Lori Loughlin Will Reportedly Serve Her Full Sentence
Lori Loughlin will serve her full two-month prison sentence for bribing college admission officials, sources close to her case told TMZ. The insiders said that the judge in Loughlin’s case wants her to serve the entire sentence, regardless of good behavior or other factors. The only thing likely to get Loughlin out early is the coronavirus pandemic.
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The sources said that Loughlin entered Dublin Federal Prison in northern California on Friday, where she will be isolated from other prisoners for her first two weeks. This tactic is to prevent her from introducing any possible contagion to the prison population since COVID-19 outbreaks in detention facilities have been catastrophic this year. The conditions have even been grounds for some high-profile prisoners to be released early, including President Donald Trump‘s former lawyer Michael Cohen. That decision is reportedly left up to the Board of Prisons, not the judge who passes the sentence.
Loughlin will also not be eligible for the provisions in The First Step Act, a prison reform bill passed by Republican lawmakers and signed by Trump. It orders the Bureau of Prisons to give inmates 15 percent off of their sentence, during which time they typically transition into a halfway home or other care. However, this only applies to sentences that are a year or longer, so Loughlin’s two months will not be impacted.
If a coronavirus surge hits Dublin Federal Prison, the Bureau of Prisons will have the option of releasing her early to home confinement, but it is not guaranteed even then. The pandemic also means that Loughlin will not get visitation rights for the duration of her stay.
Loughlin is now a convicted felon, having pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. Loughlin and her husband, Mossimo Giannulli, had previously rejected a plea deal when many other defendants in the same case cooperated with authorities. Both ended up pleading guilty in May. While Loughlin began her prison stay on Friday, Giannulli has yet to report for his.
Because of her felon status, Loughlin will not be able to vote in the 2020 presidential election. The actress may struggle to find work again, considering that her characters were written off When Calls the Heart and Fuller House. Her daughter, Olivia Jade, has also slowed her production of YouTube videos to a halt, indicating that the whole family may be stepping away from the spotlight.
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Taylor Swift Can Legally Re-Record Her Old Albums Now
In June of last year, Scooter Braun bought the rights to Taylor Swift’s albums that were released by the label Big Machine.
After addressing the sale on her official Tumblr, Swift later revealed that she planned to re-record her first five albums when her contract allowed it — specifically, in November 2020.
After addressing the sale on her official Tumblr, Swift later revealed that she planned to re-record her first five albums when her contract allowed it — specifically, in November 2020.
Now, as of November 1, Swift is legally able to re-record her first five albums — Taylor Swift, Fearless, Speak Now, Red, and 1989 — to potentially undercut any profits Braun would gain off the original masters.
An artist as big as Swift re-recording their catalog is practically unprecedented in pop music.
Congratulations Taylor!
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Johnny Depp Convicted in the Eyes of the Public
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The high court in London ruled against Johnny Depp today.
The stunning verdict, which went against most expectations, will be appealed by Depp, his legal team said, calling it “as perverse as it is bewildering.”
After examining 14 alleged episodes of abuse, the judge ruled that a 2018 story in the Sun newspaper that labeled Depp a “wife beater” was “substantially true.”
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Depp was suing News Group Newspapers (NGN), the publishers of the British newspaper, for libel over the article that said the 57-year-old attacked his ex-wife, Amber Heard, 34, during their relationship.
During the trial, Depp denied he’d ever been violent toward his ex-wife and claimed she’d been abusive toward him during their relationship, including accusing her of putting out a cigarette in his face and throwing a vodka bottle.
However, lawyers for NGN based their defense on 14 specific allegations of abuse by Heard between 2013 and 2016. Heard was their star witness.
The case saw salacious and intimate alleged details of the private lives of Depp and Heard revealed in open court.
Among the extraordinary allegations were claims that Heard defecated in the marital bed as a “prank” on her husband, leading him to dub her “Amber Turd.”
The court heard the actor called his wife a “malicious, evil, and vindictive c—” who was “desperate for success and fame” in a series of scathing texts.
