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2ND UPDATE: Attorney Gloria Allred, who represents a woman who is suing Cuba Gooding Jr. in a civil case that alleges a 2013 sexual assault, said today after the actor’s plea deal that she will pursue the civil case in federal court. read Allred’s full statement here. UPDATED, 12:50 PM: Cuba Gooding Jr. has made a…

UPDATE, Thursday, 12:27 PM PT: A New York Judge granted a motion to vacate the convictions of Muhammad A. Aziz and Khalil Islam in the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X, as District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. apologized for what he called a “decades long injustice.” “I apologize for what were serious, unacceptable…

Eric Adams has been elected the 110th Mayor of New York City. Facing Republican rival and Guardian Angel founder Curtis Sliwa in Tuesday’s vote, the former New York Police Department captain and longtime Brooklyn borough president was declared the winner by AP at 9:10 PM ET — that’s literally mere minutes after the…

Harvey Weinstein could be heading out to Los Angeles within week to face multiple counts of sexual assault. Or not. In a short, but somewhat convoluted virtual hearing this morning, the lawyer for the already imprisoned producer promised to throw a habeas corpus spanner in the works if the proceedings didn't hit the…

With a new indictment coming down from a Los Angeles grand jury, Harvey Weinstein's long delayed extradition hearing in upstate New York to face West Coast justice just hit the pause button anew. Due to objections by the incarcerated producer's East Coast lawyer over the latest developments in the City of Angels…

Over a year after Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison by a New York jury, the Oscar-winning producer on Monday filed his long-pledged appeal of the multiple sex crimes conviction. "Mr. Weinstein was tried in a venue, the atmosphere of which was permeated with negative publicity about him and his…

Harvey Weinstein’s defense team may think his sentence is “obscene,” but mere minutes after the much-accused prodicer was sentenced to almost the maximum for his sex crimes conviction, the Manhattan District Attorney that put the once mighty movie mogul away hailed the 23 years behind bars as giving “hope.” “We thank…

Harvey Weinstein won't be hauled into a City of Angels courtroom on rape charges for at least a few more weeks, but the now convicted and much accused producer is proving a potentially decisive factor in Tuesday’s primary election for Los Angles County District Attorney. As incumbent Jackie Lacey tries to contain the…

As Harvey Weinstein was led off in handcuffs to the Riker’s Island , the New York County District Attorney's office declared a "new day" for sexual assault survivors in America. "This is the new landscape for survivors of sexual assault in America I believe, and this is a new day," said D.A. Cyrus Vance Jr to the…

Defense lawyers for Harvey Weinstein want the judge in the disgraced producer’s rape trial to recuse himself from the New York case after he threatened the Pulp Fiction executive producer yesterday with prison time over incessant cell phone use in court. “These comments reflect the Court’s animus towards the Defendant…

EXCLUSIVE: The second official day of Harvey Weinstein's criminal trial for rape in New York City may be the last – at for a while, if the producer gets his way. Following Weinstein being charged with four counts of sexual assault by the Los Angeles County District Attorney earlier today, lawyers for the much-accused…

Over two years after the first exposés on Harvey Weinstein and allegations of rampant sexual harassment and assaults were first published, the Oscar-winning producer’s criminal trial is set to begin today in New York City, kind of. If found guilty of the five felony charges that he faces based on allegations from two…