A 2007 plea deal offered to Jeffrey Epstein, long criticized for its leniency, will be the focus of a new investigation. NBC News reports that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has ordered a criminal investigation into the 2007 plea deal that carried a light, flexible jail sentence for Epstein and allowed him to avoid federal charges. …
R. Kelly is facing two new sex crime charges after he allegedly paid an underage girl to engage in sex acts while he was on tour in Minnesota. TMZ reports that Kelly has been charged with engaging in prostitution with someone under 18 and hiring/offering/agreeing to hire someone for sexual contact, stemming from a 2001 …
Those who were close to Saoirse Kennedy Hill appear to be shocked by reports that she died of a suspected overdose, because she apparently did not have a reputation for drinking or doing drugs. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Hill, 22, was found unresponsive at her family’s Cape Cod compound, the home of her grandmother Ethel …
A New York judge has denied bail for singer R. Kelly, who pleaded not guilty to federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges on Friday. According to NPR, Kelly, 52, arrived at a Brooklyn court and entered a plea of not guilty for five federal charges—one count of racketeering and four counts of violating the Mann …
Tragedy has struck the Kennedy family again: Robert F. Kennedy’s 22-year-old granddaughter Saoirse Kennedy Hill died on Thursday after being found in cardiac arrest at the family’s compound in Hyannis, Massachusetts. The New York Times reports that emergency responders were called to the Cape Cod home on Thursday afternoon. According to the Hyannis News, a …
On Wednesday, an Illinois judge shut down efforts by Jussie Smollett’s attorneys to reconsider his bid to have a special prosecutor investigate how the actor’s high-profile hate crime case was handled. Though he hasn’t yet appointed a special prosecutor, Cook County Judge Michael Toomin dismissed Smollett’s attorneys’ claims that their client has a reasonable concern …
The convicted sex offender also wants his penis cryonically frozen when he dies
A Texas sheriff’s deputy who starred as the bailiff on “Justice for All with Judge Cristina Perez” has been arrested on murder charges for allegedly killing his wife Sunday night. Citing charging documents, KHOU reported that off-duty Harris County Sheriff’s deputy Renard Spivey, 63, shot Patricia Spivey, 52, twice in the master bedroom closet and …
One of the California homes where members of the Manson family carried out grisly murders has reportedly been sold to “Ghost Adventures” star, Zak Bagans. TMZ reports that Bagans bought a home at 3301 Waverly Drive in Los Angeles, which was once owned by Leno and Rosemary LaBianca. The couple was found brutally murdered in …
Jeffrey Epstein was permitted to fly to his multimillion New York City townhouse — which is in close proximity to a school and a playground – while he was still serving his sentence on prostitution charges. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Epstein, who is now facing federal sex trafficking charges, pleaded guilty to prostitution in a …
Authorities are still working to determine the circumstances surrounding the discovery of Jeffrey Epstein injured in his jail cell. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Epstein, who is facing federal sex trafficking charges, was found semi-conscious in a fetal position with marks on his neck earlier this week at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, where he …
A public relations professional hired by R. Kelly this year as the R8B singer faces mounting allegations of sexually abusing women and girls said in a television interview that he would “absolutely not” leave his own daughter alone with Kelly. Kelly’s crisis manager Darrell Johnson appeared on “CBS This Morning” on Monday and spoke with …
