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Mother Jones illustration; Photos courtesy of April Wilkens Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.April Rose Wilkens called me last month from a prison cell in Oklahoma, sitting on her metal bunk bed as she looked at an old photograph of her 4-year-old granddaughter, whom...
(CNN)The family of Gabby Petito has submitted a $50 million claim against the Moab, Utah, Police Department, arguing the 22-year-old may not have been killed last year by her fiancé if officers had recognized he was the "true primary aggressor" in a domestic dispute about two weeks before her death.Petito's parents are seeking $50 million...
Ring Gives Up To 1,000 Video Doorbells And Security Cams To Women Against Abuse To Support Survivors
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – As many as 1,000 ring video doorbells and security cameras are being donated to local survivors of domestic violence. Ring will donate devices to be shared among the clients of Women Against Abuse. The organization’s president said this is meeting a huge need in a time when domestic violence homicides are...
NEW YORK (AP) — Even in hindsight, Nichole Schmidt can’t be sure if anything could have been done to save her daughter Gabby Petito from a messy and violent relationship that ended in murder nearly a year ago in the western wilderness. But there is work to do, she said, to keep alive the memory...
(CNN)New Orleans rapper Mystikal was arrested over the weekend on several charges including first-degree rape and simple robbery, according to the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office.APSO officers responded to an area hospital "in reference to a sexual assault" at 11:58 p.m. Saturday, a press release said.Ascension Parish is about 25 miles southeast of Baton Rouge.Detectives interviewed...
RAPPER Mystikal, 51, was arrested on Sunday in the Ascension Parish of Baton Rouge. Also known by his given name Michael Tyler, he was charged with 1st-degree rape, and felony domestic abuse by strangulation. The Advocate reported that authorities confirmed the sexual assault with the victim, who suffered minor injuries, a bit...
Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges, who was arrested last month after allegedly beating the mother of his two children, was hit Tuesday with three felony domestic violence charges. Bridges, 24, has been charged with one count of injuring a child’s parent and two counts of child abuse under circumstances or conditions likely to cause great...
AN evil husband who murdered his ex-wife by setting her on fire as she live-streamed to a horrified audience has been executed. Chinese prison authorities in Tibet said they had executed wife-murderer Tang Lu in the early hours of Saturday morning. 4Tibetan vlogger known as Lamu died after she was doused in petrol and set alight...
The Spice Girls may have sold millions of records, but it's clearly not enough for Mel B's daughters, who in a hilarious Instagram clip mistook a classic hit by the band for a Lady Gaga song. The singer, 47, took to social media on Friday night, to share the funny moment with her 1.5 million...
Seven years ago, Comfort Dondo started to craft the organization that would become her everything. Phumulani, which means peace in Zulu, was formed from her own pain and experiences, hoping to bring peace to others in similar situations. Dondo, who emigrated from Zimbabwe to Minnesota in 2004, found that the domestic violence support systems in...
NBA free agent Miles Bridges, 24, pleaded not guilty to battering his girlfriend, Mychelle Johnson, in front of their two young children. The charges, filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, stem from two separate arguments on June 27 and 28 that allegedly turned violent, according to DA George Gascón. His girlfriend, Mychelle Johnson, shared photos of herself...
(CNN)Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges was charged with felony domestic and child abuse stemming from an alleged assault on his partner that happened in front of their children, Los Angeles prosecutors said Tuesday.Bridges, 24, faces one felony count of injuring a child's parent and two felony counts of child abuse under circumstances or conditions likely...
NBA star forward Miles Bridges, 24, has been charged with battering his girlfriend Mychelle Johnson in front of their two young children. The charges, filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, stem from two separate arguments on June 27 and 28 that allegedly turned violent, according to DA George Gascón. After the alleged beating Johnson shared snaps...
NBA player Miles Bridges was charged Tuesday with multiple counts of domestic violence and child abuse stemming from an attack on his girlfriend last month, prosecutors said. Bridges, 24, was charged with two counts of child abuse and one count of domestic violence for attacking his girlfriend, stemming from an incident in late June, according...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges is facing three felony domestic violence charges after being accused of assaulting his girlfriend in front of their two children last month, the Los Angeles County district attorney said Tuesday. District Attorney George Gascón said his office filed one felony count of injuring a child’s...
Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges has been charged with "domestic violence," according to the Los Angeles District's Attorney's office. Bridges, 24, was arrested on June 29 before being released on a $130,000 bond. 1Miles Bridges has been charged with domestic violenceCredit: AP TMZ claimed that Bridges turned himself into the authorities after an "alleged physical...
Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges has been charged with “domestic violence,” according to the Los Angeles District’s Attorney’s office. Bridges, 24, was arrested on June 29 before being released on a $130,000 bond. AP 1 Miles Bridges has been charged with domestic violence TMZ claimed that Bridges turned himself into the authorities after an...
In November 2021, a California judge determined the woman before him had demonstrated a reasonable case of fear of continued physical abuse and threats to her life with a firearm. However, the judge wasn’t sure if state law actually gave him the authority to renew her domestic violence restraining order. California’s Domestic Violence Prevention Act...
A WOMAN who shot dead her husband and cut up his body after he vowed to force her daughter and granddaughter into prostitution has been freed. Mafalda Secreto, 65, admitted shooting brutal Jose Luis Arena in the face after repeated violence and intimidation, an Argentine court heard. 3Mafalda Secreto has been freed after killing her...
A day after the arrest of NBA forward Miles Bridges on suspicion of domestic violence in Los Angeles, his wife, Mychelle Johnson, posted photos and a video to Instagram showing bruises, scratches and signs of other injuries. Bridges, 24, was taken into custody Wednesday and released on $130,000 bail, according to jail records. On...
[TRIGGER WARNING: This post DOES NOT contain images but DOES include details about incidents of extreme domestic violence] Miles Bridges went into this summer as one of the most sought-after NBA free agents. The details of his recent arrest for domestic violence have changed the conversation. Earlier this week, TMZ reported that Miles Bridges had...
Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges' wife has posted horrific images of injuries all over her body and said she was 'choked until I went to sleep', a day after her NBA star husband turned himself into police on a domestic violence charge. Mychelle Johnson said she could not 'be silent anymore' as she posted a...
California News | Judge rules domestic violence case against California police chief can go to trial
Hyeyoon Alyssa Choi | Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — A Mendocino County Superior Court judge ruled Friday that the Ukiah police chief and the county must stand trial in a domestic abuse case brought by the chief’s former fiancee. Amanda Carley, a onetime Mendocino County deputy probation officer, filed suit against the county and...
A Mendocino County Superior Court judge ruled Friday that the Ukiah police chief and the county must stand trial in a domestic abuse case brought by the chief’s former fiancee. Amanda Carley, a onetime Mendocino County deputy probation officer, filed suit against the county and Chief Noble Waidelich in 2017 after years of alleged domestic...
Women’s rights is dead, and we have killed it. With every TikTok cosplay, SNL sketch, and “Team Johnny” tip jar, the spectacle of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s defamation trial has not only exposed people’s latent misogyny, but also given us an unsettling glimpse into a world where #MeToo has been scrubbed away like a...
WHATEVER your view on the Depp-Heard trial make no mistake — it sends a very clear message to victims of domestic abuse in our country. It tells them to stay silent. My 13-year-old son, who is not at all familiar with Amber Heard or Johnny Depp, started talking to me about the trial because of...
A top legal scholar has argued that the American Civil Liberties Union shares in the blame for defaming Johnny Depp, after the group drafted an essay for Amber Heard that was at the center of his claims against her. During the six-week defamation trial, it emerged that Heard's 2018 Washington Post op-ed claiming domestic abuse...
The decision handed down in Johnny Depp’s defamation case against Amber Heard did not surprise Ruth Glenn, president and CEO of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. But it did disappoint. On Wednesday, a jury at the Fairfax County Circuit Court found Heard liable for defaming Depp. Heard, meanwhile, prevailed in one out of three...
