Amber Heard has reportedly axed most of her legal team amid her appeal of a $10 million judgment for defaming ex-husband Johnny Depp. Deadline reported that Heard has removed lead attorney Elaine Bredehoft as both she and Depp pursue separate appeals in this case. In turn, Heard has introduced David L. Axelrod and Jay Ward …
The brother of ex-Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Aqib Talib turned himself in on Monday in connection with Saturday’s shooting in Texas that left a man dead. Yaqub Talib, 39, was identified as a suspect in the fatal shooting of Mike Hickmon, 43, at the Lancaster Community Park amid a dispute among coaching staff and officiating …
A Florida preschool teacher was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly punching and pushing a 4-year-old boy. Pinellas County police said in a statement that they responded to Dunedin KinderCare after a witness reported hearing screaming from the preschool’s playground. The witness also alleged that they overheard Ashley Richards, 32, screaming at the victim and punching …
On Saturday, Texas authorities charged a 17-year-old boy for March’s fatal shooting of a woman who was killed while visiting her son’s grave. Christian Weston is accused of fatally shooting Yolanda N’Gaojia, 52, on March 22 at Calvary Baptist Church Garden of Memories Cemetery in Killeen. KWTX reported that N’Geojia was killed while visiting the …
An Indiana man was sentenced on Friday to 120 years in prison for murdering his girlfriend and their 3-year-old daughter last year. Devonta Roberts, 28, confessed in May to fatally shooting Victoria Moore, 22, and Datoria Roberts in a Romney Meadows apartment on July 5, 2021. Moore was holding the toddler when Devonta fired at …
Actress Anne Heche reportedly died on Friday, a week after she drove her car into a home in California. Heche’s rep. told TMZ that machines are keeping her heart beating for organ donation but she has no brain function. In California, brain death deems someone legally deceased. Heche, 53, was hospitalized in Los Angeles. The …
Author Salman Rushdie was reportedly stabbed in the neck while on stage at an event in New York on Friday. According to the Associated Press, an unknown assailant rushed the stage at Chautauqua Institution and confronted Rushdie, 75, before punching or stabbing him 10 or 15 times. The man was apprehended after Rushdie was spotted being …
South Carolina officials are investigating the death of a woman who was reportedly impaled by a beach umbrella on Wednesday. WMBF reported that an umbrella that took wind struck Tammy Perreault, 63, in Garden City. Perreault suffered chest trauma as a result; she died at a hospital in Waccamaw less than an hour later. “A …
A 14-year-old Colorado boy found dead on Monday was reportedly stabbed, shot, and beaten. Josiaz Aragon’s body was discovered near a baseball diamond at the Southwest Recreation Center in Denver. The Denver Medical Examiner listed his cause of death as “multiple sharp and blunt force injuries with a gunshot wound,” according to The Denver Post. …
An Illinois woman who has been jailed since 2019 for killing a pregnant teen and stealing her baby from her womb recently filed motions to have her arrest overturned. Block Club Chicago reported that Clarisa Figueroa also wants evidence suppressed, including evidence recovered when investigators searched her home and yard following Marlen Ochoa-Lopez’s slaying. Figueroa …
An elderly woman was killed in a dog attack on Tuesday, according to Nevada police. KVVU reported that a rescue pit bull fatally mauled Joan Caffiel, 89, while she was being watched by her hired caregiver, Jelena Kelly. Caffiel’s grandson said the dog had not been aggressive in the six years they had him. According …
A Louisiana woman who allegedly stabbed her two children on Sunday, killing her 4-year-old daughter, reportedly video called her children’s father after the incident. Janee Pedescleaux, 31, reportedly FaceTimed her children’s father on three instances. Pedescleaux first filmed their bloodied 2-year-old son, then showed the boy and his 4-year-old sister, Paris Roberts, with their throats …
