Crime
Donald Trump Indicted by Grand Jury Over Alleged Hush Money Scheme
A Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Donald Trump on charges involving payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign to silence claims of an extramarital sexual encounter, the first-ever criminal case against a former U.S. president and a jolt to Trump’s bid to retake the White House in 2024. The indictment, confirmed Thursday by […]
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Adnan Syed’s Conviction in ‘Serial’ Case Reinstated
A Maryland court did not give the family of the murder victim in the case chronicled in the hit podcast Serial enough time to attend a court hearing in person that led to Adnan Syed’s release, a Maryland appellate court ruled Tuesday, and it ordered a new hearing to be held. Though Syed’s conviction has […]
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Jonathan Majors Arrested and Charged With Assault, Lawyer Says Actor Is “Completely Innocent”
Jonathan Majors was arrested and charged with multiple misdemeanors Saturday after being accused of assaulting a woman during a domestic dispute. The actor was arrested on suspicion of strangulation, assault and harassment Saturday in Chelsea, a neighborhood of Manhattan, according to a New York Police Department spokesperson. The woman sustained minor injuries to her head […]
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‘Sin Eater: The Crimes of Anthony Pellicano’ Trailer Gives Look at Never-Before-Heard Recordings Used in the Former Hollywood Fixer’s Case
The newest trailer for Sin Eater: The Crimes of Anthony Pellicano shares a look at never-before-heard evidence recordings used to take down former Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano. “This film is the first time a lot of these recordings are going to be heard,” reporter Allison Hope Weiner, who covered the notorious Hollywood fixer extensively, […]
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Shows and Podcasts Breaking Down the Murdaugh Family, Murder Investigation and Trial
The sentencing of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh for the murders of his wife and son is unlikely to end the public’s fascination with the family: There are already TV specials, docuseries and podcasts about the slayings and at least two scripted shows on the way. Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison on […]
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R. Kelly Avoids Lengthy Add-On to 30-Year Prison Sentence
R. Kelly was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison for child pornography and enticement of minors for sex but will serve all but one of those simultaneously with a 30-year sentence on racketeering and sex trafficking convictions. U.S. District Judge Harry Leinenweber ordered that Kelly serve one year in prison following the racketeering […]
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Viola Davis, Tyler Perry, Justin Timberlake React to Tyre Nichols’ Death: “We Demand Justice”
Viola Davis, Tyler Perry, Justin Timberlake and Questlove were among the Hollywood notables sharing reactions on social media about Tyre Nichols, who died earlier this month following an altercation with Memphis Police Department officers during a traffic stop in Tennessee. Body camera and surveillance video of the Jan. 7 stop was released Friday, showing the […]
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‘Rick and Morty’ Co-Creator Justin Roiland Facing Domestic Violence Charges
Justin Roiland, the co-creator of Rick and Morty and Solar Opposites, is facing domestic violence charges in Orange County, California, based on an alleged 2020 incident. According to the May 2020 felony complaint, which The Hollywood Reporter has obtained, Roiland has been charged with one count of domestic battery with corporal injury and one count […]
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Jen Shah of ‘Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’ Sentenced to 6.5 Years in Prison
Jen Shah, known for starring on Bravo’s The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, was sentenced to six years and six months in prison Friday for her role in a telemarketing scam, NBC News reports. Along with the 78-month sentence, which was less time than prosecutors were seeking, U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein also […]
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Tory Lanez Convicted in Megan Thee Stallion’s Shooting
A Los Angeles jury on Friday found rapper Tory Lanez guilty of three felonies in the 2020 shooting of hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion that left her wounded with bullet fragments in her feet. The jury of seven women and five men deliberated for one day before convicting the 30-year-old Canadian rapper, whose legal name is Daystar […]
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Jurors Deciding Whether Tory Lanez Shot Megan Thee Stallion
Jurors began deliberations Thursday at the trial of rapper Tory Lanez, who is charged with shooting and wounding hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion in the feet. The jury of seven women and five men received the case late Thursday morning after Lanez’s defense completed a closing argument from a day earlier and Los Angeles County prosecutors gave a […]
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Iranian Authorities Arrest Actress Taraneh Alidoosti
Iranian authorities arrested one of the country’s most renowned actresses Saturday on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests that grip the country, state media said. The report by IRNA said Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning movie The Salesman, was detained a week after she made a post on Instagram expressing solidarity with the […]
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