A TikTok user has gone viral after revealing she'd given herself a tattoo of Johnny Depp's lawyer Camille Vasquez. Jazzmyn Wollfe, from Canada, first shared the clip showcasing her new inking last week, and it has since amassed over 1 million views. However, the 27-year-old has since been subjected to online scrutiny with many left divided...
After a six-week trial, a civil jury in Virginia is deliberating defamation claims by Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard. The trial has featured lurid testimony with explicit details about the movie stars’ short and volatile marriage. But what is the case really about? And what will the jury need to decide?: DEPP’S LAWSUIT...
A petition to remove actress Amber Heard as an ambassador of women’s rights for the left-wing organization American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has reached more than 60,000 signatures. “The ACLU extended a role of Ambassador of Women’s Rights specific to gender based violence to Amber Heard despite the fact that Amber Heard herself had been previously charged...
“The Favor” by Nora Murphy (Minotaur) Leah and Liam Dawson are lawyers. McKenna and Zack Hawkins are doctors. Or at least, Leah was a lawyer. And McKenna was a doctor. Now, they’re wives. They don’t know each other, but their similarities are uncanny. The two are smart, determined and at least somewhat privileged women, possessing...
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A seven-person civil jury in Virginia will resume deliberations Tuesday in Johnny Depp’s libel trial against Amber Heard. What the jury considers will be very different from the public debate that has engulfed the high-profile proceedings. For six weeks, testimony focused on details of alleged abuse that Heard says she suffered...
Actor Johnny Depp’s lawyer Ben Chew stated during closing arguments Friday at the Depp’s defamation trial against actress Amber Heard that the “MeToo” movement is “for true survivors of abuse, not Ms. Heard,” adding that the Aquaman actress “is not a true victim” of domestic abuse. “There’s an old saying that a good reputation takes a...
Six years after Amber Heard publicly named Johnny Depp as a domestic abuser, lawyers for the actor called her a habitual liar who ruined their client’s life with fabricated, career-destroying claims of physical violence. “Exactly six years ago today, on May 27, 2016, Ms. Heard walked into court and filed a false report of domestic...
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Amber Heard told jurors Thursday that a harassment campaign waged against her by ex-husband Johnny Depp has left her humiliated and scared for her life from multiple death threats, and said she just wants “Johnny to leave me alone.” Heard was expected to be the final witness in the six-week...
Stanford law professor Michele Dauber has denounced the decision by the judge in the sensational Johnny Depp/Amber Heard trial to allow testimony to be televised and livestreamed, saying the cameras turn the case into “a circus” that will stop other domestic violence victims from coming forward. “First of all, forcing Heard to describe sexual assault...
Johnny Depp is set to take the stand today in a blockbuster climax to his $50 million defamation suit with ex-wife Amber Heard that has already seen more than its fair share of explosive revelations. Entering its marathon seventh and final week week, the Pirates of the Caribbean star - who last took the stand...
FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Amber Heard faced questions from Johnny Depp's lawyers in her fourth day of testimony in the defamation trial between the former couple.Depp has accused Heard of defaming him in a 2018 op-ed for the Washington Post. In the piece, which published roughly two years after they divorced, Heard described herself as...
FAIRFAX, Va. -- Actor Amber Heard is expected to take the stand in her own defense Wednesday in a civil suit filed by her ex-husband, Johnny Depp.Heard's anticipated testimony comes after a psychologist hired by her lawyers testified that Heard suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder from multiple acts of abuse, including sexual violence, inflicted on...
A petition calling for Amber Heard to be axed from the upcoming Aquaman 2 film is nearing three million signatures. The actress has faced accusations of domestic abuse from her ex-husband Johnny Depp in their bombshell defamation trial. Depp is suing Heard for $50million, claiming she defamed him and ruined his career after a 2018...
Amber Heard will reportedly have less than ten minutes of screen time in the upcoming Aquaman sequel, according to a film journalist. The actress, 36, who stars as Mera in the franchise, is currently embroiled in a multi-million-dollar defamation trial with her former partner Johnny Depp. Film journalist Grace Randolph, who is known for comic book...
Joe Biden has now been in Delaware for 150 days: President has spent more time at his home away from the White House than Trump, Obama and Bush