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Scrubs and Californication co-executive producer Eric Weinberg was arrest today by the LAPD on multiple sexual assault charges. The arrest is related to a series of rapes and more that the police say occurred between 2012 and 2019.

Two men arrested last year in the deaths of model Christy Giles and her architect friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola have now been charged with murder, rape and accessory after the fact charges by the Los Angeles County District Attorney.

Almost a year after Harvey Weinstein was extradited to Los Angeles to face rape and other multiple sex crimes charges, the incarcerated former producer today learned when his trial will begin.

New York Post that his fellow inmates recognize him from the Hollywood Bowl incident.“They come up to me and ask, ‘Hey, are you the guy who went up to Dave Chappelle?'” Lee said. “I feel safer here right now than being outside because I’m going to need to find and hire security.”On Sunday, Lee said that he rushed the stage and tackled the comedian to send him a message about his “triggering” jokes. “I wanted him to know that next time, he should consider first running his material by people it could affect,” the 23-year-old stated, referencing his history with homelessness and sexual abuse, as well as his bisexual identity.

charged with attacking Dave Chappelle during a stand-up show, has been charged in a separate case with attempted murder.On Thursday (May 19), the Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon announced his office had filed an attempted murder charge against Lee, 23, for allegedly stabbing his roommate at a transitional housing apartment during a fight on December 2.According to police, publicity generated from the attack against Chappelle at the Hollywood Bowl on May 3 helped the alleged victim of the stabbing identify Lee.In a statement, Gascon said: “The publicity generated by the attack on Mr. Chappelle helped police solve this crime.

Isaiah Lee, the man who attacked Dave Chapelle in the middle of his May 3 comedy set at the Hollywood Bowl, has been arrested for attempted murder after allegedly stabbing his roommate.Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Thursday that his office filed the charge against the 23-year-old suspect, to which Lee has plead not guilty.“The publicity generated by the attack on Mr. Chappelle helped police solve this crime,” said District Attorney Gascón.

Just days after Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón's office declined to file felony charges against Dave Chappelle’s alleged attacker, Isaiah Lee, Gascón stood in front of media members to "clear up" what he described as "a substantial level of misinformation and misunderstanding concerning the Dave Chappelle case." "In the city of L.A. as it is the case with nine other cities in the county, which amounts for about 50% of the population of the county – we have city prosecutors that handle misdemeanors," Gascón said on Tuesday.

Thania Garcia After the disastrous events of last year’s Astroworld, the murder of Drakeo the Ruler at the Banc of California Stadium last December and the recent attack on comedian Dave Chapelle, venue security has become a pressing issue for governing officials.Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón addressed the need for new security measures in a speech Tuesday and responded to Chapelle and his attorney’s request to reconsider the Hollywood Bowl attack as a felony, rather than a misdemeanor.After Isaiah Lee tackled Chappelle onstage during the comedian’s set at the Netflix Is a Joke festival last week, Chappelle’s attorney, Gabriel Colwell, told Rolling Stone: “We request that DA Gascón reconsider, correct this mistake and charge this as a felony.” “Entertainers in Los Angeles need to know that the justice system will protect them on stage,” said Colwell.Gascón, however, responded to Chapelle and his attorney in his address today underlining the fact that there have been “many miscommunications.”He said: “We have city prosecutors that handle misdemeanors, they have the jurisdiction. Mr.

The man who allegedly attacked Dave Chappelle on stage at his Hollywood Bowl show on Tuesday will NOT face felony charges.

The Los Angeles District Attorney's Office’s decision not to bring felony charges against Dave Chappelle’s alleged onstage attacker has already sent shockwaves through the world of entertainment, and live venue owners across the country are coming down hard on what they say is DA George Gascón’s lack of justice. "This is shocking to hear," New York comedy club owner Dani Zoldan told Fox News Digital Thursday. "The individual that attacked Dave Chappelle did so with a knife. It was planned in advance.

The man who attacked Dave Chappelle during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl Tuesday will not face felony charges despite carrying a replica pistol with a folding knife blade affixed to it. Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón’s office declined Thursday to file felony charges against Isaiah Lee, 23, who was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after he tackled Chappelle.

LA County District Attorney George Gascón, left, swears in members of his LGBTQ+ Advisory Board. Photo: LA County District Attorney’s Office.

life in prison with a minimum of 150 years for the murder of philanthropist Jacqueline Avant, wife of celebrated music executive Clarence Avant.Maynor, 30, broke into the Avant family home on Dec. 1, and shot Jacqueline Avant in the back. About an hour later, he was taken into custody in the Hollywood Hills after shooting himself while burglarizing a second home.

declined to file a police report against Will Smith after the actor slapped the comedian on stage at the Oscars, there’s a chance that he’s not out of the woods when it comes to legal liability or criminal charges.In terms of what action the LAPD could take, criminal defense attorney Lara Yeretsian says that if Rock is uninterested in charges being filed, it would take the LAPD claiming something like disturbing the peace for them to bring charges, but such a move would be “highly unlikely.” “Law enforcement is going to walk away from this. Not with a non-cooperating witness. They need him,” Yeretsian told TheWrap.

