A panel of the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar found probable cause that Maeghan Maloney, district attorney for Kennebec and Somerset counties, ‘had engaged in misconduct subject to sanction under the Maine Bar Rules.’
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Harvey Weinstein will remain locked up in New York while awaiting rape retrial
After the New York case is complete, he will return to California to serve his pending 16-year sentence for a separate rape conviction there.
Wisconsin woman who said she legally killed sex trafficker gets 11 years in prison
Chrystul Kizer had pleaded guilty in May to second-degree reckless homicide, allowing her to avoid trial and a possible life sentence.
Kevin Spacey’s waterfront Baltimore condo sold at auction after foreclosure
The luxury condo on Baltimore’s Inner Harbor sold at auction Thursday morning for $3.24 million, according to the auctioneer’s website.
Massachusetts lawmakers seek to expand scope of certain sexual offenses
A bill targets sexual offenses perpetrated by a health care provider or a member of the clergy.
Video appears to show Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs beating singer Cassie in hotel hallway in 2016
The video aired Friday appears to show Combs, wearing only a white towel, punching and kicking the R&B singer who was his protege and longtime girlfriend at the time.
Harvey Weinstein won’t be sent back to California while he awaits New York rape retrial
Weinstein’s attorney said California first needs to produce a warrant.
Actor Gérard Depardieu will be tried for alleged sexual assaults on a film set, prosecutors say
The 75-year-old actor was detained for questioning by police in Paris for several hours earlier Monday.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs files motion to dismiss some claims in a sexual assault lawsuit
Sean “Diddy” Combs has pushed back against a woman’s lawsuit that accused him of sexual assault
Chicago appeals court rejects R. Kelly’s challenge of 20-year sentence
Jurors in 2022 convicted the Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, on 3 charges of producing child porn and 3 charges of enticement of minors for sex.