement Tuesday, as did Todd McMurtry, a lawyer for Nicholas Sandmann, a […] More

January 8, 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

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — IKEA has agreed to pay $46 million to the parents of a 2-year-old boy who died of injuries suffered when a 70-pound (32-kilogram) recalled dresser tipped over onto him, the family’s lawyers said Monday. Jozef Dudek, of Buena Park, California, died in 2017 of his injuries, and his parents sued the Swedish […] More

January 7, 2020

By DAN SEWELL Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — A federal court filing shows that a plea agreement has been reached in the case of a 24-year-old Ohio man who claimed to be a missing Illinois child. No details were made public immediately on the terms. U.S. District Judge Michael Barrett has a Wednesday status conference […] 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 MIKE SCHNEIDER | ASSOCIATED PRESS ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The ex-partner of singer Whitney Houston’s late daughter was found unresponsive in a central Florida hotel room and later died, authorities said Thursday. Paramedics were called to Nick Gordon’s hotel room in Maitland, a suburb of Orlando, early Wednesday morning to check on an unresponsive […] More

January 3, 2020

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — An actress who had a small role in the movie “Captain America: The First Avenger” is accused of fatally stabbing her mother inside a suburban Kansas City home. Mollie Fitzgerald, 38, was arrested Tuesday by police in Olathe, Kansas, the Kansas City Star reported. She is charged with second-degree murder and […] More

January 3, 2020

Judge Bruce Kyle sentenced Mark Sievers to death for the first-degree murder of his wife Teresa and a 30-year-sentence for conspiracy. More

January 3, 2020

This episode takes a look at the famous New York City courthouse where Harvey Weinstein's fate will be determined. (Episode 19) More

January 2, 2020

BY MARK KENNEDY AP | ENTERTAINMENT WRITER NEW YORK (AP) — Few TV documentary series can boast having a more powerful real world impact than “Surviving R. Kelly.” Though allegations of sexual abuse against minors followed R&B superstar R. Kelly for years, it was a six-part series aired by Lifetime last January featuring testimonials by […] More

December 31, 2019