Author: Aaron Katersky

A woman who served on the grand jury as part of the high-profile investigation into Karen Read — who was acquitted of murder charges last month in the death of her boyfriend — agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge she leaked information from the secret proceeding, according to a court document filed Tuesday. […]

Svetlana Dali — the woman found guilty of stowing away on a Delta flight from New York to Paris last year — is set to be sentenced on Thursday after a Brooklyn jury convicted her of a federal stowaway charge in May. Dali, a Russian citizen and U.S. permanent resident who most recently lived in […]

The judge who oversaw the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs has asked both sides in the case to provide him with sentencing information ahead of the scheduled October sentencing date. Judge Arun Subramanian said on Wednesday that he “would find it helpful” to have information about sentences imposed on defendants who were solely convicted of […]

Sean “Diddy” Combs is due back in court on Tuesday, where his attorneys will argue for expedited sentencing following his July 2 conviction on federal charges of transportation to engage in prostitution. Attorneys for Combs will try to convince a federal judge to skip some procedural steps and sentence him as soon as possible, citing […]

“It’s time to find the defendant guilty, ” prosecutor Christy Slavik on Thursday told the federal jury that will decide the fate of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. After a seven-week trial, Slavik delivered a nearly five-hour closing statement that sought to tie together the mountain of evidence against Combs, urging the eight men and […]

It wasn’t sex trafficking. It was “one of the great modern love stories.” That’s how lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs in their closing argument on Friday framed for the jury the world of alleged violence, drugs and choreographed orgies at the heart of the federal case against one the biggest superstars in the music world. […]

Sean “Diddy” Combs may have made his fortune with lyrics, but told a judge Tuesday that he is reserving the right not to share his words by not taking the stand in his sex-trafficking trial, which is expected to conclude this week. Combs’ decision came about an hour after prosecutors rested their lengthy case against […]

The explicit videos allegedly used to blackmail women came into focus on Tuesday for the Manhattan jury who will decide the fate of Sean “Diddy’ Combs. Donning headphones and with their video monitors hidden from public view, the jury watched lengthy clips of the drug-fueled sex parties at the center of the prosecution’s sex-trafficking case […]

Two court security officers were stabbed while screening people at the metal detectors at the Manhattan criminal courthouse on Monday morning, according to law enforcement sources. The court officers were taken to a local hospital in stable condition to be treated for slash and stab injures, the sources said. The suspect is in custody, the […]

For the first time since the sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs began six weeks ago, the jury that will decide the fate of the rap mogul gained a new member on Monday. The judge overseeing the case dismissed a juror — and replaced him with an alternate — after prosecutors raised concerns about […]