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☆ Trump rape case: A judge postponed one of E. Jean Carroll's defamation claims against the former president — but her sexual assault claim will still be heard in April
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

One of E. Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuits against Donald Trump was postponed Monday. The DC Court of Appeals has yet to weigh in on whether Trump can even be sued in the case. After Trump loudly denied Carroll's allegations in statements to the press, calling her a liar and saying she was not his type, Carroll sued him for defamation. That lawsuit also includes claims for defamation for Trump's continued denials of her rape allegations after he left the White House. Trump's lawyers and the DOJ argue that his statements to the media about Carroll were part of his duties as president.

☆ Donald Trump rape accuser E. Jean Carroll can share his infamous Access Hollywood tape to support her defamation claim, judge rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Carroll sued Trump when he loudly denied her claim that he raped her in the mid-1990s. Thus, in order to prevail on her libel claim, Ms. Carroll must prove that Mr. Trump sexually assaulted her," Kaplan wrote in his ruling. "Mr. Trump's alleged sexual assaults on Mss. Indeed that surely is why Mr. Trump seeks to exclude it." Representatives for Trump and Carroll did not immediately return Insider's request for comment on Judge Kaplan's ruling Friday.

☆ The Supreme Court lets police officers avoid being sued after they arrested an Ohio man for making fun of cops on Facebook
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Supreme Court declined to take up his case, effectively allowing the police officers to avoid the lawsuit. Novak appealed that decision to the Supreme Court, even getting the satirical news site The Onion to write an amicus brief. The Supreme Court regularly takes on less than 1% of the case petitions it receives every year, according to News 5 Cleveland. In recent years there has been an effort in the US to end qualified immunity protections for police officers. The George Floyd Justice in Police Act was passed by the House in 2020 and included a section restricting qualified immunity for police officers.

☆ Donald Trump doesn't want his vulgar 'Access Hollywood' tape mentioned at his rape accuser's defamation trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Ashley Collman | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump's lawyers asked to have his infamous Access Hollywood tape banned from an upcoming trial. The request to exclude the "Access Hollywood" tape was made in the defamation case. Trump's lawyers argued in court filings Thursday that the "Access Hollywood" tape "must be precluded" from trial because it is "irrelevant and highly prejudicial." In the tape, a hot mic captured Trump bragging to "Access Hollywood" host Billy Bush in 2005 about groping women without their consent. Trump has denied ever sexually assaulting anyone and has dismissed his "Access Hollywood" comments as "locker-room talk."

☆ Trump rape case: Judge denies former president's last-minute offer to provide DNA
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A federal judge denied Trump's last-minute offer to provide DNA in the rape case against him. Last week, Trump offered a sample to be tested against DNA found on E. Jean Carroll's dress. Last week, Trump's legal team made a last-minute offer to provide a DNA sample, just two months before the first trial is scheduled to start. Kaplan has previously complained about Trump's legal team holding up the case with delay after delay. Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan (no relation to the judge), wrote in a letter to the court last week that the offer from Trump was a "bad faith" delay tactic.

☆ Trump rape case: After 3 years, the former president finally agrees to submit DNA. Here's why it could be too late.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Ashley Collman | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Trump is now willing to submit a DNA sample for his civil rape case in NY, new court papers say. Trump's sudden willingness to submit a DNA sample — something requested by his accuser for three years — was confirmed in court papers Friday. Carroll's lawyers said they planned to respond to Trump's DNA offer later Friday. A photo from the lab report that Donald Trump rape accuser E. Jean Carroll submitted in January, 2020 as part of her defamation lawsuit against the former president. Letting Trump's DNA into the case would be an 11th-hour roll of the dice for both sides.

☆ Judge loses patience as Trump's lawyers ask for another delay in his rape trial: 'Things keep happening in this case involving your client'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump's lawyers asked a judge to push his rape trial from mid-April to early June. In October, Kaplan denied Trump's request to delay sitting for a deposition in the first lawsuit. Joe Tacopina was hired last month to represent Trump in the second trial, which is slated to start April 17. The first trial has an April 10 trial date but is in limbo due to a pending appeals court decision. He'll be ready for trial by the first week of June, Tacopina said, "come hell or high water."

☆ Manhattan DA was 'weeks' away from filing criminal charges against Trump in 2020, when he was still president, former prosecutor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-07 | by ( Ashley Collman | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Manhattan DA's office was weeks away from filing criminal charges against Trump at the end of 2020. Pomerantz resigned from the office when new DA Alvin Bragg decided against pursuing a Trump indictment. Pomerantz was initially brought onto the Trump investigation as a consultant at the end of 2020 by the inquiry's leading prosecutor, Carey Dunne. Investigators wanted to charge Trump for allegedly undervaluing his stake in 40 Wall Street, a building in lower Manhattan. The Manhattan DA's investigation into Trump never resulted in charges, after Alvin Bragg took over as the new DA in January 2022.

