NEW YORK — Prosecutors are asking a Manhattan judge to consolidate the two sex crime cases that Harvey Weinstein faces in New York into a single trial this year — a move that the disgraced movie mogul’s lawyers oppose. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office argued in court filings released Friday that the cases have…
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. , A founding member of the experimental rock band Mr. Bungle was found guilty Friday of first-degree murder in the killing of his girlfriend after prosecutors in California found an audio file the victim recorded on her phone as she fought for her life. A jury in Santa Cruz deliberated for a…
NEW YORK — 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 casewhich 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…
NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs hugged each of his attorneys after he was led into court Thursday for his first appearance before the judge who is expected to preside over the hip-hop powerbroker’s trial on sex trafficking charges, Combs was taken to Manhattan federal court from a Brooklyn jail for…
AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas man set to die this month is at the center of another push for clemency in the US, this time backed by several GOP lawmakers and bestselling author John Grishamwho say a father’s 2002 conviction for killing his infant daughter deserves a second look. Their pleas to spare Robert Roberson,…
LOS ANGELES– A woman who says she worked as a hair-and-makeup stylist for Garth Brooks alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday that he raped her in a Los Angeles hotel in 2019. The woman does not use her name and goes by Jane Roe in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. An email…
MEXICO CITY — Riding in a black SUV with tinted windows, lawyer Mariel Colón rolls up to the gates of a remote mansion, strolling past a security guard side-by-side with Emma Coronel, the wife of notorious drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, Sporting suits and sunglasses, the pair stride into a dimly lit room full…
Guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, a former Red Hot Chili Peppers member who has also played with Pearl Jam, has pleaded not guilty through his attorney to a misdemeanor manslaughter charge in the death of a pedestrian. guitarist Josh Klinghoffera former Red Hot Chili Peppers member who has also played with Pearl Jam, pleaded not guilty through…
SANTA FE, NM — A judge is planning to hear arguments in court Thursday over whether to dismiss a criminal conviction against a movie armorer in the shooting death of a cinematographer by actor Alec Baldwin. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed has requested a retrial or dismissal of her March conviction for involuntary manslaughter in response to allegations…
COMPTON, Calif. — A man convicted of sending his 17-year-old son into a restaurant to rob and kill rapper PnB Rock was sentenced Monday to 31 years to life in prison. Judge Connie Quinones handed down the sentence to Freddie Trone, 42, in Los Angeles County Superior Court. A jury on Aug. 7 found Trone…
