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The Court TV Podcast Episode 13
The Court TV Podcast Episode 13

Court TV anchors Vinnie Politan and Seema Iyer break down the confusing and contradicting testimony in the Family Massacre Murder Trial. Henry Segura was on trial for a quadruple homicide, the brutal murders of his girlfriend Brandi Peters, her twin daughters and the three-year-old son they shared. Family Massacre Murder Trial Part 2: FL v. […] More

November 21, 2019

Ex-teacher gets 7-15 years for molesting male students
Ex-teacher gets 7-15 years for molesting male students

MASON, Mich. (AP) — A former mid-Michigan fifth-grade teacher has been sentenced to seven to 15 years in prison after being convicted of molesting male students that he taught. Patrick Daley learned his punishment Wednesday after a jury last month found him guilty of 18 counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct. The Lansing State Journal reports the 36-year-old Daley […] More

November 20, 2019

Browns’ Garrett attends appeal hearing for NFL suspension
Browns’ Garrett attends appeal hearing for NFL suspension

CLEVELAND (AP) — Myles Garrett looked composed and casual, a stark contrast to the last time he was seen in public. Stylishly dressed in a bright blue suit and black turtleneck, the Cleveland Browns’ star defensive end met Wednesday with an appeals officer in New York in hopes of getting a reduction to an indefinite […] More

November 20, 2019

Ohio mom pleads guilty in 3 sons’ deaths, sentenced to 37 years to life
Ohio mom pleads guilty in 3 sons’ deaths, sentenced to 37 years to life

BELLEFONTAINE, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman accused of suffocating her three sons out of jealousy at the attention given them by her husband — who was once her mother’s boyfriend — pleaded guilty Tuesday in the boys’ deaths and was sentenced to 37 years to life in prison.   Defendant Brittany Pilkington had been […] More

November 20, 2019

Loughlin, Giannulli fighting new charges in admissions case
Loughlin, Giannulli fighting new charges in admissions case

BOSTON (AP) — “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband are contesting expanded charges against them in the college admissions bribery scandal. Lawyers for Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli entered not guilty pleas on their behalf Tuesday to charges of conspiracy to commit federal program bribery. Earlier this month, the couple waived their right to […] More

November 19, 2019

Lawsuits by Michael Jackson accusers likely to be restored
Lawsuits by Michael Jackson accusers likely to be restored

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court appeared strongly inclined Monday to give new life to lawsuits filed by two men who accuse Michael Jackson of repeatedly molesting them when they were boys. Three judges from the 2nd District Court of Appeal said in a tentative ruling that lawsuits from James Safechuck and Wade […] More

November 19, 2019

Epstein jail guards charged with falsifying records
Epstein jail guards charged with falsifying records

NEW YORK (AP) — Two jail guards responsible for monitoring Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself were charged Tuesday with falsifying prison records to conceal they were sleeping and browsing the internet during the hours they were supposed to be keeping a close watch on prisoners. Guards Toval Noel and Michael Thomas were accused […] More

November 19, 2019

Colorado rancher guilty of killing fiancée, burning body
Colorado rancher guilty of killing fiancée, burning body

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — A jury on Monday convicted a Colorado rancher of beating his fiancée to death while their 1-year-old daughter was in a nearby room, then burning the body and persuading his on-and-off girlfriend to help clean up the blood and cover up the crime. Patrick Frazee, 33, was convicted of first-degree […] More

November 18, 2019

Murder trial in case of missing Colorado woman goes to jury
Murder trial in case of missing Colorado woman goes to jury

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Jurors on Monday began deliberating the case of a Colorado rancher charged with beating his fiancee to death with a baseball bat while their child was nearby. Patrick Frazee is charged with murder in the death of 29-year-old Kelsey Berreth, whose disappearance nearly a year ago drew national attention. In […] More

November 18, 2019

Pelosi invites Trump to testify as new witnesses prepare
Pelosi invites Trump to testify as new witnesses prepare

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi invited President Donald Trump to testify in front of investigators in the House impeachment inquiry ahead of a week that will see several key witnesses appear publicly. Pushing back against accusations from the Republican president that the process has been stacked against him, Pelosi said Trump is welcome to […] More

November 18, 2019

Sheriff calls deadly Halloween shooting at Airbnb rental a ‘bloodbath’
Sheriff calls deadly Halloween shooting at Airbnb rental a ‘bloodbath’

ORINDA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in the San Francisco Bay Area are calling a shooting that left five dead during a Halloween party at an Airbnb rental a “bloodbath.” SOURCE: KRON, Craig Cannon, Contra Costa County Sheriff, Handout Photos via CNN  Contra Costa Sheriff David Livingston said Friday that he knows residents in the plush […] More

November 18, 2019

Closing arguments expected in Patrick Frazee trial
Closing arguments expected in Patrick Frazee trial

CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (AP) — The case of a Colorado rancher charged with beating his fiancee to death with a baseball bat is close to going to jurors. Closing arguments are expected Monday in the trial of 33-year-old Patrick Frazee. He’s charged with murder in the death of 29-year-old Kelsey Berreth, whose disappearance nearly a […] More

November 18, 2019

Myles Garrett, helmet a ‘weapon,’ banned for rest of season
Myles Garrett, helmet a ‘weapon,’ banned for rest of season

