Legal experts who weighed in on the recent court decision that Making a Murderer‘s Brenden Dassey’s murder and rape confession was not coerced, claim that getting his case in front of the Supreme Court for appeal is a “long shot” at best. ”Any appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court is a long shot,” said Michael …
A California family has sued Target, accusing the retailer of selling a potty trainer that nearly ripped a 3-year-old’s penis off. The Press-Enterprise reported that the Riverside family is suing Target for selling the weePOD Basix potty trainer, a product that they say Target knew was dangerous. The manufacturer, Prince Lionheart, was also listed in the …
“If Landyn was here, he would be happy right about now,” the boy’s grandmother said.
An heir to the Barneys department store estate is claiming a North Carolina woman tried to extort him over a romantic affair between the two, according to testimony related to a lawsuit filed last month. According to the New York Post, Robert Pressman claims he met Anna Purcell at a Puerto Rican hotel earlier this …
The woman charged in connection with the abduction and murder of pregnant North Dakota woman Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind is reportedly set to change her not guilty plea. According to The Bismark Tribune, Brooke Crews will update her plea at a December 11 hearing. Crews and live-in boyfriend William Hoehn have pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to kidnap and …
The man charged in connection with Mariah Woods’ death was ordered to be held on $1 million bond. According to WTVD, Earl Kimrey, 32, briefly appeared in court for a Monday morning hearing. Authorities took the live-in boyfriend of the girl’s mother into custody on Friday and charged him with concealing of death, obstruction of justice, second-degree …
A woman who accused Usher of giving her herpes has reportedly dropped her $20 million lawsuit against the singer. According to People, Laura Helm filed the multi-million dollar suit in July, claiming she had unprotected sex with Usher, 39, and contracted the virus. Helm’s attorney, Lisa West, stopped representing her and Helm was left to hire …
A Florida student who was 16 when she was raped by her high school geometry teacher was awarded $49.3 million in damages. According to the Miami Herald. the victim, now 20, accused Bresnniel Jansen Mones in a 2014 lawsuit that the South Dade Senior High School teacher sent her texts that originally were about school but escalated into conversations …
A man who demanded sex and naked pictures from two underage girls was reportedly spared from prison because he’s a dwarf. According to the Daily Express, Bryan Anthony Bowen, 26, was convicted of contacting two girls, ages 13 and 15, through Facebook and soliciting nude pictures and sex. Despite this, Judge Rhys Rowland described Bowen as …
At least 22 people are suing the maker of Nutribullet, alleging the blender’s malfunctioning parts resulted in serious lacerations and injuries. Sheryl Utal told CBS News that she used her high-powered blender daily for years until it exploded after 20 seconds and gave her second-degree burns. “It just came flying out all over me, all over …
A Bronx, New York, woman who killed her pregnant friend before cutting her baby girl from her body and claiming the newborn as her own was sentenced to 40 years to life on Wednesday. WABC reported that Ashleigh Wade, 24, will spend 25 years to life in jail for Angelikque Sutton’s murder and 15 years for kidnapping …
An Oklahoma couple who kept their four children in filth and starved their 9-month-old twin girls until they each weighed nine pounds was sentenced to 130 years in prison on Monday. Tulsa World reported that Aislyn Miller, 24, and Kevin Fowler, 25, were sentenced a month after being convicted for what local police called the “worst case of …
