It’s been almost 19 months since I walked into the New York Criminal Court Building at 100 Centre Street. This time I was no longer ‘one of us.’ Now I was the dreaded ‘one of them.’ The press. The same press causes security havoc and long lines and bellows questions in the halls to whoever […] More
January 29, 2020
By CHRIS EHRMANN and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press FARMINGTON, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man charged with murdering his estranged wife was hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday after being found unresponsive in a vehicle inside his garage, authorities said. Fotis Dulos was found when officers went to his house in Farmington because he was late […] More
January 29, 2020
Two more accusers are set to testify against Harvey Weinstein as the Hollywood producer stands trial on rape charges in New York City. More
January 29, 2020
Donald Wayne Hartung is charged with murdering his mothers and two half-brothers, whose bodies were found days later, buried under clothes. More
January 29, 2020
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) – A woman who was having an affair with a Colorado man convicted of beating his fiancee to death with a baseball bat and burning the body was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison. Krystal Lee, 33, acknowledged in February 2019 that she helped clean up the bloody crime scene […] More
January 28, 2020
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press WOODLAND, Calif. (AP) — A California father about to be freed from prison has been taken into custody in connection with the decades-old killings of five of his infant children in a case a sheriff said has haunted his agency for years. Paul Perez, 57, a convicted sex offender with […] More
January 28, 2020
By TOM HAYS and MICHAEL R. SISAK NEW YORK (AP) — The closely watched #Metoo era rape trial of Harvey Weinstein is moving at a faster pace than predicted, with three more of his accusers expected to testify against the disgraced movie mogul before the end of the week. A slate of secondary witnesses are […] More
January 28, 2020
MONSEY, N.Y. (AP) — A psychiatrist has found Grafton Thomas incompetent to stand trial on federal hate crime charges stemming from a machete attack at a Hanukkah party that wounded five Hasidic Jews, Thomas’s attorney said Monday. Defense attorney Michael Sussman said in a statement that he has asked a federal judge to hold a […] More
January 28, 2020
Jury selection is underway for California lawyer Mike Avenatti, who is accused of attempting to extort millions from Nike. More
January 27, 2020
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At times sobbing, former production assistant Mimi Haleyi told jurors Monday at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial how she tried to fight off the disgraced movie mogul and told him “no, no, no” while he sexually assaulted her. As one of two women […] More
January 27, 2020
By TOM HAYS and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — By her own account, Mimi Haleyi once rebuffed one of Harvey Weinstein’s relentless advances by telling him, “I hear you have a terrible reputation with women.” Haleyi says she didn’t know just how terrible the then-revered Hollywood honcho could be until he sexually assaulted […] More
January 27, 2020
By BRADY McCOMBS Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Friends and family were set to gather Friday afternoon in a small Utah town for a funeral to remember a mother and three of her children who police say were killed by her teenage son. Colin “CJ” Haynie, 16, shot his father in the leg […] More
January 24, 2020
By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — NFL free agent Antonio Brown was released on bail Friday after a night in a Florida jail, where he turned himself in to face charges that he and his trainer attacked the driver of a moving truck that carried some of his possessions […] More
January 24, 2020
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, TOM HAYS and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — “Sopranos” actress Annabella Sciorra confronted Harvey Weinstein from the witness stand Thursday, telling a jury in a quivering voice that the burly Hollywood studio boss barged into her apartment in the mid-1990s, overpowered her and raped her as she tried […] More
January 23, 2020
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A woman convicted of manslaughter for urging her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in text messages that included, “Just do it, babe,” was released from jail Thursday. Michelle Carter was released more than three months early from a county jail in Massachusetts, where she had been serving […] More
January 23, 2020
Actress Annabella Sciorra is set to confront Harvey Weinstein as a key prosecution witness in his New York City rape trial. More
January 23, 2020
FORT DODGE, Iowa (AP) — Police say a man killed his ex-girlfriend’s mother at an Iowa home about an hour after officers went to the apartment following a reported assault but left without making an arrest or removing anyone from the tense scene. Mark Russell, of Fort Dodge, is accused of using a golf club […] More
January 23, 2020
MIAMI (AP) — The mother of rapper Kodak Black and a group of lawyers called a news conference to discuss what they claim is his mistreatment in a federal prison in Miami. But they discovered that just an hour earlier, the rapper had been put on a prison bus to federal facility in Kentucky, a […] More
January 23, 2020
The 37-week trial was televised gavel to gavel on Court TV. It was the ultimate reality drama and to this day – 25 years later – still captivates people. More
January 23, 2020
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California judge on Wednesday set a May hearing to decide if prosecutors have enough evidence to go to trial against a man suspected being the notorious “Golden State Killer” who eluded capture for decades. Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Steve White ordered the preliminary hearing for Joseph James DeAngelo to […] More
January 23, 2020
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — NFL wide receiver Antonio Brown’s trainer was arrested Tuesday following accusations that he and Brown attacked another man near Brown’s Florida home, authorities said. Officers responded to a disturbance call, where the alleged victim said Brown and his trainer, Glen Holt, hit him, Hollywood police spokesman Christian Latta said in a […] More
January 23, 2020
BY ERIC TUCKER | ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s defense hinges largely on arguments made in the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson more than 150 years ago: that impeachment requires a crime. But most legal scholars disagree, including Jonathan Turley, the law professor called by Republicans in the House investigation to argue against impeaching Trump. […] More
January 22, 2020
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein faced a jury Wednesday in a landmark moment for the #MeToo movement, with prosecutors painting him as a sexual predator who used his movie-magnate stature to abuse women. “He was not just a titan in Hollywood. He was a rapist,” […] More
January 22, 2020
Two women who have accused actor Cuba Gooding Jr. of sexual misconduct will be allowed to testify at his trial. More
January 22, 2020
Rachel Henry has been arrested on suspicion of killing her three children, who were found dead inside the family's home. More
January 22, 2020
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Avenatti, the jet-setting lawyer who once represented porn star Stormy Daniels in her battles with President Donald Trump, is being housed in isolation at a federal lockup facility for his own safety, the jail warden said Tuesday. Avenatti is currently being held in the most […] More
January 22, 2020
Harvey Weinstein's attorneys want to use his accusers' intimate emails to convince jurors that sexual contact was consensual. More
January 21, 2020
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Defense lawyers for the man charged in the killing of University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts are asking a judge to delay his trial. Lawyers for Cristhian Bahena Rivera say they need to push back the Feb. 4 trial date so that they have time to appeal a judge’s ruling that allowed […] More
January 21, 2020
BY MARYCLAIRE DALE | ASSOCIATED PRESS When his trial opens in the coming days, Harvey Weinstein’s defense team is expected to go on the offensive against the women who have accused him of rape and sexual assault, in part by questioning if they acted like victims afterward. New York City prosecutors intend to counter with a strategy that’s […] More
January 20, 2020
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s legal team will include former Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz and Ken Starr, the former independent counsel who led the Whitewater investigation into President Bill Clinton, according to a person familiar with the matter. The team will also include Pam Bondi, the former […] More
January 17, 2020
