Jury finds Trump liable for sexual abuse, defamation in E. Jean Carroll civil trial
The writer was awarded $5 million total in damages.
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The writer was awarded $5 million total in damages.
Ed Sheeran won a copyright lawsuit alleging his hit song "Thinking Out Loud" took fundamental elements from Marvin Gaye's classic.
A jury will decide if the "ComEd Four" crossed the line of legitimate lobbying into illegal bribery of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
Again and again, Anne Pramaggiore was asked specifically about Madigan on the stand on Monday.
Defense attorneys have said the four never crossed any legal lines.
Four officials with ties to ComEd are accused of trying to bribe former Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan for favorable legislation.
The first witness, a former state legislator, was also called in the trial.
Opening statements took place on Wednesday in the ComEd Four federal bribery trial with prosecutors detailing the power they say former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan had over the General Assembly and behind-closed doors bribery deals made to sway key legislation ComEd's way.
The four defendants with ties to ComEd are all accused of bribing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan.
The trial for the "ComEd 4" began on Tuesday. It's one of the most anticipated corruption trials in Illinois history. The four defendants with ties to ComEd are all accused of bribing former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. CBS 2's Tara Molina was at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse as the battle began over secret recordings that will be played in the trial.
Kelly's lawyers claim a key witness lied under oath in last year's federal trial in Chicago. Attorneys said the accuser known as "Jane" testified she had not decided whether she would seek restitution from the singer.
Madigan, 80, is facing a federal indictment charging him with racketeering, conspiracy, bribery, and wire fraud.
Croft was convicted in August on conspiracy charges and of possessing an unregistered explosive.
Attorneys for disgraced singer R. Kelly filed two motions in federal court on Tuesday, asking a judge to either grant him a new trial, or throw out his September conviction on child pornography and other sex crime charges.
The man convicted of killing six people when he plowed his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee last year, Darrell Brooks Jr., was removed from the courtroom on Wednesday while Judge Jennifer Dorow was making comments ahead of sentencing him.
Brooks faced a total 76 charges in connection with the attack, including six counts of intentional first-degree homicide. He now faces a mandatory life sentence.
Darrell Brooks faces 76 charges, including six homicide counts, in the attack that killed six people and injured dozens of others.
A jury has convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 after a jury failed to reach a verdict in an earlier trial of the two men.
The first of more than 700 plaintiffs is blaming the former Willowbrook company for exposing them to a cancer-causing toxin.
The prosecutor is no longer affiliated with the case.
Kelly is set to be sentenced on June 29.
The jury in the high-profile defamation case between Johnny Depp and Amber Heard awarded the "Pirates of the Caribbean" star $15 million. Heard was awarded $2 million. Christina Ruffini has the details.
He is the first sitting alderman to face a jury in more than 20 years in a felony case.
Defense lawyers did not want him there, but the Rev. Jesse Jackson was in court Monday for the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial.
The video shows a cloud of smoke coming from Rittenhouse's rifle after he shot Rosenbaum four times, and then ran off.
