celebrity trials

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was convicted Monday of rape and sexual assault against two women and could be sent to prison for decades, sealing his dizzying fall from powerful Hollywood studio boss to archvillain of the #MeToo movement. He was convicted on charges stemming from a 2006 sexual assault and a 2013 rape. […]

NEW YORK (AP) — The jury in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial indicated Friday that it is deadlocked on the most serious charges against the once powerful Hollywood mogul, but the judge told the panel it must keep working. In a note to the judge late in the fourth day of deliberations, jurors asked if it […]

R. Kelly was rushed to the hospital to receive immediate medical attention this week. According to TMZ, the disgraced singer had to undergo surgery due to suffering from a hernia. Kelly was taken from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago to the North Shore Hospital and was forced to miss a court date due to […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers want to use intimate emails from his accusers to try to convince jurors in his rape trial that any contact was consensual, the defense said Tuesday as an appeals court rejected an 11th-hour request to move the trial out of town. Opening statements are set for Wednesday in […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A stooped Harvey Weinstein shuffled into court with a walker Tuesday for the start of jury selection at the disgraced Hollywood mogul’s sexual assault trial in New York, the morning after prosecutors in Los Angeles brought charges against him. RELATED: New Charges For Harvey Weinstein The judge ruled that jury selection […]

NEW YORK (AP) — A tentative $25 million settlement revealed Wednesday to end nearly every sexual misconduct lawsuit brought against Harvey Weinstein and his former film studio’s board was praised by a plaintiff and some lawyers but criticized by others who say those who opt out are punished. Louisette Geiss, a plaintiff in a Manhattan […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Cuba Gooding Jr. faces a new accuser and new charges in his New York City sexual misconduct case, his lawyer said Wednesday. The actor is due in court Thursday for an arraignment on an updated misdemeanor indictment, lawyer Mark Heller said. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER:  LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW US […]

How in the … according to TMZ, Tekashi 6ix9ine has reportedly received a record deal worth more than $10 million with his old label, 10K Projects. Even as many concert venues fear even booking Tekashi for safety reasons, the controversial rapper is set to receive the money in exchange for tow albums once he’s released from federal […]

How in the … according to TMZ, Tekashi 6ix9ine has reportedly received a record deal worth more than $10 million with his old label, 10K Projects. Even as many concert venues fear even booking Tekashi for safety reasons, the controversial rapper is set to receive the money in exchange for tow albums once he’s released from federal […]

According to reports, R. Kelly is being accused by prosecutors of hiding a boatload of cash in his childhood friend’s bank accounts.

NEW YORK (AP) — Two men were convicted Thursday in a racketeering case featuring the testimony of Tekashi 6ix9ine, the rapper whose decision to cooperate put him in danger while in jail and made him a target of social media ridicule by other artists labeling him a “snitch.” The Brooklyn-born Tekashi 6ix9ine, whose legal name […]

On Thursday, (Sept. 19), Tekashi 6ix9ine took the stand for day three of his testimony against former Nine Trey associates Anthony “Harv” Ellison and Aljermiah “Nuke” Mack’. His hours-long testimony was highlighted by the bombshell reveal that rapper Jim Jones is part of the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods. RELATED: Rapper Testifies For The Prosecution In Gang Trial  The prosecution […]