In one text, he wrote “I just cannot live like this… She is as full of shit as a Christmas Goose!!! I’m done. NO MORE…!!!”
Depp sent messages to British actor Paul Bettany, describing Heard as a witch, saying he would “fuck her burnt corpse afterwards to make sure she’s dead.” Lawyers for Depp had argued the messages should not be taken seriously “however dark and extravagant the language.”
The Sun said Depp’s claim that Heard was abusive to him could not be true as the actress weighs only eight stone (about 112 pounds) and “lacked the physical capability” to attack the actor, who she called a “hopeless addict.”
The Sun claimed Depp’s jealousy, addictions, and misogyny led to “violent explosions” that were followed by “embarrassment” and “apologies.”
The court heard details of a 2015 fight in Australia in which Depp’s finger was severed and he used the stump to scrawl messages in his own blood. The court also heard that during the couple’s honeymoon onboard the Eastern & Oriental Express in Malaysia in August 2015, Heard wrote in her diary “graphic description of Depp trying to strangle her with her own shirt.”
A spokesperson for the Sun said: “The Sun has stood up and campaigned for the victims of domestic abuse for over 20 years. Domestic abuse victims must never be silenced and we thank the Judge for his careful consideration and thank Amber Heard for her courage in giving evidence to the court.”
In his ruling, the judge, Justice Nicol, said: “The claimant [Depp] has not succeeded in his action for libel… The defendants [the Sun and News Group Newspapers] have shown that what they published in the meaning which I have held the words to bear was substantially true.
“I have reached these conclusions having examined in detail the 14 incidents on which the defendants rely as well as the overarching considerations which the claimant submitted I should take into account. In those circumstances, parliament has said that a defendant has a complete defense.”
The long-awaited decision was published online at 10 a.m. on Monday, more than three months after the high court hearing finished in late July.
The case was arguably the biggest English libel trial of the 21st century and became the subject of global attention as it unfolded over three weeks in July at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.
Spending 20 hours in the witness box over five days, Depp faced intense questioning about his Hollywood lifestyle, his use of drink and drugs, allegations of violence, and his friendships and associations.
Depp admitted to prodigious drink and drug use during the case. He admitted to spending $30,000 on red wine each month and said he used large amounts of cocaine, which he said merely “brought him to a normal level.” Depp lost a staggering $650 million he made at the height of his Pirates of the Caribbean fame and was left owing $100 million in taxes. Heard was accused of having an affair with Tesla billionaire Elon Musk, which she denied. Depp is said to have threatened to cut Musk’s penis off.
Sasha Wass, a lawyer for NGN, told the court there was “no doubt that Mr. Depp regularly and systematically abused his wife,” adding: “The characterization that he is a wife beater is entirely truthful.”
Depp is likely to be made to cover the bulk of the Sun’s legal costs, plus his own.
Depp will now have to decide whether to continue with a separate claim against Heard in the U.S. where he is suing her for $50 million over a column she wrote.
The title of this article was changed to reflect sentiments from the public.
Federal authorities expected to erect ‘non-scalable’ fence around White House
Federal authorities are expected to put back into place a “non-scalable” fence around the entire perimeter of the White House on Monday as law enforcement and other agencies prepare for possible protests surrounding the election, a source with knowledge of the matter confirmed to CNN.
The fence, the same type that was put up during protests this summer, will encompass the Ellipse and Lafayette Square. It will go down 15th Street to Constitution Avenue and then over to 17th Street. The fence will then run up to H Street and across by Lafayette, and then come down 15th Street, the source said. NBC News was first to report the new fencing. A Secret Service spokeswoman declined to comment to CNN, saying the agency does not comment on security measures.
The extra layer of security marks the most high-profile example to date of authorities preparing for unrest following this year’s election, particularly if there is no clear winner come November 4. As CNN previously reported, the immediate perimeters around the White House have already been largely blocked off to the public this year for a range of reasons, from construction on the White House gate, to protests and looting that occurred in downtown Washington in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May.
Lafayette Park, across the street from the north side of the White House and a popular protest gathering spot, had also largely been fenced-in since police aggressively moved in on protesters alongside it in July.
