Fans of talk show Good Day New York might have been surprised this morning to learn that a woman has accused co-host Greg Kelly of rape. The victim walked into the city’s 13th precinct late Tuesday night to report the incident, which she says happened in a lower-Manhattan law office where she works. The woman claims to have had drinks with the 43-year-old Kelly – son of NYC Police Commissioner Ray Kelly – after meeting him on the street....
Stories about Charlie Sheen are rarely wholesome and this one is no exception. The actor is under investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department after allegedly abusing his ex-fiancée and stating that he would pay $20,000 to have her head kicked in, writes the New York Daily News. This gem about his former porn star and ex-fiancée – Scottine Rossi, also known as Brett Rossi – arose while Sheen was reportedly speaking with a different woman confronting him about his failure to reveal that he was HIV-positive....
Want to keep abreast of the Michael Jackson trial? There’s an app for that. And it’s creatively dubbed the “Michael Jackson Doctor Trial iPhone App.” Released by Fox News, the app lets viewers follow the happenings of the high-profile Conrad Murray trial. And it’s moving like hotcakes. It costs 99 cents to download the application onto an iPhone. But that small fee hasn’t barred curious viewers and Jackson fans from downloading the application....
New York lead and asbestos safety inspector Saverio F. Todaro is under fire after admitting in federal court that he turned in asbestos and lead reports to hundreds of buildings which he never inspected. In each case, Todaro certified that the buildings were safe from asbestos and lead, despite the fact that some of the buildings had already been demolished. As the investigation continues to develop, regulators are wondering whether the asbestos safety inspector worked with others, perhaps taking bribes and participating in a conspiracy....
A federal appeals court has shot down an NRA lawsuit that sought to allow gun sales to adults 18 to 20 years old. But the NRA could fire back with an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The NRA suit challenged a federal law passed by Congress in 1968 that prohibits gun sales to anyone under 21, Reuters reports. Lawyers for the NRA argued the ban was unconstitutional under the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms and the Fifth Amendment’s right to equal protection....
A New York man has sued Apple Computer, alleging Apple invaded his privacy by tracking his location through his iPhone, then selling the information to advertisers, reports the Times Herald-Record. Jarret Ammer, of Orange County, NY, has filed a class action lawsuit against Apple in U.S. District Court in New York City. The suit seeks monetary damages, costs and a court order stopping Apple’s alleged selling of Ammer’s location information to advertisers, reports the Times Herald-Record....
News broke last week that a Connecticut Republican politician, 71-year-old Christopher von Keyserling, was arrested and charged as a result of a sexual assault he allegedly committed a month prior. The incident, captured on a security camera, involved the politician pinching a woman’s backside, who then admonished him. The politician, through his attorney, asserts that the action was a playful gesture and trivial. Nevertheless, the politician was arrested last Wednesday for the assault which occurred on December 9, 2016....
Comedian Sasha Baron Cohen has gotten himself out of another sticky lawsuit for his controversial big screen antics. A civil suit filed against Cohen based on a scene in his 2009 film Bruno, which John Musero claims was a little too similar to one in his movie Himbos, has been dismissed. Alleging plagiarism, Musero claimed that he pitched the idea to Cohen’s media producer a year before, but was rejected....
Everything comes with a price. That includes what it cost for Rihanna to keep herself looking good. Grammy-winning music artist Rihanna has run into some legal trouble with her trainer who is suing for unpaid wages, TMZ celebrity site reports. The trainer claims she was hired for “exclusive personal training services” that cost $1,500 per day but was not paid for several weeks of work between September and October. This case sounds a lot like the breach of contract lawsuit filed by a husband and wife team of trainers against Oprah’s Harpo, Inc, as previously discussed....
Country singer Taylor Swift is being sued for allegedly not returning an advance fee she’d received for a cancelled concert. The 23-year-old singer is accused of taking a $2.5 million advance fee to headline the Capital Hoedown in Ottawa, Canada, last August. Though the event was ultimately cancelled, Swift allegedly never returned the fee, reports E! News. A Florida-based ticketing company brought the lawsuit against Swift, accusing her of accepting the payment and then refusing to perform or reschedule a new appearance....
