#legal-proceedings

#legal-proceedings

Judge Kelley Paul is considering whether to remove District Attorney Jeff Rosen from retrying five activists accused of vandalism, due to allegations of campaign fundraising misconduct.

"Lens got off the school bus that day with the same expectation that any child has: to get off safely and to get home to their family. It is the reckless actions of this defendant that have opened an unfillable hole in the hearts of everyone who knew Lens and who loved him."

Mary Lau's no contest plea in the criminal case allows the court to treat her as guilty without admitting guilt, impacting the civil lawsuits.

Abrego Garcia, of Maryland, has agreed to be deported to Costa Rica, which will accept him as a refugee, and is fighting his removal to another third country.

"The public's interest is both substantial and compelling, and is best served by proceeding to trial without delay," wrote Deputy U.S. Attorney Sean Buckley.

The prosecution said it believed that Hiby was guilty of 39 of the 40 offences with which he was charged, which, as well as rape and domestic abuse, include multiple breaches of restraining orders, assault, drug and driving offences. One of the offences, violation of a restraining order, has been overturned.

LaBeouf, 39, first sought authorization to travel to the Italian capital while out on bond at a court hearing on 26 February, during which state judge Simone Levine ordered him to enroll in substance abuse treatment. A court filing associated with the request said the trip would last from 1 to 8 March and was planned for religious purposes, including his father's baptism.

Lawyers for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have asked the country's Supreme Court to approve visits from Darren Beattie, a far-right adviser for the administration of United States President Donald Trump. A court filing revealed on Tuesday showed that Bolsonaro's lawyers were seeking to arrange a meeting with Beattie next week, either on March 16 or 17, during normal visiting hours.

An unknown substance was reportedly found in Britney Spears' vehicle when the pop star was arrested for a DUI Wednesday night in California. The substance is being tested and will be part of the arrest, as insiders familiar with the case told TMZ. The 44-year-old Toxic singer, is scheduled to appear in court on May 4.

Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Curtis Farber made the announcement in a hearing where Weinstein formally swapped in a new legal team from Agnifilo Intrater on Wednesday morning. The trio of lawyers representing Weinstein are Jacob Kaplan, Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos, two of whom are representing Luigi Mangione in his state and federal murder cases.

Thomas Massie is just an embarrassment. He's got a problem with the president. The president's got a problem with him. So now, this guy who was a libertarian is going all in on the most leftist in the other party. So he's not even serving the people that put him into office.

The requirements imposed on LaBeouf, 39, by New Orleans judge Simone Levine came after the Transformer film franchise star was initially allowed to leave jail without being required to pay a bond in the hours after his 17 February arrest on two counts of misdemeanor battery. But at the time LaBeouf was let out, the allegations of homophobic comments attributed to him had not yet become part of the official court record.

We're still awaiting a decision. As you know, I can't talk about it; I can't talk about the timing of it. So, there's nothing more I can add.

A Michigan federal judge is facing trial on drunk driving charges after a crashing in October and showing a blood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit, according to press reports. Judge Thomas L. Ludington of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan faces misdemeanor charges of operating a vehicle with a blood alcohol content of 0.17 or more and operating a vehicle while intoxicated, according to the complaint filed by a local prosecutor.

Five pro-Palestinian activists have pleaded not guilty to breaking into a British military air base and damaging two planes in protest against the UK's support for Israel's war in Gaza. The five are accused of breaking into the Brize Norton Royal Air Force base in central England in June and spraying red paint over two Voyager aircraft used for refuelling and transport.

Prosecutors in Germany on Tuesday charged two Ukrainian nationals for allegedly plotting arson and explosive attacks on behalf of Russian intelligence services. The two men identified only as Daniil B and Vladyslav T as per German privacy laws are accused of sending parcels with tracking devices inside them from Cologne to Ukraine as part of plans for a sabotage operation, the indictment brought by the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court said.