Politics Jul 19 Judge upholds the $5 million verdict against Trump in E. Jean Carroll’s sex abuse and defamation case Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said Wednesday the jury's May award of compensatory and punitive damages to writer E. Jean Carroll for sexual abuse and defamation in the civil case was reasonable.
Politics Jun 08 Trump’s lawyers seek to cut sex abuse jury award from $5 million to under $1 million The lawyers noted in a written submission Thursday that a Manhattan federal court jury last month rejected a rape claim made by the writer, E. Jean Carroll.
Nation Jun 06 Cuba Gooding Jr. settles civil sex abuse case, averting trial right before it would’ve started Minutes after jurors were to begin assembling in a courtroom, a calendar entry in the official court record said: “TRIAL OFF.”…
Politics May 23 E. Jean Carroll adds Trump’s post-verdict remarks to defamation case, seeks at least $10M E. Jean Carroll is seeking at least $10 million more in a court filing Monday that seeks to hold him liable for remarks he made after the verdict.
Nation May 15 Federal appeals court rules Elon Musk must abide by SEC settlement over Tesla tweets Elon Musk cannot back out of a settlement with securities regulators that was reached after his 2018 tweets claiming he had secured funding to take Tesla private caused the electric vehicle maker's share price to jump and led to a…
Nation May 09 FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried seeks dismissal of criminal charges FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried sought a dismissal of criminal charges against him in a court filing late Monday, saying prosecutors have improperly made federal crimes out of civil and regulatory issues.
Politics May 08 Jury hears final arguments in in rape trial against Trump Donald Trump's defense lawyer told jurors in New York City that they would have to believe the unbelievable to accept a columnist's claims that the former president sexually attacked her in a department store in 1996.
Nation May 08 Jury to soon begin deliberating merits of allegations in Trump civil trial The jury hearing a columnist's claims that she was raped by Donald Trump in the 1990s is likely to have wide latitude in deciding the merits of the civil allegations against the former president when it begins deliberations as early…
Arts May 04 Jury finds Ed Sheeran didn’t steal from Marvin Gaye classic The verdict Thursday came after a two-week trial that featured a courtroom performance by Sheeran. The singer insisted that the copyright claim was a threat to all musicians who write their own songs.
Politics May 02 In rape trial, Jessica Leeds testifies that she was also sexually attacked by Trump Leeds, who says Donald Trump silently molested her on an airliner in the late 1970s, testified in support of the writer who alleges that a flirtatious 1996 encounter with the future president ended in a violent sexual attack.