Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage Sean Combs has been acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy charges, with the hip-hop mogul dropping to his knees, praying, and thanking God after the jury shuffled out of the courtroom Wednesday morning. The verdict, which cleared the 55-year-old Bad Boy …
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Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage After an eight-week trial, Sean Combs was convicted of two federal felonies but acquitted of the three most serious charges leveled against him. The mixed verdict led many experts to declare a victory for the embattled mogul. Combs was found guilty on …
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Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage Sean Combs will remain in jail pending his sentencing for transportation to engage in prostitution, with Judge Arun Subramanian denying the mogul bail following the mixed verdict in his sex trafficking and racketeering case Wednesday, July 2. Combs was found guilty on …
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Bryan Kohberger accepted a deal to avoid trial and pleaded guilty in the murder of four college students at the University of Idaho, sparing him the death penalty. At a hearing Wednesday, Kohberger — speaking in court for the first time — told the court he was pleading guilty to …
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Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage It was 9:52 a.m. Wednesday, July 2, when the note arrived from the jury in Sean Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial. The mogul’s lawyers broke their huddle and walked to the holding room to retrieve their client. As Combs returned …
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A music producer who accused Chris Brown of beating him with a tequila bottle and then stomping on him at a London nightclub has dropped his lawsuit against the singer. Billboard reported the news, citing Los Angeles court documents in which Amadou “Abe” Diaw requested Friday that his suit against …
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A California judge reversed course again Monday and fully dismissed Jay-Z’s extortion and defamation case against Texas lawyer Tony Buzbee. In a 65-page ruling, Los Angeles County Judge Mark Epstein said he was not “wholly satisfied” with his decision, but he tried to balance the competing interests at play and …
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Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage The jury in Sean Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering case has zeroed in on Casandra “Cassie” Ventura’s testimony surrounding two key “freak-off” dates that prosecutors claim are clear-cut examples that Combs sex trafficked the R&B singer. On Tuesday, during the second day …
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Jurors in Sean Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering trial reached a partial verdict Tuesday but remained divided on the major count alleging the music mogul ran a criminal enterprise. The jury sent a note to U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian at around 4:05 p.m. saying that after less than two …
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Over the weekend, British punk-rap duo Bob Vylan performed at Glastonbury, where they urged the crowd to chant “free Palestine” and “Death, death to the IDF [Israel Defense Forces],” which caused controversy amid Glastonbury organizers. Now the U.S. Department of State is taking action against the band, revoking their U.S. …
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