Toyota owners are “confused and concerned” according to the attorney representing those owners of recalled Toyotas joining a class action suit in Arizona and Washington. So much so, in fact, there is only one thing they want to do – take the car back and get a refund. That is what this class action lawsuit, called the “first of its kind” in the report by Market Watch, hopes to accomplish. Since a seemingly endless list of problems with the Toyota vehicles has left owners with ever more doubts about their safety, and with a rapidly falling Blue Book value, the plaintiffs have no other recourse says Steve Berman, who will be representing the hopeful soon-to-be-former Toyota owners....
When a terrorist act occurs, authorities look to punish the perpetrators. But they also investigate known associations and try to tie the act to people involved in planning: those who provided material support. In the case of the recent San Bernardino, California shootings, for example, federal agents charged Enrique Marquez, 24, according to a statement from the Department of Justice, reported on CNN. Marquez bought the two rifles eventually used in the shooting, apparently in preparation for different terror attacks that never happened....
This week’s episode of “The Good Wife” gave viewers a good look at a key issue in legal ethics: the attorney-client privilege. But did Hollywood’s depiction live up to reality? Recap: ‘Death of a Client’ The main storyline revolved around a rich (and, as Alicia described him, “very litigious”) client who is shot and killed in broad daylight. Police ask for Alicia’s help in finding her client’s killer – a request that takes on added urgency when police tell Alicia they have reason to believe the killer may be coming after her next....
A reputed captain of New York’s Bonanno organized crime family has been charged with the infamous “Goodfellas” Lufthansa heist at JFK airport in 1978. The indictment (attached below) reads like a mafia hit list and charges Vincent Asaro, 78, with participating in the $6 million Lufthansa heist. It also charges Asaro’s son Jerome and three other alleged Bonanno family associates with murder, robbery, extortion, arson and bookmaking. The single-biggest robbery in U....
Another day, another Trump executive order, another lawsuit seeking an injunction against said order. This time it’s the Freedom From Religion Foundation, which describes itself as a “National non prophet nonprofit working to promote the separation of state and church,” suing Trump mere hours after he signed his Presidential Executive Order Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty. While the order purports to protect “the freedom of Americans and their organizations to exercise religion and participate fully in civic life without undue interference by the Federal Government,” critics claim it is an illegal attempt to skirt a largely inconsequential provision of the tax code....
Two parents in Texas learned the hard way that baby monitors can get hacked. They heard a creepy voice calling out to their sleeping 2-year-old daughter. The hacker cursed and said sexually explicit things to the child, and even called her by her name. He also took control of the camera and could see into her room, reports CBS News. The Texas parents didn’t call the cops, and the hacker hasn’t been located....
The Birther-Queen may be losing a lot more than her marbles. She might be losing her license to practice law. On February 26, Orly Taitz is scheduled to appear before the California State Bar. Orly Taitz, an online law-school graduate, is the heavily festooned woman behind the movement to dethrone President Barack Obama, claiming that President Obama was not born in the United States. Taitz was reprimanded by a Georgia judge during a lawsuit to prevent her client from being deployed in the military, justifying that Obama was not a valid Commander-in-Chief....
Not only do women have a Plan B, now there is a plan C as well. The FDA has approved a contraceptive pill manufactured by Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. which will be a contraceptive that women can take up to five days after sex. The pill’s actual name is Ella (chemical name, ulipristal) and it will be on the market as of late this year. Unlike Plan B, the new drug will require a prescription....
What is being called the largest police corruption investigation in the FBI’s history came to a close on Wednesday, October 6. FBI agents arrested almost 130 law enforcement officials in early morning raids in Puerto Rico. Charges for those caught in this culmination of the two year operation will cover many areas of corruption, conspiracy, firearms and drug charges. Attorney General Eric Holder has told a news conference that police and other officials under indictment allegedly provided security for drug deals in exchange for payments ranging from $500 to $4,500....
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that testing of Menu Foods pet food had revealed the presence of a chemical used in the production of plastics. The chemical, called “melamine”, was also found in testing of wheat gluten that was used as an ingredient in the affected pet food products. Last week, scientists at the New York State Food Laboratory announced that they found aminopterin (used as rat poison) in cat food samples, but FDA testing has failed to confirm these findings....
