
People in the News - Legal News
-
2025/02/15 Trump Media Reports $400 Million Loss in 2023, Sparking Discussion
-
2025/01/09 Lawyers collecting $148 million judgment from Rudy Giuliani
-
2024/12/29 Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100
-
2024/12/10 Trump taps his attorney Alina Habba to serve as counselor to the president
-
2024/10/15 Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to stay in jail while appeals court takes up bail fight
-
2024/09/22 Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs jailed by judge after sex trafficking indictment
-
2024/09/17 Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been indicted on sex trafficking and racketeering charges
-
2024/09/13 Alaska high court lets man serving a 20-year sentence remain in US House race
-
2024/08/25 Venezuela’s Court certifies Maduro’s claims that he won presidential election
-
2024/07/13 Trump injured but ‘fine’ after attempted assassination at rally
-
2024/05/26 Ivan Boesky, stock trader convicted in insider trading scandal, dead at 87
-
2024/05/14 A French court clears director Roman Polanski of defaming a British actor
-
2024/05/03 Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after his return to New York from upstate prison
-
2024/03/31 Court to hear actor Jussie Smollett appeal of conviction for staging racist attack
-
2024/03/11 Sen. Bob Menendez enters not guilty plea to latest criminal indictment
-
2024/02/12 Trump arrives in federal court in Florida for classified docs case
-
2024/01/24 Pita Limjaroenrat: Thailand court to decide if politician will lose his seat
-
2023/12/29 Pierce Brosnan accused of trespassing in a Yellowstone thermal area
-
2023/12/18 Late Justice Sandra Day O’Connor honored at Supreme Court ceremony
-
2023/12/02 Retired Justice O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died
-
2023/11/21 A$AP Rocky Will Face Trial For Allegedly Firing Gun At Childhood Friend
-
2023/11/20 Trump celebrates win in Colorado election case during return visit to Iowa
-
2023/11/14 Maryanne Trump Barry, a retired federal judge, dies at 86
-
2023/11/03 Donald Trump Jr. takes the witness stand in fraud trial
-
2023/08/31 Ex-Catholic Cardinal McCarrick, age 93, found unfit to stand trial
-
2023/08/24 Judge clears the way for a civil case to proceed against Alec Baldwin
-
2023/07/27 Hunter Biden’s plea deal on hold after federal judge raises concerns
-
2023/05/06 Supreme Court blocks Richard Glossip’s execution in Oklahoma
-
2023/04/28 Abortion bans fail in conservative South Carolina, Nebraska
-
2023/04/11 Democratic senators urge chief justice to probe Thomas trips
-
2023/03/23 Women sue Texas over abortion ban, say it risked their lives
-
2023/03/20 FIFA appeals to Swiss supreme court in Haiti abuse case
-
2023/02/16 Prosecutor suspended by DeSantis asks court to reinstate him
-
2023/01/31 New Mexico candidate indicted in drive-by shooting case
-
2022/12/24 Lake loses suit over her defeat in Arizona governor’s race
-
2022/11/10 Ex-Yale coach gets 5 months in admissions bribery scandal
-
2022/08/13 R Kelly accuser to give key testimony on trial-fixing charge
-
2022/06/12 US judge dismisses Cristiano Ronaldo rape lawsuit in Vegas
-
2022/02/17 Owner of statue of segregationist judge says it’s in storage
-
2022/01/28 Martin Feldman, US judge since 1983, dead at 87
-
2022/01/21 Judge sides with Alaska attorney who alleged wrongful firing
-
2021/12/27 Sarah Weddington, lawyer who argued Roe v. Wade, dies at 76
-
2021/10/02 Trump asks US judge to force Twitter to restore his account
-
2021/09/23 Tennessee Supreme Court Justice Cornelia Clark dies
-
2021/08/01 Parking tickets hit the docket of federal appeals court
-
2021/07/27 Two-time Olympic silver medalist jailed for drug smuggling
-
2021/07/02 Ruling is final blow to New Hampshire voter registration law
-
2021/06/10 R. Kelly seeks to shake up defense team ahead of NYC trial
-
2021/05/08 Judge nixes reduced Klamath River flows for sucker fish
-
2021/04/23 COVID-19 concerns raised at St. Louis death penalty trial
-
2020/11/09 Nevada church asks US Supreme Court for 2nd COVID cap review
-
2020/10/24 Trump, Biden lawyer up, brace for White House legal battle
-
2020/08/23 Families confront New Zealand mosque shooter at sentencing
-
2020/07/31 Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg released from hospital
-
2020/07/20 Given a chance, Trump would push court pick before election
-
2020/07/12 Ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen back in federal prison
-
2020/07/04 UK judge says Amber Heard can be in court for Depp testimony
-
2020/06/18 Simple math suggests complex back story at Supreme Court
-
2020/04/24 Meghan's privacy case against tabloid heard at UK Court
-
2020/03/29 Court: Grand jury records from lynching can’t be released
-
2020/03/22 Court affirms conviction in hot-grease injuries to wife
-
2020/02/21 Trump ally Roger Stone sentenced to over 3 years in prison
-
2020/01/17 Germany jails man for tricking women into electric shocks
-
2020/01/14 Indian state challenges new citizenship law in Supreme Court
-
2019/12/30 Cyprus court: British teen guilty of fabricating rape claims
-
2019/11/11 As ruling nears, immigrant fights for anti-deportation act
-
2019/11/08 Nebraska high court rejects Omaha serial rapist’s appeal
-
2019/11/04 Solider said to be Satanist faces court hearing in bomb plot
-
2019/10/25 Samsung heir Lee appears in court for corruption retrial
-
2019/10/18 Supreme Court steps into case over consumer agency
-
2019/10/03 Ohio counties tell court: Don’t let state stop opioid trial
-
2019/09/28 Transgender woman in Supreme Court case 'happy being me'
-
2019/08/03 Families say Purdue Pharma must be 'held accountable'
-
2019/07/05 Swedish court detains rapper A$AP Rocky on assault charge
-
2019/06/19 High court avoids new case over same-sex wedding case
-
2019/05/28 Supreme Court rejects appeal over transgender bathrooms
-
2019/04/05 US revokes visa for International Court prosecutor Bensouda
-
2019/04/04 Spacey’s lawyers returning to court in bar groping case
-
2019/04/03 Loughlin, Huffman due in court in college admissions scam
-
2019/03/22 Court hearing delayed for Loughlin, husband in college scam
-
2019/03/14 Detained Saudi women's rights activists brought to court
-
2019/03/09 N Carolina court: State retirees should pay health premiums
-