☆ Jeffrey Epstein's estate says it's not responsible for Leon Black allegedly raping a woman at Epstein's apartment
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-02 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Lawyers representing Jeffrey Epstein's estate want out of a sex assault lawsuit against Leon Black. Cheri Pierson claims Epstein set up a massage for Black, where Black raped her in 2002. Epstein's lawyers say there isn't enough evidence that Epstein was negligent. "Plaintiff does not even clearly allege that Epstein was at the townhouse when the alleged rape occurred," lawyers for Epstein's estate wrote. Pierson claims that Epstein knew Black had "sexual deviant needs," but the Epstein lawyers said that's too "vague" an assertion, and "does not establish that Epstein knew or should have known that Black was a rapist who would rape" her.

☆ Trump's go-to attorney Alina Habba is withdrawing from E. Jean Carroll's rape claim. Last month, a federal judge sanctioned her $1 million for bad lawyering.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Alina Habba is withdrawing from representing Donald Trump in E. Jean Carroll's rape claim. Habba told Insider she continues to be dedicated to Trump. The move comes two weeks after a federal judge in Florida sanctioned Habba and Trump in a separate case and fined them $1 million. In a statement provided to Insider, Habba told Insider she was dedicated to representing Trump in court. "While I appreciate the left-wing media's attempt to fabricate any story to fit their narrative, I am so happy to have Joe step in and assist," Habba told Insider.

☆ Trump hired Natalee Holloway's suspected killer's lawyer to defend him in E. Jean Carroll defamation case
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump hired one of the most famous criminal defense attorneys to represent him against E. Jean Carroll. Carroll has accused Trump of sexual battery and defamation. Tacopina told the Post that he has no issues defending accused criminals. I like the high stakes," Tacopina told the Times. Van der Sloot was never tried for Natalee Holloway's murder, but remains the primary suspect in the unsolved case.

☆ A 6th Memphis police officer was taken off the force over Tyre Nichols' death. But he'll still be paid while his role is investigated.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Natalie Musumeci | Ashley Collman | Haven Orecchio-Egresitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Officer Preston Hemphill has been placed on paid leave in connection to the fatal arrest of Tyre Nichols. He is the sixth Memphis police officer to be taken off the force following Nichols' death. Officer Preston Hemphill is now on paid administrative leave "pending the outcome of the investigation," a spokesman for the Memphis Police Department told Insider. Lee Gerald, an attorney representing Hemphill, told Insider that his client "was the third officer at the inital stop of Mr. On Friday, officials released video of Nichols' arrest, which shows him being tased, pepper sprayed, and punched multiple times.

☆ This timeline shows everything we know — and what we don't — about the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and 8 other people
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Alexandra Ma | Ashley Collman | Rosie Perper | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Thursday marks the three-year anniversary of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant. The eight others in the helicopter, including Bryant's daughter Gianna, also died in the crash. The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the crash. The retired NBA star Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on January 26, 2020. The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration investigated the crash.

☆ Prince Andrew wants to overturn his multi-million settlement with Virginia Giuffre. Experts say it's a 'foolhardy effort.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Prince Andrew wants to overturn his settlement with Virginia Giuffre, according to news reports. Giuffre claims Epstein sex-trafficked her to Andrew when she was 17 years old. Representatives for the prince and Giuffre did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment on Wednesday. Overall, Filitti described the idea of trying to overturn the settlement as a "foolhardy effort." "If Prince Andrew wants to rehabilitate his image, perhaps he should do so in a way that doesn't remind the public about the seamier aspects of his private life," Filitti said.

☆ Trump said he 'can't think of any complaints' when asked if he ever forcibly kissed a woman; 26 have accused him of sexual assault
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( Laura Italiano | Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Excerpts of Trump's deposition were released Friday in author E. Jean Carroll's defamation case. Asked by Carroll's lawyer if he ever forcibly kissed a woman, Trump said he "can't think of any complaints." At least 26 women have accused Trump of sexual assaults dating back to the 1970s; he has denied them all. Carroll's lawyer, Roberta Kaplan, asked Trump during the October 19 sworn deposition, which he taped from Mar-a-Lago. "Well, I don't — I can't think of any complaints," Trump answered, according to the transcript unsealed Friday.

☆ Trump called E. Jean Carroll's lawyer a 'political operative' and 'a disgrace' during a contentious deposition, and threatened to sue her
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Portions of Trump's deposition in E. Jean Carroll's defamation suit were unsealed Friday. In it, he attacks Carroll's attorney, Roberta Kaplan, threatening to sue her personally. At another point in the deposition Trump referred to Kaplan as being friends with "Cuomo." Carroll's deposition currently has a trial date set for April 10, but it's unclear if it will make it that far. Carroll initially wasn't able to sue Trump for the alleged assault, because the statute of limitations had expired.

☆ Trump tried to fight E. Jean Carroll's defamation lawsuit in court on Tuesday. Here's a rundown of where all the litigation stands.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

E. Jean Carroll, who alleges Trump raped her, sued him for defamation more than three years ago. Carroll filed a second lawsuit in November, adding a defamation claim and accusing him of battery. Five months later, Carroll sued Trump for defamation, alleging he attacked her reputation by claiming she made the story up. Trump won't be able to invoke the Westfall Act in Carroll's second lawsuit, which means at least one of her defamation claims will likely move forward. If the DC Circuit allows Carroll's first lawsuit to proceed, a trial could happen in the next few months.

