Anissa Weier, one of two teenage girls charged with the 2014 stabbing of a classmate, Payton Leutner, on behalf of the “Slenderman,” a mythological monster created on an internet forum, has pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree homicide as a party to a crime, with use of a deadly weapon. The Associated Press …
Taylor Swift is currently attending the trial against the DJ David Mueller, who Swift claims groped her at a meet-and-greet in 2013. And in lieu of photos we’ve gotten a lovely court-room sketch of the pop star who looks a little... well, she looks a little off.
Mohamed Hadid—a controversial luxury developer and proud (very proud) father of Bella Hadid, Gigi Hadid, Anwar Hadid, Alana Hadid, and Mariella Hadid—has been making occasional headlines over the past two years for a monstrous and illegally-built mansion that looms precariously above its furious neighbors, who worry…
On June 17, a mistrial was declared in the sexual assault trial of fatherly actor and comedian Bill Cosby. Soon thereafter, Cosby’s publicity team announced that their client would hold a series of town hall meetings across the country to discuss sexual assault prevention. Now, however, they’re backing away from this…
In an attempt to reinstate bail for 21-year-old sex offender Owen Labrie, his attorneys presented a letter from an unnamed professor who compares Labrie to 15th century canonized military heroine Joan of Arc. Wow, so creative!
A man who has been stalking and harassing Ashanti for nearly 10 years has, after three bizarre trials, finally been convicted of felony stalking.
Canadian couple David and Collet Stephan have pleaded not guilty to charges that they “failed to provide the necessities for life” to their 19-month-old Ezekiel, who died of untreated meningitis four years ago. According to the CBC, prosecutors have claimed that the couple attempted to treat their son with home…
The Car-Freshner Corporation prides itself in its Little Trees, those flimsy albeit potent diffusers of suffocating fragrance. In fact, Little Trees have freshness so on lock that OutKast might have to relinquish their title. But even more urgent is an ongoing legal battle between the Car-Freshner Corporation and…
Gayle Newland, a 25-year-old UK woman, was recently found guilty of three counts of sexual assault for impersonating a man in order to have sex with her female friend. Judge Roger Dutton, calling Newland “an intelligent, obsessional, highly manipulative, deceitful, scheming and thoroughly determined young woman,” has…
On Thursday, Swedish prosecutors revealed they would be dropping two of the charges against Julian Assange—that he molested and coerced two women in 2010—as the statutes of limitations in the investigation runs out at the end of August. The charge of rape against him still stands, and that investigation is ongoing.
The Los Angeles Unified School District has received sharp and righteous criticism after arguing that a 14-year-old consented to having sex with her 28-year-old teacher and should bear some of the responsibility of her own sexual abuse. The district has since parted ways with their heinous trial attorney, but it's…
While most couples (especially in Hollywood) file for divorce citing "irreconcilable differences," some others give far more interesting reasons for why their love failed.
"I like to smoke while I defecate in the morning," Christopher Long, 31, told a New York court on Tuesday. Long was testifying against a cop who, in his words: "managed to halt my inertia and change my vector." [NYPost]
• After pleading guilty to rape, Torkieh Sadagheh freaked out in court, screaming that the judge was "worse than Hitler" and "In America, sex is legal!" He got 15 years for the rape and a $1,000 fine. •
A U.S. attorney has dropped felony charges against Lori Drew more than a month after she was convicted of harassing 13-year-old Megan Meier via MySpace. [UPI]
Kathleen O'Regan, an actress who was fired from her gig as Mrs. Darling in a traveling production of Peter Pan claims that she was cut loose from the production because she complained about sexual harassment by the actor who played Captain Hook. O'Regan claims that the actor slapped her bum, told her she had a "nice…
On Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that Mattel is the legal owner of the wildly popular Bratz dolls, which are manufactured by Mattel's main rival, MGA Entertainment. The ruling comes from a previous ruling this year when a jury found that the Bratz creator, Carter Bryant, was working at Mattel under an exclusive…
Joe "The Cat Killer" Petcka was back in court today to ask a Manhattan judge for a retrial unless prosecutors reduce the charges against him to a no jail time, misdemeanor offense or drop the charges against him entirely. Petcka's previous trial on felony animal-cruelty charges after he beat his girlfriend's cat to…
Some Hot Chicks do not appreciate getting attention for cavorting around with Douchebags. Three women had a photo (not the one at left) taken of themselves with some young gentlemen at a club in New Jersey. The picture ended up getting posted on the website Hot Chicks With Douchebags and eventually published in a…
Roy Den Hollander, the anti-feminist attorney who sued Columbia University for discrimination over its women's studies program, just lost a battle in his crusade against all things female-friendly. On Monday, a Manhattan judge threw out a lawsuit that claimed discrimination against clubs that offer "ladies' nights"…