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Scott Peterson has been resentenced to life in prison for killing his pregnant wife Laci Peterson, NBC News reports. Peterson was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing Laci in 2002, and was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for killing their unborn child, Conner. He was originally sentenced to death […]
Don Lemon is facing backlash for failing to mention his ties to Jussie Smollett, the former Empire actor who is accused of lying to police over being a victim of a hate crime in January 2019. While covering the actor’s trial Monday night on his late-night show, Don Lemon Tonight, the CNN host didn’t mention his alleged role in […]
Jussie Smollett took the stand Monday in his case where he’s facing six felony counts of disorderly conduct, and testified that he had an intimate relationship with Abimbola “Abel” Osundairo, one of the two brothers who allegedly attacked him in Jan. 2019. His claim comes after Abel denied that he and Smollett ever started dating during questioning last week. […]
Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, the 22-year-old accused of killing 10 people at a Colorado grocery store earlier this year, has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial by a judge. Judge Ingrid Bakke made the order after four doctors in three months deemed the man unable to stand trial, and claimed he has “deteriorated” while in jail since the March […]
A woman who filed a wrongful conception lawsuit against her mother’s doctor has reportedly won the right to compensation in the case. The London case, which first received news attention last year, saw 20-year-old Evie Toombes—a para-equestrian show jumper with chronic illness and impaired mobility—seeking damages in connection with the doctor’s alleged failure to give adequate […]
A man who worked for decades as a pilot for Jeffrey Epstein testified this week that he saw a number of high-profile figures on the late convicted sex offender’s private plane, including former presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump. During the ongoing sex trafficking trial of Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who has pleaded not guilty […]
Several months after Pharrell Williams’ cousin Donovon Lynch was shot and killed by police in Virginia Beach, prosecutors announced Tuesday that a grand jury had found “no probable cause” to charge Officer Solomon D. Simmons in Lynch’s death. The Associated Press reports Virginia Beach Commonwealth’s Attorney Colin Stolle said Simmons was justified in protecting himself in the late March shooting. Simmons alleged that Lynch had a gun on him. […]
Following the news that the family of 9-year-old Astroworld victim Ezra Blount rejected Travis Scott’s offer to pay for the child’s funeral expenses, it has now been revealed that four more families have come forward to deny the request as well. According to Rolling Stone, the attorneys for the families of 21-year-old friends Jacob Jurinek and Franco Patino, 21-year-old […]
Jussie Smollett’s attorney Nenye Uche delivered opening remarks Monday as his client’s trial on felony disorderly conduct charges began earlier today. “Jussie Smollett is a real victim,” Uche said, per AP News, arguing that Abimbola “Abel” Osundairo and Olabinjo “Ola” Osundairo, the brothers who allegedly attacked the Empire actor didn’t like him, and the $3,500 check they received from Smollett was […]
On the first day of Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial in connection with Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex-trafficking ring, federal prosecutors argued that the British socialite groomed teenage girls for him in “a pyramid scheme of abuse.” “She was in on it from the start,” Prosecutor Lara Pomerantz told jurors, per AP. “The defendant and Epstein lured their victims with a […]
