Court documents filed in Arkansas allege that reality star Josh Duggar was placed on a sex offender registry following an accusation that he molested his sisters years before his arrest last spring on child pornography charges. Duggar was never charged in 2006, but a 33-page police report uncovered by Touch Weekly in 2015 said his …
An Oklahoma county sheriff has called in state investigators to help with a child sexual abuse case after parents of victims filed a lawsuit claiming his department and school officials failed to adequately investigate a 2009 allegation against a former girls basketball coach. Ronald Akins, at the time the coach for Ninnekah’s high school and …
US District Court Judge Allison Nathan told federal prosecutors on Friday that they must reveal the “identities of any unnamed co-conspirators” they plan to reference during Ghislaine Maxwell’s upcoming sex trafficking trial. Nathan nixed the government’s argument that to do so would cause “potential danger to co-conspirators” or risk “compromising continuing investigations,” the New York …
Prosecutors can call the accused killer in the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, “murderer” or “school shooter” during his trial but must avoid pejoratives like “animal” and “that thing,” a judge ruled on Friday. Attorneys for Nikolas Cruz had asked that their client only be referred to by his name …
On Thursday, lawyers for the three former police officers charged in George Floyd’s death asked a Minnesota judge to prohibit the live-streaming of their state trial. According to the Star Tribune, attorneys for Thomas Lane, 37, and J. Alexander Kueng, 26, asserted that live-streaming their clients’ joint trial jeopardizes their right to a fair trial. …
On Thursday, a former Georgia prosecutor was indicted on misconduct charges for allegedly using her position to protect the father and son who are currently charged with Ahmaud Arbery’s February 2020 murder. Former Brunswick Judicial Circuit District Attorney Jackie Johnson was charged with violating her oath of office and hindering a law enforcement officer. While …
For the first time on Wednesday, a minister spoke out about officiating R.Kelly and Aaliyah’s illegal marriage in 1994. On Wednesday, Nathan Edmond, 73, testified that he never heard of the R&B singers when he married them at a hotel in hotel in Rosemont, Illinois. The New York Times reported that Kelly’s team presented him …
Court testimony this week alleged that R. Kelly forced his girlfriends to fight at his birthday party as punishment — and also sexually abused a 17-year-old boy whom he was mentoring. According to the Daily Beast, Kelly’s former assistant, Suzette Mayweather, testified in a New York court on Tuesday that Kelly was upset his girlfriends …
A West Virginia man behind bars for murder pleaded not guilty during his first appearance in the Laramie County District Court this week. As CrimeOnline previously reported, the Laramie County District Attorney’s office announced charges against Wyatt Dean Lamb in June, nearly four months after 1-year-old Athian Rivera was found dead in an apartment complex …
An Idaho judge on Monday extended “Cult mom” Lori Vallow’s commitment for mental health treatment for a week and said he expects a complete status report from doctors with the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare by that time. District Judge Steven Boyce said he received letters from the department requesting the extension that lacked …
Accused pedophile and sex trafficker R. Kelly sexually assaulted a teen girl two days after marrying a 15-year-old Aaliyah in an illicit, secret ceremony, according to testimony Monday in a New York federal court. The Daily Beast reported that a 43-year-old woman named Addie took the stand and said she was 17 when R. Kelly …