Washington, DC, Metro Police Chief Peter Newsham warned the District’s City Council last month there was wide expectation of some type of civil unrest following the election. And many businesses in the downtown DC area in the proximity of the White House have boarded up doors and windows in the last couple of days in anticipation of possible protests. During this past summer, some businesses saw their windows smashed and other property damaged by protesters.
But DC Metro police have been preparing its officers for well over a year, as it does ahead of every general election, ensuring that they are prepared to handle everything from civil disturbance to crowd control to potential disruptions to metro transit, Patrick Burke, executive director of the Washington, DC, Police Foundation, previously told CNN.
Police have also been working with intelligence officials to ensure the security of Washington, DC’s airspace in the event of an attack from above, Burke added, as they routinely do when preparing for moments of heightened anxiety.
“If there’s no winner, you will see significant deployments of officers at all levels across the capital,” said Burke. “Officers will get cancellations of days off, extensions of shifts and full deployments of officers across the city.”
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. says he’s ‘100% sure’ he will never box professionally again
(CNN) — Since retiring from professional boxing with an unmatched 50-0 record, Floyd Mayweather Jr. has turned his attention to promoting and mentoring the next generation of fighters.
Despite still being deeply involved in the sport on a daily basis, Mayweather says there is no temptation for him to come out of retirement.
“As of right now, I’m doing exhibitions,” Mayweather told CNN en Español’s Raul Saenz. “I’m 100% sure that I’m not fighting against any boxer anymore. So, that’s out of the question. I mean, just my faculties mean a lot to me. Money don’t make me, I make money and my health is more important than money.
“As far as me doing exhibitions and me fighting MMA guys, will I do that in a box ring? Absolutely.”
Considered one of the sport’s all-time greats, Forbes estimates Mayweather’s fight against Conor McGregor in Las Vegas in 2017 generated more than $550 million in revenue. Mayweather earned a reported $275 million, a sum generated both from his roles as fighter and also promoter.
Outside of the boxing ring, Mayweather was arrested in September 2010 after authorities said he punched Josie Harris — the mother of three of his children at his Las Vegas home — where she was living with his two young sons and a daughter.
The fighter pleaded guilty 14 months later to a reduced charge of misdemeanor battery and two counts of harassment.
‘The real atmosphere’
Mayweather was speaking to CNNEE ahead of one his fighters Gervonta “Tank” Davis, who boasts a so far unbeaten 23-0 record, taking on Leo Santa Cruz this Saturday in San Antonio, Texas.
While most sporting events around the world have been played without fans in attendance due to the coronavirus pandemic, this weekend’s bout has been moved from what would have been an empty Mohegan Sun Arena in Connecticut to Texas’ Alamodome, where around 10,000 fans are expected.
The NBA was widely praised for the success of its Disney World bubble, during which just two cases of Covid-19 were recorded, but Mayweather believes one of the crucial elements that most impacts sport at the highest level was missing.
“I’m happy we were able to move this to San Antonio so we can have the crowd, the real atmosphere,” Mayweather said. “Because when I be looking at boxing and there’s no crowd, I feel like I’m watching sparring boxing in a boxing gym. When there’s a crowd, there’s a different outcome.
“It’s no different from basketball. Congratulations to the Lakers, but it was like they were [playing] pickup ball because it was in a gym. But even if they were playing pick up, they are pickup champions. But I like it better with a crowd, because the crowd can shape things up a little bit.
“The crowd … if it’s on a basketball [court] or if it’s in an arena as far as with boxing … the crowd can shape things up and I like to see things up shook up a little, it’s a little bit better. So you’ve gotta deal with pressure when you’re on an elite stage.”
Davis, still only 25, is widely regarded as one of the most exciting and explosive fighters in the lower weight divisions. In Santa Cruz, a four-division champion, he faces by some distance his most accomplished opponent to date.
Davis has moved down a weight class to fight Santa Cruz for his WBA super featherweight title, though Davis’ WBA lightweight title will also be on the line.
