PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) — The founding member and former bassist of the rock band 3 Doors Down has been sentenced to 10 years in Mississippi state prison for possession of a firearm by a felon. News outlets report Jackson County Circuit Court Judge Robert Krebs gave Todd Harrell the maximum penalty during a hearing Thursday. …
A crew member has died after an accident on the set of a movie about Mister Rogers starring Tom Hanks. The Associated Press reports that James Emswiller, 61, died after he fell two stories during an accident on the set of “You are my Friend,” which is filming in Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Allegheny County authorities …
A letter previously filed under a protective order was unsealed on Thursday, which not only revealed credibility issues with one of Harvey Weinstein accusers, but also possible misconduct by a New York detective. Page Six reports that the unsealed letter from lead prosecutor in the case, Joan Illuzzi-Orbon, to defense lawyer Ben Brafman, described an incident …
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and TOM HAYS, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan’s district attorney dropped part of the criminal sexual assault case against Harvey Weinstein on Thursday after evidence emerged that cast doubt on the account one of his three accusers provided to the grand jury. The development was announced in court Thursday with …
Disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner will be released from prison ahead of his scheduled 21-month sentence. CBS News obtained records from the federal Bureau of Prison showing that Weiner is expected to be released May 14, 2019, 83 days ahead of his previously scheduled release date. The New York Daily News had first reported the news, …
Busy Phillips has said that James Franco assaulted her years ago on the set of “Freaks and Geeks,” shoving her to the ground and knocking the wind out of her after she followed a script direction to touch him. According to Page Six, Phillips wrote in her memoir This Will Only Hurt a Little that Franco lashed …
By ANDREW SELSKY, Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Comedian Katt Williams has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting a hired driver during an argument about taking him and his dog from the Portland, Oregon, airport to a performance in the city. Williams, who was in jail Sunday, came to Portland to perform in Nick Cannon’s …
By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby’s lawyers have asked a Pennsylvania court to overturn the actor’s conviction and three- to 10-year prison sentence because of what they call a string of errors in his sex assault case. The defense motion argued that trial Judge Steven O’Neill erred in declaring Cosby a sexually …
A federal judge in New Jersey sentenced Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino to eight months in prison Friday for tax evasion he committed when MTV’s “Jersey Shore” was at its peak. NJ.com reported that prosecutors said Sorrentino, 36, and his brother, Marc, created several businesses based on their in-person and television appearances, product endorsements, and product …
In a bizarre Instagram Live video, actress Lindsay Lohan announced a homeless couple were guilty of trafficking their young children when they refused her offer to help them. TMZ reports the incident occurred in Moscow, where the actress recorded herself as she began speaking to a reported Syrian refugee family who were living on the streets. …
Following his sentencing on Tuesday, convicted sex offender has been transferred to a maximum security state prison. TMZ reports that Cosby was moved Tuesday to the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution in Schwenksville, PA. The former TV sitcom star is reportedly being held in a single cell near the prison’s infirmary. Cosby is 81 years old and …
O.J. Simpson said that recently-jailed comedian Bill Cosby will need to be placed in protective custody because convicted sex offenders don’t fare well in prison. Simpson, 71, told TMZ that the “nature of the crime” Cosby committed—sex assault—would make him a target for violence. Cosby, 81, was sentenced Tuesday to three to 10 years in prison …