2019/02/20 Republicans pitch keeping Court of Appeals at 15 judges
-
2019/01/23 Cristiano Ronaldo pleads guilty to tax fraud at Madrid court
-
2018/12/25 Cancer the latest health woe for resilient Justice Ginsburg
-
2018/12/16 Court says no bail as Cosby appeals sex assault conviction
-
2018/12/13 Court: Florida police can use 'stand your ground' law
-
2018/11/26 Alec Baldwin appears in court in parking-spot case
-
2018/11/19 Lawyer for WikiLeaks’ Assange says he would fight charges
-
2018/11/10 'Magic' campaign lands 17 black women on Houston courts
-
2018/10/30 Actor John Jarratt appears in Sydney court on rape charge
-
2018/09/20 3 hurt in court shooting leave hospital; gunman identified
-
2018/09/12 Court: Free speech protects Trump comments at Kentucky rally
-
2018/09/01 Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor out with 2 new books
-
2018/08/15 Court: Ex-federal immigration lawyer can be sued for forgery
-
2018/06/19 Wolf held fundraiser at law firm his administration is suing
-
2018/06/08 Swedish court: Ghana international to be jailed, deported
-
2018/05/26 Ohio court's visitor center adds plaster cast of Harding
-
2018/05/07 Olivia de Havilland asks court to revive "Feud" lawsuit
-
2018/05/02 Australian cardinal back in court on sex abuse charges
-
2018/04/24 Court weighs punishment for judge for courthouse affair
-
2018/04/20 Court: Sotomayor shoulder injury worse than first thought
-
2018/04/10 Lawyer tells Australian court Geoffrey Rush barely eating
-
2018/04/05 Democrats Claim Victory In Wisconsin's Supreme Court Race
-
2018/03/15 Groups: Duterte can't evade accountability by quitting court
-
2018/02/23 California parents face new charges in kids' torture case
-
2018/01/05 Democratic judge announces bid for Ohio Supreme Court seat
-
2017/10/02 Elliott's fast start fades with Cowboys as court looms again
-
2017/08/15 Mizzou's Howard arrested again for failing to appear in court
-
2017/08/09 Supreme Court interviews delayed as Idaho governor recovers
-
2017/07/28 Court: Indiana layoffs of older workers not discrimination
-
2017/07/10 Rob Kardashian's ex-fiancee arrives at court for hearing
-
2017/06/15 Trump visiting Supreme Court as justices weigh travel ban
-
2017/06/10 Court: Worker's theft convictions stick after payroll slip
-
2017/06/09 Roman Polanski sex victim to appear in court for first time
-
2017/06/05 Bill Cosby arrives in court ahead of sexual assault trial
-
2017/05/29 Mom sentenced in Australian court for drowning 3 children
-
2017/05/25 Court of Appeals Judge Elmore won't seek re-election
-
2017/03/14 Alleged jewel thief arrested after missing court hearing
-
2017/03/07 Family of Supreme Court justice apologizes to Dred Scott’s family
-
2017/02/09 Rolling Stone defamation case over rape story back in court
-
2017/01/30 Man found guilty in 2013 shooting death of college student
-
2016/10/24 Cook County, Illinois, lawyer who posed as judge charged
-
2016/10/06 Rapper Fetty Wap brings $165K to court, pays $360 fine
-
2016/04/17 Amber Heard avoids jail in Australian dog smuggling spat
-
2016/03/11 Pound: Sharapova guilty of 'willful negligence' in drug test
-
2016/03/03 Nevada governor withdraws name from high court consideration
-
2016/01/13 Cosby seeks to keep court records sealed in defamation case
-
2015/11/10 Charlie Brown actor pleads guilty to making criminal threat
-
2015/10/11 Quaid expected in Vermont court to face charge
-
2015/09/18 Charleston church suspect's friend charged with lying to FBI
-
2015/09/11 OJ Simpson appeal rejected by Nevada Supreme Court
-
2015/08/07 Court: Lawsuit over Arkansas killing by cop may proceed
-
2015/07/22 Lawyers may try to use Bill Cosby's own words against him
-
2015/03/30 Robin Williams' wife, children head to court in estate fight
-
2015/03/21 Judge ends Chris Brown's court saga over Rihanna attack
-
2015/03/15 Actor Emile Hirsch appears in Utah court on assault charge
-
2015/03/03 'Suge' Knight taken to hospital after court hearing
-
2015/01/07 Hernandez fiancee due in court for perjury charge
-
2014/11/18 Attorneys in Morgan accident lawsuit due in court
-
2014/10/23 'The Situation' to appear in court on tax charges
-
2014/10/08 Adrian Peterson in court for child abuse case
-
2014/10/05 Potential jurors return to court in Arias retrial
-
2014/08/30 Chris Brown due back in DC court for plea hearing
-
2014/06/18 California Supreme Court justice to retire
-
2014/05/03 Armstrong appeals to Texas Supreme Court
-
2014/03/17 Chris Brown returns to court after rehab dismissal
-
2014/02/12 CA Supreme Court justice to retire
-
2014/01/12 OJ Simpson appeal to Nevada court due in April
-
2013/11/26 Amanda Knox appeals slander case to European court
-
2013/10/29 Chris Brown released on assault charge in DC court
-
2013/01/31 Lindsay Lohan appears in court, trial delayed
-
2013/01/21 Ex-Bengals cheerleader's lawsuit trial to begin
-
2013/01/17 Not guilty pleas entered for Lohan on misdemeanors
-
2013/01/08 Lohan lawyer in NYC courthouse in nightclub case
-
2012/12/20 Bernard Madoff brother to face victims in NY court
-
2012/06/14 NYC officer pleads not guilty to manslaughter
-
2012/03/12 Rapper Coolio arrested in unpaid Vegas ticket case
-
2012/02/09 Ex-governor's pardons go before Miss. high court
-
2011/10/19 Lohan returns to court amid call for jail sentence
-
2011/06/23 Lohan due in court Thursday for probation review
-
2011/05/20 Ex-Enron finance chief Fastow out of prison
-
2011/05/16 Lawyer: NY Jets' Edwards headed toward trial
-
2011/05/12 Lindsay Lohan says she's glad theft case resolved
-
2011/04/22 Lohan due in court for key hearing in theft case
-
2011/03/21 Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher dies
-
2011/03/17 Lohan due back in court for necklace theft case
-
2011/02/11 Son of Pink Floyd guitarist in court over protest
-
2011/02/10 Judge tells Lohan she's no star in his courtroom
-
2011/02/09 Lindsay Lohan due in court for necklace case
-
2011/02/08 Former Ind. Sen. Bayh joining Washington law firm
-
2011/02/07 Lohan's lawyer denies actress stole necklace
-
2011/01/25 Jackson's doc pleads not guilty in star's death
-
2011/01/24 Ex-Va Supreme Court Justice George Cochran dies
-
2011/01/19 Rap is in the house at the Mich. Supreme Court
-
2011/01/09 Anna Nicole Smith doctor subpoenaed by med board
-
2010/12/31 Sen. George LeMieux returns to law firm .