CLEVELAND (AP) — Myles Garrett is done playing for the Cleveland Browns this season. The NFL isn’t saying when the star defensive end will play again. Garrett was suspended for at least the rest of the regular season and postseason by the league Friday, hours after he shockingly used a helmet “as a weapon” by […] More

November 15, 2019

Roger Stone guilty of witness tampering, lying to Congress
Roger Stone guilty of witness tampering, lying to Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of President Donald Trump, was found guilty Friday of witness tampering and lying to Congress about his pursuit of Russian-hacked emails damaging to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 election bid. Stone was convicted of all seven counts in an indictment that accused him of lying to Congress, tampering […] More

November 15, 2019

Ousted ambassador testifies ouster helped ‘shady interests’
Ousted ambassador testifies ouster helped ‘shady interests’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former U.S. Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch opened the second day of Trump impeachment hearings Friday providing chilling detail how she felt a “big threat” after being suddenly ousted from her post and learning that President Donald Trump personally called her “bad news” on his July phone call with the Ukrainian president. Yovanovitch told the […] More

November 15, 2019

Teen SC school shooter gets life for killing 1st grader
Teen SC school shooter gets life for killing 1st grader

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A school shooter who was 14 when he killed a first grader on a school playground in South Carolina after killing his father in their home was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without parole. SOURCE: WHNS VIA CNN  Jesse Osborne targeted Townville Elementary School because he had spent seven years […] More

November 15, 2019

Mollie Tibbetts murder: Judge rejects written testimony from Iowa murder suspect
Mollie Tibbetts murder: Judge rejects written testimony from Iowa murder suspect

MONTEZUMA, Iowa (AP) — A judge won’t consider written testimony from a man who claims he was unaware of his legal rights when he allegedly confessed to killing University of Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts. SOURCE: CNN/POOL  Judge Joel Yates ruled Thursday that he will not allow lawyers for Cristhian Bahena Rivera to submit a written affidavit from […] More

November 14, 2019

Missouri woman charged after husband’s body found in freezer
Missouri woman charged after husband’s body found in freezer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a woman after finding her husband’s corpse in a freezer in a bedroom inside her southwest Missouri home, where it may have been stored for nearly a year. Barbara Watters, 67, of Joplin, was charged Wednesday with abandonment of a corpse, a felony that is punishable by up […] More

November 14, 2019

Charges against GOP operative Roger Stone now before jury
Charges against GOP operative Roger Stone now before jury

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jurors began deliberations Thursday in the trial of Roger Stone, a veteran Republican political operative charged with lying to Congress and other charges stemming from the special counsel’s Russia investigation. Stone, a longtime confidant of President Donald Trump, was indicted in January as part of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election tampering. He […] More

November 14, 2019

The Court TV Podcast Episode 12
The Court TV Podcast Episode 12

Could a man behind on $20,000 in child support really murder his girlfriend, the 3-year-old son they had together and her twin daughters? More

November 14, 2019

Americans tune in as first public impeachment hearing opens
Americans tune in as first public impeachment hearing opens

DENVER (AP) — Cattle rancher Jeffery Gatzke in South Dakota was listening in as he worked on his tractor in his workshop. The first public hearings on impeaching President Donald Trump are political show, he thinks, but he wanted to follow along anyway. Tech manager Adam Cutler arranged to work from his Denver home so […] More

November 13, 2019

Rapper Kodak Black gets prison sentence in weapons case
Rapper Kodak Black gets prison sentence in weapons case

MIAMI (AP) — Rapper Kodak Black was sentenced Wednesday to more than three years in federal prison after pleading guilty to weapons charges stemming from his arrest just before a scheduled concert performance in May. The 22-year-old Black admitted in August that he falsified information on federal forms to buy four firearms from a Miami-area […] More

November 13, 2019

Mother of missing Florida girl charged; human remains found
Mother of missing Florida girl charged; human remains found

DEMOPOLIS, Ala. (AP) — Police searching for a 5-year-old Florida girl who was reported missing last week by her mother found human remains in rural Alabama, authorities said Tuesday. Taylor Rose Williams’ mother, who said her daughter disappeared from home overnight, was later charged with child neglect and giving false information to investigators, according to […] More

November 13, 2019

Woman who spoke at Epstein’s bail hearing sues his estate
Woman who spoke at Epstein’s bail hearing sues his estate

NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who confronted Jeffrey Epstein at a July bail hearing to tell a judge he touched her inappropriately when she was 16 sued his estate Tuesday, alleging he had subjected her to sex trafficking as part of his attacks on young women and girls. Lawyers for Annie Farmer filed the […] More

November 12, 2019

Supreme Court lets Sandy Hook shooting lawsuit go forward
Supreme Court lets Sandy Hook shooting lawsuit go forward

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Tuesday that a survivor and relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting can pursue their lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 26 people. The justices rejected an appeal from Remington Arms that argued it should be shielded by a 2005 […] More

November 12, 2019

Woody Allen and Amazon end legal battle
Woody Allen and Amazon end legal battle

NEW YORK (AP) — Woody Allen and Amazon.com have ended their legal battle. The filmmaker had sued Amazon in February after the online giant ended his 2017 contract without ever releasing a completed film, “A Rainy Day in New York.” Amazon had responded that Allen, whose daughter Dylan has accused him of molesting her when she was […] More

November 11, 2019