Justice served? Drug using mom who left toddler son to freeze to death on front porch could soon be released from jail
Court
“If Landyn was here, he would be happy right about now,” the boy’s grandmother said.
Court
December 10, 2017
Heir to Barneys fortune claims former mistress tried to extort him for millions: Lawsuit
An heir to the Barneys department store estate is claiming a North Carolina woman tried to extort him over a romantic affair between the two, according to testimony related to a lawsuit filed last month. According to the New York Post, Robert Pressman claims he met Anna Purcell at a Puerto Rican hotel earlier this …
Court
December 4, 2017
Suspect in Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind’s murder plans to change not guilty plea [UPDATE]
The woman charged in connection with the abduction and murder of pregnant North Dakota woman Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind is reportedly set to change her not guilty plea. According to The Bismark Tribune, Brooke Crews will update her plea at a December 11 hearing. Crews and live-in boyfriend William Hoehn have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to kidnap and …
Court
December 4, 2017
Mariah Woods: Mom’s boyfriend appears in court to face charges in toddler’s ‘unnatural death’; bond set at $1M
The man charged in connection with Mariah Woods’ death was ordered to be held on $1 million bond. According to WTVD, Earl Kimrey, 32, briefly appeared in court for a Monday morning hearing. Authorities took the live-in boyfriend of the girl’s mother into custody on Friday and charged him with concealing of death, obstruction of justice, second-degree …
Celebrity Justice
November 18, 2017
Accuser drops $20M herpes lawsuit against Usher…for now
A woman who accused Usher of giving her herpes has reportedly dropped her $20 million lawsuit against the singer. According to People, Laura Helm filed the multi-million dollar suit in July, claiming she had unprotected sex with Usher, 39, and contracted the virus. Helm’s attorney, Lisa West, stopped representing her and Helm was left to hire …
Court
November 17, 2017
High school math teacher ordered to pay $50M to student he sexually assaulted
A Florida student who was 16 when she was raped by her high school geometry teacher was awarded $49.3 million in damages. According to the Miami Herald. the victim, now 20, accused Bresnniel Jansen Mones in a 2014 lawsuit that the South Dade Senior High School teacher sent her texts that originally were about school but escalated into conversations …
Court
November 16, 2017
Judge says dwarf who harassed underage girls for sex is TOO SHORT for prison
A man who demanded sex and naked pictures from two underage girls was reportedly spared from prison because he’s a dwarf. According to the Daily Express, Bryan Anthony Bowen, 26, was convicted of contacting two girls, ages 13 and 15, through Facebook and soliciting nude pictures and sex. Despite this, Judge Rhys Rowland described Bowen as …
Consumer
November 15, 2017
NutriBullet sued after 22 people claim they were seriously injured by EXPLODING parts
At least 22 people are suing the maker of Nutribullet, alleging the blender’s malfunctioning parts resulted in serious lacerations and injuries. Sheryl Utal told CBS News that she used her high-powered blender daily for years until it exploded after 20 seconds and gave her second-degree burns. “It just came flying out all over me, all over …
Court
November 15, 2017
Woman murders pregnant childhood friend, cuts baby girl from her body and claims the child as her own
A Bronx, New York, woman who killed her pregnant friend before cutting her baby girl from her body and claiming the newborn as her own was sentenced to 40 years to life on Wednesday. WABC reported that Ashleigh Wade, 24, will spend 25 years to life in jail for Angelikque Sutton’s murder and 15 years for kidnapping …
Child Abuse
November 14, 2017
‘Your kids were on death’s door’: Parents who starved twins until they weighed 9 POUNDS get 130 years in prison
An Oklahoma couple who kept their four children in filth and starved their 9-month-old twin girls until they each weighed nine pounds was sentenced to 130 years in prison on Monday. Tulsa World reported that Aislyn Miller, 24, and Kevin Fowler, 25, were sentenced a month after being convicted for what local police called the “worst case of …
Child Abuse
November 13, 2017
Gabriel Fernandez murder: ‘Mom’ and her boyfriend accused of torturing 8-year-old boy to death with BB gun because he was ‘gay’
The little boy’s sister says she saw her mom’s boyfriend repeatedly punch her brother in the head on the day he died
Celebrity Justice
November 9, 2017
Nicki Minaj’s brother convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting his 11-year-old stepdaughter
The brother of rapper Nicki Minaj was convicted Thursday of raping his 11-year-old stepdaughter on multiple occasions in their New York home. The New York Daily News reported that a Nassau County jury deliberated for two days to find Jelani Maraj, 38, guilty of predatory sexual assault against a child and endangering the welfare of a …