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OJ Judge Bars Goldman Lawyer From Testifying

Prosecution in Vegas robbery sought to tie Simpson's mindset to 90s slaying

Sep 24, 08 3:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The skeletons are back in the closet for OJ Simpson today after a judge said a lawyer for the Goldman family—who won a civil verdict against the former football star in the slaying of their son—can't testify in Simpson’s current armed-robbery trial, AP reports. The prosecution argued... More »

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celebrity trials • OJ Simpson • memorabilia • Ronald Goldman • armed robbery • David Cook

Goldman Lawyer May Testify Against OJ

Attorney for murder victim's kin may speak to OJ's state of mind

Sep 24, 08 8:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - OJ Simpson's past murder trial dramatically resurfaced in his armed robbery hearing yesterday as prosecutors sought to question a lawyer for the family of murder victim Ron Goldman, CNN reports. The prosecution argued that David Cook—who has aggressively pursued Simpson's assets—could testify as to Simpson's state of mind... More »

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celebrity trials • Las Vegas • OJ Simpson • Ronald Goldman

 Sick Crime Scribe 
 Rushed From 
 OJ Trial 

Dominick Dunne battling cancer

Sep 23, 08 2:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vanity Fair crime writer Dominick Dunne was rushed to the hospital yesterday from the Las Vegas courtroom where OJ Simpson is on trial for armed robbery, reports CNN. Paramedics were called when the 82-year-old writer, who suffers from bladder cancer, told a colleague: "I am in a lot of... More »

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Vanity Fair • celebrity trials • Las Vegas • OJ Simpson • Dominick Dunne • Valley Hospital • bladder cancer • Dominique Dunne

Vegas Cop Thought OJ Heist 'Couldn't Be True'

'It didn't make sense' until he heard tape

Sep 18, 08 3:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - The first Las Vegas detective to investigate OJ Simpson’s alleged involvement in an armed robbery last September said he was initially flabbergasted at the idea, the Los Angeles Times reports. “It didn't make sense,” Andy Caldwell testified yesterday at Simpson’s trial. Caldwell was soon swayed by... More »

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celebrity trials • Las Vegas • kidnapping • OJ Simpson • trial • video • testimony • armed robbery • recording

Alleged Simpson Victim Gets Sick in Courtroom

Fromong testifies for hours before pointing
to chest and leaving

Sep 15, 08 7:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The first witness in OJ Simpson's robbery-kidnapping trial cut proceedings short by complaining of chest pain and leaving the courtroom, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Bruce Fromong, 54, who says he has had four heart attacks since the robbery, testified for hours before pointing to his chest and walking out.... More »

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celebrity trials • robbery • Las Vegas • OJ Simpson • trial • court • Bruce Fromong

 Another OJ Trial Kicks Off 

Ex-NFL great faces a dozen charges, life sentence in Las Vegas court

Sep 15, 08 4:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - OJ Simpson shook his head as a prosecutor promised to show jurors "the true face" of the disgraced NFL star, whose trial on 12 counts of felony kidnapping, armed robbery, and other charges began today in Las Vegas, the Review-Journal reports. Simpson's lawyer countered that he was retrieving his... More »

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celebrity trials • Las Vegas • OJ Simpson • trial • sports memorabilia • criminal trial

 All-White Jury Will Judge OJ 


Sep 12, 08 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nine women and three men will make up the jury in OJ Simpson’s trial for kidnapping and armed robbery —but none of them are black, the Los Angeles Times reports. The prosecution dismissed two black candidates, one from the jury and another from the pool of alternates, but... More »

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race • celebrity trials • kidnapping • OJ Simpson • trial • armed robbery • jury selection

OJ's Past Will
Be Elephant
in Courtroom

Simpson must overcome baggage to beat robbery rap

Sep 8, 08 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - If he gets an impartial jury, it’s possible “OJ’s going to walk again,” one trial consultant says of the armed-robbery case starting today in a Las Vegas courtroom. But finding an impartial jury is nigh-impossible when it comes to Orenthal James Simpson. Simpson’s double-murder case... More »

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 K-Fed Keeps Custody of Kids 

Brit still gets three visits per week

Jul 18, 08 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britney Spears and Kevin Federline have reached a custody agreement that will keep them out of court for the near future. If the judge approves, K-Fed will retain sole custody of Preston, 2½, and Jayden, 18 months, with Spears continuing to have two visits and one overnight per week, People... More »

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Britney Spears • Kevin Federline • celebrity trials • Los Angeles • Sean Preston Federline • Jayden James Federline • child custody • custody battle • celebrity parents

Brinkley Ex 'Fesses Up
to Sex Mania

Tearfully admits to affairs, $3,000-a-month porn habit

Jul 3, 08 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cheating hubby Peter Cook was in tears during Christie Brinkley’s sensational divorce trial yesterday—which the supermodel insisted be open to the public—as he confessed to a laundry list of sexual excesses including spending $3,000 a month on porn, pleasuring himself on web cams, and trolling swinger... More »

