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Parents sue Royal Caribbean, release crime scene photos after fun-filled family vacation turns tragic with cruise ship death of 18-month-old girl

 Parents sue Royal Caribbean, release crime scene photos after fun-filled family vacation turns tragic with cruise ship death of 18-month-old girl
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The parents of a toddler girl who fell to her death aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship announced Wednesday that they’re officially filing a lawsuit against the cruise line. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Chloe Wiegand, an 18-month-old toddler from Granger, Indiana, was on a cruise with family when she lost her life aboard Royal Caribbean’s Freedom …

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December 6, 2019

Family court judge has sex in courthouse, solicits staff for threesomes: Docs

An oversight committee found on Monday that a Kentucky judge not only had sex with staff at the courthouse, but she also forced attorneys to support her election and retaliated against one of them for not donating the maximum amount. The six-member Judicial Conduct Commission issued nine counts against Kenton County family court Judge Dawn …

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December 4, 2019

George Zimmerman sues Trayvon Martin’s parents for $100 MILLION

George Zimmerman has filed a $100 million lawsuit in Florida against Trayvon Martin’s family, their attorneys, prosecutors, and a book publishing company, alleging they’re responsible for years worth of defamation and harassment. Zimmerman, 36, filed the civil suit on Wednesday in Polk County. Larry Klayman, a prominent conservative activist and former U.S. Justice Department prosecutor, …

Mollie Tibbetts: Alleged killer’s confession is unreliable from lack of sleep, expert testifies
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November 20, 2019

Mollie Tibbetts: Alleged killer’s confession is unreliable from lack of sleep, expert testifies

A defense expert testified Thursday that Mollie Tibbett’s alleged killer, who was interrogated for hours last year, provided an unreliable confession, given his lack of sleep. FOX28 reports that Brian Leslie, an interrogation expert, testified inside a Poweshiek County, Iowa, courtroom that after watching an 11-hour interrogation video between suspect Cristhian Bahena Rivera and investigators, …

GRAPHIC VIDEO: Boy on zip line falls more than 20 FEET onto concrete [Lawsuit]
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November 7, 2019

GRAPHIC VIDEO: Boy on zip line falls more than 20 FEET onto concrete [Lawsuit]

A Florida mother sued an adventure park on Monday, alleging that her 10-year-old son was seriously injured when he fell from their zip line. The Tampa Bay Times reported that Kimberly Barnes filed a lawsuit against UATP Management, the company that owns Urban Air Adventure Park, for a September 1 incident on their “Sky Rider” …

Southwest Airlines pilots live-streamed video from plane’s bathroom to cockpit: Lawsuit
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October 28, 2019

Southwest Airlines pilots live-streamed video from plane’s bathroom to cockpit: Lawsuit

An Arizona-based flight attendant has sued Southwest Airlines, alleging that she spotted an iPad in a plane’s cockpit that showed video footage taken in the aircraft’s front bathroom. According to the Phoenix New Times, Renee Steinaker and her husband filed a complaint against the airline in Maricopa County Superior Court on October 25. According to …

This Facebook post landed a single mom in jail. Years later, she gets $100K.
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October 24, 2019

This Facebook post landed a single mom in jail. Years later, she gets $100K.

Officials in Georgia have agreed to pay a woman $100,000 nearly five years after a Facebook post she made about her police officer ex-husband resulted in her arrest. Single mother Anne King wrote the following post about her former husband, Corey King, on January 15, 2015: “That moment when everyone in your house has the …