-
2010/11/30 Noted Silicon Valley lawyer Ruby joins mega-law firm
-
2010/11/09 Estate fight involving Vt. artist moves to court
-
2010/11/02 T.I.'s Wife Pleads Not Guilty to Drug Charges
-
2010/10/08 Final defense lawyer offers argument in Smith case
-
2010/10/07 K-Rod to appear in Queens court in assault case
-
2010/10/01 Colbert sparks debate about 'expert' celebrities
-
2010/09/28 Rapper Kid Cudi pleads guilty in NY drug case
-
2010/09/24 Lindsay Lohan returns to court, may face more jail time
-
2010/09/22 K-Rod in NYC court on restraining order violation
-
2010/09/17 Rapper T.I. summoned to court after LA arrest
-
2010/09/14 K-Rod due in NYC court after fight at Citi Field
-
2010/09/10 Former NBA player Rumeal Robinson guilty of fraud
-
2010/09/08 Bob Marley's daughter pleads guilty to drug charge
-
2010/09/01 Clemens, in court, tells judge: 'Not guilty'
-
2010/08/24 NY trial date set for Titans backup QB Chris Simms
-
2010/08/20 Snooki's lawyer enters not guilty pleas in NJ
-
2010/08/18 Snooki gets her day in court, but not in person
-
2010/07/26 Lindsay Lohan Gets Lawyer Visit, Anxiously Awaits Release
-
2010/07/20 Lindsay Lohan due in court to report for jail term
-
2010/07/19 Lohan to comply with sentence, says lawyer
-
2010/07/14 Taylor arrives at NY court to face rape charge
-
2010/07/06 Naomi Campbell faces jail time if she ignores subpoena
-
2010/06/28 Gibson’s Lawyer Slams Grigorieva’s Claims
-
2010/06/11 Gary Coleman's 1999 will filed in Utah court
-
2010/05/28 New court date for Charlie Sheen over Aspen arrest
-
2010/05/14 Tiger Woods' lawyers accused Elin's law firm of leaks
-
2010/05/11 Judge refuses to unseal testimony in Polanski case
-
2010/05/07 DA opposes Polanski's request for sealed testimony
-
2010/04/26 Polanski Lawyer: U.S. Wants Director 'In Shackles'
-
2010/04/14 Ex-NFL QB Leaf gets probation in Texas drug case
-
2010/03/26 Charlie Sheen to hire law firm that defended Kobe Bryant
-
2010/03/17 DMX Sentenced To Six Months For Probation Violation
-
2010/03/04 Lawyer denies former Detroit mayor took cash from entrepreneur
-
2010/02/09 Gary Coleman Pleads Guilty to Misdemeanor Charge
-
2010/01/20 Sheen's Colo. court hearing postponed until Friday
-
2010/01/15 Charlie Sheen's lawyers request courtroom TV ban
-
2010/01/01 Aniston named force behind anti-paparazzi law
-
2009/12/16 Randy Quaid and wife no-show in California court
-
2009/12/11 Attorneys ask court to dismiss Polanski sex case
-
2009/12/10 Police eye clues in death of prominent LA lawyer
-
2009/12/10 Brian Bonsall due in court for alleged assault
-
2009/11/20 Ex-NBA star Williams due to admit guilt in killing
-
2009/11/10 J-Lo's ex blocked from selling sex movie
-
2009/11/05 McCourts headed back to court over reinstatement
-
2009/10/21 Britney Spears, photographer settle suit
-
2009/09/30 Polanski asks Swiss court to free him from custody
-
2009/09/14 Audrina Patridge gets restraining order
-
2009/09/01 Court sides with Paris Hilton in Hallmark fight
-
2009/08/24 Actor Antwon Tanner pleads guilty in scheme in NYC
-
2009/08/14 Arrest warrant issued for Bobby Brown
-
2009/07/16 Trump lawsuit over his net worth is thrown out
-
2009/07/08 Nevada high court gets follow-up OJ bail request
-
2009/07/06 Court fight looms over Michael Jackson’s kids
-
2009/07/01 Jackson's will to be filed in court Wednesday
-
2009/06/25 Chris Brown Pleads Guilty in Deal
-
2009/06/22 Ex-NBA star Jayson Williams back in court
-
2009/06/11 Chris Brown loses bid to delay hearing
-
2009/06/05 Baseball manager Tony La Russa sues Twitter
-
2009/05/28 Lawyer seeks trimmed prison time for Phil Spector
-
2009/05/08 LA judge denies Polanski's bid to toss sex case
-
2009/05/05 Director Polanski will not attend U.S. court hearing
-
2009/04/30 Ga. man convicted in NYC of stalking Tyra Banks
-
2009/04/26 'Secret' Stone lawsuit was routine fees matter
-
2009/04/22 Malawi court to hear Madonna adoption appeal May 4
-
2009/03/17 Attorney: Lohan will not appear in court Monday
-
2009/03/13 Court urged to stay out of Anna Nicole Smith case
-
2009/03/11 Ex-NFL kicker Zendejas acquitted of rape charges
-
2009/03/02 Feds to decide on appeal of Bonds evidence ruling
-
2009/02/27 Russell Simmons agrees to child support payments
-
2009/02/17 Legal showdown set in Polanski's LA sex case
-
2009/02/12 SC lawyer says cops making arrests in Phelps case
-
2009/02/06 Judge may toss some evidence in Barry Bonds case
-
2009/02/03 'Girls Gone Wild' founder arrested in LA court
-
2009/02/01 Rapper DMX sentenced to 90 days for felonies
-
2009/01/06 Polanski lawyer claims LA Superior Court biased
-
2009/01/03 Lawyer: Travolta's son might be buried in Florida
-
2008/12/23 Court agrees to pay Spears' father $75/hour
-
2008/12/17 Hip-hop's Akon admits throwing fan off stage
-
2008/11/25 Winfrey asks court to dismiss defamation lawsuit
-
2008/11/22 Spears makes unexpected appearance in court
-
2008/10/30 Court extends Spears' conservatorship indefinitely
-
2008/10/30 Model loses NY lawsuit but claims personal victory
-
2008/09/23 Baldwin book rails against family court system
-
2008/09/19 Gary Coleman sued over Utah bowling alley ruckus
-
2008/09/03 Judge enters $700,000 judgment for Ne-Yo
-
2008/08/29 Nevada Supreme Court won't delay Simpson trial
-
2008/08/28 Hilary Duff's dad to spend 10 days in Texas jail
-
2008/08/26 Bonds asks judge to dismiss bulk of perjury case
-
2008/08/26 Bonds asks judge to dismiss bulk of perjury case
-
2008/08/21 Co-defendant seeks delay of OJ Simpson trial
-
2008/08/08 Court orders end to suit filed by Tim Burton's ex
-
2008/07/25 Rapper DMX pleads not guilty to felony charges
-
2008/07/18 Spears granted additional visitation with boys
-
2008/07/09 Lawson's court appearance delayed until August 5
-
2008/06/27 Wesley Snipes petitions court to leave country
-
2008/06/25 Britney Spears, Kevin Federline in LA court
-
2008/06/18 Court delays action on Britney Spears' finances
-
2008/06/11 Canseco's former lawyer suing retired slugger
-
2008/06/07 Bonds at court to face 15 felony charges
-
2008/06/05 Lindsay Looking to Nip Bodyguard Suit in the Bud
-
2008/05/16 DeGeneres, de Rossi plan to marry, AP is told
-
2008/05/14 Madonna adoption case in Malawi nears conclusion
-
2008/05/06 Illinois court denies media motion in R. Kelly case
-
