As Epstein died, guards allegedly shopped online and slept
NEW YORK — Two jail guards responsible for monitoring Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself were charged Tuesday with falsifying prison records to conceal they were sleeping and browsing the...
View ArticleHarvey Weinstein charged with sex crimes in LA on eve of NY trial
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles prosecutors charged Harvey Weinstein on Monday with sexually assaulting two women on successive nights during Oscars week in 2013, bringing the new case against the disgraced...
View Article“I’m being raped”: Harvey Weinstein accuser details alleged assault
NEW YORK — At times sobbing, former “Project Runway” production assistant Mimi Haleyi told jurors Monday at Harvey Weinstein’s rape trial how she tried to fight off the disgraced movie mogul and told...
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Harvey Weinstein found guilty in landmark #MeToo moment
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein was convicted Monday of rape and sexual assault against two women and was immediately handcuffed and led off to jail, sealing his dizzying fall from powerful Hollywood...
View ArticleHarvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years for rape, sexual assaults
NEW YORK — Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault, a sight the Hollywood mogul’s multitude of accusers thought they would never see. Weinstein, who...
View ArticleNXIVM guru Keith Raniere gets 120 years in prison in sex-slaves case
NEW YORK — Disgraced self-improvement guru Keith Raniere, whose NXIVM followers included millionaires and Hollywood actors, was sentenced to 120 years on Tuesday for turning some adherents into sex...
View ArticleFugitive is killed, 2 U.S. marshals shot in Bronx gunfight
NEW YORK — A fugitive who shot a Massachusetts state trooper in the hand during a traffic stop two weeks ago was killed early Friday during a gunfight with U.S. marshals in New York City that left two...
View ArticlePonzi schemer Bernie Madoff dies in prison
Bernie Madoff, the financier who pleaded guilty to orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme, died in a federal prison early Wednesday, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. He was...
View ArticleTrump Organization, CFO indicted on tax fraud charges
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s company and its longtime finance chief were charged Thursday in what prosecutors called a “sweeping and audacious” tax fraud scheme in which the executive collected more than...
View ArticleR&B superstar R. Kelly convicted in sex trafficking trial
By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK (AP) — R. Kelly, the R&B superstar known for his anthem “I Believe I Can Fly,” was convicted Monday in a sex trafficking trial after decades of avoiding...
View ArticleJeffrey Epstein faces trial by proxy: Ghislaine Maxwell
NEW YORK — After disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide behind bars, a judge invited his accusers to court to vent their anger at a man they called a coward for taking his own life to...
View Article1st of 4 accusers takes stand at Ghislaine Maxwell trial
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS NEW YORK (AP) — The first of four women described as key accusers in the indictment against British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell testified Tuesday that Maxwell was often...
View ArticleProsecution rests in sex-abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell
NEW YORK — Prosecutors completed presenting their case against Ghislaine Maxwell on Friday, after a key accuser at the British socialite’s sex-abuse trial testified that Maxwell and her companion,...
View ArticleGhislaine Maxwell jury begins deliberations after closings
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS NEW YORK (AP) — A jury began deliberations Monday, tasked with considering whether Ghislaine Maxwell is a dangerous predator who recruited teens to be sexually abused...
View ArticleCiting COVID, judge prods Maxwell jury to work overtime
NEW YORK — The jury weighing the fate Ghislaine Maxwell’s fate said Tuesday they were “making progress” at the end of the fourth full day of deliberations at the closely watched sex trafficking trial...
View ArticleGhislaine Maxwell convicted in Epstein sex abuse case
NEW YORK — The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein. The verdict capped a monthlong...
View ArticleBehind the wait for a verdict at Ghislaine Maxwell jury deliberations
NEW YORK — The Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking trial was a four-week winding road featuring sordid testimony by four women who accused the British socialite of grooming their teenage selves for abuse...
View ArticleGiuffre’s Prince Andrew suit goes ahead despite Epstein deal
NEW YORK — A judge has — for now — refused to dismiss a lawsuit against Britain’s Prince Andrew by an American woman who says he sexually abused her when she was 17. Stressing Wednesday that he wasn’t...
View ArticleBrooklyn subway attack suspect is jailed without bail
By TOM HAYS, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and JENNIFER PELTZ NEW YORK (AP) — The man charged with opening fire in a Brooklyn subway car full of people was jailed without bail Thursday as prosecutors told a judge...
View ArticleGhislaine Maxwell sentenced to 20 years for helping Epstein
By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell, the jet-setting socialite who once consorted with royals, presidents and billionaires, was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison...
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