Ryan Salame, part of the 'inner circle' at collapsed crypto exchange FTX, sentenced to prison
A federal judge has sentenced former FTX executive Ryan Salame to more than seven years in prison.
Fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for a cryptocurrency fraud that a prosecutor has described as one of the biggest financial frauds in U.S. history.
FTX chief executive blasts Sam Bankman-Fried for claiming fraud victims will not suffer
The chief executive of the cryptocurrency company Sam Bankman-Fried founded attacked the onetime crypto power player in a letter to a federal judge, saying his claim that customers, lenders and investors were not harmed was callously false.
Prosecutors seek from 40 to 50 years in prison for Sam Bankman-Fried for cryptocurrency fraud
Federal prosecutors are asking a New York judge to sentence FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to between 40 and 50 years in prison for cryptocurrency crimes they described as a โhistoric fraud.โ.
Judge approves Trump's $92 million bond to cover jury award in E. Jean Carroll defamation case
A federal judge has approved the $92 million bond put up by former President Donald Trump to ensure that writer E.
Trump attorneys post $92 million bond to support jury award to E. Jean Carroll in defamation suit
A lawyer for Donald Trump says the former president has secured a bond sufficient to support an $83.3 million jury award granted to writer E.
Judge denies Trump relief from $83.3 million defamation judgment
The federal judge who oversaw a defamation trial that resulted in an $83.3 million award to a longtime magazine columnist who says Donald Trump raped her in the 1990s is refusing to relieve the ex-president from the verdict's financial pinch.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer asks judge to reject 100-year recommended sentence
Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer says a recommended sentence of 100 years in prison for the FTX founder is โgrotesqueโ and โbarbaricโ for cryptocurrency crimes.
Trump's lawyers seek to suspend $83M defamation verdict, citing 'strong probability' it won't stand
Donald Trump's lawyers have asked a New York judge to suspend an $83.3 million defamation verdict against the former president, saying there was a โstrong probabilityโ that it would be reduced on appeal, if not eliminated.
Donald Trump testifies for less than 3 minutes in defamation trial and is rebuked by judge
Former President Donald Trump has testified for a total of less than three minutes at a New York trial where an advice columnist seeks over $10 million in defamation damages against him.
Testy encounters between lawyers and judges a defining feature of Trump's court cases so far
Testy encounters between lawyers for former President Donald Trump and judges have come to be expected as the attorneys carry into the courtroom the bombastic, and often antagonistic, style that defines his campaign trail demeanor.
Expected Trump testimony in sex abuse defamation trial postponed to Wednesday after juror falls ill
A jurorโs illness has abruptly delayed former President Donald Trump's expected testimony until Wednesday in the defamation trial over his comments about E.
Trump's attorney renews call for mistrial in defamation case brought by writer in sex-abuse case
Donald Trump's lawyer has renewed a mistrial request in a New York defamation case against the former president.
Columnist accusing Trump of sex assault faces cross-examination in a New York courtroom
The writer who accused former President Donald Trump of sexually attacking her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s has concluded her testimony in a New York courtroom.
Judge threatens to boot Donald Trump from courtroom over loud talking as E. Jean Carroll testifies
Donald Trump was threatened with expulsion from his Manhattan civil trial after he repeatedly ignored a warning to keep quiet while writer E.
Trump glowers and gestures in court, then leaves to campaign as sex abuse defamation trial opens
Former President Donald Trump left his defamation trial before a lawyer told jurors in an opening statement that Trump had used โthe world's biggest microphoneโ to destroy a New York columnist's reputation after she said he had sexually abused her.
Judge says Trump can wait a week to testify at sex abuse victim's defamation trial
A New York federal judge says former President Donald Trump can wait a week to testify at a defamation trial where he could face millions of dollars in damages after a jury concluded that he sexually abused a columnist in the 1990s.
Notorious 'Access Hollywood' tape to be shown at Trump's defamation trial damages phase next week
A federal judge says the notorious 2005 โAccess Hollywoodโ video in which Donald Trump was caught on a hot mic speaking disparagingly about women over a decade before he became president can be shown to jurors deciding what he owes a columnist he defamed.
Judge blocks Trump lawyers from arguing about columnist's rape claim at upcoming defamation trial
A judge says former President Donald Trump's lawyers can't present legal arguments to a jury assessing damages at a defamation trial this month on a jury's conclusion that he didn't rape a columnist in the mid-1990s.