2008/05/01 Judge tosses out lawsuit against J.Lo
-
2008/04/29 Media seeks access to R. Kelly pretrial hearings
-
2008/04/26 Jury to hear accused Thurman stalker's statements
-
2008/03/13 Jackson Lawyer: Neverland Ranch Saved
-
2008/03/12 Judge Tosses Lawsuit Against De Niro
-
2008/03/11 'Girls Gone Wild' Boss Heads to Florida
-
2008/03/07 Spears' father retains control of star's assets: court
-
2008/03/03 Kid Rock Pleads Not Guilty to Battery
-
2008/02/27 Britney Spears case to stay in California court
-
2008/02/24 Restraining Order Against Lutfi Extended
-
2008/02/23 Will Smith Gets Apology for Hitler Story
-
2008/02/21 Court refuses Britney media gag bid
-
2008/02/09 Britney's parents in court battles
-
2008/02/06 Jeter Is Said to Have Settled Tax Inquiry
-
2008/02/03 Spears' Hospital Stay Extended 2 Weeks
-
2008/01/28 Chuck Norris Charity Cheat: I'm Guilty
-
2008/01/24 No-show Britney Spears loses in court again
-
2008/01/17 OJ's bail doubled over terms breach
-
2008/01/16 Wesley Snipes Could Face Wrath of IRS
-
2008/01/14 OJ Simpson in court over bail claim
-
2008/01/11 SC U.S. Attorney Loyd to be Head of Law Division
-
2008/01/10 Actor Steven Seagal, former business associate settle
-
2008/01/09 Appeals Court: No Delay in Snipes Trial
-
2008/01/07 Geragos vs. Singer - The Battle Begins
-
2008/01/05 No Charges Expected for Conrad Burns of MT
-
2008/01/04 Spears taken to LA hospital after custody standoff
-
2007/12/28 Connery Blasted by Court for "Blunderbuss" Legal Fiasco
-
2007/12/24 Ptibull to plead not guilty to DUI charges
-
2007/12/20 R. Kelly Misses Court Date in Chicago
-
2007/12/16 Kidman wins damages over snub claim
-
2007/12/12 Sopranos Creator Being Sued Over Involvement
-
2007/12/11 Warrant after Baldwin court no show
-
2007/12/09 Giuliani Won't Release His Law Firm's Clients Names
-
2007/12/06 Facebook Founder in Court over Personal Documents
-
2007/12/05 Akon Pleads Not Guilty in Fan-Tossing
-
2007/11/26 'Lost' Actor Daniel Dae Kim Pleads Not Guilty to DUI
-
2007/11/21 Judge Seeks $1M from Vick to Care for Dogs
-
2007/11/19 Hayim Regensberg arrested on Fraud Charges
-
2007/11/19 Kevin Goodman Promoted in SEC's Denver Office
-
2007/11/12 Amy Winehouse's Husband Held by Police
-
2007/10/29 3rd Man Takes Deal in O.J Simpson Case
-
2007/10/26 Spears-Federline Custody Case to Resume
-
2007/10/23 Spector still lacks new lawyer
-
2007/10/22 T.I. Pleads Not Guilty, Bail Still Refused
-
2007/10/18 Foxy in court over 'mobile assault'
-
2007/10/14 McCartney-Mills war heading for open court
-
2007/10/11 Spears going to court, seeks more time with sons
-
2007/10/02 Britney loses custody as fails court orders
-
2007/09/28 Vivica A. Fox Pleads Not Guilty to DUI
-
2007/09/28 Heche and Laffoon Meet in Court
-
2007/09/26 Mike Tyson pleads guilty to drug possession
-
2007/09/26 Kiefer Sutherland faces drunk driving charge
-
2007/09/22 Snipes Fights Hollywood Agency, But Can he Beat IRS?
-
2007/09/21 OJ bailed over armed robbery at Vegas hotel
-
2007/09/20 Spears parties after court orders drug tests
-
2007/09/19 Court Revokes Britney Spears' Teen Role Model Career
-
2007/09/17 OJ held without bail in Vegas
-
2007/09/12 Lohan Crash Lawsuit Will Go to Trial
-
2007/08/20 NFL's Vick agrees plea deal in dog-fighting case
-
2007/08/15 Michael Jackson Sued by Former Lawyers
-
2007/08/06 Bloomberg Reports for Jury Duty
-
2007/07/27 Nicole Richie To Spend 4 Days In Jail
-
2007/07/11 No Court Yet For Nicole Richie
-
2007/07/06 'Laguna Beach' Star Pleads Guilty to DUI
-
2007/07/04 Wayne Brady's Wife Files for Divorce
-
2007/06/21 Nicole Richie court date finalised
-
2007/06/18 Alec And Kim Go To Court Over Voicemail Drama
-
2007/06/17 Martin Sheen Asks Congress To Fund Drug Court
-
2007/06/15 Hasselhoff Says He Won Custody Fight
-
2007/06/14 Paris Hilton back in women's jail
-
2007/06/10 Handcuffed Hilton heads back to court
-
2007/06/07 Tom Sizemore surrenders to LA court
-
2007/05/28 Lindsay Lohan Booked on Suspicion of DUI
-
2007/05/25 Keira Knightley wins lawsuit with U.K. tabloid
-
2007/05/23 Actor Garrison pleads guilty in fatal crash
-
2007/05/22 Francis Goes with Not Guilty in Sexual Battery Case
-
2007/05/22 Slovakian Coin Honors Jeffery M. Leving
-
2007/05/13 O.J.'s lawyer seeks info on filing complaint
-
2007/05/12 Bullock Asks Court to Keep Stalker Away
-
2007/05/08 Paris Hilton's Lawyer Appeals Jail Sentence
-
2007/05/08 Restaurateur to the stars sued by ex-waiters
-
2007/05/07 Paris Hilton says jail term cruel, fires publicist
-
2007/05/04 Imus Reportedly Plans To Sue CBS
-
2007/05/02 Bears' Tank pleads guilty to weapons misdemeanor
-
2007/04/28 AT&T CEO Whitacre announces retirement
-
2007/04/19 Paris Hilton gets date for probation hearing
-
2007/04/11 Founder of 'Girls Gone Wild' in Federal Custody
-
2007/04/07 Designer Jon accused of assaulting 4 more women
-
2007/04/06 Whitney Houston wins custody of daughter
-
2007/04/05 Star Anna Faris Moves Court for Divorce
-
2007/04/02 Britney Spears and K-Fed divorce: Federline gets $1M
-
2007/03/30 Britney Spears And Kevin Sign Divorce Settlement
-
2007/03/29 Eminem, ex-wife agree to stop abuse
-
2007/03/26 Eminem In court cattle to ban wife's 'Insults'
-
2007/03/25 Anderson & Richards sued by photographers
-
2007/03/23 Britney Spears gets court injunction
-
2007/03/22 LaRussa is arrested on suspicion of DUI
-
2007/03/22 Vivica A. Fox Arrested on DUI Suspicion
-
2007/03/21 Naomi Campbell starts cleaning sentence
-
2007/03/20 Phil Spector murder trial jury selection begins
-
2007/03/17 Carol Burnett files $2 million lawsuit
-
2007/03/13 Stallone denied having drugs: court papers
-
2007/03/09 Winslet wins damages over diet story
-
2007/03/06 "Puff Daddy" Sued for Assault
-
2007/03/03 McCartney has win grin at court
-
2007/01/26 Terrell Davis Settles Insurance Lawsuit
-
2007/01/25 Snoop Dogg in court over weapons charges
-
2007/01/22 Anna Nicole Smith Sued By Former Lawyers
-
2007/01/16 Naomi Campbell appears in court
by breakinglegalnews.com
Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, has revealed that it lost more than $400 million in 2023. The company's annual revenue also dipped by 12%, falling to just $3.6 million. These financial setbacks have drawn attention, especially as the platform faces scrutiny about its viability in a competitive social media landscape.
