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Maradona ex-bodyguard arrested for alleged lies in testimony at trial of late star’s medical team
2 days, 23 hours ago

Maradona ex-bodyguard arrested for alleged lies in testimony at trial of late star’s medical team

The Hindu  

A former bodyguard of the late Diego Maradona was arrested Tuesday for allegedly withholding information and telling lies during his testimony at the trial of the soccer great’s medical team. Seven healthcare professionals are on trial at an Argentine court accused of negligence in Maradona’s death in a house outside Buenos Aires on November 25, 2020. On Tuesday, following a …

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L.A. man stabbed, shot and pushed off cliff lives to testify about alleged cartel hit
1 week, 1 day ago

L.A. man stabbed, shot and pushed off cliff lives to testify about alleged cartel hit

LA Times  

The San Fernando courthouse where a witness testified this week that he was abducted and nearly killed by his neighbor, a suspected drug trafficker. Perez came to parties at Juan’s house “maybe once or twice.” It was at one of those parties that Juan introduced Perez to his friend Walter. If he didn’t pay, Juan recalled him warning, “I wasn’t …

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Prosecutor says at trial that Iran put $500,000 bounty on head of Iranian-American journalist
1 week, 2 days ago

Prosecutor says at trial that Iran put $500,000 bounty on head of Iranian-American journalist

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The government of Iran put a $500,000 bounty on the head of an outspoken Iranian-American journalist to fund an assassination plot to silence her, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday at the closing of a murder-for-hire trial. The purported hitman was arrested in July 2022 before he could kill journalist Masih Alinejad, leading to a trial of two …

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Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad set to testify at trial of men accused of plotting to kill her
1 week, 3 days ago

Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad set to testify at trial of men accused of plotting to kill her

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Masih Alinejad, the charismatic Iranian dissident and journalist who prosecutors say was targeted by her former homeland’s government for assassination, is set to testify Tuesday at the trial of two men accused in the plot. In an opening statement last week, a prosecutor said she will testify about why she stands up to the Iranian regime and …

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Whistleblower testifies in court that plan to abolish CFPB is still on, countering administration’s narrative
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Whistleblower testifies in court that plan to abolish CFPB is still on, countering administration’s narrative

CNN  

CNN — An employee tasked with implementing the firings of hundreds of staffers at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau testified in court Tuesday that she believed the plan to dismantle the agency was still on — appearing to undermine a narrative set forth by the Justice Department a day earlier. That step would come after a Phase 1, during which …

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‘Moana’ has her origins questioned at trial where man says his surfer boy led to the Disney hit
2 weeks, 4 days ago

‘Moana’ has her origins questioned at trial where man says his surfer boy led to the Disney hit

Associated Press  

Was “Moana” based on a boy named Bucky? Woodall said he first gave the script to a distant relative by marriage who worked for another company on the Disney lot in about 2004, and a dozen years later was stunned when he saw so many of his ideas in “Moana.” Here are some of the many similarities his lawsuit alleges: …

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Mistrial declared in murder trial of O.C. judge who shot wife
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Mistrial declared in murder trial of O.C. judge who shot wife

LA Times  

Jeffrey Ferguson, an Orange County Superior Court judge, listens to closing arguments during his murder trial at the Santa Ana Central Justice Center. “We didn’t argue all the time.” Defense attorney Cameron J. Talley uses a fake gun as he presents his closing arguments in the trial of Jeffrey Ferguson. Instead, he claimed to hear: “Why don’t you put the …

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Javice Sought ‘Synthetic’ Data for JPMorgan Deal, Jury Told
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Javice Sought ‘Synthetic’ Data for JPMorgan Deal, Jury Told

Live Mint  

-- The former head engineer of the failed student-finance startup Frank testified that when he asked company founder Charlie Javice if her request to create “synthetic” customer data was legal, she told him in his native French that she didn’t intend to “end up in an orange jumpsuit.” Patrick Vovor told jurors he didn’t want to do anything illegal and …

