NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has told the public for years what he thinks of E. Jean Carroll, the writer who claims he sexually assaulted her in the 1990s. Now he has a chance to talk to a jury about her — but within limits he might well test. Trump could testify … Read more
(Reuters) – Donald Trump should not be forced to testify as to his own guilt or face strict warnings about crossing red lines in his remarks should the former U.S. president choose to testify in a defamation trial set to begin this week, his legal team argued on Sunday. Trump is due to face a … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge late Saturday said former President Donald Trump’s lawyers can’t present legal arguments to a jury assessing damages at a defamation trial on a jury’s conclusion last year that he didn’t rape a columnist in the mid-1990s. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan made the determination in an order in … Read more
Blueface has been hit with a lawsuit by Soulja Boy’s baby mama after claiming he slept with her the day before her baby shower … among other things. According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Jackilyn Martinez beelined it to court Friday … claiming Blueface made false and defamatory statements about her and her … Read more
Rudy Giuliani asked Newsmax host Greg Kelly for some assistance after the former New York mayor was ordered to pay $148 million to two Georgia election workers for spreading lies about their work during the 2020 election. The ex-Trump personal attorney, following the verdict in the civil defamation trial on Friday, swiftly replied after Kelly … Read more
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former President Donald Trump cannot assert presidential immunity from a defamation lawsuit by writer E. Jean Carroll, who accused him of rape, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Wednesday, dealing him another setback in litigation she has pursued. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld a federal judge’s … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York federal judge cited former President Donald Trump’s “repeated public statements” Friday among reasons why a jury will be anonymous when it considers damages stemming from a defamation lawsuit by a writer who says Trump sexually abused her in the 1990s. Judge Lewis A. Kaplan issued an order establishing … Read more
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday dismissed Brett Favre’s defamation lawsuit against fellow retired NFL player Shannon Sharpe, ruling that Sharpe used constitutionally protected speech on a sports broadcast when he criticized Favre’s connection to a welfare misspending case in Mississippi. U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett ruled that Sharpe, a former tight … Read more
Elon Musk has been on something of a suing spree lately, but on Monday Twitter’s new owner was hit with a fresh inbound lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges that Musk defamed a California man after the owner of X (formerly Twitter) claimed that the recent college graduate was a federal agent operating undercover with a neo-Nazi … Read more
A$AP Rocky and his lawyer Joe Tacopina have each been sued by A$AP Relli for defamation, Rolling Stone experiences. The lawsuit focuses on statements made after Rocky was charged and sued for allegedly taking pictures Relli in a November 2021 incident. In August 2022, Rocky pleaded not responsible to 2 expenses of assault with a … Read more