The latest blow to disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein’s career came Saturday when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced it had removed him as a member. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the decision came as the result of an emergency meeting of the academy’s board of governors Saturday morning. In a statement …
A 13-year-old boy who allegedly killed his mother in October could be moved to a juvenile detention center soon, after a judge heard arguments and testimony on the matter on Thursday. Derek Rosa — who is charged with first-degree murder — reportedly stabbed Irina Garcia, 39, at their Hialeah home as Garcia slept near her …
A lawyer who represented accused child killer Casey Anthony is now representing another Florida woman, who stands accused of orchestrating the murder of her former Microsoft executive husband, Jared Bridegan. According to News4JAx, Shanna Gardner, who’s currently charged with arranging Bridegan’s murder, has retained Jose Baez for her defense, according to court records. The high-profile …
Attorneys for Jeffrey Epstein pal and convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell are seeking to throw out her conviction, claiming prosecutors used her as a proxy for Epstein, who died in his prison cell from a presumed suicide before he could be brought to trial. The attorneys also claimed prosecutors waited too long to charge the …
A jury on Thursday found Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis liable for $7.5 million in damages to a woman who accused him of raping her after a party in 2013. Jurors also determined that Haggis should also be responsible for punitive damages, but that amount will be decided later. Publicist Haleigh Breest, 36, accused the …
Anna Sorokin, the German con artist who was the basis for the Netflix show “Inventing Anna,” was released from prison on Friday in upstate New York and driven to Manhattan, where she will be under house arrest while immigration authorities seek to deport her, Fox News reports. Sorokin left the jail in Orange County around …
On Wednesday, an Ohio jury acquitted an ICU doctor of murdering 14 critically ill patients by overprescribing fentanyl and other painkillers. Dr. William Husel was accused of administering lethal doses of fentanyl and other drugs to patients at Mount Carmel West hospital from 2015 to 2018. WCMH reported that prosecutors called 53 witnesses during the …
Porn star Ron Jeremy has been indicted on more than 30 counts of sexual assault involving 21 women and girls between the ages of 15 and 51 and covering allegations from 1996 to 2019. The indictment was unsealed on Wednesday after a grand jury returned it on August 19. Jeremy, 68, pleaded not guilty in …
A community was shocked when a beautiful, beloved New York City socialite was found dead in her Manhattan apartment at the hands of her own husband. The case is now the centerpiece of a new book, which provides never-before-revealed details about “backgammon-loving leech” Rod Covlin and the murder of his wife, Shelle Danishefsky. As CrimeOnline previously reported, …
On the latest episode of “Crime Stories with Nancy Grace” on Fox Nation, Nancy responds to claims made by a friend of Ghislaine Maxwell that the accused sex trafficker has lost 25 pounds while awaiting trial on six federal counts in a New York City jail. Nancy and her guests discuss the “Operation Get Ghislaine …
Complaining that Jeffrey Epstein madam Ghislaine Maxwell is wasting away in jail and forced to wear paper clothes, a close family friend has launched a Get Ghislaine Out of jail campaign, according to the New York Post. Citing a report in the UK broadsheet The Telegraph, the Post reports that Brian Basham says Maxwell is …
The woman who accused Matt Lauer of rape has fired back at the former “Today” show host after he publicized an open letter accusing her of lying. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Brooke Nevils recounted the alleged rape for the first time for Ronan Farrow’s upcoming book “Catch and Kill,” about Farrow’s time reporting on Harvey …