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New York • celebrity trials • pornography • sex • cybersex • Long Island • mistress • swingers • cheating • custody battle • celebrity divorces • Christie Brinkley • Peter Cook

 R. Kelly
 Witness Was
 Threatened 

Kelly staff told Allen she should die for testifying

Jun 18, 08 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The star witness in R. Kelly's child pornography trial said she was threatened for coming forward, AP reports. According to documents unsealed yesterday—a week after Kelly was acquitted—Lisa Van Allen claimed an employee told her she should have been killed for damaging the R&B star. Allen had... More »

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celebrity trials • underage sex • child pornography • R. Kelly • criminal trial • Lisa Van Allen

Deliberations Begin in R. Kelly Sex Tape Trial

Jurors get another look at the video during closing arguments

Jun 12, 08 9:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - Both sides in the R. Kelly child porn case have presented their closing arguments, and the jury will resume deliberating the fate of the R&B singer tomorrow morning, the New York Post reports. Jurors today watched parts of the infamous tape that prosecutors say shows Kelly having sex with... More »

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celebrity trials • trial • underage sex • child pornography • R. Kelly

 Winehouse's Hubby 
 Cops to Assault  

Fielder-Civil pleads guilty in attack on pub owner

Jun 9, 08 12:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Amy Winehouse’s husband pleaded guilty to assaulting a pub owner and perverting the course of justice, the Sun reports. Blake Fielder-Civil, 26, who’s been in prison since his November arrest, hammered out the pleas with his three cohorts during court proceedings last week. His troubled better half made... More »

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London • crime • celebrity trials • celebrity • guilty plea • Amy Winehouse • Blake Fielder Civil • assault

 R. Kelly Case
 Obsesses 
 Over Mole 

Witnesses battle over mark seen in video

Jun 6, 08 12:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - The R. Kelly jury was treated to a short course in video doctoring yesterday, as the rapper's defense team worked to discredit the tape prosecutors say shows him having sex with a very underage girl. The issue is the now-infamous R. Kelly mole the defense says isn't there in the... More »

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celebrity trials • trial • moles • underage sex • child pornography • digital forensics • R. Kelly

Witness: I Had Threesomes With Kelly, Girl

Defense accuses her of extortion, theft, lying; prosecution rests

Jun 3, 08 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A key witness in R. Kelly's child porn trial told the court yesterday how the singer on three occasions videotaped himself having threesomes with her and a girl then believed to be 13, reports the Chicago Tribune. Lisa Van Allen, now 27, believes the sex tape at the heart... More »

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 CSI Star
 Avoids Jail
 in Drug Bust 

Gary Dourdan pleads guilty after being caught with heroin, cocaine, and ecstasy

May 29, 08 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - CSI co-star Gary Dourdan sidestepped 3-4 years in jail yesterday by copping a plea in a case involving cocaine and ecstasy, the AP reports. Dourdan, whose character was killed off in the season finale, pleaded guilty to two counts of felony drug possession after an arrest last month near Palm... More »

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California • celebrity trials • heroin • cocaine • drug possession • CSI • Gary Dourdan

 Naomi Charged in Cop Assault 

April Heathrow tussle lands supermodel in anger-management trouble again

May 29, 08 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Surly supermodel Naomi Campbell was officially charged today with assaulting a police officer, reports the Daily Mail, dating back to an April incident at Heathrow Airport in which she was hauled screaming and spitting from a British Airways jet after a dispute over baggage. The cantankerous catwalker—also slapped... More »

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London • celebrity trials • assault • Heathrow Airport • Naomi Campbell • supermodel

Eleventh-Hour Witness Holds Up R. Kelly Trial

But expect fireworks today as prosecution's big gun testifies

May 29, 08 8:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - The R. Kelly trial will resume today, after the defense called a 24-hour halt so it could interview a surprise new witness. The defense said yesterday that someone called them, promising to undermine the prosecution’s key witness, who is expected to testify that she had a threesome with Kelly... More »

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celebrity trials • child pornography • witness • R. Kelly

Kelly Jurors Watch Child Porn Video

As trial begins, lawyer insists it's not Kelly in fuzzy, 'vile' sex tape

May 21, 08 6:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - The kiddie-porn trial of R&B superstar R. Kelly kicked off yesterday with a viewing of the tape behind it all, E! Online reports. "You will see the sex acts he commands her to do—vile, disturbing, and disgusting sex acts that were choreographed, produced, and starred in by... More »

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celebrity trials • trial • court • child pornography • sex tape • R. Kelly

 Owner Sues
 LiLo Over
 Lifted Mink 

College student seeks unspecified damages after proving actress pilfered much-loved coat

May 20, 08 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Columbia student who claimed Lindsay Lohan swiped her $12,000 fur coat after a night at a New York club is now suing the troubled actress over the unauthorized pilfering, the AP reports. Maria Markova, 22, proved the theft with paparazzi photos of Lohan donning her golden mink and... More »

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New York City • celebrity trials • Lindsay Lohan • fur • celebrity • civil lawsuits

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