Refuting an earlier report, TMZ says that Nicki Minaj will not take the stand in the trial of her brother Jelani Maraj, who is accused of raping a minor—an 11-year-old girl who was his stepdaughter at the time.

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…

Harrison Garcia, who has been referred to as a “27-year-old schmuck” by his own defense lawyer, currently awaits trial in Miami, having been accused of illegally selling marijuana, Xanax, and lean. Garcia reportedly referred to himself as the “CEO of Purple Drank,” and his Instagram handle is muhammad_a_lean.

After 15 years in prison, the women known as the “San Antonio Four” have been exonerated in a criminal case that upended their lives. Convicted in 1998 of gang-raping two little girls, the women have been found completely innocent.

For all the excitement over the opening of new seats on the Supreme Court, little attention is paid to the makeup of state courts. A new report from the American Constitution Society finally analyzed the demographics and found that the judges in these courts, who are in charge of presiding over 90 percent of the cases…

In the wake of Jian Ghomeshi’s acquittal today on sexual assault charges, actress Zoe Kazan posted a series of tweets alleging he made inappropriate remarks to her before a 2013 interview.

Disgraced Canadian radio host Jian Ghomeshi’s sexual assault trial is expected to wrap up today; CBC reports that his defense team has chosen not to put him on the stand. Nor will they call any other witnesses or present any evidence; the trial has focused entirely on the credibility of his accusers.

Remember the English guy from last week who deflected rape charges by saying he had probably fallen inside his 18-year-old victim? Turns out he was recently acquitted! So, I was wrong, courts will actually believe anything that comes from the mouth of a rich middle-aged man.

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…

The case of Adnan Syed, the main subject in the popular podcast Serial, is officially being reopened. A Baltimore judge granted Syed’s request for a hearing, which will focus on a new witness and previous cellphone evidence. In 2000, Syed was convicted of the 1999 murder of his ex-girlfriend, Hae Min Lee, and is…

Gayle Newland, the UK woman accused of impersonating a man in order to trick her friend into having sex with her, was found guilty of three counts of sexual assault.

The ongoing and increasingly strange trial of Gayle Newland, a UK woman accused of sexually assaulting her blindfolded friend using a strap on and a false male identity, ground to a halt today after the defendant had a panic attack on the stand.

25-year-old Gayle Newland of Willaston, Cheshire is on trial in the UK for five counts of sexual assault against her female friend—according to the alleged victim, Newland pretended to be a Filipino-Latino man named Kye Fortune, developed a relationship with the woman over the internet and on the phone, and later had…

Dustin Diamond, whom you probably remember as Screech on Saved By the Bell, is currently on trial in Wisconsin for stabbing a man with a switchblade - an incident you probably don’t remember. The alleged events took place on “Christmas night” at a bar in Port Washington, WI, and the Journal Sentinal writes that the…