Judge, citing Trump's 'repeated public statements,' orders anonymous jury in defamation suit trial
A New York judge has cited former President Donald Trump's โrepeated public statementsโ 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.
Prosecutor takes aim at Sam Bankman-Fried's credibility at trial of FTX founder
A prosecutor has attacked the credibility of Sam Bankman-Fried's testimony at his fraud trial, confronting him over whether he was truthful during his public appearances after FTX filed for bankruptcy last year.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testifies outside jury's presence as judge decides what he can say
Sam Bankman-Fried got a test run at testifying at his New York criminal trial when a judge sent jurors home but let him demonstrate portions of his testimony before deciding what jurors will hear.
Appeals panel questions why 'presidential immunity' argument wasn't pursued years ago in Trump case
A federal appeals panel wants to know why lawyers for former President Donald Trump didn't try years ago to deflect a defamation lawsuit from a woman who accused him of sexual assault with a presidential immunity claim.
Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyer fails to hurt credibility of the government's star witness at fraud trial
Sam Bankman-Friedโs lawyer did little to dent the credibility of the governmentโs key witness in the former crypto mogulโs fraud trial Thursday, meandering through a cross-examination of Caroline Ellison that at times left even the judge puzzled and impatient.
Jury sees FTX ads with Tom Brady, Larry David, as fraud case is rolled out against Sam Bankman-Fried
Splashy advertising featuring football star Tom Brady and comedian Larry David was shown to jurors as prosecutors launched a historic fraud case against cryptocurrency maven Sam Bankman-Fried.
Appeals court to quickly consider Trump's presidential immunity claim in sex abuse case
A federal appeals court plans to quickly consider former President Donald Trump's claim that presidential immunity protects him from a New York writer's assertion that he defamed her by saying she fabricated her claim that he sexually attacked her in the 1990s.
Jailed Sam Bankman-Fried can't prepare for trial without vegan diet and adequate meds, lawyers say
Defense lawyers say FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried can't adequately prepare for trial in six weeks while in jail without proper access to computers, necessary medications to help him concentrate, and a better diet than bread, water and peanut butter.
Judge won't delay Trump's defamation claims trial, calling the ex-president's appeal frivolous
A New York federal judge has expressed growing impatience with what he calls ex-President Donald Trump's โrepeated efforts to delayโ a defamation lawsuit, saying he won't stop a January trial for the โfrivolous appealโ of one of his rulings.
Testimony from Sam Bankman-Fried's trusted inner circle will be used to convict him, prosecutors say
Prosecutors say they'll use testimony from FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's โtrusted inner circleโ of former executives at his collapsed cryptocurrency empire against him at an October trial.
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's lawyers say attempt to jail him before trial is wrong
Lawyers for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried say prosecutors are wrong to seek his detention prior to trial because their arguments are based on โinnuendo, speculation, and scant facts.โ.
Prosecutors say FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is harassing a key witness at his upcoming trial
Prosecutors say FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is harassing a key witness against him at his upcoming trial by publicly disclosing personal things she wrote while she was the chief executive at his cryptocurrency hedge fund trading firm.
Judge upholds the $5 million jury verdict against Trump in a writer's sex abuse and defamation case
A federal judge has upheld a $5 million jury verdict against Donald Trump, rejecting the ex-president's claim the jury vindicated him by failing to conclude in a civil case that he raped a columnist in a New York department store in the 1990s.
Donald Trump countersues, seeking to turn tables on woman who accused him of rape
Former President Donald Trump has countersued the advice columnist who accused him of rape, saying she defamed him by continuing to insist she was raped even after a jury declined to agree.
Sam Bankman-Fried could face 2 criminal trials, with prosecution on some charges delayed until 2024
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried may face two criminal trials after a federal judge granted a request by prosecutors to delay a trial on some of the charges until next year.
Judge lets columnist amend defamation claim with over $10 million demand for damages from Trump
A federal judge says a columnist who won a $5 million sexual abuse and defamation jury award against Donald Trump can update a similar lawsuit in a bid for over $10 million more in damages from the ex-president.
Trump rejects last chance to testify at New York civil trial
Former President Donald Trump has rejected his last chance to testify at a civil trial where a longtime advice columnist has accused him of raping her in a luxury department store dressing room in 1996.
