A former Arkansas judge is scheduled to start his prison sentence on Wednesday for a 2013 bribery incident. Michael Maggio, 53, of Conway, was convicted earlier this year of taking a bribe to reduce the jury award amount against a nursing home owner in a 2013 lawsuit. In exchange, he wanted campaign contributions. Maggio pleaded guilty, …
Amid messy divorce proceedings, a Los Angeles judge blasted singer Melanie “Mel B” Brown and Stephen Belafonte for adopting an unsustainable lifestyle, according to Daily Mail. “In particular, the court notes that while the baseline is the marital standard of living status quo, where, as here, the parties lived beyond their means, the Court ought …
The defense attorney for former teacher Tad Cummins filed a motion on Thursday, asking for an extension on Cummins’ upcoming federal court trial in Tennessee. WHNT reports that Cummins, 50, wants his July 25 hearing extended to January 2018 so that his legal team will have enough time to research and prepare. The former high school …
The trial for the former Tennessee teacher accused of abducting his teen student and taking her across state lines is less than two weeks away, and the victim’s family is trying to prepare themselves for a “highly emotional” time. “It’s a highly emotional issue,” Anthony Thomas, father of abducted teen, Elizabeth Thomas, told PEOPLE. “[Going to …
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A British court has gone against the parents’ wishes and ordered that a terminally ill infant’s life support be cut off, according to The Washington Post. On Tuesday, the European Court of Human Rights upheld a lower court’s decision to let 10-month-old Charlie Gard die. The boy’s parents argued that new treatments were available in the …
Big cases, retirement rumors as Supreme Court nears finish
On Wednesday, prosecutors asked for an eight year sentence for a Broward County, Florida, elementary school teacher who tipped off drug dealers about an investigation, in an attempt to “get back at” her Lauderhill police detective husband, who was accused of cheating on her. CBS DFW reports that in 2013, Porsha Session, 31, thought her now …
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Chrissie McGee Blount has filed a lawsuit against popular grocery chain Publix, after her husband, Mansur Blount, fell into a deep fryer in 2015 and burned to death. The Georgia widow has officially filed a wrongful death lawsuit, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Mansur Blount, 37, was reportedly cleaning a kitchen vent hood on June 25, 2015, …
Prominent Atlanta lawyer Tex McIver, accused in the shooting death of his wife, is allegedly using the jail telephone to influence witnesses in the murder case against him. McIver, 74, also called a judge’s wife hoping she would help him get out on bond, according to the Fulton County, Georgia, prosecutor. McIver admits he pulled …
A company representing Danielle Bregoli is suing three three gaming companies for incorporating the teen’s voice and phrase into their mobile applications. The Bradenton Herald reports that Brejoli, her mother, Barbra Ann Brejoli, and their company, Dani B. Holdings LLC, filed a trademark lawsuit against Anonymous Games, Appnoxious, Squad Social, and their founders. The companies created apps called “Cash Me …
