By MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As Harvey Weinstein stripped off his clothes, pulled down her dress and groped her breast in a hotel bathroom in 2013, Lauren Marie Young says he also offered a chilling excuse for his lewd behavior: “This is what all actresses do to […] More
February 5, 2020
Prosecutors are dropping charges against Grant Robicheaux and Cerissa Riley after determining that key evidence never existed. More
February 5, 2020
By LISA MASCARO and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Closing arguments Monday in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial were directed more toward history than to sway the outcome, one final chance to influence public opinion and set the record ahead of his expected acquittal in the Republican-led Senate. The House Democratic prosecutors drew […] More
February 4, 2020
By TOM HAYS and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A key accuser in the New York City rape trial of Harvey Weinstein is due back on the witness stand for a third day of testimony after she broke down in tears Monday, halting an exhaustive cross-examination that focused on the nature […] More
February 4, 2020
A key accuser in Harvey Weinstein's New York City rape trial is set to return to the stand for a potentially grueling cross-examination. More
February 3, 2020
The alleged victim gave a vivid account of interactions with Harvey Weinstein, but court adjourned before his attorneys could confront her. More
February 1, 2020
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man charged with murdering his wife who went missing amid a contentious divorce case died Thursday, his lawyer said. Fotis Dulos, 52, had been hospitalized since Tuesday when he was found at his home in Farmington, Connecticut, following an apparent suicide attempt. “It’s been a […] More
January 31, 2020
The woman whose rape allegations led to criminal charges against Harvey Weinstein is set to testify against him. More
January 31, 2020
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A woman who accompanied her older boyfriend during a string of killings recounted in the Bruce Springsteen song “Nebraska” is seeking an official pardon, saying she was 14 years old at the time and that he had threatened to kill her family if she didn’t obey. Caril Ann Fugate, who is […] More
January 30, 2020
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After a day of intense testimony at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial, prosecutors are expected to shift gears Thursday with a slate of ancillary witnesses. Two aspiring actresses testified Wednesday that Weinstein preyed on their vulnerabilities while pushing the notion that sex […] More
January 30, 2020
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A judge denied bond Wednesday for a Maryland police officer who has been charged with murder after being accused of fatally shooting a handcuffed man in his patrol car. Judge Robert Heffron Jr. said he found convincing evidence that Prince George’s County Police Cpl. Michael […] More
January 30, 2020
By MICHAEL MELIA and CHRIS EHRMANN Associated Press FARMINGTON, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man charged with murder in the death of his missing wife is in dire condition following an apparent suicide attempt, his lawyer said Wednesday shortly before detectives arrived to search his client’s home. Fotis Dulos, who had been facing the threat […] More
January 30, 2020
When the New York Times published an expose on the alleged predatory sexual behavior of Harvey Weinstein, it inspired women around the world to come forward and share their stories of encounters with the powerful movie mogul. (Ep. 24) More
January 30, 2020
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
