Conviction

Actor Danny Masterson, known for his role in “That ’70s Show,” has been transferred to a state prison following his conviction on rape charges involving two women. His recent mugshot, depicting him in an orange jumpsuit, has also been released to the public. A representative from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation confirmed to PEOPLE that the 47-year-old actor was admitted to North Kern State Prison on Wednesday. Masterson is currently undergoing the classification and…

The former congressman was convicted of lying to the FBI and hiding information about illegal campaign contributions by a foreign billionaire Former Republican Rep. Jeff Fortenberry scored a victory Tuesday when an appeals court reversed his conviction for lying to federal authorities about an illegal foreign donation to Fortenberry’s 2016 campaign. The court ruled that the former congressman’s trial took place in the wrong venue. “Fortenberry’s trial took place in a state where no charged…

While Jonathan Majors has been convicted of assault and harassment, members of the legal community believe the actor will get little to any jail time and may have grounds for an appeal — though the career consequences of doing so may outweigh the benefits.  The actor was found guilty of reckless assault in the third degree, a misdemeanor, and of harassment in the second degree, which is a violation. The assault charge carries a maximum sentence of up to one year in jail, but several attorneys said…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeJonathan Majors has been found guilty of assaulting his former girlfriend Grace Jabbari.The Marvel star, 34, was arrested in March in New York after Ms Jabbari accused him of slapping her and throwing her into the car after she exited it, twisting her arm and grabbing and injuring her hand.He previously pleaded not guilty to charges of misdemeanour assault, aggravated harassment,…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeJonathan Majors was found guilty of assaulting his former girlfriend Grace Jabbari on Monday (18 December), following a 10-day trial in New York City.The jury found the Marvel star, 34, guilty of one count of third-degree assault and one count of harassment, but acquitted him of another count of assault and one aggravated harassment count.Majors was arrested in March in New York after…

Before joining Uber as chief security officer in 2015, Joe Sullivan served for two years as a federal prosecutor with the United States Department of Justice, where he specialized in computer hacking and IP issues. He worked on a number of high-profile cases, from the first case in the U.S. of prosecution under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to the prosecution of a hacker who breached NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. More than 20 years after joining the U.S. government to help organizations defend against the…

The decision comes over a year after the disgraced actor was found guilty of lying to the police about a hate crime Jussie Smollett has lost his conviction appeal, the Appellate Court of Illinois decided Friday. The decision comes after the actor sought out a new trial in the case, in which he was found guilty on five counts of felony disorderly conduct regarding his role in a hate crime hoax in 2021. With an Appeals Court in Illinois upholding the lower court’s conviction, Smollett will likely…

Tory Lanez will likely spend at least nine years behind bars after being convicted in the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion, per Deputy Los Angeles County District Attorney Alexander Bott.Bott made this prediction while speaking with reporters on Tuesday afternoon, as seen in the below clip shared by Meghann Cuniff, a leading legal affairs journalist who has extensively covered the case.“The sentencing range on this case is roughly nine years all the way up to 22 years and eight months,” Bott told reporters, adding…

Zimbabwean author and activist Tsitsi Dangarembga has had her conviction for inciting violence by staging a peaceful protest overturned.The critically acclaimed writer was given a six-month suspended sentence and fined 70,000 Zimbabwean dollars (£170) in September 2022 for staging a protest calling for political reform. During the 2020 protest, alongside fellow activist Julie Barnes, Dangarembga held a placard inscribed: “We want better. Reform our institutions.”On Monday, the high court in Harare overturned the verdict…

After his second conviction, former entertainment mogul 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, reports `Variety`. Weinstein has hired California-based attorney Michael Freedman, who will work alongside Jennifer Bonjean, the criminal defence attorney who got Bill Cosby`s conviction overturned. Bonjean will act as Weinstein`s lead counsel for his West Coast appeal. The attorney,…