Culture news

Roman Polanski to face trial in US on rape lawsuit in 2025

Director Roman Polanski is sued over more allegations of sexual assault. He will face a civil trial in Los Angeles in 2025 for allegedly raping a teenager in 1973.

13 March 2024

Culture news

'Rust' armourer found guilty over fatal on set shooting

'Rust' weapons supervisor Hannah Gutierrez-Reed has been convicted of involuntary manslaughter in fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by Alec Baldwin on the movie set.

7 March 2024

Culture news

Roman Polanski on trial in Paris on defamation charges

The controversial filmmaker goes on trial in Paris for defamation after describing British actress Charlotte Lewis's accusations of sexual assault against him as an "odious lie".

5 March 2024

Culture news

Jam Master Jay killing: Two men found guilty of murder of Run-DMC star

Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay’s godson Karl Jordan Jr and childhood friend Ronald Washington were convicted of killing the DJ, nearly 22 years after rap star's death.

28 February 2024

Culture news

Armourer goes on trial for Rust set shooting accident

The trial related to the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of Rust begins today.

22 February 2024

Culture news

What to know about the bizarre ‘Hotel California’ stolen lyrics trial

The handwritten lyrics to the Eagles’ megahit first went missing in the 1970s. Three men are accused of conspiring to illegally own and sell them in a complex trial that opens Wednesday.

21 February 2024

Italy

Waiting for 8 years: Will there finally be justice for Giulio Regeni?

Eight years after his death, no arrest has been made for the killing of Italian graduate Giulio Regeni. But the murdered student has hardly been forgotten in his home country, where a new trial has just begun.

20 February 2024

World News

Trial without a lawyer: Cuts leave UK families without lawyers

Going to trial without representation? That's what more and more people in England and Wales are facing.

6 February 2024

Culture news

Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty to new involuntary manslaughter charge

Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin faces up to 18 months in prison if convicted. He remains free pending trial under conditions that include not possessing firearms, consuming alcohol or leaving the country.

1 February 2024

Pakistan

Pakistan sentences Imran Khan and wife to 14 years in prison

Pakistan's former prime minister is already serving a three-year jail term for corruption.

31 January 2024

Culture news

Jam Master Jay’s murder trial begins in New York, decades after death

The hip-hop star was killed in 2002 at his recording studio at age 37. Two men in his inner circle now face trial, accused of murdering him over a failed drug deal.

30 January 2024

Culture news

Alec Baldwin charged with involuntary manslaughter

A grand jury in New Mexico has charged the actor for involuntary manslaughter related to the shooting on the 'Rust' film set that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

20 January 2024

Poland

Poland's president to pardon former politicians arrested on Tuesday

Duda already pardoned them in 2015, though legal experts argued these pardons were illegal at the time.

11 January 2024

Culture news

Salman Rushdie stabbing trial postponed due to forthcoming memoir

It has been ruled that Salman Rushdie's attacker is allowed to seek material related to Rushdie's upcoming memoir about the attack before standing trial. A new date has not yet been set.

4 January 2024

Culture news

Why might the trial of Salman Rushdie's attacker be delayed?

The man charged with repeatedly stabbing Rushdie is reportedly entitled to the manuscript of the author's new memoir, “Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder,” as part of his trial preparation.

3 January 2024

Culture news

Jonathan Majors found guilty of assault and dropped by Marvel

Jonathan Majors has been found guilty of assault and dropped by Marvel, throwing years of Disney's plans into disarray. Here's what you need to know.

19 December 2023

Culture news

Jonathan Majors trial: Accuser recounts night of assault

Grace Jabbari has testified against her then-partner, the rising Hollywood film actor Jonathan Majors, whose career-halting arrest this past spring for assault could see him booted off various screen projects.

6 December 2023

China

The biggest prosecution yet is underway in Hong Kong taking pro-democracy activists to trial

Some of Hong Kong’s best-known pro-democracy activists went on trial Monday in the biggest prosecution yet under a law imposed by China’s ruling Communist Party to crush dissent.

29 November 2023

France

French serial killer's ex-wife on trial

Monique Olivier, the ex-wife of France's most notorious serial killer Michel Fourniret, is on trial again as an accomplice in the kidnapping and murder of three other females.

28 November 2023

Culture news

Rapper Young Thug's lyrics used against him on opening day of trial

Prosecutors portrayed the YSL crew as a "pack" with Young Thug as its "wolf" in their opening statement.

28 November 2023