Celebrity Trials - True Crime and Justice coverage updated daily.

Celebrity Trials - True Crime and Justice coverage updated daily.

New episodes every day. Every morning, investigative journalist Reid Carter delivers the most explosive courtroom coverage you won't find anywhere else. From breaking verdicts to shocking confessions, Celebrity Trials is your essential daily source for the legal dramas that create celebrities, destroy reputations, and shape American culture. Seven days a week, Reid brings his signature no-nonsense analysis to the trials everyone's talking about—and the ones they should be. Whether it's a music mogul's sex trafficking case, a criminology student's murder confession, or Hollywood stars battling in civil court, Celebrity Trials cuts through the legal jargon to deliver the facts, the drama, and the cultural impact. But this isn't just about current cases. Celebrity Trials also explores the classic trials that defined American justice—from the Rosenbergs to O.J. Simpson, from Lizzie Borden to the Scopes Monkey Trial. These aren't just legal proceedings; they're cultural artifacts that reveal who we are as a society. Reid Carter doesn't just report the news—he dissects what it means. With insider access, expert analysis, and unapologetic opinions, Celebrity Trials is your daily addiction to the stories that prove justice isn't always fair, but it's always riveting. Subscribe now. Court is always in session.

Episodes

August 28, 2025 15 mins
Reid Carter exposes Georgia State Trooper A.J. Scott's trial for killing 17-year-old Sabriel Powell while speeding 90 mph to a non-emergency call - no lights, no siren, just ego. Then, the bizarre case of Ryan Borgwardt who faked drowning in a Wisconsin lake to abandon his family for a woman in Eastern Europe, leaving behind a wife and three kids while taxpayers spent $35,000 searching for his "body." Finally, the horrific murder o...
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Reid Carter brings you celebrity chaos: Lil Nas X allegedly attacked LAPD officers while completely naked on Sunset Boulevard, claiming voices told him to "cleanse the demons." Cardi B's assault trial continues as security guard Emani Ellis testifies the rapper spit on her, cursed at her with racial slurs, and attacked her with acrylic nails. Plus, explosive testimony from Wendi Adelson who says her mother Donna "micromanaged my li...
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Reid Carter covers Day 1 of Donna Adelson's murder trial where the 75-year-old grandmother faces life for allegedly orchestrating her ex-son-in-law's execution over custody rights. Opening statements reveal she called the hitmen "two thugs" in wiretapped calls while prosecutors say she was the puppet master. Plus, shocking acquittal as Hernandez Govan walks free in Young Dolph's murder despite being accused of arranging the $100,00...
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Reid Carter explodes over Christopher Wolfenbarger's shocking acquittal for murdering his ex-wife Melissa, despite prosecutors presenting his Google searches for "how to kill someone with your bare hands." Plus, the Menendez brothers' parole denials continue to reverberate as the board cited "lacking insight" and public safety risks. Weekend horror stories include death row killer Matthew Caylor who murdered his therapist then kill...
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Martha Stewart built a billion-dollar empire teaching America how to live perfectly - then destroyed it with one phone call from her private jet. Reid Carter reveals how a $230,000 stock sale led to federal prison, why Martha carried $10,000 Hermès bags to court, and how she became "M. Diddy" teaching yoga to drug dealers in Camp Cupcake. The domestic goddess traded Egyptian cotton for a plastic mattress, worked for 12 cents an hou...
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Music legend Phil Spector produced The Beatles and created the "Wall of Sound" - then shot actress Lana Clarkson in the mouth when she tried to leave his castle. Reid Carter exposes how five women testified about Spector's decades-long pattern of pulling guns, the chauffeur who heard him confess "I think I killed somebody," and the bizarre wigs he wore to court. From producing "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" to dying of COVID in ...
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BREAKING NEWS: Lyle Menendez joins brother Erik in parole denial, ending the Kardashian-backed campaign to free the Beverly Hills parent killers. Reid Carter reveals how Lyle's multiple 2024 cellphone violations and continued rule-breaking doomed his chances, just 24 hours after Erik's disaster hearing exposed prison gangs, tax fraud, and heroin use. Despite Netflix documentaries, celebrity support, and 20 family letters, both brot...
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Reid Carter brings you jury selection drama as Cardi B faces assault charges from her own security guard who claims the rapper beat her while calling her racial slurs. Plus, explosive Days 4-5 updates from the Wolfenbarger trial where a detective reveals the killer researched "how to kill someone with your bare hands" while his defense claims the victim was suicidal. And a horrifying confession from Idaho where Jeremy Best casually...
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BREAKING NEWS: Erik Menendez will remain in prison after California's Parole Board rejected his bid for freedom. Reid Carter exposes the shocking hearing revelations: multiple cellphone violations including watching porn, association with the "25s" prison gang, participation in a tax fraud scheme, heroin use, and fights with inmates. The "model prisoner" narrative pushed by Kim Kardashian and celebrity supporters crumbled as Erik a...
