Jen Shah, known for her role in “Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges of organizing a $5 million scheme that targeted vulnerable people. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Shah was arrested in March 2021 for a telemarketing scam that affected hundreds of elderly people. In court Monday at the Manhattan …
A Missouri man convicted in April in the brutal 2019 beating death of his pregnant wife was sentenced to life in prison without parole last week. Jennifer Rothwell, who was six weeks pregnant when she was killed, had looked up “what to do if your husband is upset you are pregnant” on her phone shortly …
Amber Heard’s legal team is asking for a new trial because a person not called to jury duty was inadvertently seated on the jury, but CrimeOnline’s Nancy Grace says the move “stinks of desperation” and won’t work. At issue is a 52-year-old man who responded to a jury summons for the defamation suits Heard and …
A new report finds that the California “House of Horrors” siblings who were abused and imprisoned by their parents were later failed by social services agencies and government officials, according to ABC News The 630-page report found that some of the rescued children were placed with other abusive caregivers, while authorities also failed to distribute …
A Wisconsin woman accused of strangling a lover and then dismembering his body earlier this year pleaded not guilty in court on Tuesday. Taylor Schabusiness, 24, was charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilating a corpse, and third-degree sexual assault when she was arrested on February 23, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Police say Schabusiness told them …
Attorneys for Amber Heard filed a 43-page motion last week asking a judge to throw out a jury’s judgement that she defamed ex-husband Johnny Depp in a 2018 op-ed alleging she was the victim of domestic abuse. The Virginia jury decided after a lengthy trial that Heard and Depp defamed each other but awarded the …
The Georgia Supreme Court on Thursday granted a new trial for Atlanta lawyer Claud “Tex” McIver, who was convicted of murder in the shooting death of his wife in 2016. The court ruled unanimously that the jury should have been allowed to consider a lesser charge — involuntary manslaughter, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported. Justice …
On Wednesday, a New York federal court sentenced R. Kelly to 30 years in prison for operating a sex trafficking ring that victimized young women and girls. The New York Times reported that Judge Ann M. Donnelly handed down the sentence after Kelly’s lawyer begged for leniency, claiming the singer was a child sex assault …
A California mother is facing decades in prison after she admitted to killing her two young children, according to prosecutors. Madera County District Attorney Sally Moreno said Briseida G. Sran pleaded guilty Monday to murder, child abuse and mutilation, in connection with the deaths of her children, 4-month-old Divina Sran and Thaddeus Sran, 2. Briseida’s …
On Tuesday, a New York federal court sentenced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell to 20 years in prison for procuring underage girls for late billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein. The New York Times reported that Judge Alison Nathan handed down the sentence, saying Maxwell “worked with Epstein to select young victims who were vulnerable” and facilitated the abuse. …
A New Hampshire state prosecutor and attorneys for Adam Montgomery appeared in court Tuesday in Manchester to discuss upcoming trial dates. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Adam Montgomery, the father of missing Harmony Montgomery, was charged with assault in January in connection with a 2019 incident, when he allegedly struck his daughter. At the time, he …
