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Harvey Weinstein’s legal team has launched an appeal, contending that the disgraced film producer was deprived of a fair trial during his 2022 conviction for rape and sexual assault in Los Angeles. Weinstein, sentenced to 16 years in prison, asserts that crucial evidence was improperly excluded, hindering his ability to present a robust defense. This…
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California Socialite Sentenced To 15 Years To Life For 2020 Hit-And-Run Deaths Of Two Young Brothers
A Southern California socialite, Rebecca Grossman, has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for the hit-and-run deaths of two young brothers in a crosswalk over three years ago. The sentencing was handed down on Monday, June 10, 2024. Grossman, the wife of a prominent Los Angeles burn doctor, was found guilty of…
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Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will testify before Congress on July 12, one day after former U.S. President Donald Trump receives his sentence in the hush money case. A source familiar with the matter confirmed this on Tuesday. Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee announced on X that they also secured testimony from Matthew Colangelo,…
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An Oregon man, Michael Meyden, was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to spiking his daughter’s friends’ smoothies with sedatives during a sleepover. The 57-year-old from Lake Oswego admitted to multiple felony counts in Clackamas County Circuit Court on Monday. Meyden pleaded guilty to three counts of causing another person to ingest…
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On Tuesday, a jury convicted President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden of lying about his illegal drug use to buy a gun, making him the first child of a sitting U.S. president to be convicted of a crime. The 12-member jury in Wilmington, Delaware, the Bidens’ hometown, found Hunter Biden guilty on all three counts…
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Following a recent appeals court decision, Arian Simone, the Founding Partner and CEO of the Fearless Fund, is calling on President Biden to take executive action to protect diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. This appeal comes in the wake of a ruling that bars the Fearless Fund from issuing grants exclusively to Black women-owned…
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A federal appeals court in New Orleans decided on Monday not to adopt a first-of-its-kind rule at the appellate level regulating the use of generative artificial intelligence by lawyers. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announced this decision after considering the use of AI in legal practice and receiving mostly negative public comments from…
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Drama unfolded in court on Monday as Brian Steel, the defense attorney for Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug, was arrested and held in contempt during the ongoing high-profile racketeering trial. What Happened Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville accused Steel of violating court regulations by obtaining information about a private meeting between the judge, prosecutors,…
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A legal assault on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is chipping away at its powers to oversee Wall Street, and this effort is likely to intensify with two imminent Supreme Court rulings. Last week, a U.S. appeals court overturned a major SEC rule that imposed stricter oversight of private funds, delivering a fresh blow…
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Brooklyn rapper Foxy Brown might play a pivotal role in the upcoming trial of Duane “Keffe D” Davis, who faces charges related to the 1996 murder of iconic rapper Tupac Shakur. According to sources cited by The Sun, prosecutors have received information that places Foxy Brown in Las Vegas on the night of Tupac’s fatal…
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