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Reid Carter exposes the most disturbing TikTok scandal ever: 17-year-old Sarah Grace Patrick shot her parents in their sleep, then spent MONTHS posting tearful tribute videos and begging true crime influencers to "solve" the murders she committed. She even commented on theories about her own crime! Then, the unbelievable incompetence in Arkansas where ex-police chief Grant Hardin - the "Devil in the Ozarks" convicted of murder and ...
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Explosive Day 3 testimony rocks the Wolfenbarger murder trial as the victim's mother admits to helping her serial killer husband dispose of MULTIPLE bodies - but now claims she tried to save her daughter from the defendant. Meanwhile, after 35 years behind bars, the Menendez brothers face the parole board THIS WEEK in their closest shot at freedom since murdering their parents - but Governor Newsom holds the ultimate power to crush...
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Reid Carter covers two disturbing murder cases with twisted family connections. Christopher Wolfenbarger stands trial for the 1998 murder and dismemberment of his wife Melissa - daughter of "Flint River Killer" Carl Patton. Her remains were found across from Christopher's workplace but not identified until her serial killer father's 2003 arrest provided DNA match. Meanwhile, Justin Johnson gets life plus 35 years for executing Youn...
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Reid Carter covers the explosive conclusion of the Nicholas Kassotis trial where the former Navy officer's "Jim McIntyre made me do it" defense crumbled in just one hour of jury deliberation. Kassotis got life without parole plus 25 years for dismembering wife Mindi, with his third wife saying she felt "raped" by his lies. Meanwhile, Bryan Kohberger's having a rough adjustment to Idaho maximum security - inmates are taking turns sc...
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Reid Carter details the legal circus following Halyna Hutchins' death. Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed got 18 months after jurors convicted her in under three hours. Baldwin's trial imploded on day three when prosecutors were caught hiding bullets in the wrong evidence box. Prosecutor Kari Morrissey took the stand in her own case, insisting the hidden rounds weren't relevant. Judge Marlowe Sommer disagreed, dismissing charges with pr...
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Reid Carter examines the October 21, 2021 "Rust" shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The 42-year-old Ukrainian filmmaker died when Alec Baldwin pointed a Colt .45 at her during rehearsal after assistant director Dave Halls declared it "cold." Six live rounds were found on set where 24-year-old armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed juggled two jobs. The camera crew had walked off that morning over safety concerns after thr...
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Reid Carter covers Monday's sentencing of Victor Martinez-Hernandez to life without parole plus life plus 40 years for the brutal murder of Rachel Morin. The 37-year-old mother of five was attacked while jogging the Ma & Pa Trail in August 2023. Her Apple Watch recorded her heart rate dropping from 115 to 62 in under three minutes. Martinez-Hernandez, wanted for murder in El Salvador and deported three times, hid in woods with ...
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Reid Carter concludes the Gilgo Beach investigation with Rex Heuermann's arrest after thirteen years. DNA from pizza crust matched hair on victims, but the defense calls new whole genome sequencing "magic." Heuermann allegedly scheduled murders during family vacations, searched victims' names online, and asked Google why the killer hadn't been caught. His ex-wife Asa Ellerup still believes he's innocent despite filing for divorce. ...
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Reid Carter begins a two-part deep dive into the Gilgo Beach murders. Shannan Gilbert's terrifying 911 call in 2010 triggered a search that uncovered the bodies of Melissa Barthelemy, Megan Waterman, Amber Costello, and Maureen Brainard-Barnes - the "Gilgo Four." All were young women, escorts, wrapped in burlap along Ocean Parkway. Seven more bodies followed. But corrupt Police Chief James Burke derailed the investigation, refusing...
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Reid Carter exposes three defendants living in fantasy worlds. Nicholas Kassotis's third wife testifies about an $850,000 house purchase that vanished in a suspicious car fire while Mindi's body decomposed. Donna Adelson, the 75-year-old grandmother accused of orchestrating son-in-law Dan Markel's murder, was arrested on a jetway fleeing to Vietnam after her son's conviction. Meanwhile, fugitive rapist Nicholas Rossi, who faked his...
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Reid Carter returns from the Lindsay Lohan weekend with three disturbing updates. The Kassotis dismemberment trial explodes as Wife #3 testifies he claimed to be a widower while shopping for knives and dating apps. A Missouri woman gets 46 months in federal prison for hiding movie star chimp Tonka in her basement and lying he was dead. But the bombshell: 17-year-old Sarah Grace Patrick arrested for murdering her mother and stepfath...
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