Grammy-nominated singer found dead in his home

Author: Elina Vaidya | Wild About Trial On the evening of December 8, 2025, Jubilant Skyes was pronounced dead on scene at his Santa Monica home. After receiving a 9-1-1 call about an assault in progress, officers from the Santa Monica Police Department quickly arrived on scene. Soon after, Santa Monica Fire Department personnel... Read More

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March 18, 2020

Judge hands major win to Katy Perry in ‘Dark Horse’ dispute

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge in Los Angeles handed a major victory to Katy Perry on Tuesday, overturning a jury’s verdict that found the pop superstar and her collaborators copied her 2013 hit “Dark Horse” from a 2009 Christian rap song. U.S. District Judge Christina A. Snyder said in her decision that the... Read More

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Katy Perry

March 16, 2020

Federal prosecutors in NYC add to R Kelly’s legal woes

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors hit R. Kelly with more criminal charges Friday, accusing the disgraced R&B singer of having unprotected sex with a girl in 2015 without disclosing he had herpes. The new racketeering charges were included in a revised indictment filed in New York City a week after the 53-year-old Kelly pleaded... Read More

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R. Kelly

March 13, 2020

A hospitalized Weinstein ‘has not given up,’ his lawyer says

NEW YORK (AP) — A day after receiving a 23-year prison term in his New York City rape case, Harvey Weinstein was in medical and legal limbo on Thursday but indicated through a lawyer that he is still eager to fight looming criminal charges in Los Angeles. Weinstein, 67, suffered chest pains the day before... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

March 13, 2020

Rapper Kodak Black pleads guilty to weapons charge in NY

LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) — Rapper Kodak Black pleaded guilty Thursday to a weapons charge stemming from a stop at the Canadian border crossing near Niagara Falls last April. The music artist, whose legal name is Bill Kapri, was arrested after he drove a Cadillac Escalade across the Lewiston-Queenston International Bridge into the United States with... Read More

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Kodak Black

March 12, 2020

Weinstein gets 23 years in sentence hailed by accusers

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison after breaking his courtroom silence with a rambling plea for mercy in which he professed to be “totally confused” by the #MeToo movement that spelled the Hollywood producer’s downfall. His accusers — those who testified against him and many others who... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

March 11, 2020

A look at the college admissions cheating case 1 year later

BOSTON (AP) — A year after dozens of prominent parents and athletic coaches at top universities were arrested in a college admissions cheating scheme, some are heading to prison while others are gearing up to fight the charges at trial in Boston. More than 50 people have been charged in the case, which has put... Read More

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Admissions Scheme

March 11, 2020

Weinstein faces sentencing, prison in landmark #MeToo case

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein is back in court Wednesday for the final act of the rape trial that landed him behind bars: a sentencing hearing where the once-powerful film producer will learn just how long he’ll stay in prison for his landmark #MeToo conviction. Weinstein is scheduled to be sentenced in New York... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

March 11, 2020

Loughlin, Giannulli lawyer is prosecutors’ ‘worst nightmare’

BOSTON (AP) — After winning guilty verdicts against top Enron executives in one of the most high-profile cases of corporate fraud, the lead prosecutor declared: “No matter how rich and powerful you are, you have to play by the rules.” More than a decade later, that same lawyer, Sean Berkowitz, is fighting to clear “Full... Read More

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Admissions Scheme

March 10, 2020

Zeppelin wins latest battle of the bands in `Stairway’ fight

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday restored a jury verdict that found Led Zeppelin did not steal “Stairway to Heaven.” The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco handed the major win to guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant and dealt a blow to the estate of Randy... Read More

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Led Zeppelin

March 10, 2020

Weinstein lawyers seek mercy after his ‘historic’ fall

NEW YORK (AP) — With prosecutors seeking a severe punishment for Harvey Weinstein in his landmark #MeToo case, his lawyers argued on Monday that he deserves mercy for his already “historic fall from grace” and serious health issues. In a letter filed in advance of Weinstein’s sentencing on Wednesday for his New York City rape... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

March 9, 2020

Prosecutors say Harvey Weinstein deserves a harsh sentence

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein deserves a harsh sentence for having “trapped women into his exclusive control” so he could sexually assault them in a cycle of abuse going back to the 1970s, prosecutors told a judge in a filing on Friday. With the disgraced former movie mogul facing sentencing next week for his... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

March 9, 2020

Illinois court rejects actor’s attempt to throw out charges

CHICAGO (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday refused to throw out charges against former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett that accuse him of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself and rejected his effort to remove the special prosecutor in the case. Smollett’s lawyers argued in an emergency petition that Cook County Circuit Judge... Read More

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Jussie Smollett

March 6, 2020

R. Kelly pleads not guilty; feds say new charges planned

CHICAGO (AP) — R&B singer R. Kelly on Thursday pleaded not guilty to an updated federal indictment that includes child pornography charges and allegations involving a new accuser, while prosecutors said more charges alleging yet another victim are upcoming. Kelly, 53, stood silently in orange prison garb with his hands behind his back as his... Read More

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R. Kelly

Grammy-nominated singer found dead in his home

Judge hands major win to Katy Perry in ‘Dark Horse’ dispute

Federal prosecutors in NYC add to R Kelly’s legal woes

A hospitalized Weinstein ‘has not given up,’ his lawyer says

Rapper Kodak Black pleads guilty to weapons charge in NY

Weinstein gets 23 years in sentence hailed by accusers

A look at the college admissions cheating case 1 year later

Weinstein faces sentencing, prison in landmark #MeToo case

Loughlin, Giannulli lawyer is prosecutors’ ‘worst nightmare’

Zeppelin wins latest battle of the bands in `Stairway’ fight

Weinstein lawyers seek mercy after his ‘historic’ fall

Prosecutors say Harvey Weinstein deserves a harsh sentence

Illinois court rejects actor’s attempt to throw out charges

R. Kelly pleads not guilty; feds say new charges planned

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