Just six weeks before Ron Jeremy’s trial on multiple rape charges is scheduled to start, a judge this morning hit the pause button so the ex-porn star could receive psychiatric evaluations.

Facing a recall effort and a rising tide of resentment on the mounting crime wave in Los Angeles County, District Attorney George Gascon is revising his approach – but keeping his opposition to the death penalty.

A woman was just stabbed in broad daylight at a Foot Locker in Los Angeles — all because some sneakers were being released.

In one particular, progressive Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón doesn’t differ from his predecessors: He is against opening court and prosecutorial behavior in the Roman Polanski sex case to public inspection—at least not until the fugitive Polanski returns from abroad to face sentencing.

Angela Kukawski, a business manager who worked with members of the Kardashian family, was found dead inside her car on December 23, according to a statement today from the Los Angeles Police Department. Kukawski, who worked at Boulevard Management in Woodland Hills, was 55.

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suspect arrested for Jacqueline Avant's death has been charged with murder.Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced on Monday that a man was charged with killing music legend Clarence Avant's wife and trying to kill her security guard during a robbery, per the LA County's press release.The 29-year-old Los Angeles native was charged with one count each of murder, attempted murder, and felony with a firearm, as well as two counts of residential burglary with a person present.

Robert Durst has been found guilty of killing his longtime friend Susan Berman more than 20 years ago.

Ron Jeremy has been indicted on more than 30 counts of sexual assault, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Wednesday.He is accused of sexually assaulting more than 20 women over a 23-year span dating back to 1996.“Far too often, survivors of sexual assault suffer in isolation,” Gascón said.

Behind bars for over a year, Ron Jeremy was in court again today to now face the hard justice of a Grand Jury.

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that five people were arrested Tuesday in the February shooting of  30-year-old Ryan Fischer, Lady Gaga’s dog walker and theft of two of her French bulldogs.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon, who took office in December, has weighed in on the alleged pervasive culture of racial discrimination and sexual misconduct against workers at legendary West Hollywood industry hangout the Chateau Marmont. The claims first surfaced in a September 2020 investigation in The Hollywood Reporter.

Another California prosecutor has criticized newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon for his expansive policy changes that have "decimated the rights of crime victims" and vowed to never let him have authority over a case originating in her jurisdiction.  In a Monday letter obtained by KTTV, the Fox-owned TV station in Los Angeles, Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert told Gascon many of his directives are "illegal and unconstitutional." "I will never

New Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon’s decision to backtrack on criminal enhancements will come into play in the hate crime slaying of a praying coronavirus patient. Jesse Martinez, 37, is accused of beating 82-year-old David Hernandez-Garcia to death on Dec.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón defended his decision to issue directives ordering prosecutors not to pursue legally prescribed enhanced sentences in a variety of cases. After the Association of Deputy District Attorneys for Los Angeles County (ADDA) sued Gascón, claiming that the blanket policies violate state law, Gascón claimed that harsher sentences only cause more problems.

Prosecutors in Los Angeles County are asking a judge for an order that would keep them from enforcing new directives from District Attorney George Gascón that would require them to be lenient in their sentencing recommendations for specified types of offenders. The Association of Deputy District Attorney's for Los Angeles County (ADDA) claimed in a lawsuit filed that the directives would mean violating state laws that require enhanced sentences in certain cases.

LOS ANGELES – A special adviser to L.A. District Attorney George Gascón is being accused of going behind the backs of the prosecutor and victim family in a gang murder case to offer a secret "sweetheart" plea deal to the defendant in the case via his public defender, who serves of Gascón’s public policy committee.

LOS ANGELES – Community groups and even some of his own prosecutors felt blindsided when, in his first week in office, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon announced that his sweeping plan for criminal justice reform included a blanket end to sentencing enhancements — including for hate crimes.

A mother in Los Angeles County says she feels "sick" after learning that special circumstance charges against three of the men accused of murdering her 20-year-old son and throwing him off a cliff were dismissed Friday under new District Attorney George Gascon’s sweeping reforms. Desiree Andrade told FOX11 Los Angeles that the death of her son, Julian Andrade, left her devastated and that Gascon’s office has yet to reach out to her about the case.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon on Friday appeared to say that people yelling at him were too uneducated to not interrupt him while he was speaking in front of a Pomona courthouse, according to a report.

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon has backtracked on criminal sentencing enhancements, just days after announcing he would get rid of them with "no exceptions" in a short-lived policy. Enhancements are policies that make certain behaviors extra punishable under specific circumstances, like speeding in a school zone or committing a crime while having a prior conviction.

Los Angeles County’s new district attorney, George Gascon, is facing major pushback from his own prosecutors for his extreme liberal policies, including ending cash bail and the death penalty. Orange County, Calif. District Attorney Todd Spitzer argued Gascon is "so far off the reservation" with his policies.