One of the key factors behind the reported loss was a revenue-sharing agreement with an undisclosed advertising partner. This agreement seems to have further strained the company's financial situation, despite the high-profile nature of Truth Social.
After Donald Trump's political loss in the 2020 election, the former president's social platform was created as a response to his ban from major social media networks like Twitter and Facebook. Truth Social has since struggled to establish a solid user base, and Trump Media has been criticized for its lack of transparency when it comes to metrics like user growth and engagement.
In 2022, Trump transferred his shares in the company — valued at around $4 billion — to the Donald J. Trump Revocable Trust. His son, Donald Trump Jr., is now the sole trustee and holds voting power over the company’s securities. This move adds a layer of complexity to the company’s structure, potentially limiting its ability to make independent decisions without the family’s involvement.
Despite the significant losses, Trump Media became publicly traded in 2023 after merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), Digital World Acquisition Corp. While this merger was touted as a way for Truth Social to access public market capital, it also comes with the inherent risks that come with such financial vehicles, especially in the early stages of a business.
Interestingly, Trump Media has been coy about traditional key performance indicators (KPIs), which are commonly used in the tech and social media sectors to measure user growth and engagement. This lack of data has left industry observers questioning the platform's true impact and future prospects.
As Truth Social continues to navigate financial struggles and competition from established platforms, it remains to be seen whether the company can reinvent itself or if its financial trajectory will continue downward.
Lawyers for two former Georgia election workers who are owed $148 million in damages after suing Rudy Giuliani for defamation said Tuesday that evidence proves their clients are entitled to three World Series rings that the former New York City mayor says he gave to his son.
The lawyers filed papers in Manhattan federal court asking a judge to find that their clients should be given the rings marking New York Yankees’ victories in 1996, 1999 and 2000.
They noted that Giuliani listed the rings among his assets at a bankruptcy proceeding in 2023 and said his son had provided no evidence beyond his testimony to support his claim to the rings.
A trial over the custody of the rings and Giuliani’s Palm Beach, Florida, condominium are scheduled for Jan. 16 before a judge who on Monday found Giuliani in contempt for his responses to orders to turn over evidence pertaining to his assets.
Giuliani, 80, testified in a Dec. 27 deposition that he told George Steinbrenner when the late Yankees owner gave him four rings in 2002 that “These are for Andrew,” meaning his then-teenage son, Andrew Giuliani, now 38.
He said he paid for them and gave one immediately to his son and kept three others, eventually giving him the rest at a birthday party in 2018. He estimated the rings are now worth about $27,000.
The rings and the Florida condominium, which Giuliani insists is his legal residence and is protected from the judgment, are the remaining contested assets after the one-time personal lawyer to President-elect Donald Trump gave up other valuable assets including his Manhattan apartment, a Mercedes once owned by actor Lauren Bacall and watches.
Giuliani has said he does not know what happened to a jersey signed by Yankees legend Joe DiMaggio or a photograph signed by another beloved Yankees slugger, Reggie Jackson.
Lawyers for the former election workers, mother and daughter Ruby Freeman and Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, wrote in court papers that Giuliani’s son had failed to provide any direct evidence “other than his own self-serving testimony” to show that he accepted the ring from his father on May 26, 2018, or any time prior to this past October.
They said he has never appraised the rings, cleaned them or listed the rings on his renter’s insurance policy or taken out a separate policy to insure the rings. They also said he’d never undertaken any tax, estate or financial planning related to the rings.
The lawyers said that although Giuliani said he gave the rings to his son in 2018, his son testified that he received them no earlier than mid-year 2023, when Giuliani put his Manhattan apartment up for sale. They wrote that if the judge found the rings indeed were given away in 2023, then he should rule that the exchange was fraudulent.
Ted Goodman, a publicist for Giuliani, said the lawyers for the Georgia women “can celebrate over their fight to take Mayor Giuliani’s most cherished personal belongings including his signed baseball jersey of his childhood hero and his grandfather’s pocket watch, but they can never take away his extraordinary record of public service.”
An email seeking comment was sent to an attorney for Andrew Giuliani.
Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling defeat after one tumultuous term and then redefined life after the White House as a global humanitarian, has died. He was 100 years old.
The longest-lived American president died on Sunday, roughly 22 months after entering hospice care, at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia, where he and his wife, Rosalynn, who died at 96 in November 2023, spent most of their lives, The Carter Center said.
“Our founder, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, passed away this afternoon in Plains, Georgia,” the center said on the social media platform X. It added in a statement that he died peacefully, surrounded by his family.
As reaction poured in from around the world, President Joe Biden mourned Carter’s death, saying the world lost an “extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian” and he lost a dear friend. Biden cited Carter’s work to eradicate disease, forge peace, advance civil and human rights, promote free and fair elections and house the homeless as an example for others.
“To all of the young people in this nation and for anyone in search of what it means to live a life of purpose and meaning – the good life – study Jimmy Carter, a man of principle, faith, and humility,” Biden said in a statement.
Biden spoke later Sunday evening about Carter, calling it a “sad day” but one that “brings back an incredible amount of good memories.”
“I’ve been hanging out with Jimmy Carter for over 50 years,” Biden said in his remarks.
He recalled the former president being a comfort to him and his wife Jill when their son Beau died in 2015 of cancer. The president remarked how cancer was a common bond between their families, with Carter himself having cancer later in his life.
“Jimmy knew the ravages of the disease too well,” said Biden, who scheduled a state funeral in Washington, D.C., for Carter on Jan. 9.
Biden also declared Jan. 9 as a National Day of Mourning across the nation and ordered U.S. flags to fly at half-staff for 30 days from Sunday.
Businessman, Navy officer, evangelist, politician, negotiator, author, woodworker, citizen of the world — Carter forged a path that still challenges political assumptions and stands out among the 45 men who reached the nation’s highest office. The 39th president leveraged his ambition with a keen intellect, deep religious faith and prodigious work ethic, conducting diplomatic missions into his 80s and building houses for the poor well into his 90s.
