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Gigi Hadid among potential jurors for Weinstein’s rape trial
Gigi Hadid among potential jurors for Weinstein’s rape trial

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

Authorities: Lindsay Lohan’s mom drunkenly hit car, fled
Authorities: Lindsay Lohan’s mom drunkenly hit car, fled

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

ZombiCon shooter takes plea deal
ZombiCon shooter takes plea deal

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

Patriots star Julian Edelman arrested for vandalism in California
Patriots star Julian Edelman arrested for vandalism in California

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

R. Kelly girlfriend pleads not guilty to battery charge
R. Kelly girlfriend pleads not guilty to battery charge

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

NJ woman gets 42 years for slayings of mother, grandmother
NJ woman gets 42 years for slayings of mother, grandmother

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

Hanukkah stabbing suspect indicted on federal hate crimes
Hanukkah stabbing suspect indicted on federal hate crimes

  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

Bill Cosby asks Pennsylvania high court to review conviction
Bill Cosby asks Pennsylvania high court to review conviction

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

R Kelly girlfriend charged after fight at singer’s condo
R Kelly girlfriend charged after fight at singer’s condo

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

Weinstein: Judge denies defense motion to recuse himself
Weinstein: Judge denies defense motion to recuse himself

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

The Court TV Podcast Episode 20
The Court TV Podcast Episode 20

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

Teenager pleads guilty to the 2017 shooting death of mother
Teenager pleads guilty to the 2017 shooting death of mother

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

CNN settles lawsuit with Kentucky teen in demonstration
CNN settles lawsuit with Kentucky teen in demonstration

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

Judge Scolds Weinstein as Jury Selection Begins
Judge Scolds Weinstein as Jury Selection Begins

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

IKEA to pay $46M in boy’s dresser tipover death, lawyers say
IKEA to pay $46M in boy’s dresser tipover death, lawyers say

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

Plea agreement reached for man who claimed to be missing kid
Plea agreement reached for man who claimed to be missing kid

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

L.A. Prosecutors Announce New Weinstein Charges
L.A. Prosecutors Announce New Weinstein Charges

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

Nick Gordon died after being found unresponsive in hotel
Nick Gordon died after being found unresponsive in hotel

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

`Captain America’ actress charged with killing mom in Kansas
`Captain America’ actress charged with killing mom in Kansas

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

Lifetime returns to R. Kelly with a new powerful series
Lifetime returns to R. Kelly with a new powerful series

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

Court grants new trial to pair serving life for ’95 murders

BY DAVID PORTER| ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two New Jersey men who have served more than 20 years in prison for a double murder have a chance at a new trial after a state appeals court ruled that newly discovered evidence could clear them. The ruling means Kevin Baker and Sean Washington could […] More

December 31, 2019

Harvey Weinstein Scandal: A Timeline
Harvey Weinstein Scandal: A Timeline

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

Daycare owner arrested after 26 kids found behind false wall
Daycare owner arrested after 26 kids found behind false wall

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado woman accused of hiding 26 children behind a false wall at her daycare center was arrested for investigation of misdemeanor child abuse, police said Thursday. Carla Faith, 58, was arrested Monday in Colorado Springs on suspicion of two counts of reckless child abuse without injury and a single […] More

December 27, 2019

Dad faces felony charges in 2-year-old girl’s shooting death
Dad faces felony charges in 2-year-old girl’s shooting death

NEWARK, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man has been indicted on involuntary manslaughter and other charges after his 2-year-old daughter was fatally shot at home. In a 911 call about the Dec. 14 shooting, the girl’s mother said Noelle Massuros was accidentally shot by her 6-year-old brother, who had found a gun that was left […] More

December 27, 2019