#legal-proceedings

#legal-proceedings

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.

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.

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.

Carroll, 36, who now plays for National League South side Dagenham and Redbridge, was arrested in April with the alleged offence said to have been committed a month earlier. The 36-year-old, who has nine caps for England and was signed by Liverpool in 2011 for a then club record fee of 35m, is listed to appear at Chelmsford Magistrates Court.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

The Talking France podcast team has a special episode looking ahead to what's happening in France in 2026 - from travel and immigration changes to cultural diary dates and what on earth might happen with French politics. Host Ben McPartland is joined by The Local France's Emma Pearson, John Lichfield and - for her last episode - Genevieve Mansfield for a special look ahead to next year in France.

Corporation officer Andrew Impey told a Hampstead Heath Consultative Committee meeting this week that the consultation has received thousands of responses with many more expected before it closes. He said as a result he anticipates it will take three or four weeks to analyse the feedback with a series of focus groups also planned. Mr Impey said he does not expect a final report on the future use of the ponds to go to the necessary Corporation committees until January.

Citing sources with direct knowledge of the situation, TMZ reported on November 11 that Williams recently completed a "battery of tests" in New York City that led an unnamed "top neurologist" to conclude that Williams does not have frontotemporal dementia. Williams was placed under a guardianship in 2022 after her bank declared that she was at risk of being financially exploited.

PA Media Ex-Labour councillor Oliver Steadman has appeared in court facing a charge of blackmail in connection with the alleged 'honeytrap' plot targeting men involved in Westminster politics last year. Mr Steadman, 28, was arrested in June 2024 and later charged with one count of blackmailing then Conservative MP William Wragg in order to get the telephone numbers of up to 12 individuals.

Barcelona's situation in the Negreira scandal has taken yet another steep turn, and the club seems to be stuck in a never-ending circle of accusations for making payments to the former vice president of the Technical Committee of Referees, Jose Maria Enriquez Negreira. As relayed by AS in a recent report, the judge investigating the case has now cited the club as a witness for the proceedings and summoned the representatives of the club and the former president of the club, Joan Gaspart.