“My faith demands — this is not optional — my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I am, whenever I can, for as long as I can, with whatever I have to try to make a difference,” Carter once said.
A moderate Democrat, Carter entered the 1976 presidential race as a little-known Georgia governor with a broad smile, outspoken Baptist mores and technocratic plans reflecting his education as an engineer. His no-frills campaign depended on public financing, and his promise not to deceive the American people resonated after Richard Nixon’s disgrace and U.S. defeat in southeast Asia.
“If I ever lie to you, if I ever make a misleading statement, don’t vote for me. I would not deserve to be your president,” Carter repeated before narrowly beating Republican incumbent Gerald Ford, who had lost popularity pardoning Nixon.
Carter governed amid Cold War pressures, turbulent oil markets and social upheaval over racism, women’s rights and America’s global role. His most acclaimed achievement in office was a Mideast peace deal that he brokered by keeping Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin at the bargaining table for 13 days in 1978. That Camp David experience inspired the post-presidential center where Carter would establish so much of his legacy.
resident-elect Donald Trump has announced that he is appointing one of his defense attorneys in the New York hush money case as counselor to the president.
Alina Habba, 40, defended Trump earlier this year, also serving as his legal spokesperson. Habba has been spending time with the president-elect since the election at his Florida club Mar-a-Lago.
“She has been unwavering in her loyalty and unmatched in her resolve — standing with me through numerous ‘trials,’ battles and countless days in Court,” Trump posted on his social network Truth Social. “Few understand the Weaponization of the ‘Injustice’ System better than Alina.”
Trump became the first former American president to be convicted of felony crimes when a New York jury in May found him guilty of all 34 charges in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who said the two had sex.
In Trump’s first term, the position of counselor was held by Republican strategist Kellyanne Conway. Habba has Iraqi ancestry and is Chaldean, which is Iraq’s largest Christian denomination and one of the Catholic Church’s Eastern rites.
Habba frequently accompanied Trump on the campaign trail and was one of the speakers at the late October rally in New York’s Madison Square Garden.
On Sunday, Trump also announced he is bringing back former staffer Michael Anton to serve as director of policy planning at the State Department. Anton served as the National Security Council spokesman from 2017 to 2018.
Trump said he also will be appointing Michael Needham, a former chief of staff for Sen. Marco Rubio, as counselor of the State Department. The Florida senator was chosen by Trump to be his next secretary of state.
A federal appeals court judge has ruled to keep Sean “Diddy” Combs locked up while he makes a third bid for bail in his sex trafficking case, which is slated to go to trial in May.
In a decision filed Friday, Circuit Judge William J. Nardini denied the hip-hop mogul’s immediate release from jail while a three-judge panel weighs his bail request.
Combs’ lawyers appealed to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Sept. 30 after two judges rejected his release.
Combs, 54, has been held at a federal jail in Brooklyn since his Sept. 16 arrest on charges that he used his “power and prestige” as a music star to induce female victims into drugged-up, elaborately produced sexual performances with male sex workers in events dubbed “Freak Offs.”
Combs has pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges alleging he coerced and abused women for years with help from a network of associates and employees while silencing victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings.
At a bail hearing three weeks ago, a judge rejected the defense’s $50 million bail proposal that would’ve allowed the “I’ll Be Missing You” singer to be placed under house arrest at his Florida mansion with GPS monitoring and strict limits on visitors.
Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr., who has since recused himself from the case, said that prosecutors had presented “clear and convincing evidence” that Combs is a danger to the community. He said “no condition or set of conditions” could guard against the risk of Combs obstructing the investigation or threatening or harming witnesses.
In their appeal, Combs’ lawyers argued that the judge had “endorsed the government’s exaggerated rhetoric” and ordered Combs detained for “purely speculative reasons.”
“Indeed, hardly a risk of flight, he is a 54-year-old father of seven, a U.S. citizen, an extraordinarily successful artist, businessman, and philanthropist, and one of the most recognizable people on earth,” the lawyers wrote.
Combs’ lawyers have not asked the new trial judge, Arun Subramanian, to consider releasing him on bail. At a hearing Thursday, as Combs sat alongside his lawyers in a beige jail jumpsuit, Subramanian suggested he would at least be open to taking up the issue.
After setting a May 5 trial date, Subramanian briefly questioned Combs’ lawyers about his treatment at the Metropolitan Detention Center, which has been plagued by violence and dysfunction for years.
Sean “Diddy” Combs headed to jail Tuesday to await trial in a federal sex trafficking case that accuses him of presiding over a sordid empire of sexual crimes protected by blackmail and shocking acts of violence.
The music mogul is charged with racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking. The indictment against him lists allegations that go back to 2008.
He’s accused of inducing female victims and male sex workers into drugged-up, sometimes dayslong sexual performances dubbed “Freak Offs.” The indictment also refers obliquely to an attack on his former girlfriend, the R&B singer Cassie, that was captured on video.
“Not guilty,” Combs told a court, standing to speak after expressionlessly listening to the allegations with his uncuffed hands folded in his lap.
After U.S. Magistrate Judge Robyn Tarnofsky declined to grant him bail, Combs took a long swig from a water bottle, then was led out of court, turning toward family members in the audience as he went.
“Mr. Combs is a fighter. He’s going to fight this to the end. He’s innocent,” his lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, said after court. He plans to appeal the bail decision.
The Bad Boy Records founder is accused of sexually abusing and using physical force toward women and getting his personal assistants, security and household staff to help him hide it all. Prosecutors say he also tried to bribe and intimidate witnesses and victims to keep them quiet.
“Simply put, he is a serial abuser and a serial obstructor,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Emily Johnson told a court.
Agnifilo acknowledged Combs was “not a perfect person,” saying he’d used drugs and had been in “toxic relationships” but was getting treatment and therapy.
“The evidence in this case is extremely problematic,” the attorney told the court.
He maintained that the case stemmed from one long-term, consensual relationship that faltered amid infidelity. He didn’t name the woman, but the details matched those of Combs’ decade-long involvement with Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura.
The “Freak Offs,” Agnifilo contended, were an expansion of that relationship, and not coercive.
“Is it sex trafficking? Not if everybody wants to be there,” Agnifilo said, arguing that authorities were intruding on his client’s private life.
Prosecutors said in court papers that they had interviewed more than 50 victims and witnesses and expect the number to grow. They said they would use financial, travel and billing records, electronic data and communications and videos of the “Freak Offs” to prove their case.
Combs was arrested Monday in Manhattan, roughly six months after federal authorities raided his luxurious homes in Los Angeles and Miami.
A conviction on every charge would require at least 15 years in prison, with the possibility of a life sentence.
The indictment describes Combs as the head of a criminal enterprise that engaged or attempted to engage in sex trafficking, forced labor, interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution, drug offenses, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice.
