Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx has been subpoenaed after a lawyer filed a petition for a special prosecutor who will investigate her office’s controversial handling of the Jussie Smollett case. The lawyer, retired appellate judge Sheila O’Brien, also subpoenaed Foxx’s leading assistant, Joseph Magats, and filed an additional document requesting Smollett appear for the …
Attorneys for R. Kelly are trying to overturn a default judgment in favor of a woman who accused Kelly of sexually abusing her when she was a minor. As CrimeOnline previously reported, a Chicago judge ruled against Kelly in a lawsuit brought by Heather Williams, one of the four alleged victims named in Kelly’s criminal …
A woman who accused R. Kelly of sexually abusing her when she was a teenager has won a judgment in a lawsuit she filed against him after Kelly’s legal team ignored the suit. The New York Times reports that a judge ruled in favor of the plaintiff, Heather Williams, after Kelly failed to respond to the …
The two brothers implicated in the alleged staged attack involving Jussie Smollett filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Smollett’s attorneys, accusing them of defaming their character even after prosecutors dropped the charges against the “Empire” actor. Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo claimed Smollett’s legal team “doubled down” on claims that they attacked the actor even after …
The University of Southern California crew coach implicated in the college admissions scandal that could send Lori Loughlin and her husband to jail is expected to plead guilty. According to the New York Post, prosecutors announced on Tuesday that Laura Janke, an assistant women’s soccer coach at USC, agreed to plead guilty to racketeering conspiracy …
New details have emerged in the colossal divorce between Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his soon-to-be ex-wife, Mackenzie Bezos, the DailyMail reports. According to recently obtained court filings, Mackenzie Bezos could get at least $1 billion more than was initially expected in the divorce settlement. Records also state that the pair continue to live in …
Mossimo Gianulli, the fashion designer who along with his actress wife Lori Loughlin is accused in a wide-ranging college admissions scandal, admitted in the past that he lied to his parents about attending the University of Southern California. As the New York Post reports, Gianulli gave an interview in 2016 published by the fashion blog …
The Cook County State’s Attorney reportedly also took issue with Smollett facing more charges than R. Kelly
Weeks after telling “CBS This Morning” that he had $325,000 in his bank account, mounting legal troubles have reportedly left R&B singer R. Kelly near financial ruin. Documents obtained by The Blast stated that Wintrust Bank, where Kelly, 52, holds an account, informed his former Chicago landlord that the singer has a balance of -$13. The …
Former “Full House” star Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges amid a wide-ranging college admissions scandal. According to the New York Times, Loughlin and Giannulli both pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and money laundering conspiracy. The couple is accused of paying half a …
Actor Johnny Depp’s ex-wife shared some shocking allegations against him in a new court filing nearly three years after filing for divorce. Amber Heard was responding to Depp’s $50 million defamation suit against her in connection with a Washington Post editorial she wrote last year about her past experiences with domestic abuse. Though she does …
A California man will spend at least 26 years in prison for bludgeoning his married reality star girlfriend to death with a hammer in 2016 and burying her in a shallow grave in his backyard. Jackie Jerome Rogers, 36, was sentenced Monday to 26 years to life in prison for the first-degree murder of Lisa Marie Naegle, 35, …
