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. "This podcast is for entertainment and educational purposes only. All information discussed was obtained from publicly available sources including court records, news reports, and other media outlets. The opinions expressed are those of the host and do not necessarily reflect the views of Caloroga Shark Media. Statements made about ongoing or past legal cases may not reflect the complete facts and should not be taken as definitive accounts of events. Some individuals mentioned may have been acquitted, had charges dropped, or resolved their cases through settlement. Caloroga Shark Media and its affiliates assume no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of any information presented and expressly disclaim liability for any actions taken based on this content.

Episodes

October 14, 2025 22 mins
Reid Carter covers Fox Sports analyst Mark Sanchez booked after being stabbed multiple times by a 69-year-old truck driver in self-defense - now facing felony battery and civil suit claiming Fox knew about his "propensity for drinking and harmful conduct." Luigi Mangione's attorneys seek to dismiss federal charges and death penalty, arguing he wasn't read Miranda rights and stalking isn't a "crime of violence." Drake appeals after ...
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Reid Carter covers Drake's defamation lawsuit dismissed - judge rules Kendrick Lamar calling him a pedophile in "Not Like Us" was opinion, not fact, in the context of a heated rap battle. Twenty-three bodies found in Houston bayous this year spark serial killer fears, but officials insist there's no connection - retired detectives disagree, calling it "unlikely" to be coincidence. Mark Sievers returns to court fighting his death se...
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Reid Carter concludes the Ed Gheen special with the psychology behind the Butcher of Plainfield. Augusta Gein raised Ed in fanatical religious isolation, teaching him women were sinful and disgusting. After her death in 1945, Ed tried to resurrect her through grave robbing, murder, and wearing a "woman suit" made from real skin. Found incompetent in 1957, eventually ruled not guilty by insanity in 1968, Ed became a model patient an...
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Reid Carter begins a two-part weekend special on Ed Gein, timed with Netflix's Monster series. November 16, 1957: Sheriff Art Schley enters Ed Gein's Wisconsin farmhouse looking for missing hardware store owner Bernice Worden and finds her headless body hanging from the ceiling. Then the inventory begins: lampshades made of human skin, skulls turned into bowls, furniture upholstered in human flesh, a "woman suit" made from real wom...
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Reid Carter covers Jonathan Rinderknecht's arrest for starting the Palisades Fire that killed 12 people and destroyed 6,000 homes. The 29-year-old Uber driver's ChatGPT searches reveal months of fire obsession: burning Bibles, creating images of burning cities, asking "Are you at fault if a fire is lift because of your cigarettes?" He listened to a French rap song about setting fires nine times, lit the January 1st Lachman Fire wit...
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Reid Carter covers Mark Sanchez's escalating nightmare: prosecutors reveal charges could be upgraded to Level 3 felony carrying sixteen years in prison, and FOX insiders confirm his broadcasting career is over. Diddy asks Trump for a presidential pardon while requesting New Jersey prison with drug treatment. Bionca Ellis trial witnesses describe her walking away from stabbing 3-year-old Julian Wood "like she was walking in the park...
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Reid Carter covers Perry Tole's lawsuit against Mark Sanchez and FOX Corporation, claiming permanent disfigurement and loss of function after the parking space brawl. The 69-year-old oil collector wants millions for injuries to his mouth, jaw and face. Darriynn Brown gets life for snatching 4-year-old Cash Gernon from his crib and murdering him. Bionca Ellis goes on trial for randomly stabbing 3-year-old Julian Wood outside a groce...
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Reid Carter covers Mark Sanchez's Indianapolis disaster where the FOX analyst got stabbed fighting a 69-year-old oil collector over a parking space. Surveillance shows drunk Sanchez doing wind sprints in an alley before attacking, getting pepper sprayed, then stabbed in self-defense. Charges upgraded to felony battery carrying five years in prison. Ghislaine Maxwell's Supreme Court appeal denied, leaving her to serve twenty years f...
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Reid Carter returns from Eight Days of OJ to find celebrity chaos everywhere. Judge Subramanian calls Cassie Ventura a "brave survivor" after Diddy's sentencing, while she reveals moving her family out of New York fearing "swift retribution." Tyrese Gibson's four Cane Corsos mauled a neighbor's spaniel to death while he wasn't home. Fifteen-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez's body found decomposing in singer David's Tesla trunk afte...
