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First Rust Trial May Give Alec Baldwin an Advantage

First Rust Trial Backs Up
a Key Point for Alec Baldwin

Mar 7, 2024 11:28 AM CST

First Rust Trial Backs Up a Key Point for Alec Baldwin

Armorer expert says it wasn't Baldwin's job to check the safety of the gun

(Newser) - The trial and conviction of a movie armorer in connection with a fatal shooting on the set of the Western movie Rust has given Alec Baldwin and his legal team an unusual window into how his own trial could unfold. A New Mexico jury deliberated less than three hours Wednesday...

There's So Much Wrong With
the Heard, Depp Verdicts

OPINION

Jun 2, 2022 12:46 PM CDT

There's So Much Wrong With the Heard, Depp Verdicts

Both actors should have lost their cases, writes Danny Cevallos

(Newser) - It's no wonder Amber Heard is "heartbroken" by the verdicts in her defamation trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp. "It means the jurors didn't believe [she] was ever abused"—physically, sexually, emotionally, psychologically, or financially—"not once," legal analyst Danny Cevallos writes at NBC...

Weinstein Jury Is Set,
as Judge Slams Defense

Jan 17, 2020 1:37 PM CST

Weinstein Jury Is Set, as Judge Slams Defense

'Nothing you said makes logical sense to me,' he says in rejecting bid for private jury screening

(Newser) - A jury of seven men and five women was selected Friday for Harvey Weinstein's criminal trial in New York after an arduous, two-week process, setting the stage for testimony to begin in the next week. The final tally mostly erased a gender imbalance that, just hours earlier, led to...

Bill Cosby Lawyers Try
to Have Judge Removed

Mar 30, 2018 12:30 AM CDT

Bill Cosby Lawyers Try to Have Judge Removed

They plan to portray Cosby's accuser as greedy

(Newser) - The judge in Bill Cosby's retrial rejected demands from the comedian's defense lawyers to step aside during a Thursday hearing in which they made clear they plan to attack his accuser as a greedy liar who falsely accused him of sexually assaulting her to collect a payoff. Judge...

First Cosby Witness Says He Drugged, Molested Her

First Cosby Witness Explains
What He 'Made Me' Do

Jun 6, 2017 5:21 AM CDT

First Cosby Witness Explains What He 'Made Me' Do

Prosecutors say there is a pattern to his assaults

(Newser) - Bill Cosby's sexual assault trial opened Monday with testimony from one of the scores of women who accuse the star of drugging and sexually assaulting them. The woman, identified in earlier reports as "Kacey," testified that when she worked at the William Morris talent agency in Los...

Lindsay Lohan's 'One Woman Crime Wave' Costs California Taxpayers Millions

Lindsay's
'Crime Wave'
Costs California
Millions

Mar 21, 2011 2:22 PM CDT

Lindsay's 'Crime Wave' Costs California Millions

Experts estimate that taxpayers are footing a giant bill

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan's "one-woman crime wave," as some in LA's legal community have called it, seems like little more than the stuff of tabloids. But there is a dark side, Fox News points out: Experts estimate that the former actress' legal foibles are costing cash-strapped California millions of dollars....

11 Simpsons Predictions
That Came True

Aug 7, 2010 6:00 PM CDT

11 Simpsons Predictions That Came True

Yucky soy snacks? Check. Crazy celebrities? Got 'em.

(Newser) - During its sixth season in 1995, The Simpsons gazed into the future—specifically, 2010—in the “Lisa’s Wedding” episode. Writing at 11points.com , Sam Greenspan lists 11 things about this year the episode got right:

Soy snacks: Not only did the show predict their popularity, it also “

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Douglas Begs Judge:
Show Cameron Leniency

Apr 20, 2010 9:35 AM CDT

Douglas Begs Judge: Show Cameron Leniency

Michael's letter joins long list of missives by famous pals

(Newser) - As Cameron Douglas awaits sentencing today on drug dealing charges, dad Michael is joining other family and friends in begging for leniency. Michael’s handwritten letter paints a picture of a child pressured by the two generations of fame that came before him and surrounded by other family members who...

Rip Torn Pleads Not Guilty

Mar 30, 2010 12:31 PM CDT

Rip Torn Pleads Not Guilty

Judge orders actor to give up drinking after alleged bank break-in

(Newser) - Rip Torn entered a not guilty plea today to the charges leveled against him after his alleged drunken break-in at a Connecticut bank. At the same time, the judge added another bail condition: that he give up all alcohol. Torn’s lawyer pointed out that the actor is already undergoing...

Charlie's Defense:
Brooke's a Liar

plus: heidi fleiss on the mess

Mar 12, 2010 9:57 AM CST

Charlie's Defense: Brooke's a Liar

Sheen wants plea deal, but prosecutors aim for trial

(Newser) - Charlie Sheen is ready to plead no contest to a misdemeanor and skip jail, but prosecutors think they have a strong enough felony case to go to trial—even without Brooke Mueller. Mueller wants the assault case to disappear so she doesn’t have to testify against her husband, sources...

