Avenatti likely to testify at trial over Stormy Daniels deal

prince. He noted that the prince was not a party to the agreement.He also said the agreement was “far from a model of clear and precise drafting.”The judge's findings mirrored comments he made during oral arguments by both sides when he was particularly dismissive of the arguments made on the prince's behalf.Giuffre sued the prince in August, saying she was coerced into sexual encounters with the prince in 2001 by Epstein and his longtime companion, Ghislaine Maxwell.Kaplan noted that he was required by law at this stage of the litigation to assume the allegations made by Giuffre are true.“The law prohibits the Court from considering at this stage of the proceedings defendant’s efforts to cast doubt on the truth of Ms.

Revisiting her roses? Clare Crawley had Bachelor Nation buzzing after documenting her recent hangout with former suitor Blake Monar.

Not here for it. Coco Austin‘s attempt to share a video made by her 6-year-old daughter, Chanel, didn’t go so well when the model received rude comments in return.

Not here for it. Abigail Breslin did not hold back when a troll questioned her decision to protect herself against the ongoing coronavirus pandemic — swiftly reminding her followers of her personal loss due to the virus.

NEW YORK -- As Ghislaine Maxwell strode into the courtroom for the first day of her sex-trafficking trial, no photographer was allowed to catch it. Courtroom artist Elizabeth Williams, however, was at the ready and before the hour was up, the curtain-raising scene was transmitted to news outlets around the world.Cameras are generally prohibited in federal court.

A legal document the Duke of York 's lawyer believes will stop the civil sex lawsuit against the royal has been released.

“Fifty percent of all of the sequenced genomes identify themselves as Omicron,” said California Governor Gavin Newsom on Wednesday. He was speaking of the positive Covid tests and wastewater in the state that have been examined for new cases of the variant. Newsom then hinted that numbers to be released today would be even higher.

Phish have announced they’ll be postponing their run of shows at Madison Square Garden over the New Year’s period due to a spike in Omicron cases.The outfit were slated to play four shows at the New York venue from December 29 to January 1, including a three-set performance on New Year’s Eve.

The jury in Ghislaine Maxwell's sex abuse trial began deliberations on Monday after hearing closing arguments over whether the British socialite set up teenage girls to have sexual encounters with the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.

NEW YORK -- The case for and against Ghislaine Maxwell has been made, and as soon as Monday, her fate will rest squarely in the jury's hands.Maxwell, a socialite, has denied allegations from four women who say they were teens when she helped the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse them.

NEW YORK -- Ghislaine Maxwell's defense called another of Jeffrey Epstein's one-time paramours to the stand Friday: a former Miss Sweden, New York City doctor and tabloid fixture who told the jury that she trusted the financier with her young daughters and denied taking part in a group sexual encounter with a key accuser.Eva Andersson-Dubin, 60, testified that she dated Epstein “off and on” from 1983 to the early 1990s, before he dated Maxwell.

The man suspected of killing Jacqueline Avant, the late wife of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Clarence Avant, pleaded not guilty Thursday to fatally shooting her and shooting at her security guard during a burglary in her Beverly Hills, California home.  Aariel Maynor, 29, faces charges of murder, attempted murder, being a felon with a firearm as well as two counts of residential burglary with a person present.

reported by Billboard and would represent one of the most lucrative music catalog deals in industry history – surpassing Bob Dylan’s blockbuster sale of his work to Universal Music Group for around $400 million.Sources told Variety that Springsteen’s sale is a “done” deal and the New York Times reported the agreement was struck in recent weeks.The 72-year-old signed in 1972 with Sony subsidiary Columbia Records, and he has owned the rights to his music since sometime in the 1990s, according to

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterSeveral appellate justices said Wednesday that they worried that Harvey Weinstein had been subjected to “overkill” at his criminal trial in New York last year.Weinstein, the disgraced Hollywood producer, is appealing his conviction on charges of sexual assault and third degree rape, which resulted in a sentence of 23 years in prison.At a hearing before the Appellate Division, First Judicial Department, on Wednesday, three of the five justices expressed serious

NEW YORK -- The prosecution has made its case against Ghislaine Maxwell. Starting Thursday, her defense team takes its turn.Maxwell, a socialite, has denied allegations from multiple women that she helped the millionaire Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse underage girls.

Union members of Wirecutter on Tuesday reached a deal with The New York Times Company after two years of negotiations, clearing the way for wage increases for the next few years.Wirecutter, the product recommendation site owned by The Times, said its union members will get a deal for immediate wage increase of around $5,000 with a 3% raise on average for each year through 2024.The union said its lowest-salaried staff members would get raises of 18%, and the contract also bans the use of

I know we’re all meant to think that ‘Fairytale Of New York’ by The Pogues is the best ever Christmas record, while secretly favouring Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’.