On Monday, “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett took the stand in his own defense against allegations that he staged a hate crime attack against himself in Illinois in January 2019. According to The Chicago Tribune, defense attorneys started by questioning Smollett, 39, about his upbringing and family. Smollett was charged with felony disorderly conduct for allegedly staging …
Jurors in Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial got a look Friday at one of Jeffrey Epstein’s massage tables and a photo of a “Twin Torpedo” sex toy taken from the billionaire pedophile’s Florida mansion in 2005. Palm Beach Police Officer Gregory Parkinson testified that the green, collapsible massage table set up in the court room …
The continued testimony of an FBI digital expert put Josh Duggar’s cell phone at his place of business at the same time the child pornography investigators found was accessed. FBI High Technology Investigative Unit director James Fottrell said that no porn was found on the reality TV star’s phone or his personal laptop, nor was …
A New York court will see an alleged photo of one of Jeffrey Epstein’s underage goddaughters on his lap as he apparently pulls down her underwear and bites her buttocks. According to the Daily Mail, the prosecution said Epstein kept the damning picture on his desk. Judge Alison Nathan, who is presiding over Ghislaine Maxwell’s …
Ghislaine Maxwell handed out a 58-page “Household Manual” to employees working at billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s home, jurors in her trial learned Thursday through testimony and evidence. Juan Alessi, who worked at Epstein’s estate from 1990 until 2002, said things became much more strict when Maxwell, 59, came into the picture in the early 1990s, …
An FBI agent gave jurors in Josh Duggar’s child pornography trial a tour of the computer drive where he found the files that led to the reality TV star’s arrest earlier this year. James Fottrell, director of the agency’s high-tech research unit, first explained the highly technical process he used to get a close look …
An Idaho judge on Thursday set a trial date for Chad Daybell and Lori Vallow more than a year away and said the trial would take place in Boise, outside the 10-county 7th District where charges against the pair have been filed. Judge Steven Boyce granted a change of venue motion in October, saying he …
Attorneys made their opening statements in Josh Duggar’s child pornography trail Wednesday morning after a judge issued an order allowing prior allegations of child molestation to be introduced as evidence against the reality TV star. Duggar was the oldest of the “19 Kids and Counting” show that ran on TLC for seven years until 2015, …
The families of several attendees killed last month during Travis Scott’s Astroworld concert in Texas have turned down the rapper’s offer to pay for their loved one’s funeral, according to reports. In addition to the family of the youngest victim, 9-year-old Ezra Blount, attorneys representing victims Jacob Jurinek, Franco Patino, and Axel Acosta, all 21, …
Maxwell’s defense said in opening statements that the British socialite was just “a scapegoat for a man who behaved badly.”
Jeffrey Epstein compadre Ghislaine Maxwell finally gets her day in court on Monday, when opening statements are expected in her trial on multiple felony accounts, including sex trafficking. Maxwell was arrested in July 2020 after hiding out for months. She has been charged with enticing a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity, transporting a …
