Russell Brand fears US prosecution over sexual assault claims
Comedian’s legal team attempting to delay a civil case filed in New York
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Comedian’s legal team attempting to delay a civil case filed in New York
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Peter Brooks was ‘voluntarily absent’ from his month-long trial because he was on hunger strike
A team led by top human rights lawyer Michael Mansfield KC says they have evidence of British citizens’ involvement in targeted killings of civilians and attacks on hospitals
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‘On any view this is a spectacular fall from grace, to say the least,’ his lawyer said
Under Arnolds Field, tonnes of illegally dumped waste have been burning for years, spewing pollution over the area. Locals fear for their health – and despair that no one seems willing to help
By William Ralston. Read by Sam Swainsbury
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Keiron Charles, 17, died after being stabbed on Erconwald Street, Shepherd's Bush, on Saturday afternoon
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Even if he’s convicted, a jury might decide on a lesser punishment for Luigi Mangione in the trial’s penalty phase
It was a decision that everyone expected to come. But it still had all the drama of a made-for-television legal show: would the government seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering a top health insurance executive on a Manhattan street?
The answer came last week: yes.
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As his attackers are jailed for eight years, Kashti speaks about resilience, recovery after being targeted in attack
As he lay on the floor of a remote Welsh cottage, having been battered by a gang of masked kidnappers and handcuffed to a radiator pipe, musician and record producer Itay Kashti was heartbroken to imagine he would never see his family again.
“I thought: ‘This is it. I’m going to die and this is the end of my story.’ I felt it was the final scene from a movie. I was thinking about my children.”
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Alon, Oren and Tal Alexander used their money and influence to build a sex-trafficking network, prosecutors say
The Alexanders are the ultimate Miami crime story: three brothers from one of Florida’s wealthiest families, opulent real estate, luxury yachts and fast cars; there are drugs, fashion models and A-list celebrities. And, ultimately, a trio who flew too close to the sun, only to crash back down to Earth.
The downfall of the Alexander twins, Alon and Oren, and their elder sibling Tal, is reflected in their current residence, a federal jail in New York ahead of their trial next year. They face charges including rape, sexual assault and the sexual trafficking of dozens of victims.
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Writer and director behind Taxi Driver and American Gigolo accused by former employee in lawsuit
Paul Schrader, the writer of Taxi Driver and director of American Gigolo, has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting his former personal assistant, firing her when she wouldn’t acquiesce to advances and reneging on a settlement that was meant to keep the allegations confidential.
The former assistant, identified in court documents as Jane Doe, sued the filmmaker and his production company on Thursday. She is seeking a judge’s order to enforce the agreement after Schrader said he couldn’t go through with it. The terms, including a monetary payment, were not disclosed.
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