Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, pled guilty to bank and tax fraud charges related to a gambling scandal that rocked Major League Baseball and one of its superstars. Mizuhara entered his plea Tuesday, June 4, in federal court in Santa Ana, California, and he’ll be sentenced on Oct. 25. …
Read More »Gypsy Rose Blanchard Sues True-Crime Content Creator for Defamation and Fraud
Gypsy Rose Blanchard and her family are suing a producer and true-crime content creator they used to work with, but now accuse of fraud, breach of contract, defamation, and more. The defendant in the suit is April Johns, also known as Franchesca or Fancy, Macelli. According to the suit (obtained …
Read More »Long Island Serial Killer Suspect to Face New Murder Charge This Week
Suspected Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann is expected to be indicted on a new murder charge later this week, CBS News reports. No details about the charge or victim were given, though the new indictment is expected to be officially brought on Thursday, June 6. The news comes just …
Read More »Chad Daybell Sentenced to Death After First-Degree Murder Convictions
Chad Daybell was sentenced to death Saturday, two days after an Idaho jury found him guilty in the 2019 murdersof hisformer wife Tammy Daybell and two children of his current wife,Lori VallowDaybell. On Thursday, Daybell was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy charges — including insurance fraud and grand theft …
Read More »Florida 12-Year-Old Bruhat Soma Triumphs at 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee
Bruhat Soma, a seventh-grader from Tampa, Florida, won the 2024 Scripps National Spelling Bee in a dramatic spell-off — only the second to happen in the competition’s long-running history. According to The New York Times, the 96th Scripps National Spelling Bee kicked off on Tuesday with a total of 245 …
Read More »'Doomsday' Killings: Chad Daybell Found Guilty of Murdering First Wife, Second Wife's Two Children
Chad Daybell, the Idaho man charged with the 2019 killings of hisformer wife, Tammy Daybell, and two children of his current wife, Lori Vallow Daybell, was found guilty of first-degree murder by an Idaho jury on Thursday, CBS reported. Daybell was also found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder in …
Read More »Vince McMahon Sexual Abuse Suit Paused for DOJ Investigation
The former employee who accused WWE founder Vince McMahon of sexual abuse has paused her lawsuit against McMahon, former WWE exec John Laurinaitis, and the WWE itself, as the Department of Justice continues its own investigation. Janel Grant filed her suit in January, alleging among other things that McMahon and …
Read More »Negro Leagues Statistics Become Part of Major League Baseball Historical Record
Negro Leagues statistics will become part of the official Major League historical record today, May 29. More than 2,300 players who played in the seven iterations of the Negro Leagues from 1920-1948 will be integrated into MLB’s database, a move that comes several years after MLB first announced it would …
Read More »Harvey Weinstein Could Face New Charges in New York Rape Case Retrial
Prosecutors said they might bring new charges against Harvey Weinstein, based on claims from additional accusers, ahead of the disgraced movie mogul’s rape case retrial in New York. At a hearing Wednesday, May 29, according to The Hollywood Reporter, Assistant District Attorney Nicole Blumberg said that “some people who were …
Read More »Gypsy Rose Blanchard Says She Felt 'Lost' in Marriage to Estranged Husband Ryan Anderson
Gypsy Rose Blanchard said she felt “lost” in her marriage to her estranged husband, Ryan Anderson, in a new interview with People. Opening up about her split from Anderson for the first time, Blanchard said she has no regrets about making the difficult decision to walk away from the relationship. …
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