A lawsuit against the Church of Scientology accuses a high-ranking recruiter of sexually assaulting a minor and failing to report it. According to court documents obtained by the Tampa Bay Times, Scientology leader David Miscavige, recruiter Gavin Potter, and three church entities are accused of fostering a culture enabling sexual abuse through policies authored by …
Convicted double murderer Alex Murdaugh will be deposed in the wrongful death suit filed by the family of an 19-year-old woman who died in his son’s boat crash in 2019. A judge told the South Carolina Department of Corrections to make Murdaugh, serving consecutive life terms for the death of his wife Maggie and son …
A South Carolina groom who sustained severe injuries in a collision that killed his wife shortly after their wedding reception has initiated legal action against an alleged drunk driver and the bars accused of serving her too much alcohol. Aric Hutchinson, 36, filed a wrongful death lawsuit in Charleston County Wednesday, at the Ninth Judicial …
A Florida court filing on May 5 claims that Brian Laundrie’s mother wrote a letter with an offer to bake a cake with a shiv inside, to aid him in the event that he was sent to jail for Gabby Petito’s murder. The filing, submitted to the Sarasota County Circuit Court by attorney Pat Reilly, …
The latest filings in the family of Gabby Petito’s lawsuit against her killer’s parents includes requests for bank statements and records of texts and phone calls between Brian Laundrie and his parents. Petito was found dead in Wyoming on September 19, 2021, in the Bridger-Teton National Forest after going missing in late August, as CrimeOnline …
A 17-year-old girl died from a curable disease at a “therapeutic boarding school” for troubled teens in Utah last December after management at the facility refused to take her to a hospital. The Utah Medical Examiner said that Taylor Goodridge, 17, died of peritonitis on December 20, 2022, at Diamond Ranch Academy, KTVX reported. The …
The mother of a teen YouTube star has been sued for millions by 11 teen content creators who appeared on her daughter’s channel and who claim she subjected them to emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. The lawsuit, filed in January 2022, goes to trial on Monday in Los Angeles and seeks $22 million in damages, …
A Florida OnlyFans model has been sued for wrongful death by the father of the boyfriend she’s accused of killing. Courtney Clenney, 26, was arrested last August in Hawaii and charged with the April 3 stabbing of Christian Tobechukwu “Toby” Obumseli, 27, at the couple’s high-rise apartment in Miami, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Clenney, known …
A Connecticut couple has filed a lawsuit alleging that school staff failed to respond properly after their young son collapsed on a playground, WFSB-TV reports. On April 5, 2022, 5-year-old Romeo Pierre Louis fell to the ground at Charter Oak International Academy in West Hartford while he was playing freeze tag during recess. Romeo was motionless …
A Utah jury found for actor Gwyneth Paltrow in her lawsuit with retired optometrist Terry Sanderson over a crash on a ski slope in 2016. The verdict, read in court, ascribed 100 percent of the fault for the accident to Sanderson and awarded Paltrow the symbolic $1 she sought. Paltrow declined to speak after the …
A second suspected killer in connection with the death of a Georgia high school football player pleaded not guilty last week, while the victim’s parents announced a civil lawsuit filing against multiple defendants. Fox News Digital reports that 18-year-old Elijah DeWitt was shot and killed in October last year, in the parking lot of the …
A Texas man has filed suit against three women — friends of his ex-wife — who he says helped her get abortion medication. In the wrongful death lawsuit filed on Thursday, Marcus Silva says helping a woman get an abortion is no different from aiding a murder, and he’s asked for $1 million in damages, …