Being a smaller boxer mentored by Mayweather has naturally put additional pressure and expectations on Davis’ shoulders. However, Mayweather believes it’s time for both of these fighters to create their own legacy.
“Anything I [do] now, my money is guaranteed because my name is engraved in stone,” he said. “I’ve proven myself for over twenty years of what I can do, and the numbers I can do on pay per view as well as streaming, so I’ve showed what I can do.
“Now it’s time for these young fighters to go out there on Halloween and show what they can do and I’m pretty sure Leo is in tip top shape, because Tank is in tip top shape and they need to go out there and do what they do .
“They are gonna have a crowd and we want the crowd to shake some things up to see what these guys can do under pressure.”
via: https://www.kmov.com/floyd-mayweather-jr-says-hes-100-sure-he-will-never-box-professionally-again/article_113c7797-92e9-5862-8776-08f71a81fb63.html
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Noose displayed at Missouri poll covered up amid complaints of voter intimidation
GALENA, Mo. (AP) — A replica hangman’s noose on display near voting booths in a southwest Missouri county building has been covered up following complaints from Democrats that it amounted to intimidation of Black voters.
The Missouri Democratic Party released a photo Friday of the display with several voting booths nearby in a hallway of the Stone County building in downtown Galena about 20 miles (32 kilometers) northwest of Branson, The Kansas City Star reported. The noose was hanging in the corner of a display cabinet next to photos.
Stone County Clerk Cindy Elmore said the display was put up several years ago and “has nothing to do with the election office.” She said it was a historical exhibit with a replica noose marking the last legal execution by hanging in the state, which occurred in Stone County in 1937.
Elmore said the noose was covered up Friday morning.
Clem Smith, the acting chair of the Missouri Democratic Party, said the noose’s display next to voting booths amounted to intimidation of Black voters. Smith said in a statement that this “symbol’s purpose is to stoke the fires of racial prejudice and strike fear in the hearts of people of color.”
via: https://www.kmov.com/news/noose-displayed-at-missouri-poll-covered-up-amid-complaints-of-voter-intimidation/article_60bf7f39-956f-52bd-8e96-abdcafc656b1.html
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Dad recalls terrifying moment daughter, 8, was shot while trick-or-treating
The eight-year-old bystander shot in the leg while trick-or-treating in Harlem on Halloween is in good spirits but a lot of pain, according to her father, who recounted the harrowing moment to The Post on Sunday.
“We were walking to meet my wife at the CVS. I then see a guy with a look on his face and he pulls back his jacket and I see his gun,” recalled the father, who asked that his name be withheld.
“I hear shots. I pushed my youngest out of the way and then grab her but she’s yelling, ‘My leg!’”
The dad — who was hit in the arm — ran into the street with his daughter and hopped into an empty, off-duty taxicab, whose driver took them to a nearby hospital, he said.
“On Halloween a kid trick-or-treating can’t be safe in New York? How crazy is that?” he said.
The 39-year-old Harlemite said his 8-year-old dressed up as a “space girl,” while his younger daughter had gone as Elsa from “Frozen.”
“Halloween didn’t seem to be in the cards this year but the kids begged me to go trick-and-treating,” said the dad.
Police said the father-daughter pair and a third bystander got caught in the middle of a verbal dispute between two men in their twenties, which escalated into gunfire.
Neither gunman has been apprehended. Police said one of the men was last seen wearing a green and black jacket.
The young victim’s father said the girl’s shin bone was shattered — and doctors have yet to determine how much rehabilitation or surgery she’ll need.
The city has grappled with a surge in gun violence over the past several months.
“Before this I was against gun violence like everyone, but now I’m like this has to stop,” the dad told The Post.
“I mean, how this guy miss who he’s shooting at and hits us. It’s crazy!” he said.
via: https://nypost.com/2020/11/01/dad-recalls-moment-daughter-8-was-shot-while-trick-or-treating/
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Shocking video captures cop body-slamming woman in handcuffs
Shocking video has emerged of a Canadian cop body-slamming a woman in a judo-like move that sent her face-first onto the floor at a Calgary police station — and landing the officer in court on an assault charge, according to reports.
