If this news story sounds familiar, that’s because it is. In a case echoing past rape charges from the 1990s, a woman filed a lawsuit against former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson this week. The woman claims that Tyson raped her while they were in a limousine in Albany, New York. ... Read More »
As lunch trays were being delivered to rooms at 11:45 AM, shots rang out on the 11th floor of the AdventHealth Hospital in Daytona Beach hospital. The fatal shooting then led to the arrest of a very surprising suspect, an elderly Florida woman, who had shot her terminally ill husband,... Read More »
Disabled 66-year-old Joanne Aguilar visited Disneyland with her two daughters on August 22, 2021, and died a few months later due to injuries sustained after she fell while disembarking from the Jungle Cruise ride. The Aguilar family filed a wrongful death lawsuit, charging that Disneyland violated the Americans with Disabilities... Read More »
Fourteen months after an on-set shooting death during the filming of the low-budget Western film “Rust,” New Mexico prosecutors charged actor Alec Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed with two counts of involuntary manslaughter. The charges stem from the fatal shooting on October 21, 2022, of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42. ... Read More »
It’s not just American taxpayers who face looming financial obligations and reach out to their accountants for creative - yet legal - solutions. The Treasury Department has been preparing to avoid today’s debt ceiling default, which now stands at $31.4 trillion. But this time, they’re considering some new legal tactics... Read More »
A recently part-time, elected, and now retired judge in Arkansas is charged with trading legal favors for sex. Judge Thomas David Carruth, 63, was arrested last week after being accused of trying to trade sex in exchange for judicial favors. He is also accused of lying about the incidents to... Read More »
When a man wearing a ski mask and black clothing entered a Houston Mexican restaurant, he demanded money from patrons. With his arm stretched in front of him, he held something that looked like a gun, so patrons threw money on the floor or hid under tables as he walked... Read More »
It was an ordinary, hectic Friday at the Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, where first-graders were sitting in their seats listening to their teacher, Abigail Zwerner. Suddenly, a six-year-old boy took out a 9mm handgun, aimed it at Ms. Zwerner, and pulled the trigger with a single shot. ... Read More »
At any time, thousands of series or films will include the statement “based on a true story” before the beginning of the show. With the onslaught of non-stop releases on streaming sites that is too large to count, new legal questions are being tested in courts. What are the boundaries... Read More »
An ongoing cease-and-desist legal battle is taking the famous rock band Journey to new litigation, as the “Don’t Stop Believing” hitmakers add a musician’s wife to an ongoing legal action. The band Journey gained epic fame in the 1980s with hits such as “Don’t Stop Believing,” “Any Way You Want... Read More »
A creative New Hampshire husband with an Etsy store was charged with a conspiracy to send Russia high-tech equipment used in nuclear weapons. Alexey Brayman, along with others, allegedly ran an international ring that smuggled technology suited for nuclear weapons into Europe and then Russia. FBI counterintelligence agents raided the... Read More »
Most people wouldn’t consider suing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to be “fun,” but most people are not Micky Dolenz, 77, the last living member of the 1960s sensation The Monkees. Dolenz had heard for years that the FBI created a “secret dossier” about the band, and decided to sue... Read More »
Italians are famous for their pasta, their history, and their impeccable style. But now, the famous design of the “Classic Blue Box” of Barilla pasta is creating agita for the beloved international brand. Matthew Sinatro and Jessica Prost filed a class-action suit against Barilla after spending $6 total on the... Read More »
A new pet store law prohibiting sales of dogs, cats and rabbits in stores was signed by New York Governor Kathy Hochul last week. Fueled by criticism of the inhumane commercial puppy mill industry that supplies thousands of pets to stores across the Empire State, the mandate bans the sales... Read More »
Houston attorney Mason Herring, 38, was indicted by a grand jury after allegedly secretly slipping abortion medication into his pregnant wife’s water and numerous other drinks. Herring was charged with two felony counts of assault on a pregnant woman. At the time of the incident, the couple, who also had... Read More »
