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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

UPDATED 1/17/20 BY COURT TV STAFF:  By the end of the day, 7 jurors were selected and sworn in on the jury of the Harvey Weinstein rape trial out of New York City. Court resumes on Friday with the third panel of 20 potential jurors that have already undergone preliminary background questioning by the judge. […] More

January 17, 2020

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new prosecution filing in the college admissions cheating case targets defense claims by actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli, who are accused of paying $500,000 to get their two daughters into the University of Southern California in the guise of crew team members, the Los Angeles Times reported […] More

January 17, 2020

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A physical therapist charged with killing his wife, three children and dog in a home near Walt Disney World and leaving their bodies there for days was being investigated in Connecticut for health care fraud motivated by his need to pay off personal loans, according to […] More

January 17, 2020

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January 17, 2020

BY TOM HAYS, JENNIFER PELTZ AND MICHAEL R. SISAK | ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers went to court Thursday with a last-minute demand to halt jury selection and move his rape trial out of New York City, where they say intense media coverage, protesters and even the consideration of supermodel Gigi […] More

January 16, 2020

Movie Mogul Harvey Weinstein's sexual assault trial could send him to prison for life. In the end, his fate rests in the hands of a jury. (Episode 21) More

January 16, 2020

Prosecutors in the Virgin Island filed a lawsuit alleging Jeffrey Epstein used two private islands to traffic and abuse girls. More

January 16, 2020

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — As if picking a jury for Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial wasn’t complicated enough, some potential jurors have been posting on social media about their involvement in the case, violating court rules that could land them behind bars, the judge said Wednesday as the selection process […] More

January 16, 2020