NY jury will have wide latitude to decide civil Trump claims
The jury hearing a columnist's claims that she was raped by Donald Trump in the 1990s is likely to have wide latitude in deciding the merits of the civil allegations against the former president when it begins deliberations as early as Tuesday.
Trump accuser says many in her generation didn't report rape
A former magazine columnist who accuses former President Donald Trump of raping her in a department store testified that she didn't call police because she is a โmember of the Silent Generationโ who was taught not to complain.
Judge dismissive of Trump's reasons to skip NY rape trial
A federal judge says he won't let former President Donald Trump's lawyers tell jurors next week that he wants to attend a rape trial but won't because he wants to spare New York City from the disruptions his visit would cause.
Judge: If news taints rape-trial jurors, Trump shares blame
A federal judge has rejected Donald Trump's latest attempt to delay his rape trial, saying the former president cannot make public statements to promote pretrial publicity and then claim its prejudicial to him and reason to delay his trial.
Judge urged to reject Trumpโs effort to delay rape trial
A lawyer for a columnist who says former President Donald Trump raped her over 25 years ago in a Manhattan department store is urging a judge to reject his request to delay this month's civil trial because of publicity about charges in his criminal case.
Trump lawyer seeks monthlong delay in trial over rape claim
An attorney for Donald Trump is seeking a one-month delay in the trial regarding a columnistโs claims that Trump raped her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s.
Will Trump attend his rape trial? Judge wants to know
A federal judge wants to know if ex-President Donald Trump plans to attend a New York trial this month resulting from a columnist's claims that he raped her in a department store dressing room in the 1990s.
FTX founder Bankman-Fried charged with paying $40M bribe
A new indictment charges FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried with directing $40 million in bribes to one or more Chinese officials to unfreeze assets relating to his cryptocurrency business.
Jury sides with Constellation in Corona hard seltzer case
In a case that hinged on the definition of โbeer,โ a federal jury has ruled that Constellation Brands can continue to sell Corona and Modelo hard seltzers in the U.S. Anheuser-Busch InBev and its Mexican subsidiary, Grupo Modelo, sued Constellation in 2021.
Bankman-Fried might use flip phone under stricter bail plan
Prosecutors and attorneys for FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried are requesting the disgraced cryptocurrency entrepreneur be allowed a flip-phone or another device thatโs not a smartphone while on bail.
Judge suggests jail to limit FTX founder's communications
A federal judge is showing growing impatience with FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's use of the internet while on bail, suggesting that incarceration might eventually be the most effective way to prevent him from communicating on electronic devices in ways that canโt be traced.
FTX founder's bail signatories include 2 family friends
Two Stanford University academics signed on to FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's $250 million bail package, enabling him to live with his parents while awaiting trial on fraud charges.
Sam Bankman-Fried summoned to NYC by judge over bail rules
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried has been ordered to return to a New York courtroom Thursday after the judge assigned to his fraud case said he's communicating with others in ways the government can't monitor.
FTX founder heads to court after judge rejects bail request
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried will be in a New York courtroom Thursday for a bail-related hearing despite his lawyers claims that they've settled their differences with prosecutors.
Prince Andrew case cited by woman who accused Trump of rape
Lawyers for a former advice columnist who says Donald Trump raped her in a department store in the 1990s are fighting his efforts to toss out a lawsuit by reminding a judge of his own ruling in a similar lawsuit against Prince Andrew.
Writer who accused Trump of 1990s rape files new lawsuit
A writer who accused former President Donald Trump of rape filed an upgraded lawsuit against him Thursday in New York, minutes after a new state law took effect allowing victims of sexual violence to sue over attacks that occurred decades ago.
Emotional Anthony Rapp: I knew I wasn't Spacey's only victim
Actor Anthony Rapp says he decided to reveal a 30-year-old encounter with Kevin Spacey because he knew he wasn't the only person Spacey had made inappropriate sexual advances on.
Trump angrily lashes out after his deposition is ordered
Former President Donald Trump angrily lashed out in a statement after a judge ordered him to answer questions under oath next week in a defamation lawsuit filed by a writer who says he raped her in the mid-1990s.
Judge: Trump delays on rape accuser's claims in 'bad faith'
A judge says former President Donald Trump's legal moves aimed at delaying a rape accuser's defamation claims from reaching trial are in bad faith and so far succeeding.
Donald Trump's DNA, not deposition sought in defamation suit
A lawyer says she will not seek to depose ex-President Donald Trump in a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who accused him of rape because she wants to speed the case toward trial.