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‘She wanted him dead’; Killer says widow of slain hairstylist plotted bloody knife attack
3 weeks, 1 day ago

‘She wanted him dead’; Killer says widow of slain hairstylist plotted bloody knife attack

LA Times  

More than eight years after famed hairstylist Fabio Sementelli was stabbed to death on the patio of his Woodland Hills home, one of the two killers told a jury this week that the stylist’s widow “wanted him dead.” Christopher Austin — who was convicted of second-degree murder in the killing of Fabio Semetelli — told jurors that he and Robert …

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8 days after mobster was killed, his wife was too. Now his niece faces charges
1 month ago

8 days after mobster was killed, his wife was too. Now his niece faces charges

LA Times  

Eight days after Michael Torres, a Mexican Mafia member known as “Mosca,” was killed in prison in 2023, a woman he referred to as his wife was gunned down. Law enforcement authorities considered Torres, 59, the most powerful Mexican Mafia member in the San Fernando Valley and a key figure behind Los Angeles County jail rackets occurring at the time …

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Inside the mysterious slaying of a Hollywood pimp with Russian mob tattoos
1 month ago

Inside the mysterious slaying of a Hollywood pimp with Russian mob tattoos

LA Times  

The key to solving a mysterious double homicide in the South Bay city of Lomita was a convicted robber imprisoned 200 miles away. From his prison cell, Eversole said he’d heard Roshanski had “Russian mob-style tattoos.” According to a coroner’s report, Roshanski had inked stars on his knees, a symbol in the Russian penal system that can only be worn …

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A$AP Rocky is in court for a 2021 Hollywood shooting. Here's what to know about the assault charges
1 month, 1 week ago

A$AP Rocky is in court for a 2021 Hollywood shooting. Here's what to know about the assault charges

ABC  

A$AP Rocky, one of hip-hop's most recognisable names, is in the spotlight for reasons beyond his music. A$AP Relli, whose real name is Terell Ephron, claims Mr Mayers pulled out a gun from his waistband and pointed it towards him, saying "I'll kill you right now". He also said he started calling Mr Mayers "Mr Six Month Man" as he …

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Aryan Brotherhood members found guilty of ordering L.A. County murders from prison
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Aryan Brotherhood members found guilty of ordering L.A. County murders from prison

LA Times  

Kenneth Johnson, Francis Clement and John Stinson were convicted Friday of racketeering after a monthlong trial in Fresno’s federal courthouse. “Lies are the only currency they know.” The jury heard ample testimony about Johnson and Clement, but witnesses offered mostly secondhand accounts of Stinson’s role in the gang. “I sat through the same trial you did, not hearing John Stinson’s …

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A$AP Rocky trial heads to closing arguments. Did the rapper fire real bullets or blanks?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

A$AP Rocky trial heads to closing arguments. Did the rapper fire real bullets or blanks?

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — There’s one essential difference between arguments at rapper A$AP Rocky ‘s trial: Prosecutors will say Thursday that the hip-hop star fired two shots at a former friend from a handgun, while defense lawyers will say he fired blanks from a gun that wasn’t real. A$AP Relli, whose legal name is Terell Ephron, became friends with Rocky, born …

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Shraddha Walkar's Father, Suffering Depression Over Daughter's Brutal Murder, Dies Of Heart Attack
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Shraddha Walkar's Father, Suffering Depression Over Daughter's Brutal Murder, Dies Of Heart Attack

ABP News  

Shraddha Walkar, who was murdered in cold blood by his live-in partner three years ago, her father Vikas Walkar has died of a heart attack in Mumbai. Shraddha was killed by her live-in partner, Aftab Poonawala on May 18, 2022, at their flat in Delhi's Mehrauli. Three years on, Shraddha's father was still waiting for her daughter's ashes so that …

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Teammates testify how upset Hermoso was by Rubiales kiss and alleged pressure to back him
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Teammates testify how upset Hermoso was by Rubiales kiss and alleged pressure to back him

