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June 28, 2022

Ghislaine Maxwell Complains of Being Put on ‘Suicide Watch’ Ahead of Sentencing

Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell was put on suicide watch Friday ahead of her sentencing, scheduled for Tuesday morning. The former confidante of billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s attorney wrote to the court on Saturday complaining that her client was forced to wear a “suicide smock” and had been removed from the general population. Bobbie Sternheim …

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June 24, 2022

Update: Mom of 22-month-old Tot Killed in Hot SUV Speaks Out After Justin Ross Harris Murder Conviction Reversal

The former wife of Justin Ross Harris, a Georgia man whose murder conviction was overturned this week, says she never believed he purposely killed their son in the first place. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice David E. Nahmias reversed Harris’ convictions of malice murder and first-degree child cruelty on Wednesday, following a …

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June 24, 2022

Idaho Couple Found Guilty of Starving 7-Year-Old Girl Into Cardiac Arrest

A jury on Thursday convicted an Idaho couple charged with starving a 7-year-old girl into cardiac arrest. Byron Buthman, 57, and Gwendalyn Buthman, 45, were found guilty of felony injury to a child, a felony enhancement for infliction of great bodily injury, and misdemeanor injury to a child, according to KTVB. The Buthmans were arrested …

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June 23, 2022

SEE IT: Dad Attacks Son’s Accused Murderer in Court

During a procedural hearing in an Ohio court on Thursday, a father attacked the man accused of tossing his son into the Ohio River and stabbing the boy’s mother to death. Desean Brown has been charged with murder in the deaths of 29-year-old Nyteisha Lattimore and her 3-year-old son Nylo, whose body was never found, …

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June 22, 2022

Judge Reverses Decision in Louisiana Rape-Custody Case

A Louisiana judge on Tuesday reversed his decision to grant custody of a 16-year-old girl whose mother says was the result of a 2005 rape to the man allegedly raped her. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Judge Jeffrey Cashe previously granted custody of the teen to John Barnes, who admits he is the girl’s father, and …

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June 21, 2022

Jury in Civil Case Finds Bill Cosby Sexually Assaulted Woman When She Was a Minor

A civil jury ruled this week that comedian Bill Cosby sexually assaulted a minor in 1975. The California jury awarded Judy Huth, who was 16 when she says Cosby assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion, $500,000 in compensatory damages, Deadline reported. The eight women and four men awarded no punitive damages. Cosby, 84, was not …