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Ye Allegedly Made Worker Live at Malibu Demolition Site

In a Los Angeles civil trial over injuries from the Malibu mansion demolition, Tony Saxon testified that Kanye West ordered him to live at the construction site around the clock, woke him at 3–4 a.m., and added 24/7 security duties while overseeing gutting of the Tadao Ando–designed home bought for $57.3 million. Saxon showed jurors text messages with Ye detailing updates, budgets, and a low-profile, permitless approach to the project; Ye’s team claims Saxon was an unlicensed contractor. The case, part of a wave of employee lawsuits, is set to continue with Ye and Bianca Censori expected to testify over the next two weeks.

via Rolling Stone|

#courts-and-crime #demolition #kanye-west

courts-and-crime1 month ago•15 min saved

Timothy Busfield Granted Release From Jail Amid Child-Abuse Allegations

Actor Timothy Busfield was released from an Albuquerque jail after a two-hour hearing on charges of criminal sexual contact of a minor and child abuse tied to twin actors on The Cleaning Lady; prosecutors argued for detention due to the seriousness of the allegations, while defense cited presumption of innocence, referencing a polygraph test and letters of support, with the judge ordering no contact with the accusers and allowing travel out of state pending trial.

via Rolling Stone|

#child-abuse #courts-and-crime #criminal-sexual-contact

courts-and-crime1 month ago•18 min saved

Timothy Busfield Charged Over Alleged On-Set Abuse of Twin Child Actors

Former West Wing actor Timothy Busfield is in New Mexico custody after being charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of child abuse related to twin child actors on The Cleaning Lady; he denies the allegations and says he passed a polygraph, while investigators allege grooming and inappropriate touching on set; a Warner Bros. independent investigation reportedly found no substantiation; the case follows earlier uncharged allegations and has prompted industry fallout, including shelving TV episodes and dropping his agency, with Busfield's wife Melissa Gilbert publicly supporting him.

via Rolling Stone|

#child-abuse #courts-and-crime #criminal-sexual-contact

courts-and-crime1 month ago•18 min saved

Nick Reiner's 2020 Confidential Mental Health Conservatorship Revealed

Nick Reiner, Rob and Michele Reiner’s son, was placed in a confidential one-year Lanterman-Petris-Short Act mental health conservatorship in 2020; the conservatorship ended in 2021. He had schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, and his psychiatric medications were changed due to side effects about a month before his parents were killed. He has since faced murder charges in their deaths.

via Rolling Stone|

#conservatorship #courts-and-crime #lps-conservatorship

courts-and-crime1 month ago•14 min saved

Confidentiality Forces Ex-Lawyer to Quit Nick Reiner Case

Alan Jackson, Nick Reiner’s defense attorney, says he had to withdraw from the first-degree murder case due to legal and ethical restrictions and will not discuss the reasons or retainer; he indicated circumstances beyond both his and Reiner’s control forced the split, and he maintains that Reiner is not guilty of murder under California law. The case follows the Los Angeles killings of Rob and Michele Reiner and Nick’s initial murder charge, tied to an incident at Conan O’Brien’s home the night prior.

via Rolling Stone|

#confidentiality #courts-and-crime #first-degree-murder

courts-and-crime1 month ago•13 min saved

Actor Kiefer Sutherland Allegedly Tells Uber Driver to Pull Over Before Arrest

Rolling Stone reports that Kiefer Sutherland repeatedly asked an Uber driver to pull over around midnight on Jan. 12, prompting a confrontation in Hollywood. The driver called police, and Sutherland was arrested on suspicion of criminal threats and booked on a felony, later released on $50,000 bail with a Feb. 2 court date anticipated if prosecutors pursue felony charges. A translator assisted in the investigation, and Sutherland has prior legal issues, including a 2007 DUI and a 2009 head-butting incident that was later dropped.

via Rolling Stone|

#arrest #courts-and-crime #criminal-threats