Weinstein jurors focus on Sciorra as deliberations continue

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors planned to continue deliberating for a third day Thursday in Harvey Weinstein’s sexual assault trial after so far focusing a lot of attention on actress Annabella Sciorra’s allegation that the once-heralded Hollywood mogul raped her in the mid-1990s. Sciorra’s allegation is too old to be charged on its own because... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

February 19, 2020

Jury back for second day of deliberations in Weinstein trial

NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors are returning Wednesday for a second day of deliberations in a rape trial that could send Harvey Weinstein to prison for the rest of his life. The panel of seven men and five women had lots of questions Tuesday as they started weighing charges in the closely watched #MeToo case.... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

February 18, 2020

Loughlin, Giannulli: No college bribery trial until 2021

BOSTON (AP) — Lawyers for “Full House” actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli and other prominent parents charged in the sweeping college admissions bribery case say they won’t be ready to go to trial until next year. Federal prosecutors in Boston have said the first trial for the wealthy parents still fighting... Read More

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Admissions Scheme, Lori Loughlin, Mossimo Giannulli

February 18, 2020

Reworked charges in Chicago cite another R. Kelly accuser

CHICAGO (AP) — An updated federal indictment against R. Kelly unsealed Friday in Chicago includes sex abuse allegations involving a new accuser, adding to the jailed singer’s mounting legal challenges across three states. The 13-count superseding indictment doesn’t add more charges against Kelly. It includes multiple counts of child pornography and isn’t substantially different from... Read More

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R. Kelly

February 18, 2020

Jury to begin deliberating in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial

NEW YORK (AP) — A jury is expected to begin deliberations Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein’s trial after often-emotional testimony from multiple women who accused him of sexual assault. The panel of five women and seven men will begin to weigh the evidence that Weinstein raped a woman in a Manhattan hotel room in 2013 and... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

February 17, 2020

Week 4 of Weinstein trial: Closing arguments, two universes

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein grinned as he left court, and his lawyers said he was confident heading into what could be his last weekend of freedom as his New York City rape trial moves closer to a verdict. Jurors are set to start deliberating Tuesday, their task put off a day because court... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

February 14, 2020

Smollett case could complicate reelection of top prosecutor

CHICAGO (AP) — The decision to restore charges against Jussie Smollett could bedevil the reelection bid of the first black woman to hold Chicago’s top law enforcement job and potentially alter the trajectory of a prosecutor once seen as a rising star in Illinois politics. The charges drew a stinging public response from Kim Foxx,... Read More

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Jussie Smollett

February 14, 2020

Prosecutors get final word at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial

NEW YORK (AP) — By the time prosecutors at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial give their closing argument on Friday, it will have been more than a week since jurors heard one of his accusers recount what prosecutors describe as a vile sexual encounter with the disgraced Hollywood mogul. In the days since, Weinstein’s lawyers have... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

February 13, 2020

Smollett case reopens arguments about race, class in Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) — When a grand jury revived the criminal case against Jussie Smollett, the indictment for many people called to mind two nights on two different streets in the same big city. On one Chicago street was a wealthy, famous black man who claimed he was a victim of a racist, anti-gay attack. On... Read More

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Jussie Smollett

February 13, 2020

Weinstein jury set to hear closing from #MeToo skeptic

NEW YORK (AP) — Closing arguments at the Harvey Weinsten rape trial are set to begin Thursday, with the jury hearing first from a Chicago attorney who’s taken #MeToo movement heat for representing the disgraced Hollywood mogul and making provocative mid-trial comments about his case outside of court. Donna Rotunno faces the tricky task of... Read More

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Harvey Weinsten

February 12, 2020

Closings next as Weinstein declines to testify at rape trial

NEW YORK (AP) — The defense rested its case Tuesday in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial without the disgraced Hollywood mogul taking the witness stand, setting the stage for closing arguments in a landmark #MeToo trial punctuated by graphic testimony from six accusers. As expected, Weinstein chose not to testify, avoiding the risk of having prosecutors... Read More

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Harvey Weinstein

February 12, 2020

Judge dismisses lieutenant governor’s libel suit against CBS

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A judge on Tuesday tossed out a libel lawsuit filed by Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax against a television network he accused of slanted reporting on sexual assault allegations against him. U.S. District Judge Anthony Trenga in Alexandria dismissed the lawsuit. But he declined to grant CBS’ request that the network... Read More

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CBS

February 12, 2020

Actor Jussie Smollett faces 6 new charges in Chicago

CHICAGO (AP) — Actor Jussie Smollett was indicted Tuesday for a second time on charges of lying to police about a racist and anti-gay attack he allegedly staged on himself in downtown Chicago, renewing a divisive criminal case that drew worldwide attention last year. The indictment came from a special prosecutor who was appointed after... Read More

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Jussie Smollett

February 11, 2020

‘Never happened’: Model denies trapping Weinstein accuser

NEW YORK (AP) — In the strongest defense testimony yet, a Mexican model on Monday denied a Harvey Weinstein accuser’s claim that she stood by and did nothing while the once-powerful movie mogul sexually assaulted the woman at a Beverly Hills hotel in 2013. “Never happened,” Claudia Salinas told jurors Monday at Weinstein’s rape trial... Read More

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Claudia Salinas, Harvey Weinstein

Weinstein jurors focus on Sciorra as deliberations continue

Jury back for second day of deliberations in Weinstein trial

Loughlin, Giannulli: No college bribery trial until 2021

Reworked charges in Chicago cite another R. Kelly accuser

Jury to begin deliberating in Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial

Week 4 of Weinstein trial: Closing arguments, two universes

Smollett case could complicate reelection of top prosecutor

Prosecutors get final word at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial

Smollett case reopens arguments about race, class in Chicago

Weinstein jury set to hear closing from #MeToo skeptic

Closings next as Weinstein declines to testify at rape trial

Judge dismisses lieutenant governor’s libel suit against CBS

Actor Jussie Smollett faces 6 new charges in Chicago

‘Never happened’: Model denies trapping Weinstein accuser

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