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Reid Carter presents a purely fictional, speculative episode imagining the OJ Simpson trial in 2025. With Ring cameras, Find My iPhone, TikTok detectives, and Google searches, could the Juice still get loose? From the Bronco chase livestreamed on Instagram to Reddit solving the case before police, Reid reimagines the Trial of the Century with modern technology. This entertainment-only thought experiment shows how smartphones, socia...
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 Reid Carter concludes the O.J. series examining thirty years of aftermath from the verdict that divided America. The immediate chaos that followed acquittal, O.J.'s promise to find "real killers" on golf courses, and the Dream Team's fractures. The civil trial where different rules meant different justice. The fates of every key player - Clark's retreat, Darden's breakdown, Cochran's death, Ito's ridicule, Kato's eternal fifteen m...
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Reid Carter breaks into regular OJ anniversary coverage with breaking news from Manhattan Federal Court. Sean "Diddy" Combs was just sentenced to 50 months for transportation to engage in prostitution after calling his actions "disgusting, shameful and sick." The judge rejected both the prosecution's request for 11 years and the defense's plea for time served. With credit for 13 months already in custody, the Bad Boy founder has 37...
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Reid Carter concludes Eight Days of O.J. with September-October 1995 - the closing arguments and four-hour deliberation that shocked the world. Darden's desperate final plea for justice meets Cochran's masterful appeal to "send a message" to the LAPD. Clark's last attempt to refocus on victims gets overshadowed by jury nullification politics. September 29th - the jury gets the case. October 2nd - after just four hours, they have a ...
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Reid Carter examines July-August 1995 - the months the Mark Fuhrman tapes emerged with 41 uses of the N-word, destroying his credibility and the prosecution's case. Laura Hart McKinny's screenwriting interviews expose Fuhrman's lies about racial slurs while he pleads the Fifth on planting evidence. Judge Ito loses complete control, crying over insults about his wife as the courtroom descends into chaos. The exhausted prosecution re...
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Reid Carter examines June 1995 - the month Chris Darden made the decision that guaranteed O.J. Simpson's freedom. June 15th becomes the day that changed everything when Darden asks O.J. to try on the bloody gloves in front of the jury. The setup was perfect for disaster - latex gloves underneath, arthritis medication stopped, leather shrunk from blood. O.J.'s Academy Award performance struggling with gloves becomes Johnnie Cochran'...
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Reid Carter examines May 1995 - the month that presented astronomical scientific proof of O.J. Simpson's guilt that somehow became meaningless statistics. Barry Scheck's contamination symphony makes jurors distrust DNA evidence showing one-in-170-million odds of innocence. Dr. Robin Cotton can't translate complex science into plain English while the jury's eyes glaze over. The Bronco becomes a mobile crime scene with hair, fibers, ...
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Reid Carter examines April 1995 - the month this officially stopped being a murder trial and became a racial referendum. Cochran's defense strategy crystallizes into pure politics as O.J.'s home videos try to humanize a killer. Domestic violence evidence gets buried while Judge Ito's wife creates a conflict that nearly ends everything. Dismissed jurors expose the racial tensions destroying the case while Marcia Clark faces sexist m...
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Reid Carter examines March 1995 - the month Mark Fuhrman went from hero detective to racist villain, handing Johnnie Cochran the race card on a silver platter. F. Lee Bailey's devastating cross-examination about the N-word destroys Fuhrman's credibility with one lie. Evidence collection mistakes become conspiracy theories as Barry Scheck turns criminalist Dennis Fung into a bumbling incompetent. The EDTA preservative theory suggest...
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Reid Carter examines February 1995 - the month that presented overwhelming evidence against O.J. Simpson that somehow didn't matter. Blood evidence creating a trail from Bundy to Bronco to Rockingham. The $55 Aris Isotoner gloves that would doom the prosecution. Kato Kaelin becomes the world's most famous houseguest while refusing to say what he really heard. Nicole's Akita with bloody paws that should have sealed the case. Rosa Lo...
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Reid Carter begins the unprecedented 8-day O.J. Simpson retrospective with January 1995 - the month the prosecution lost the case before testimony began. Judge Lance Ito becomes America's first celebrity judge while Johnnie Cochran assembles legal superheroes with O.J.'s millions. Marcia Clark's overconfident opening statement meets Cochran's "conspiracy" preview as the Dream Team roster takes shape. Christopher Darden gets appoint...
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