Combs and his associates wielded his “power and prestige” to intimidate and lure women into his orbit, “often under the pretense of a romantic relationship,” according to the indictment.
It says he then would use force, threats and coercion to get the women to engage with male sex workers in the “Freak Offs” — “elaborate and produced sex performances” that Combs arranged and recorded, creating dozens of videos. He ensured their participation by procuring and providing drugs, controlling their careers, leveraging his financial support and using intimidation and violence, according to the indictment. It said his employees facilitated “Freak Offs” by taking care of tasks like travel and hotel arrangements and stocking them with such supplies as drugs and baby oil.
The events could last for days, and Combs and victims would often receive IV fluids to recover from the exertion and drug use, the indictment said.
During the searches of Combs’ homes earlier this year, law enforcement seized narcotics, videos of the performances and more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant, according to prosecutors. They said agents also seized firearms and ammunition, including three AR-15s with defaced serial numbers in his bedroom closet in Miami.
Combs’ lawyer said his client didn’t own the guns, noting that he employs a security company.
The indictment says Combs choked, shoved, hit and kicked people, causing injuries that often took days or weeks to heal. His employees and associates sometimes kept victims from leaving or tracked down those who tried, the indictment said.
It alleges that Combs used explicit recordings as “collateral” to ensure the women’s continued obedience and silence. He also exerted control over victims by promising career opportunities, providing and threatening to withhold financial support, dictating how they looked, monitoring their health records and controlling where they lived, according to the indictment.
Sean “Diddy” Combs was due in court Tuesday on federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges that he hit and abused women for over a decade and presided over an empire of sexual crimes.
The music mogul “engaged in a persistent and pervasive pattern of abuse toward women and other individuals,” according to an indictment unsealed Tuesday.
The indictment details allegations dating to 2008 that he abused, threatened and coerced women for years “to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct.” He is accused of inducing female victims and male sex workers into drugged-up, sometimes dayslong sexual performances dubbed “Freak Offs” in the indictment, which refers obliquely to an attack on his former girlfriend, the the R&B singer Cassie, that was captured on video.
Combs was arrested late Monday in Manhattan, roughly six months after federal authorities conducting a sex trafficking investigation raided his luxurious homes in Los Angeles and Miami.
Over the past year, Combs has been sued by people who say he subjected them to physical or sexual abuse. He has denied many of those allegations, and his lawyer, Marc Agnifilo, said outside the courthouse Tuesday morning that Combs would plead not guilty and that he would “fight like hell” to try to get his client released from custody.
Of Combs, Agnifilo said, “His spirits are good. He’s confident.”
Combs is accused in the indictment of striking, punching and dragging women on numerous occasions, throwing objects and kicking them — and enlisting his personal assistants, security and household staff to help hide it all.
The indictment describes Combs as the head of a criminal enterprise engaged in or attempting to engage in activities including sex trafficking, forced labor, interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution, drug offenses, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice.
The “Freak Offs” were “elaborate and produced sex performances” that Combs “arranged, directed, masturbated during, and often electronically recorded,” the indictment said. It said he sometimes arranged to fly the women in and ensured their participation by procuring and providing drugs, controlling their careers, leveraging his financial support, and using intimidation and violence.
The events could last days, the indictment says.
During a search of Combs’ homes in Miami and Los Angeles this year, law enforcement seized narcotics and more than a thousand bottles of baby oil and lubricant, according to the indictment.
All of this, prosecutors allege, was happening behind the facade of Combs’ global music, lifestyle and clothing empire.
Combs, 54, was recognized as one of the most influential figures in hip-hop before a flood of allegations that emerged over the past year turned him into an industry pariah.
In November, Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, filed a lawsuit saying he had beaten and raped her for years. She accused Combs of coercing her, and others, into unwanted sex in drug-fueled settings.
The suit was settled in one day, but months later, CNN aired hotel security footage showing Combs punching and kicking Ventura and throwing her on a floor. After the video aired, Combs apologized, saying, “I was disgusted when I did it.”
The indictment refers to the attack, without naming Ventura, and says Combs tried to bribe a hotel security staffer to stay mum about it.
Combs and his attorneys denied similar allegations made by others in a string of lawsuits.
Douglas Wigdor, a lawyer for Ventura, said in a statement Tuesday that “neither Ms. Ventura nor I have any comment.”
“We appreciate your understanding and if that changes, we will certainly let you know,” he added.
A woman said Combs raped her two decades ago when she was 17. A music producer sued, saying Combs forced him to have sex with prostitutes. Another woman, April Lampros, said Combs subjected her to “terrifying sexual encounters,” starting when she was a college student in 1994.
The AP does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly, as Ventura and Lampros did.
Combs, the founder of Bad Boy Records, has gotten out of legal trouble before.
The Alaska Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a man currently serving a 20-year prison sentence can remain on the November ballot in the state’s U.S. House race.
In a brief order, a split court affirmed a lower court ruling in a case brought by the Alaska Democratic Party; Justice Susan Carney dissented. A full opinion explaining the reasoning will be released later.
Democrats sued state election officials to seek the removal from the ballot of Eric Hafner, who pleaded guilty in 2022 to charges of making threats against police officers, judges and others in New Jersey.
Hafner, who has no apparent ties to Alaska, is running as a Democrat in a closely watched race featuring Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola and Republican Nick Begich. Hafner’s declaration of candidacy listed a federal prison in New York as his mailing address.
Under Alaska’s open primary system, voters are asked to pick one candidate per race, with the top four vote-getters advancing to the general election. Hafner finished sixth in the primary but was placed on the general election ballot after Republicans Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom and Matthew Salisbury, who placed third and a distant fourth, withdrew.
John Wayne Howe, with the Alaskan Independence Party, also qualified.
Attorneys for Alaska Democrats argued that there was no provision in the law for the sixth-place finisher to advance, while attorneys for the state said that interpretation was too narrow.
Venezuela’s Supreme Court has backed President Nicolás Maduro’s claims that he won last month’s presidential election and said voting tallies published online showing he lost by a landslide were forged.
The ruling is the latest attempt by Maduro to blunt protests and international criticism that erupted after the contested July 28 vote in which the self-proclaimed socialist leader was seeking a third, six-year term.
The high court is packed with Maduro loyalists and has almost never ruled against the government.
Its decision, read Thursday in an event attended by senior officials and foreign diplomats, came in response to a request by Maduro to review vote totals showing he had won by more than 1 million votes.
The main opposition coalition has accused Maduro of trying to steal the vote.
Thanks to a superb ground game on election day, opposition volunteers managed to collect copies of voting tallies from 80% of the 30,000 polling booths nationwide and which show opposition candidate Edmundo González won by a more than 2-to-1 margin.
The official tally sheets printed by each voting machine carry a QR code that makes it easy for anyone to verify the results and are almost impossible to replicate.
“An attempt to judicialize the results doesn’t change the truth: we won overwhelmingly and we have the voting records to prove it,” González, standing before a Venezuelan flag, said in a video posted on social media.
