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• Joshua Ritter - Criminal Defense Attorney, Former Prosecutor, Host of "Courtroom Confidential" on YouTube; website: joshuaritter.com; Twitter, Instagram & TikTok: @joshuaritteresq, YouTube: CRConfidential
• Dr. Bethany Marshall - Psychoanalyst, Author: "Deal Breaker: When to work on a relationship and when to walk away” Also featured in hit show: "Paris in Love" on Peacock, www....

In a shocking 11th hour move before closing arguments begin, the prosecution in the Sean "Diddy" Combs sex trafficking trial backpedals on their RICO case. Will this 'dumbing down' of the charges before the final showdown mean a verdict by July 4th?

In an unprecedented triumph against evil, Florida authorities, and their federal partners rescue 60 children from the clutches of sex traffickers...making it the largest recovery in U.S...

In a stunning move, prosecutors in the federal criminal trial against disgraced rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs pulled back some key testimony today—specifically related to attempted kidnapping, arson, and aiding and abetting sex trafficking.

This unexpected development comes just one day after Diddy addressed the court for the first time, telling J...

The Diddy prosecution rests. Then, after just 23 minutes, the defense rests, in the ongoing federal racketeering/sex trafficking trial. Closing arguments are set to begin Thursday. A man convicted of a brutal rape and murder in Florida has been executed, ending a case that haunted Orlando for over 30 years. Lori Paige’s dad dies in jail before facing trial for the rape and murder of his 12-year-old daughter. An Irvine, Califo...

Iran might be the key to Sean "Diddy" Combs' defense in his sex trafficking trial. Sources say his legal team may use the growing conflict in the Middle East to cast doubt on the federal case against the disgraced rap mogul. The defense may invoke the recent unrest during their closing arguments.

Additionally, sources allege that Diddy's attorneys believe prosecut...

It's week seven of the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial, with the prosecution's case drawing to a close, and the defense indicating it may only need two days to present its case - meaning closing statements could come this week. 

One woman is dead and nine others are recovering after gunfire broke out at a Juneteenth celebration in South Carolina.

The fallout continues following the not guilty verdict in the murder trial of Karen Read...

Sean Diddy Combs' unsettling response to watching 'freak-off' tapes in a private part of court catches the attention of those around him in court.

The rap mogul allegedly licks his lips and rubs his hands together after watching a 'freak-off' tape. The disgraced music mogul asks for extra time to watch tapes of his ex-girlfriend, Cassandra Ventura, having sex with male escorts while Combs watched. Diddy's defense lawyers say the vi...

A British man has come forward claiming his German wife ran over Madeleine McCann. He reports his wife was drunk, hitting the girl then the couple hid, then disposed of the body.  According to an new report, sister of the man submitted a tip to police in the UK in 2018 which was reportedly not investigated.  This tip came at a time when German national Christian Brueckner had been named a suspect in the 2007 disappearance...

At 3:42 a.m. on February 17, 1970, Green Beret Doctor Jeffrey MacDonald makes an emergency phone call from his base housing at 544 Castle Drive at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The dispatcher hears the faint message, a call for help, "Stabbing! Hurry!"  Inside the residence, MacDonald's wife, Colette, 26, and five months pregnant, lies dead on the floor of the master bedroom, their daughters, Kimberley, 5, and Kristen, 2, are fo...

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Here's some of our top stories this week:

Barry Morphew indicted again in the death of his wife Suzanne. 

Andrew Wiley, who faced charges for the alleged murder of his 12-year-old daughter and the subsequent disposal of her body in a remote area of Georgia, has died in th...

It took a jury less then 30 minutes to convict already convicted murderer Lori Vallow Daybell of conspiring to kill Brandon Boudreaux, her niece's ex-husband. This is Vallow's third criminal trial in less than three years.   Vallow has already been convicted in the deaths of her children, Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow, and Tammy Daybell, her current husband, Chad Daybell’s, first wife, as well as her former husband ...

Sean "Diddy' Combs federal sex trafficking and racketeering trial resumes after an expected juror illness, Wednesday and Juneteenth Holiday, Thursday. After this two day pause, the government's case winds down as they bring on their last witness, former assistant to Diddy, Brendan Paul and Diddy's alleged "drug mule." 

Paul is arrested in March 2024 right around the same time Combs' homes in Miami and Los Angeles were raided b...

NBC News' Dateline revealed new details about Idaho college murder suspect Bryan Kohberger, including his phone activity, disturbing search history, and a chilling selfie taken before his arrest.

The report details Kohberger’s searches for Ted Bundy, pornography, and the Britney Spears song “Criminal.” His phone a...

Sean 'Diddy' Combs sex trafficking trial was abruptly halted Wednesday when a juror called out sick with Vertigo. Court is observing Juneteenth, so no session will be held today. Testimony will resume Friday with an Ex-assistant, Brendan Paul taking the stand for the prosecution. 

A son confesses to a horrific hammer attack against his mom, then he texts a buddy, "I can't go to prison."  Plus, a case of "I...DIDN'T" at th...

A juror’s vertigo halted another day of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial before it began. The trial will resume Friday after a break for the Juneteenth holiday on Thursday. Prosecutors had planned to rest their case this week after presenting evidence over six weeks, but the delay means they likely won’t finish until Monday.

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A former aide to Sean "Diddy" Combs prepares to testify as Combs faces the final stretch of his federal sex trafficking trial. One of Matthew Perry's ketamine suppliers pleads guilty, facing 40 years and a fine of $2 million. The manhunt continues in Washington state for Travis Decker, accused of killing his three daughters during a court-ordered visitation. Chilling new details emerge in the Minnesota lawmaker shooting spree as fe...