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Baltimore sex trafficker pleads guilty to victimizing 3+ women
Baltimore sex trafficker pleads guilty to victimizing 3+ women

A Baltimore man has pleaded guilty to sex trafficking at least three women, one of whom he forced to get his nicknames tattooed on her body. Ryan Odell Oliver -- who went by "Dre," "Fame" and "Foreign" -- advertised the victims online for commercial sex dates and gave them daily quotas for the dates; he then kept the money they made. More

August 19, 2022

Defense rests after challenging agents in Whitmer plot trial
Defense rests after challenging agents in Whitmer plot trial

Lawyers for two men charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called investigators to the witness stand Friday to try to raise questions about their tactics in 2020 and highlight scornful attitudes. The defense rested its case on the ninth day of trial. Closing arguments were scheduled for Monday in federal court in Grand Rapids, Michigan .Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. declined to testify. More

August 19, 2022

Alex Murdaugh faces more financial crime indictments
Alex Murdaugh faces more financial crime indictments

Prosecutors say disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, who's charged with killing his wife and son, stole nearly $420,000 from his law firm. Murdaugh faces nine additional charges — four counts of obtaining property under false pretenses, three counts of money laundering and two counts of computer crimes — in indictments. More

August 19, 2022

Georgia election probe runs into resistance from witnesses
Georgia election probe runs into resistance from witnesses

Prosecutors investigating whether Donald Trump committed crimes as he sought to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia are running into increasing resistance as they seek to call witnesses to testify before a special grand jury. More

August 18, 2022

Woman says it was her and R. Kelly in key video at 2008 trial
Woman says it was her and R. Kelly in key video at 2008 trial

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

Browns QB Deshaun Watson settles for 11-game suspension
Browns QB Deshaun Watson settles for 11-game suspension

Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson will serve an 11-game unpaid suspension, pay a $5 million fine and undergo professional evaluation and treatment as part of a settlement with the NFL following accusations of sexual misconduct by two dozen women. More

August 18, 2022

Trump Organization CFO pleads guilty in tax evasion case
Trump Organization CFO pleads guilty in tax evasion case

Trump Organization's former Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg, center, leaves court, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, in New York. Weisselberg pled guilty on Thursday to tax violations in a deal that would require him to testify about business practices at the former president's company. More

August 18, 2022

Evidence dispute spills into public in Alex Murdaugh case
Evidence dispute spills into public in Alex Murdaugh case

Attorneys for disbarred South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh say prosecutors are taking too long to share their evidence alleging the disbarred attorney killed his wife and son, unfairly making it tougher to defend him at his upcoming trial. More

August 17, 2022