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Weinstein lawyer presses woman over absence of rape evidence

An attorney for Harvey Weinstein peppered a woman with questions Wednesday on the lack of forensic evidence that he raped her in 2013

The Independent UK

Harvey Weinstein ‘victim’ tells trial she felt ‘guilt and disgust’ for letting producer into her hotel room

The woman says that the movie producer raped her in 2013 while she was in Los Angeles for a film festival

Evening Standard

Alan Jackson postpones upcoming weekend concerts to deal with 'health issues'

Alan Jackson postponed a pair of upcoming shows this weekend in Pittsburgh and Atlantic City, New Jersey, citing health concerns.

Los Angeles Times

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Grand jury investigating LA County Sheriff’s Department handling of deputy who knelt on inmate’s head

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors are convening a criminal grand jury to investigate whether the Sheriff’s Department mishandled an incident in which a sheriff’s deputy kneeled on a handcuffed inmate’s head for three minutes, according to documents and interviews.

Los Angeles Times

Grand jury investigating LA County Sheriff's Department handling of deputy who knelt on inmate's head

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors are convening a criminal grand jury to investigate whether the Sheriff’s Department mishandled an incident in which a sheriff’s deputy knelt on a handcuffed inmate’s head for three minutes, according to documents and interviews.

Los Angeles Times

Grand jury investigating LA Sheriff's Department handling of deputy who kneeled on inmate's head

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County prosecutors are convening a criminal grand jury to investigate whether the Sheriff's Department mishandled an incident in which a sheriff's deputy kneeled on a handcuffed inmate's head for three minutes, according to documents and interviews.

Los Angeles Times

Jury finds film Academy member guilty of child molestation

LOS ANGELES — A nine-person jury on Friday found Hollywood architect and film Academy member Jeffrey Cooper guilty of 3 counts of child molestation.

Los Angeles Times

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Dangerous Nottinghamshire driver crashed into car as he tried to escape police

Alan Jackson has now been jailed

Nottingham Post

Face of dangerous driver who had 2 children in car during Nottingham police chase

Police said it was a 'forlorn bid to escape from officers'

Nottingham Post

Dangerous Nottingham driver led police on chase with two kids in the car

He carried on driving despite going over a stinger device

Nottingham Post

Academy member on trial over child molestation charges draws scrutiny

LOS ANGELES — Jeffrey Cooper, a renowned architect and acoustic engineer, carved out a prestigious place in the Hollywood firmament. Over the years he designed movie theaters and sound studios, including an Academy of Television Arts and Sciences theater and more than two dozen of the mixing studios that produced…

Los Angeles Times

Star Maker winner Max Jackson is heading to Nashville

"I just felt so grateful that the judges decided this was my year."

Newcastle Herald

Sacramento carnage ‘came out of the blue,’ says gang intervention worker

As police, policymakers and family members of victims continued to grapple with a deadly shootout in downtown Sacramento Sunday that left six dead and 12 injured, gang intervention experts in the city said the explosion of violence appeared to have sprung up with little warning.

Los Angeles Times

Will Smith would face little more than a slap if charged

Legal experts say Will Smith’s slap seen ’round the world at the Oscars was clearly a crime

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LAPD was right not to investigate Will Smith for ‘slap heard around the world,’ experts say

LOS ANGELES — By the time Will Smith made it back to his seat after smacking Chris Rock across the face in front of a stunned Oscars audience, armchair legal scholars had taken to social media with their hot takes on whether the theatrical slap amounted to a crime.

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