The footage released in court this week shows Constable Alex Dunn escorting the suspect, Dalia Kafi, to have her mug shot taken in December 2017, Global News reported.
She is seen standing against a wall with her hands cuffed behind her back as Dunn tries to remove her scarf, prompting her to move away as she tries to prevent him from pulling it off.
Suddenly, the officer whips the suspect onto the floor before another cop arrives and lifts her up. Blood is clearly seen at the spot where she hit her head. Kafi, who was 26 at the time, suffered a broken nose, which required surgery, and a split lip, which needed stitches.
Dunn was suspended with pay after being charged in 2019 with assault causing bodily harm — but has since returned to work in an administrative role, according to the report.
“Due to court delays related to COVID-19, Const. Dunn’s duty status was revisited and updated such that he returned to work restricted to non-operational functions while awaiting disposition on this charge,” police told Global News in a statement.
The 34-year-old officer testified this week that Kafi had slipped out of her handcuffs and that he didn’t mean to slam her onto the floor, CBC News reported.
“Her hand had come up and wrapped around my hand,” he said. “I immediately said to her, and excuse my language, your honor, ‘What the f—, you’re supposed to be in handcuffs.’”
The handcuff on her right hand had actually slid up toward her elbow so even though her arms were attached to each other, Dunn testified that she managed to reach up to her left shoulder and grab his hand.
He said he felt the need to do a “dynamic takedown” on her to regain control, fearing she could use the cuffs as a “swinging hook weapon.”
Dunn had arrested Kafi for breaching a court-imposed curfew and obstruction of justice after she allegedly provided a fake name when the vehicle she’d been traveling in was pulled over by police.
The officer’s testimony “does not reconcile with reality,” prosecutor Ryan Pollard argue in court, according to CBC News.
Dunn’s account of what happened “defies physics, it defies anatomy, it does not reconcile with reality,” he said.
“There is no contortion or movement that would even begin to allow for that possibility,” he added. “None of this happened, it couldn’t have happened.”
Pollard told the judge that one witness, a senior officer with 30 years’ policing experience, said he saw no reason for the cop’s “judo-style throw.”
via: https://nypost.com/2020/10/30/shocking-video-captures-cop-body-slamming-woman-in-handcuffs/
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Syracuse school staffers put on leave for wearing ‘No Lives Matter’ shirts
Two Syracuse school employees were placed on leave after a photo showed them wearing “No Lives Matter” shirts as Halloween costumes, the district said.
The t-shirts worn by two unidentified female employees said “No Lives Matter” and had images underneath of two horror movie villains, “Friday the 13th” killer Jason Voorhees and “Halloween” masked murderer Michael Myers, Syracuse.com reported.
A photo of the costumes circulated on social media and showed the women in what appeared to be a classroom, CNY Central reported.
In a statement, Syracuse City School District said Saturday the staffers were placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the human resources department.
“We believe Black Lives Matter in the Syracuse City School District,” the district said. “The ‘costumes’ are racist, insulting and offensive and not consistent with our core beliefs and values. We hold our employees to a higher standard and expect them to model appropriate behavior for our students.”
via: https://nypost.com/2020/11/01/syracuse-school-staffers-on-leave-for-wearing-no-lives-matter-shirts/
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Harvey Weinstein slapped with federal lawsuit by accuser
Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein has been slapped with a federal lawsuit by his accuser, Mimi Haleyi on Friday.
The former Project Runway production assistant filed new court documents and described how Weinstein used “his wealth, power and influence to pull her into his orbit.”
Restating her stance from her testimony in the sexual assault trial against him—which helped put the rapist behind bars—Haleyi said she was lured into his apartment by him in 2006 and was sexually assaulted.
Her lawyers wrote in the filing: “Ms. Haley lived with the horror, humiliation and pain that this assault caused for years.”
Haleyi recalls meeting him again weeks later as she was in desperate need of work and “he was an extremely useful industry connection.”
Weinstein is currently serving his 23-year prison sentence since he was convicted of first-degree criminal sex act earlier this year.
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