☆ Trump is headed to court Tuesday to argue that presidents can't be sued for defamation. Here's what's at stake.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

An appeals court is set to weigh in on E. Jean Carroll's defamation suit against Donald Trump. Trump and the DOJ argue that he can't be personally sued for statements he made in office. Carroll sued Trump for defamation in November 2019, saying her career suffered "as a direct result of Trump's defamatory statements." Seth Wenig/APThe Westfall Act protects government employees from being sued for actions in the line of their work. Because he made those comments after leaving the White House, he won't be able to claim Westfall Act protection.

☆ Video shows Southwest pilot handing out coffee to stranded passengers as airline faces widespread cancellations
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Video shows a Southwest pilot offering stranded passengers coffee at the Baltimore airport on Tuesday. The pilot, wearing an American flag tie, handed out the coffee while another airline worker followed offering cream and sugar. Flight tracking shows an 8:15 a.m. flight to Louisville did eventually leave Baltimore, albeit nearly two hours late. The airline did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment on Tuesday about the video of the Baltimore pilot. "The department will examine whether cancellations were controllable and if Southwest is complying with its customer service plan."

☆ Dead bodies litter Mount Everest because it's so dangerous and expensive to get them down
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-24 | by ( Hilary Brueck | Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

More than 300 people have died climbing Everest since exploration first started in the early 1900s. Dead bodies on the route." Eleven people died climbing Mount Everest that spring, in what became the peak's deadliest climbing sprint in recent memory. Climbing the Seven Summits/@TENDIGUIDE/via ReutersHer memory is a grim reminder that removing dead bodies from Mount Everest is a pricey and potentially deadly chore, and one that is perhaps best left undone. Mountaineers line up as they make their way up a slope on Mount Everest on May 31, 2021.

☆ Ghislaine Maxwell's estranged husband is selling his $7 million oceanfront property — and the proceeds will go to Maxwell's massive unpaid legal fees
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Massachusetts mansion belonging to Maxwell's husband is on the market for nearly $7 million. The proceeds of the sale will go toward over $850,000 of alleged unpaid legal fees, Yahoo News reported. The home is owned by the company of Scott Borgerson, Maxwell's estranged husband. The colonial-style home is owned by Tidewood LLC, a company that belongs to Maxwell's husband Scott Borgerson, the Wall Street Journal reported. Campion & Company Fine Homes Real Estate/RedfinOriginally built in 1660, the 6,113-square-foot Tidewood house is located about 25 miles north of Boston and comes with its own private beach, according to the property listing.

☆ Judge dismisses lawsuit over Khashoggi's murder after the Biden administration backed immunity for MBS
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( John Haltiwanger | Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A judge dismissed a suit against Mohammed bin Salman in connection to Jamal Khashoggi's death. The decision came just weeks after the Biden administration contended that the Saudi ruler, often referred to as "MBS," should be granted immunity. "Accordingly, the claims against bin Salman will be dismissed based on head-of-state-immunity," Bates added. A declassified intelligence report released by the Biden administration last year explicitly implicated MBS in Khashoggi's killing. On the campaign trail, Biden pledged to make the oil-rich kingdom a "pariah" over Khashoggi's murder.

☆ Man who helped steal Nancy Pelosi's laptop while storming the Capitol with his mother pleads guilty
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rafael Rondon pleaded guilty to charges connected to the Capitol riot on Monday. Rondon admitted to helping an "unknown male" steal a laptop from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office. The 25-year-old traveled to the Capitol with his mother, who also faces charges. According to court documents, Rondon and his mother, Maryann Mooney-Rondon, traveled to Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021 to attend the "Stop the Steal" rally. Rondon's mother has pleaded not guilty to the charges against her and last month filed documents to get one of the charges dismissed.

☆ Trump's suggestion that E. Jean Carroll was 'too ugly to rape' was too personal to be official business, appeal says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Ashley Collman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The DC Court of Appeals is deciding whether Trump can be sued for comments about E. Jean Carroll. But Carroll's lawyers argue in their brief, filed Thursday, that previous court rulings show the law is more nuanced. He concocted dark schemes and nefarious motives," Carroll's lawyers wrote in the brief. That is not the law — and this court should not make it so," Carroll's lawyers wrote. Carroll's lawyers want the two cases tried at the same time.

☆ Oath Keepers founder's estranged wife 'beyond happy' for his Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy conviction: 'I am thrilled that he's finally facing justice.'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Ashley Collman | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes was convicted of seditious conspiracy on Tuesday. Rhodes' estranged wife told Insider she was happy with the conviction. "I am beyond happy," Adams told Insider. On top of their seditious conspiracy convictions, Rhodes and Meggs were found guilty of obstruction of an official proceeding. When examining the case against members of the Proud Boys who were also charged with seditious conspiracy, McDaniel said they could face a maximum of 20 years in prison.

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