No bail for Mexican megachurch leader in child rape case

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The leader of Mexican megachurch La Luz del Mundo was ordered held without bail Tuesday on charges of child rape and human trafficking after a historically high $50 million bail was set earlier in the case. Naasón Joaquín García is a danger to the community and a flight risk, Superior Court... Read More

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Naasón Joaquín García

July 16, 2019

Avenatti: R. Kelly paid $2M to silence girl he assaulted

CHICAGO (AP) — Celebrity attorney Michael Avenatti said Monday that R&B singer R. Kelly paid $2 million to keep the alleged victim in a child pornography case off the witness stand during a 2008 trial that ended with his acquittal on all charges. “R. Kelly bought his acquittal,” Avenatti said at a news conference in... Read More

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R. Kelly

July 16, 2019

Women urge jail until trial for Epstein as judge weighs bail

NEW YORK (AP) — Two Jeffrey Epstein accusers urged a judge Monday to keep the wealthy financier behind bars until he goes on trial on federal charges that he sexually abused underage girls. The women stood just feet from where Epstein was seated in his blue jail outfit as they asked a federal judge to... Read More

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Jeffrey Epstein

July 16, 2019

R. Kelly expected to appear for court hearing Tuesday

CHICAGO (AP) — R&B singer R. Kelly is expected to appear in a Chicago federal courtroom on charges that he recruited girls and women to have illegal sex with him and then covered up the crimes by paying and threatening the victims and witnesses. Federal judges were supposed to meet Monday in Chicago to figure... Read More

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Kelly, R

July 16, 2019

Argentine Rocker sentenced to 22 years for abusing minors

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine court has sentenced a rock musician to 22 years in prison for sexually abusing minors. The court ruled Friday that Cristian Aldana was guilty of abuse in four out of seven cases where he was accused. Authorities say the abuses took place from 2001-2008. At the time the... Read More

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Cristian Aldana

July 15, 2019

Hearing scheduled in Mario Batali indecent assault case

BOSTON (AP) — A hearing has been scheduled for next month in the indecent assault and battery case against celebrity chef Mario Batali. Batali did not appear at a brief pre-trial hearing in a Boston courtroom on Friday. He had waived his right to appear. A spokeswoman for the Suffolk District Attorney says the next... Read More

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Mario Batali

July 15, 2019

9 more women file lawsuits against UCLA gynecologist

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nine more women have alleged in two lawsuits they were sexually assaulted by a former gynecologist who worked for the University of California, Los Angeles. The lawsuits state the women were assaulted by Dr. James Heaps during examinations between 1989 and 2017. The women allege the inappropriate touching sometimes without gloves... Read More

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James Heaps

July 15, 2019

Inside Epstein network, layer upon layer to protect the boss

NEW YORK (AP) — A few cells away from drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman at a New York City jail, jet-setting financier Jeffrey Epstein sits accused of running a different kind of criminal network. There was the team of recruiters and enablers bringing Epstein dozens of underage girls to sexually abuse, federal prosecutors allege.... Read More

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Jeffrey Epstein

July 15, 2019

Judges to decide on bond hearings for R. Kelly indictments

CHICAGO (AP) — Federal judges will decide how to proceed with bond hearings in two separate federal indictments against R. Kelly. The 52-year-old singer was arrested Thursday night while walking his dog on a 13-count indictment that includes sex crimes and obstruction of justice. A federal indictment was also unsealed in New York Friday that... Read More

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R. Kelly

July 15, 2019

Jeffrey Epstein will remain jailed as judge mulls bail

NEW YORK (AP) — Financier Jeffrey Epstein will remain behind bars for now as a federal judge mulls whether to grant bail on charges he sexually abused underage girls. The judge said Monday he needed more time to make a decision during a hearing Monday in New York. Federal prosecutors maintained the well-connected Epstein, 66,... Read More

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Jeffrey Epstein

July 12, 2019

Oklahoma teen gets life without parole for killing, rape

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma teenager has been sentenced to life in prison without the chance of parole for fatally shooting a teacher, plus 290 years for raping an 81-year-old woman and other crimes. Tulsa County District Judge Kelly Greenough sentenced Deonte Green, 18, on Wednesday. Green entered guilty pleas in March to first-degree... Read More

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Deonte Green

July 12, 2019

Defense lawyers seek detention at home for Jeffrey Epstein

NEW YORK (AP) — Financier Jeffrey Epstein’s lawyers, seeking bail for their client, said Thursday that he had long lived with the fear that federal prosecutors might pursue sexual abuse charges against him again — and yet had never sought to flee the country. Epstein , 66, was arrested Saturday night in New Jersey as... Read More

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Jeffrey Epstein

July 12, 2019

R. Kelly arrested again in Chicago on federal sex charges

CHICAGO (AP) — Singer R. Kelly, already facing sexual abuse charges brought by Illinois prosecutors, was arrested in Chicago Thursday on a federal grand jury indictment listing 13 counts including sex crimes and obstruction of justice. U.S. Attorney’s Office spokesman Joseph Fitzpatrick said the R&B singer was taken into custody about 7 p.m. local time... Read More

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R. Kelly

July 11, 2019

Whispers, suspicion about Epstein on Caribbean island

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — Ask about Jeffrey Epstein on St. Thomas and rooms go quiet. Some people leave. Those who share stories speak in barely audible tones. The 66-year-old billionaire bought Little St. James Island off this U.S. Caribbean territory more than two decades ago and began to transform it — clearing... Read More

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Jeffrey Epstein

No bail for Mexican megachurch leader in child rape case

Avenatti: R. Kelly paid $2M to silence girl he assaulted

Women urge jail until trial for Epstein as judge weighs bail

R. Kelly expected to appear for court hearing Tuesday

Argentine Rocker sentenced to 22 years for abusing minors

Hearing scheduled in Mario Batali indecent assault case

9 more women file lawsuits against UCLA gynecologist

Inside Epstein network, layer upon layer to protect the boss

Judges to decide on bond hearings for R. Kelly indictments

Jeffrey Epstein will remain jailed as judge mulls bail

Oklahoma teen gets life without parole for killing, rape

Defense lawyers seek detention at home for Jeffrey Epstein

R. Kelly arrested again in Chicago on federal sex charges

Whispers, suspicion about Epstein on Caribbean island

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