Associated Press  

MADRID — Teammates of Jenni Hermoso corroborated her account of being distraught and angered by the World Cup kiss from former Spanish federation president Luis Rubiales when they testified at his sexual assault trial on Thursday. Teammate Alexia Putellas told how Hermoso wept on the flight home to Spain from the victory in Australia because Rubiales allegedly tried to get …

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Sam Kerr tells court she was treated differently because of ‘the colour of my skin’
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Sam Kerr tells court she was treated differently because of ‘the colour of my skin’

The Hindu  

Chelsea forward Sam Kerr testified in court that she was treated differently by police because of her skin colour during her trial on a charge of racially aggravated harassment of police officer Stephen Lovell. The 31-year-old Australian star, one of the world’s leading women’s football players, claimed she was “terrified” for her life after being trapped in a taxi in …

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Witness says he killed for the Aryan Brotherhood, divulges secrets of L.A.’s underworld
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Witness says he killed for the Aryan Brotherhood, divulges secrets of L.A.’s underworld

LA Times  

Kenneth Johnson, Francis Clement and John Stinson are standing trial in Fresno on charges they ordered murders as members of the Aryan Brotherhood. “This whole life — violence, drug use, this white supremacist stuff.” The Aryan Brotherhood was created in prison, but Field testified that its influence has seeped into the streets of Los Angeles County. “Those dudes are considered …

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An ex-prosecutor denies on the witness stand that she tried to protect Ahmaud Arbery’s killers
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

An ex-prosecutor denies on the witness stand that she tried to protect Ahmaud Arbery’s killers

Associated Press  

BRUNSWICK, Ga. — A former prosecutor took the witness stand Tuesday to deny charges that she abused her power to protect the men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery nearly five years ago. Former District Attorney Jackie Johnson told a jury weighing a felony misconduct charge against her that she immediately stepped away from the case because it involved a …

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Trump's new Pentagon spokesman accused of physically abusing wife and kids
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump's new Pentagon spokesman accused of physically abusing wife and kids

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's new Pentagon spokesman has some troubling abuse allegations of his own. “She described many incidents,” wrote Butler County, Pennsylvania, Judge James Arner in an order granting Laurie Snell sole custody of their three children. She also testified that Parnell left her on the side of the road without a vehicle and told her to “go get an abortion.” …

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A$AP Rocky accuser ends a long slog on the witness stand and lashes out at ‘annoying’ defense lawyer
1 month, 3 weeks ago

A$AP Rocky accuser ends a long slog on the witness stand and lashes out at ‘annoying’ defense lawyer

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — A former friend who alleges rapper A$AP Rocky fired a gun at him in 2021 testified Monday that no one involved in the incident gave him any indication the firearm might have been fake — as the defense contends — until the day Rocky’s trial started two weeks ago. The testimony from the trial’s key witness, who …

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Rihanna looks chic exiting court with boyfriend A$AP Rocky amid rapper's assault trial
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Rihanna looks chic exiting court with boyfriend A$AP Rocky amid rapper's assault trial

Daily Mail  

Rihanna made another surprise appearance in court on Friday to stand by her boyfriend A$AP Rocky as he faces up to 24 years in prison. Rihanna made another surprise appearance in court on Friday to stand by her boyfriend A$AP Rocky as he faces up to 24 years in prison The pop superstar looked effortlessly chic in a black tank …

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White couple accused of treating adopted Black kids as 'slaves' found guilty of forced labour, human trafficking
1 month, 4 weeks ago

White couple accused of treating adopted Black kids as 'slaves' found guilty of forced labour, human trafficking

The Independent  

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West Virginia couple convicted of forced labor, human trafficking of adopted kids
1 month, 4 weeks ago

West Virginia couple convicted of forced labor, human trafficking of adopted kids

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia couple accused of neglect and forced labor involving their adopted children was convicted by a jury on Wednesday after eight hours of deliberations. Jeanne Kay Whitefeather and Donald Ray Lantz went on trial in mid-January and each faced over a dozen counts, including forced labor, civil rights violations, human trafficking and child neglect. “Look …

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