Johnny Depp said Tuesday that his ex-wife Amber Heard had made “sick” claims of abuse and falsely branded him a monster, as the actor testified in a U.K. libel case that hinges on who was the aggressor in the celebrity couple’s violent, toxic relationship
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Harvey Weinstein and his former studio’s board have reached a nearly $19 million settlement with dozens of his sexual misconduct accusers, New York state’s attorney general and lawyers in a class-action lawsuit said Tuesday.
Read moreInstead of climbing above the clouds, the pilot of the helicopter in the crash that killed Kobe Bryant and seven other passengers descended into a hillside where it crashed north of Los Angeles, according to a new government report released Wednesday.
Read moreA federal judge dismissed actor Jussie Smollett’s malicious prosecution claim against Chicago, which claimed the city knew he was the victim of a hate crime, but accused him of lying anyway.
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Nearly three months after Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant and his daughter died in a tragic helicopter crash, surviving family members of other passengers on board sued the company that operated the aircraft.
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Accused by TV’s Aunt Becky of withholding evidence, federal prosecutors have doubled down on their claims against the former “Full House” actress ensnared in the college admissions scandal.
Read moreThe federal judge who holds the key to secret records concerning the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein refused Tuesday afternoon to approve a monthlong delay in the case.
Read moreActor Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, will move forward after a judge Friday refused to dismiss the case.
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A new set of federal charges against R. Kelly in Brooklyn accuses the incarcerated singer of not disclosing that he has herpes in two instances of alleged forced sexual contact.
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As thousands gathered at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Monday to celebrate NBA superstar Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others who died in a helicopter crash last month, Kobe’s wife Vanessa Bryant filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company that operated the helicopter.
Read moreFormer “Empire” star Jussie Smollett pleaded not guilty Monday to new criminal charges over what police say was a staged hate crime against himself.
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Katherine Johnson, who died at 101 on Monday, was a “human computer” and one of a handful of pioneering black mathematicians who crunched the numbers NASA needed to get crewed spacecraft off the ground and into the heavens.
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Embattled singer R. Kelly’s defense in a civil sexual assault case showed further signs of falling apart Tuesday, with the judge giving the go-ahead for his attorneys to withdraw.
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From his famous former clients to his adversaries, Michael Avenatti runs in some star-studded circles. Which of those A-list names can feature when the embattled lawyer begins trial next week took focus Wednesday at a marathon four-hour hearing.
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Rose McGowan’s former attorneys sued her for defamation Tuesday, arguing the actress has been falsely claiming they pressured her into pleading no contest to possessing cocaine that she says was planted on her by associates of disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.
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Johnny Depp’s ex-wife Amber Heard asked a Virginia judge on Friday to dismiss the actor’s $50 million defamation case against her, arguing he was not implicated in an article she wrote about domestic violence.
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Actor Jussie Smollett filed a counterclaim against Chicago asserting the city knows he is telling the truth about an alleged hate crime against him but falsely accused him of lying anyway.
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Alan Dershowitz brought counterclaims Thursday against the prominent lawyer for two of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers before the ink on the lawyer’s defamation suit was even dry.
Read moreThe $50 million defamation case filed in Virginia by actor Johnny Depp against his ex-wife could have a chilling effect on news organizations in the state, an attorney for the Virginia Press Association argued Friday.
Read morePop superstar Taylor Swift can’t shake off a copyright lawsuit over her 2014 hit “Shake It Off,” which the Ninth Circuit revived Monday.
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