Prince Andrew effort to toss sex assault suit hits roadblock
A judge appears to be mostly dismissive of arguments by a lawyer for Prince Andrew who wants rejection of a lawsuit alleging the prince sexually assaulted a 17-year-old American who was trafficked by Jeffrey Epstein.
Judge: Prince Andrew can't halt lawsuit with domicile claim
A judge has rejected Prince Andrew's attempt to block the progression of a lawsuit by claiming that a woman who says he sexually assaulted her when she was 17 doesn't live in the U.S. Judge Lewis A.
Prince Andrew: Accuser cannot sue because she isn't in US
Lawyers for Prince Andrew say a lawsuit by an American who claims he sexually abused her when she was 17 may need to be thrown out because she no longer lives in the U.S. The lawyers said in a Manhattan federal court filing Tuesday that they've recently discovered that Virginia Giuffre has lived in Australia all but two of the last 19 years.
Judge: Prince Andrew sex lawsuit trial likely in late 2022
The U.S. district judge presiding over a lawsuit in which an American woman claims she was sexually assaulted by Prince Andrew says a trial would probably occur late next year.
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Judge in Prince Andrew suit says key document can be secret
The New York judge assigned to a lawsuit alleging Prince Andrew sexually abused an American when she was 17 says a 2008 legal agreement that his lawyer says would protect him against the claims can remain secret.
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Judge rejects delay to defamation suit against Donald Trump
A judge has rejected a request by lawyers for former President Donald Trump to delay progression of a defamation lawsuit while an appeals court decides if the United States can be substituted as the defendant.
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Lawyer for Prince Andrew vows he'll fight 'baseless' lawsuit
An attorney for Britainโs Prince Andrew went on the offensive Monday against a new lawsuit filed by a woman who says she was coerced into having sex with the royal at age 17.
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Prince Andrew's lawyers question service of legal documents
A U.S. court will hold a pretrial conference Monday in the civil suit filed by a woman who claims Prince Andrew sexually assaulted her as the two sides argue over whether the prince has been properly served with documents in the case.
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Fed lawyers: Trump not liable for 'crude' remarks at accuser
Justice Department lawyers say Donald Trump cannot be held personally liable for โcrude and disrespectfulโ remarks he made while president about a woman who accused him of rape.
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4 men convicted in 1993 WTC bombing have had sentences cut
In the last year, four men implicated in the 1993 bombing have won reductions to their sentences after one part of their convictions was dropped to be consistent with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. Nidal Ayyad, 53, Mohammad A. Salameh, 53, and Mahmud Abouhalima, 61, could be freed if they each live to be 100. AdThe bombers who had their sentences reduced were arrested in the intense FBI probe that followed the blast. In a 2012 memorandum, Duffy called Yousef โa cold-blooded killer, completely devoid of conscience.โAdIn a second trial, he was convicted as the mastermind of the 1993 bombing. Eyad Ismoil, 49, also convicted in the 1993 attack, is serving a 210-year sentence.
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Judge: US can't replace Trump in accuser's defamation suit
E. Jean Carroll, who says President Donald Trump raped her in the 1990s, leaves the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse following a hearing in her defamation lawsuit against Trump, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, in New York. A federal judge on Tuesday denied President Donald Trump's request that the United States replace him as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit alleging he raped a woman in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)NEW YORK โ President Donald Trumpโs request that the United States replace him as the defendant in a defamation lawsuit, which alleges he raped a woman in a Manhattan department store in the 1990s, was denied Tuesday by a federal judge. โThe President of the United States is not an employee of the Government within the meaning of the relevant statutes,โ Kaplan wrote. โEven if he were such an employee, President Trumps allegedly defamatory statements concerning Ms. Carroll would not have been within the scope of his employment."
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Trump rape accuser arrives to court for oral arguments
FILE - In this March 4, 2020, photo, E. Jean Carroll talks to reporters outside a courthouse in New York. Federal lawyers asked a court Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, to allow a legal move that could put the American people on the hook for any money she might be awarded. Justice Department attorneys say Trump had to respond in June 2019 to accusations Carroll made against him in a book because the claims related to his fitness for office. The arguments are taking place in Manhattan federal court before Judge Lewis A. Kaplan. Terrell said the state had been added to jurisdictions from which the state of New York bans travel.