Verdict due Tuesday in Depardieu sexual assault trial (Photo: AP) A court in Paris on Tuesday is set to hand down a verdict in the sexual assault trial of French cinema icon Gerard Depardieu, a case that gripped the country for weeks.As the ruling will coincide with the start of the Cannes Film Festival, it […]
Representative Image (AI-generated) Prosecutors called Thursday for Sweden’s self-proclaimed “Queen of Trash” and four others to be jailed for six years for illegally dumping toxic waste, as the country’s biggest environmental crime trial ended.The once-acclaimed waste management company Think Pink is accused of dumping or burying some 200,000 tonnes of waste from the Stockholm area […]
(Picture Courtesy: Facebook) As jury selection begins today in the federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, all eyes are on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, where the first steps of a high-stakes legal process are unfolding.Combs, who has pleaded not guilty to charges […]
A jury in Grand Rapids, Mich., began hearing testimony on Monday in the murder trial of a white former police officer who fatally shot a Black man as the two scuffled on the ground after a traffic stop in 2022. There is no dispute about the basic sequence of events that began as the officer, […]
Idaho mother who killed her children goes on trial over the murder of her husband (Image: AP) PHOENIX: Closing arguments are scheduled Monday afternoon at the Arizona trial for Lori Vallow Daybell, the Idaho woman with doomsday religious beliefs who’s charged with conspiring to murder her estranged husband in suburban Phoenix. Vallow Daybell, who isn’t […]
Indian-origin judge Arun Subramanian once again resisted Diddy team’s plea. The trial will not be delayed and would begin on May 5. US district judge Arun Subramanian has set a precedent for handling the lawsuits against Sean Diddy with utmost strictness never allowing the pop mogul, accused of sexual exploitation among many other charges, to […]
WASHINGTON: Facebook parent Meta Platforms bought up nascent rivals Instagram and WhatsApp after its attempts to compete had failed, an attorney for the US Federal Trade Commission said at the beginning of a high-stakes trial in Washington on Monday, where US antitrust enforcers seek to unwind the deals.FTC attorney Daniel Matheson said that the unlawful […]
Yoon Suk Yeol (AP file photo) SEOUL: Yoon Suk Yeol‘s legal saga is far from over. Ten days after he was ousted from office over his martial law declaration, the former conservative South Korean president appeared for the first time at his criminal trial Monday on high-stakes rebellion charges. Yoon’s baffling decision to declare military […]
Social media juggernaut Meta stands trial on Monday facing serious US government allegations that it abused its market power to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp before they could become competitors. Google is facing two cases and was found guilty of search-market dominance abuse last August, while Apple and Amazon are also heading to court. WASHINGTON: Social […]
Steve Shand (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP) , Harshkumar Patel (Sherburne County Sheriff’s Office via AP) A federal court justice, on Tuesday, denied applications for fresh trials of two individuals found guilty on charges related to human smuggling. The case involved the tragic deaths of four Indians who died of extreme cold while […]