Rip Torn Thought
Bank Was Home: Lawyer

took off hat, boots

Feb 2, 2010 9:04 AM CST

Rip Torn Thought Bank Was Home: Lawyer

Actor was so drunk he took off hat, boots in lobby

(Newser) - When Rip Torn broke into a bank Friday night, he was so drunk he thought he was in his own home and had even taken off his hat and boots and left them by the door, his lawyer said yesterday. "Obviously, he wasn't there intending to commit a crime,...

Judge Who?
No Placard
for Ito After
Many Thefts

OJ TRIAL FALLOUT

Nov 25, 2009 1:21 PM CST

Judge Who? No Placard for Ito After Many Thefts

He even tried gluing it on, to no avail

(Newser) - Of all the people damaged by the OJ Simpson trial, Lance Ito’s tale is perhaps the saddest—err, most mundane. The poor presiding judge’s name became so famous that the placard announcing him outside his courtroom was repeatedly pilfered over the years. He tried everything, the Los Angeles ...

Anti-Semitism Got Polanski

gore vidal

Oct 29, 2009 10:06 AM CDT

Anti-Semitism Got Polanski

Gore Vidal is less than PC while discussing Roman Polanski

(Newser) - Gore Vidal isn't afraid to say what he really thinks about the Roman Polanski fiasco. "I really don’t give a f---. Look, am I going to sit and weep every time a young hooker feels as though she’s been taken advantage of?" he tells the Atlantic in...

2nd Doc Hooked Up With Anna

HOWARD K STERN HEARING

Oct 29, 2009 9:37 AM CDT

2nd Doc Hooked Up With Anna

Sandeep Kapoor wrote in diary about tryst with Anna Nicole Smith

(Newser) - Just in case anyone thought the Anna Nicole Smith hearing couldn't get any kinkier: It can, and it did. An investigator testified yesterday that Smith physician Sandeep Kapoor—who is facing charges along with psychiatrist Khristine Eroshevich and lawyer Howard K. Stern—had a less-than-professional relationship with Smith, "making...

Birkhead:
Prosecutor
Pressured Me

HOWARD K STERN HEARING

Oct 20, 2009 4:08 AM CDT

Birkhead: Prosecutor Pressured Me

Anna Nicole Smith's former lover says he was told to 'ramp up' testimony

(Newser) - Anna Nicole Smith's babydaddy Larry Birkhead took the stand again yesterday in the Howard K Stern hearing, and testified that the prosecution pressured him to "ramp up" his testimony because he appeared to be taking Stern's side. "I felt I personally did my best and I was being...

Medic: Travolta
Offered $15M to Hush

EXTORTION CASE

Oct 15, 2009 9:32 AM CDT

Medic: Travolta Offered $15M to Hush

Tarino Lightbourne tries to turn the tables on John Travolta at extortion trial

(Newser) - Jett Travolta was “dead, d-e-a-d, dead” before the ambulance arrived, Bahamian paramedic Tarino Lightbourne testified yesterday—adding that it was the Travoltas’ lawyer who offered him $15 million to destroy a “Refusal of Transport/Treatment” document signed by the actor. The paramedic is charged along with a former Bahamas...

Prosecutor: I Lied in Polanksi
Film About Misconduct

Oct 1, 2009 1:47 AM CDT

Prosecutor: I Lied in Polanksi Film About Misconduct

Wells now denies coaching judge on how to send director to jail

(Newser) - A retired Los Angeles County prosecutor who told the creators of a documentary that he coached a judge on how to send Roman Polanski to prison despite a plea bargain now says he lied. David Wells—whose claims in Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired sparked accusations of misconduct and were...

It Wasn't Rape:
Sharon Tate's Sis

POLANSKI ROUNDUP

Sep 30, 2009 9:56 AM CDT

It Wasn't Rape: Sharon Tate's Sis

As Roman Polanski faces months in jail, Hollywood elite rally around him

(Newser) - The sister of Roman Polanski’s murdered second wife, Sharon Tate, says his crime was not rape. "There's rape and then there's rape,” Debra Tate tells MSNBC, and what happened between Polanski and his 13-year-old victim was “a consensual matter.” More from the Polanski saga:

Fake

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LA DA
Shouldn't
Waste Time
on Polanski

OPINION

Sep 28, 2009 11:18 AM CDT

LA DA Shouldn't Waste Time on Polanski

Los Angeles has more pressing problems; tragic director has been punished enough

(Newser) - Whether you side for or against Roman Polanski, one has to wonder why the state of California is “stalking an aging, 76-year-old man who has admitted his guilt and was long ago forgiven by his victim,” writes Patrick Goldstein in the Los Angeles Times. California’s legislature is...

Writer Dominick
Dunne Dead at 83

OBITUARY

Aug 26, 2009 7:08 PM CDT

Writer Dominick Dunne Dead at 83

(Newser) - Dominick Dunne, the best-selling author who covered some of the past two decades’ highest-profile trials for Vanity Fair, died today at 83; his son, actor Griffin Dunne, told the magazine bladder cancer was the cause. Dominick Dunne served in World War II and produced TV shows and feature films before...