Harvey Weinstein’s wife, Georgina Chapman, said Tuesday that she is leaving her husband—an announcement that comes mere hours after two women accused the embattled producer of rape. In a statement obtained by People, Chapman, 41, said she’s separating from Weinstein, 61, after 10 years of marriage. The couple has two children together, India Pearl, 7, and Dashiell Max …
A Franklin, Ohio, woman placed her 4-year-old stepson in a scalding bath and the boy’s father did nothing as he slowly died from his injuries. WCPO reported Tuesday that a judge sentenced the child’s father, Robert Ritchie, 32, to seven years in prison for Austin Cooper’s death. Prosecutors said Ritchie failed to get medical help for …
A family accused a St. Paul, Minnesota, hospital of discarding a stillborn baby in dirty laundry instead of cremating him as promised. The Washington Post reported that Esmeralda Hernandez delivered her premature, stillborn son, José, in April 2013. She kept him with her overnight and Regions Hospital staff offered to arrange a “respectful and dignified” cremation for …
A Seminole, Oklahoma, couple was found guilty of killing their 9-year-old foster son—despite the fact that his body was never found. The Ada News reported that James Rex Clark, 67, and Rebecca Faith Clark, 61, were convicted Tuesday of first-degree murder-child abuse and four counts of child abuse by injury, in connection with the death of Levi …
A video appears to show a McDonald’s employee fighting a pregnant woman as she holds her young daughter. Speaking with KTRK, Carla DeLeon said she was holding her 3-year-old daughter when the disgruntled woman attacked her—striking the child in the process. Fox News noted that the suspect is believed to be an employee of the Houston, Texas, McDonald’s …
A Savannah, Georgia, mother who was found guilty but mentally ill of drowning her two youngest daughters will spend the rest of her life in prison. The Savannah Morning News reported that Chatham County Superior Court Judge James Bass Jr. sentenced Jokeera Viola Morgan, 28, Friday to two consecutive life sentences for the malice murders of her two …
A Wales, England, fitness instructor is facing murder charges for allegedly killing his 18-month-old daughter that he officially adopted with his husband two weeks earlier. BBC reported that Matthew Scully-Hicks, 31, is accused of “violently shaking” his 18-month-old daughter, Elsie Scully-Hicks, until she sustained serious head injuries. The baby is said to have suffered months …
Purposely exposing a sexual partner to HIV without disclosing a positive status is no longer a felony in California. The Los Angeles Times reported that Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill Friday downgrading the crime to a misdemeanor. The bill also applies to people who give blood and fail to tell blood banks they’re HIV-positive. …
A Kansas City, Missouri, man who fatally shot a father then shot and paralyzed the dad’s 10-year-old son will spend the rest of his life behind bars. KCTV reported that a Jackson County judge sentenced Dontae Jefferson to life without parole for the first-degree murder of Ka’Vyea Curry, 34. The judge also ordered that life sentences …
Two South Florida mothers are accused of overdosing on heroin in a car while their two newborns sat in the backseat. The Miami Herald reported that June Ann Schweinhart, 28, and Kristen O’Connor, 27, (pictured left and right) allegedly became friends in rehab because their due dates were close together. On Thursday, the pair reportedly bought …
A Good Samaritan rescued an abducted Minnesota teen then reportedly took the reward check and handed it to the girl. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reported that three men kidnapped Jasmine Block, 15, and held her captive for nearly a month before she escaped on September 5. Earl Melchert, 65, was reportedly driving back to work …
Kenneka Jenkins, the 19-year-old Chicago woman found in a hotel freezer on September 10, died from hypothermia, the Cook County medical examiner’s office ruled Friday. The Chicago Tribune reported that alcohol intoxication and the use of topiramate, a drug used to treat migraines and epilepsy, were listed as contributing factors in the teen’s death. The medical examiner’s …
