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USA
Months of distrust inside Trump legal team led to top lawyer’s departure
Donald Trump’s legal team for months has weathered deep distrust and interpersonal conflict that could undermine its defense of the former president as the criminal investigation into his handling of classified documents and obstruction of justice at Mar-a-Lago nears its conclusion. The turmoil inside the legal team only exploded into public view when one of the top lawyers, Tim Parlatore,…
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Breaking News
Queenslanders face three years jail for Facebook posts as legal experts worry about swastika ban
A sweeping law could see Australians jailed for three years for posting what’s deemed ‘offensive’ on Facebook in an attempt to protect minority groups. Queensland’s Labor government has introduced a bill that would dramatically increase the maximum prison sentence for racist, anti-gay or seriously bigoted statements. Inflammatory Facebook posts would be a criminal offence with the legislation covering ‘any form of…
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Life Style
‘I quit the legal profession after I made it big on OnlyFans’
That’s because even though she’s now in the top 0.01% of the website’s creators with 20,000 followers on Instagram, she started her career as a lawyer in California. Speaking this week on Metro.co.uk’s Smut Drop, Jazmen tells host Miranda Kane that it was when she was at law school that she first turned to the sex subscription site for extra…
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Couple's nine-year legal battle after buying £1.5m Cornish mansion only to find it stripped
Steeped in history with its walnut-panelled library, Jacobean oak staircase and secret passageways, Bochym Manor seemed to be the ultimate dream home. At least that is what Martin and Sarah Caton thought when they bought the Grade II*-listed Cornish property for £1.5 million. After agreeing the sale, they found former owner Dr Mark Payne had stripped the building bare, with local…
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News
Legal measures to stop the farce of cloning Umm Kulthum’s voice with artificial intelligence
Producer Mohsen Jaber confirmed that no one dares to use artificial intelligence to evoke the voice of the planet, Mrs. Umm Kulthum, or to use her name and image, as there are eternal, imprescriptible moral rights, including the artist Amr Mostafa, despite his close relationship with him. Producer Mohsen Jaber added, in a statement issued by him, that it is…
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USA
Woman who accuses Rudy Giuliani of sexual harassment files lurid legal documents
Rudy Guiliani made his former business consultant perform oral sex on him while he was on speaker phone to Donald Trump – because it made him feel like Bill Clinton, court papers claim. Noelle Dunphy, 43, is seeking $10 million in damages from the 78-year-old, alleging he forced her to have sex with him and created a hostile work environment…
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Trump rages after sexual abuse verdict but legal woes have only just begun
If the outcome of Donald Trump’s sexual assault trial wasn’t a foregone conclusion, his response to a jury finding he attacked the writer E Jean Carroll was all too predictable. The former president lashed out at the judge as biased and the jurors as “from an anti-Trump area”, meaning liberal New York, after they believed Carroll’s account of the millionaire…
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USA
Legal defense fund raises over $1m for accused in Jordan Neely subway death
An online fundraiser for Daniel Penny, who placed fellow subway rider Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold in a case that has come to symbolize fears over crime, racism and vigilantism, has raised more than $1m for his legal defense. The fundraiser for Daniel Penny, a white former marine, who was charged on Friday with second-degree manslaughter in the death…
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Life Style
Kroy Biermann Seeking Sole Legal and Physical Custody of His and Kim Zolciak’s Kids Amid Divorce
Kroy Biermann is making a custody play amid his divorce from Kim Zolciak. The former NFL player, 37, filed for sole legal and physical custody of his and the Real Housewives of Atlanta alum’s four children, Kroy Jr., 11, Kash, 10, and 9-year-old twins Kane and Kaia, according to legal documents filed to Fulton County Superior Court on May 5 and obtained by E! News…
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Arts
Harvey Weinstein Hires New Legal Team to Appeal L.A. Conviction
After his second conviction, Harvey Weinstein has hired a new legal team to handle his Los Angeles appeal, after he was found guilty by a jury of sexual assault and rape with a judge sentencing him to 16 years. Weinstein has hired California-based attorney Michael Freedman, who will work alongside Jennifer Bonjean, the criminal defense attorney who got Bill Cosby’s…
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