NEW YORK — Benjamin Brafman, the high-powered lawyer who was poised to defend Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein against rape and sexual assault allegations in New York, plans to withdraw from the case, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
E. Jean Carroll had publicly shared a secret in June that she had kept largely to herself for more than two decades: Donald Trump, she said, had raped her in the dressing room of an upscale department store in New York City.
NEW YORK — After spending nearly a quarter-century behind bars, John McMillon was counting down to the day that he would be eligible to be released on parole.
NEW YORK — After spending nearly a quarter-century behind bars, John McMillon was counting down to the day that he would be eligible to be released on parole.
NEW YORK — Davon Washington thought he was going to die last year while handcuffed and shackled inside a small, dark cell in an upstate jail more than a hundred miles north of Rikers Island in New York City.
NEW YORK — Actress Annabella Sciorra will testify against Harvey Weinstein at his trial in January on rape and other sex-crime charges, Manhattan prosecutors said in court Monday.
NEW YORK — The Manhattan district attorney is seeking a new grand jury indictment against Harvey Weinstein that would allow actress Annabella Sciorra, who has accused him of rape, to testify at his criminal trial next month.
NEW YORK — Anna Sorokin, the fake German heiress who swindled her way into Manhattan’s elite party circles, was sentenced Thursday to four to 12 years in prison for bilking hotels, banks and a private jet operator out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.12 Aug 2024
NEW YORK — It took only five hours for a jury to convict a Brooklyn, New York, man this month in the high-profile slaying of Karina Vetrano, whose badly beaten body was found partially clothed in a Queens park after she had gone out for a late-afternoon jog.12 Aug 2024
NEW YORK — It took only five hours for a jury to convict a Brooklyn, New York, man this month in the high-profile slaying of Karina Vetrano, whose badly beaten body was found partially clothed in a Queens park after she had gone out for a late-afternoon jog.11 Aug 2024
NEW YORK — A Brooklyn man was found guilty late Monday of murdering a woman while she jogged in a Queens park, ending a trial that had raised questions about coerced confessions, racial profiling and police practices.
NEW YORK — The young man had confessed to beating and strangling Karina Vetrano as she jogged in a Queens park nearly three years ago. Traces of his DNA were found on her neck and cellphone, and underneath her fingernails.
NEW YORK — The case seemed airtight to prosecutors. A young man had confessed to beating a female jogger who died during the attack. His DNA was found on her body.
NEW YORK — In the last couple of weeks, the criminal case against Harvey Weinstein has had all of the makings of one of his own Hollywood dramas: a public breakup with his lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, and a controversy surrounding his new attorneys.10 Aug 2024
NEW YORK — Benjamin Brafman, the high-powered lawyer who was poised to defend Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein against rape and sexual assault allegations in New York, plans to withdraw from the case, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
NEW YORK — A former police commander was acquitted of federal corruption charges Wednesday after a seven-week trial in which prosecutors contended he had done favors for two businessmen in return for lavish gifts, including a junket to Las Vegas with a prostitute.
NEW YORK — A police commander was acquitted of federal corruption charges Wednesday after a seven-week trial in which prosecutors contended he had done favors for two businessmen in return for lavish gifts, including a junket to Las Vegas with a prostitute.
