All posts tagged "Procès"

Washington (AFP) - Does Donald Trump have the right to call prosecutors "fascist thugs," or advise those testifying against him to keep quiet?  Those are the questions a federal appeals court in Washington will hear Monday as the ex-president's lawyers contest a gag order imposed on him during one of Trump's criminal trials related to the 2020 election. The gag order -- a set of restrictions on what Trump is allowed to say publicly about a given set of legal proceedings -- was imposed by Judge Tanya Chutkan, overseeing the federal case against him for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 elec......

New York (AFP) - He was the face of cryptocurrency, and a young one at that -- a media darling seemingly destined to unite the sector. But the stunning rise of Sam Bankman-Fried and his FTX platform would be matched by an equally spectacular fall, after it was revealed that billions of dollars of clients' funds had been moved and spent without their consent. A federal jury in New York has convicted Bankman-Fried of leading the fraudulent scheme, for which 31-year-old former tycoon now faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life behind bars. Before it all came crashing down, the nati......

Los Angeles (AFP) - Danny Masterson, a prominent Scientologist who was jailed this week for raping two women, was a "role model" to fellow actor Ashton Kutcher, the star told a judge according to a  letter that emerged Friday. Masterson was sentenced to at least 30 years' prison for drugging and sexually assaulting his victims at his swanky Los Angeles home two decades earlier. In a submission to the sentencing judge, Kutcher -- who starred alongside Masterson in retro sitcom "That '70s Show" -- said the older actor had been "nothing but a positive influence" on him. "I met Danny Masterson whe......

Washington (AFP) - Donald Trump stood with his arms by his sides Thursday as he faced a federal judge in Washington to somberly plead "not guilty" to a variety of charges over attempts to subvert the 2020 US elections.  It was a short and solemn moment that contrasted with the noise and hubbub that surrounded his arrival in the federal court surrounded by high security.  Beyond the clear paneling of the courtroom rose the US Capitol, the temple of American democracy that was attacked by his supporters on a tumultuous day in January 2021. The former president was in court for his role in the ev......

Houston (AFP) - A 29-year-old Texas woman has been sentenced to death for killing a pregnant acquaintance in October 2020 to extract and steal the fetus inside her womb. Taylor Parker's sentencing was handed down Wednesday in Texas, following several weeks of trial that began in September, according to court documents. Over months Parker had told her boyfriend and her relatives that she was pregnant. She posted about it on social media and bought a fake silicone belly. It was all a lie. The truth was that she had had a hysterectomy and could not have a child. On October 9, 2020, Parker went to......

New York (AFP) - Disgraced movie star Kevin Spacey takes the stand at his New York trial, rejecting as "not true" accusations he sexually assaulted fellow actor Anthony Rapp when he was a minor. Rapp, who stars in the series "Star Trek: Discovery," is claiming damages of $40 million against the two-time Oscar-winner for "emotional anguish," for what allegedly happened in 1986, when he was 14 and Spacey was 26. Spacey said he had no recollection of attending a private party in a Manhattan apartment with Rapp, as the now 50-year-old claims. Before appearing in court Monday, Spacey, 63, won a sma......