The high court’s ruling certifying the results contradicts the findings of experts from the United Nations and the Carter Center who were invited to observe the election and which both determined the results announced by authorities lacked credibility. Specifically, the outside experts noted that authorities didn’t release a breakdown of results by each of the 30,000 voting booths nationwide, as they have in almost every previous election.
The government has claimed — without evidence — that a foreign cyberattack staged by hackers from North Macedonia delayed the vote counting on election night and publication of the disaggregated results.
González was the only one of 10 candidates who did not participate in the Supreme Court’s audit, a fact noted by the justices, who in their ruling accused him of trying to spread panic.
The former diplomat and his chief backer, opposition powerhouse Maria Corina Machado, went into hiding after the election as security forces arrested more than 2,000 people and cracked down on demonstrations that erupted spontaneously throughout the country protesting the results.
Numerous foreign governments, including the U.S. as well as several allies of Maduro, have called on authorities to release the full breakdown of results.
Gabriel Boric, the leftist president of Chile and one of the main critics of Maduro’s election gambit, lambasted the high court’s certification.
Former President Donald Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt Saturday at a Pennsylvania rally, days before he was to accept the Republican nomination for a third time. A barrage of gunfire set off panic, and a bloodied Trump, who said he was shot in the ear, was surrounded by Secret Service and hurried to his SUV as he pumped his fist in a show of defiance.
Trump’s campaign said the presumptive GOP nominee was doing “fine” after the shooting, which he said pierced the upper part of his right ear.
“I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin. Much bleeding took place,” he wrote on his social media site.
The FBI early Sunday identified the shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. The agency said the investigation remains active and ongoing.
Secret Service agents fatally shot Crooks, who attacked from an elevated position outside the rally venue at a farm show in Butler, Pennsylvania, the agency said.
One attendee was killed and two spectators were critically injured, authorities said. All were identified as men.
The attack was the most serious attempt to assassinate a president or presidential candidate since Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981. It drew new attention to concerns about political violence in a deeply polarized U.S. less than four months before the presidential election. And it could alter the tenor and security posture at the Republican National Convention, which will begin Monday in Milwaukee.
Organizers said the convention would proceed as planned.
Trump flew to New Jersey after visiting a local Pennsylvania hospital, landing shortly after midnight at Newark Liberty International Airport. Video posted by an aide showed the former president deplaning his private jet flanked by U.S. Secret Service agents and heavily armed members of the agency’s counter assault team, an unusually visible show of force by his protective detail.
President Joe Biden, who is running against Trump, was briefed on the incident and spoke to Trump several hours after the shooting, the White House said.
Biden planned to return to Washington early, cutting short a weekend at his beach home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
Many Republicans quickly blamed the violence on Biden and his allies, arguing that sustained attacks on Trump as a threat to democracy have created a toxic environment. They pointed in particular to a comment Biden made to donors on July 8, saying “it’s time to put Trump in the bullseye.”
Officials said members of the U.S. Secret Service counterassault team killed the shooter. The heavily armed tactical team travels everywhere with the president and major party nominees and is meant to confront any active threats while other agents focus on safeguarding and evacuating the person at the center of protection.
Law enforcement recovered an AR-style rifle at the scene, according to a third person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation.
Ivan F. Boesky, the flamboyant stock trader whose cooperation with the government cracked open one of the largest insider trading scandals in the history of Wall Street, has died at the age of 87.
A representative at the Marianne Boesky Gallery, owned by Ivan Boesky’s daughter, confirmed his death. No other details were given.
The son of a Detroit delicatessen owner, Boesky was once considered one of the richest and most influential risk-takers on Wall Street. He had parlayed $700,000 from his late mother-in-law’s estate into a fortune estimated at more than $200 million, hurtling him into the ranks of Forbes magazine’s list of the 400 richest Americans.
Once implicated in insider trading, Boesky cooperated with a brash young U.S. attorney named Rudolph Giuliani in a bid for leniency, uncovering a scandal that shattered promising careers, blemished some of the most respected U.S. investment brokerages and injected a certain paranoia into the securities industry.
Working undercover, Boesky secretly taped three conversations with Michael Milken, the so-called “junk bond king” whose work with Drexel Burnham Lambert had revolutionized the credit markets. Milken eventually pleaded guilty to six felonies and served 22 months in prison, while Boesky paid a $100 million fine and spent 20 months in a minimum-security California prison nicknamed “Club Fed,” beginning in March 1988.
After Boesky’s arrest, accounts circulated widely that he had had told business students during a commencement address at the University of California at Berkeley in 1985 or 1986, “Greed is all right, by the way. I want you to know that. I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.”
The line was memorably echoed by Michael Douglas in his Oscar-winning portrayal of Gordon Gekko, a high-flying trader, in Oliver Stone’s 1987 film “Wall Street.”
“The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of a better word, is good,” Douglas tells the shareholders of Teldar Paper. “Greed is right. Greed works. Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.”
Boesky, however, said he couldn’t remember saying “greed is healthy” and denied another quotation attributed to him in the 1984 Atlantic Monthly, in which he allegedly said that climbing to the height of a huge pile of silver dollars would be “an aphrodisiac experience.”
While he usually worked 18-hour days, the silver-haired and lean Boesky also lived a life of opulence. He wore designer clothes, traveled in limousines, private airplanes and helicopters and revamped his 10,000-square-foot Westchester County mansion with a Jeffersonian dome to resemble Monticello.
A French court acquitted filmmaker Roman Polanski Tuesday of defaming a British actor whom he described as a liar after she accused him of sexual assault. The case stems from a 2019 interview with Paris Match magazine, where Polanski allegedly called Charlotte Lewis a liar following her accusations.
The court’s ruling did not address the truth of the rape allegation but focused solely on whether Polanski’s comments in the interview constituted defamation against Lewis. Polanski denied the charges.
The verdict was delivered Tuesday afternoon in a Paris court.
Lewis said she felt let down by the verdict and would appeal.
“I feel sad,” she said. “For us, it’s not over.”
Polanski was not in court. His lawyer Delphine Meillet called him to announce the news. She said the court recognized his right to challenge people who make accusations against him. She noted that the verdict came on the opening day of the Cannes Film Festival, calling it “a symbolic day.”
“It’s a victory for the rights of the defense,” the lawyer said.
At the heart of the accusations was that Polanski rebutted Lewis’s allegations of sexual assault in the 2019 interview with Paris Match, describing them as a “heinous lie.” Lewis had contended the remarks were defamatory, launching a legal battle against the 90-year-old director, known for classics such as “Rosemary’s Baby,” “Chinatown,” and “The Pianist.”
Lewis, who first made her allegations public in 2010, claimed Polanski “sexually abused me in the worst possible way when I was just 16 years old,” referring to an incident in 1983 in Paris during a casting session for his film “Pirates.”
The filmmaker has faced several other accusations of sexual assault that allegedly occurred over several decades, including a notable case from 1977 where he was charged with the rape of a 13-year-old in the United States. He pleaded guilty but fled to Europe in 1978 before sentencing could take place