Jurors in the Harvey Weinstein rape trial ended deliberations Tuesday without a verdict. Earlier today, jurors in Lower Manhattan’s New York Supreme Court asked the presiding judge about emails marked in flagged red, apparently sent from Weinstein to his private investigator, regarding women who were on his “priority” investigation list. The jurors also asked why …
A New York jury has started deliberations in connection with business mogul Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial. Weinstein stands accused of raping a woman in 2013 inside a Manhattan hotel room and forcing another woman, TV and film production assistant Mimi Haleyi, to perform oral sex on him in 2016. NBC reports that Weinstein’s defense lawyers …
A Mississippi man accused of killing eight people in a 2017 shooting spree went on trial this weekend, with his defense attorney telling a jury in opening statements that Cory Godbolt “just snapped” at the prospects of his daughter staying where he believed she had been molested, the Clarion-Ledger reported. Godbolt, 37, opened fire when …
A Kansas jury on Thursday found Rachael Hilyard guilty of killing her ex-boyfriend’s mother in 2017 and cutting off her head, KWCH reported. The verdict came a day after Hilyard testified that voices in her head told her to kill Micki Davis, 63, on April 9, 2017. Police found Davis’s body in a garage in …
A West Virginia woman who killed one daughter and severely injured another is awaiting her fate after a leading expert witness testified for the defense on Thursday, during the sentencing phase of her “mercy trial.” As CrimeOnline previously reported, 47-year-old Julie Orellana pleaded guilty last month to first-degree murder and first-degree attempted murder, in connection with the …
Harvey Weinstein personally called an investigator with a “red flag” list of women he wanted scrutinized as sexual misconduct allegations against the now-disgraced movie mogul flooded the media in 2017, the investigator said during testimony at Weinstein’s rape trial in New York, the New York Post reported. On the list, highlighted in red, was actress …
A South Carolina woman pleaded guilty this week to fatally poisoning her husband with eyedrops and was sentenced to 25 years in prison, WCNC reported. Lana Sue Clayton, 53, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and tampering with a food or drug, admitting that she had laced Steven Clayton’s drinks with Visine for three days before …
The boyfriend of six-year-old Zymere Perkins’s mother was found guilty Wednesday for beating the boy to death after he defecated in the living room. Ryshiem Smith, 42, was found guilty of second-degree murder, first-and second-degree manslaughter and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child by a Manhattan jury. His sentencing is scheduled for …
A 21-year-old New Jersey man, charged in the death of a woman while they were having sex in a car, was released to home confinement with an electronic ankle monitor during a detention hearing on Thursday. Bergen County Superior Court Judge Margaret Foti had ordered Michael Gaffney, 21, held without bail last month when she …
A judge on Thursday delayed the trial for Parkland school shooting suspect Nikolas Cruz, who had been scheduled to go on trial in January. Cruz’s legal team told Broward County, Florida, Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer that the case was moving forward far too fast for them, citing the 1,000 witnesses identified by prosecutors plus millions …
A mother testified in court on Monday that she abused and beat her son years before she met the man now accused of beating the 6-year-old to death in 2016, the New York Post reported. Geraldine Perkins, 29, accepted a plea deal for two to six years in prison for manslaughter in exchange for her …
A jury in Lee County, Florida, on Wednesday returned a verdict of guilty against Mark Sievers, charged with first degree murder in the death of his wife, beloved physician Dr Teresa Sievers. The jury began deliberations shortly after 2 p.m. and announced they’d reached a verdict about 4 hours later, Naples News reported. The penalty …
