Australian star Rebel Wilson has been sued for defamation after she accused the producers of her new film The Deb of embezzlement and misconduct. Wilson took to Instagram earlier this week, accusing three producers of preventing the film’s premiere at the Toronto Film Festival because of her allegations. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Aussie Hollywood star … Read more
Hollywood couldn’t script it. A world famous actor walks free after prosecutors are accused of a cover up, burying crucial evidence that could have helped the star’s case. Throw in it was live streamed and reality cameras are following the leading man… and maybe you do have a box office hit. Know the news with … Read more
A US judge has dismissed involuntary manslaughter charges against Alec Baldwin after his lawyers alleged police hid evidence of the source of the live round that killed Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer made the ruling three days after Baldwin’s trial began in New Mexico, after hearing evidence on the defence … Read more
An Indian grandfather was mistaken for a child abductor and fatally attacked in a New Zealand park, in an act his family has slammed as “totally unfair”. Mewa Singh, 60, was visiting his son and grandson in Christchurch when he suffered a fatal blow at the hands of a stranger. His 32-year-old attacker, whose name … Read more
A Sydney man has been found not guilty of causing his wife’s death in a buggy crash while on their honeymoon on a popular Queensland island. Robbie Awad was charged over the death of his new bride, 29-year-old Marina Hanna, during their honeymoon on Hamilton Island in June 2022. The pair were in a buggy, … Read more
A Chinese national who performed illegal and fatal breast augmentation surgery will spend at least another two-and-a-half years behind bars. Jie Shao was convicted of manslaughter earlier this year when a Sydney jury found she unlawfully injected a woman with a lethal dosage of anaesthetic. Jean Huang, 35, died in the September 2017 procedure that … Read more
Transcripts of a 2006 grand jury investigation into sex trafficking and rape allegations against the late US financier Jeffrey Epstein have finally been released. The Florida judge’s release of the previously secret 150 pages came as a surprise, as he had scheduled a hearing for next week on when and how to make them public. … Read more
South Australia’s Royal Commission into Domestic, Sexual and Family Violence will aim to deliver generational change in a sector that Commissioner Natasha Stott Despoja says is experiencing a national emergency. The commission began its work on Monday, with a one-year deadline to deliver a report to the government that focuses on prevention, early intervention, response, … Read more
Victoria will close two prisons, including a privately-run maximum security centre, and shift inmates to a $1.1 billion facility that has been sitting idle for almost two years. Port Phillip Prison will close by the end of 2025 and the 59-year-old Dhurringile Prison will close within months, Corrections Minister Enver Erdogan announced on Wednesday. Port … Read more
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the US Justice Department that will resolve a long-running legal saga that spanned multiple continents and centred on the publication of a trove of classified documents, according to court papers filed late Monday. Assange is scheduled to appear in the … Read more
