Danny Elfman Loses Bid to Dismiss Defamation Lawsuit
Danny Elfman has lost a bid to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought by fellow composer Nomi Abadi over statements he made to Rolling Stone in 2023 that were included in an investigative piece about a secret sexual harassment settlement made with his former protégé. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gail Killefer ruled that Abadi’s lawsuit […]
Trump urges judge to dismiss hush money case, blasting DA’s death analogy as ‘unhinged’
Lawyers for Donald Trump called prosecutors’ suggestion that he be treated like a defendant who’s died a “dark dream scenario” and “irresponsible,” while again urging a New York judge to make the hush money conviction against their client go away. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office had suggested Judge Juan Merchan apply a process known […]
Appeals court agrees to dismiss Trump’s classified documents case
An appeals court on Tuesday agreed to dismiss charges related to Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents, effectively ending Special Counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of Trump. Smith’s office on Monday sought to dismiss charges, first made in June 2023, against Trump on allegations that he willfully retained national defense information after he left office and […]