Latest Trials News

Gilgo Beach serial killing suspect seeks to bar DNA evidence and have separate trials in 7 deaths

Jan. 29, 2025 14:07 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York architect facing murder charges in a string of deaths known as the Gilgo Beach killings is challenging the DNA evidence against him and seeking separate trials in the sprawling case. Rex Heuermann’s lawyers argue DNA analysis relied on by prosecutors...

Ailing Harvey Weinstein begs to have #MeToo retrial sooner after judge sets April 15 date

Jan. 29, 2025 13:59 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein begged a judge Wednesday to hold his #MeToo retrial as soon as possible, telling him “I don’t know how much longer I can hold on” with cancer, heart issues and harsh conditions at New York City’s Rikers Island jail complex. The disgraced...

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni get March 2026 trial date for her 'It Ends With Us' lawsuit

Jan. 28, 2025 06:22 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge set a March 2026 trial date on Monday and moved an initial conference from mid-February to next week as the public feud between Blake Lively and her “It Ends With Us” costar and director Justin Baldoni continued to grow and accelerate. And in a...

Man convicted of holding down boy while he was raped at a youth center gets 20- to 40-year sentence

Jan. 27, 2025 15:06 PM EST

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former leader at a New Hampshire youth detention center who was convicted of holding down a teen while he was raped in 1998 was sentenced Monday to 20 to 40 years in prison. Bradley Asbury, now 70, was found guilty in November on two counts of being an...

Jury acquits New England Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers in assault and battery trial

Jan. 24, 2025 16:15 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) — A jury acquitted New England Patriots safety Jabrill Peppers on Friday in his assault and battery trial. Peppers finished testifying earlier Friday by denying he choked or shoved his accuser. Peppers, who first took the witness stand on Thursday, had been on trial...

Jury seated at Los Angeles trial of rapper A$AP Rocky on felony charges he fired a gun at a former friend in 2021

Jan. 23, 2025 17:09 PM EST
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jury seated at Los Angeles trial of rapper A$AP Rocky on felony charges he fired a gun at a former friend in 2021.

Mistrial declared after New Hampshire jury deadlocks in youth detention center rape case

Jan. 22, 2025 17:51 PM EST

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after jurors deadlocked on whether a former worker at New Hampshire's youth detention center raped a 14-year-old boy in 1998, but the defendant still faces 15 other charges in separate cases. Jurors were unable to reach a...

Mistrial declared after New Hampshire jury deadlocks in case of former youth detention center worker charged with rape

Jan. 22, 2025 17:27 PM EST
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Mistrial declared after New Hampshire jury deadlocks in case of former youth detention center worker charged with rape.

Steve Bannon's border wall trial delayed until March 4 as new lawyers plot aggressive defense

Jan. 22, 2025 16:52 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Bannon’s trial on charges that he duped donors who gave money to build a wall along the U.S. southern border will start a week later than scheduled, a judge said Wednesday, after the conservative rabble-rouser hired new lawyers to pursue an aggressive defense strategy. ...

Judge rejects new trial for former Sen. Menendez over tainted laptop

Jan. 22, 2025 13:41 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday rejected claims by former New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez that his conviction should be thrown out because the jury was given a laptop containing material that was supposed to be excluded from the trial. Judge Sidney H. Stein in Manhattan...