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A woman has sued director Roman Polanski, alleging he raped her in his home when she was a minor in 1973. The woman aired the allegations, which the 90-year-old Polanski has denied, in a news conference with her attorney, Gloria Allred, on Tuesday. The account is similar to the still-unresolved Los Angeles criminal sexual assault case that prompted Polanski in 1978 to flee to Europe, where he has remained since. The woman who filed the civil lawsuit said she went to dinner with Polanski, who knew she was under 18, in 1973, months after she had met him at a...

New York Attorney General Letitia James leaves the courtroom without granting any interview after losing 80 percent of the case against Trump on day one because she could not figure out what the statute of limitations was.

Former Presiden Trump announces that the judge has ruled that 80% of the trial is dismissed due to the statute of limitations at the end of his first day in the NYC civil fraud trial. Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:

This week, Hunter Biden’s defense team traveled to Delaware seeking an update on the federal criminal investigation that has dragged on for almost five years. The reason seems clear: Time is running out on Hunter and the Biden family. After years of delaying disclosures and admissions, Hunter could now be pushing to cap off the criminal side of the scandal before more information is released in Arkansas and Washington. For the White House, even a criminal plea is preferred if they can avoid one particular claim — and they may be succeeding. For years, the Bidens have worked (with the...

The #MeToo movement has sent dozens of once-powerful Hollywood players into exile, but few of them have been placed in handcuffs or jail cells. And it’s increasingly apparent that the lack of criminal charges may remain the norm. Harvey Weinstein has been charged with sexual assault in New York, and Bill Cosby was sent to prison in Pennsylvania in the year since stories on Weinstein in The New York Times and The New Yorker set off waves of revelations of sexual misconduct in Hollywood. But those two central figures are exceptions. A task force launched last November by Los Angeles...

It was all we could do in the wake of Saturday’s news of the discovery of Jacob Wetterling. Well, perhaps not all. Perhaps we can talk about why there’s a statute of limitations in Minnesota for kidnapping and raping children. Under Minnesota law, indictments or complaints must be made within nine years after the alleged crime was committed or three years after it was reported to law inforcements, whichever is later.

Meet the woman JPMorgan Chase paid one of the largest fines in American history to keep from talking By Matt Taibbi | November 6, 2014 "It was like watching an old lady get mugged on the street," she says. "I thought, 'I can't sit by any longer.'" Fleischmann is the central witness in one of the biggest cases of white-collar crime in American history, possessing secrets that JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon late last year paid $9 billion (not $13 billion as regularly reported – more on that later) to keep the public from hearing. Back in 2006, as a...

..."The LAPD has been repeatedly criticized for its huge backlog of untested DNA evidence, but officials have said that they lacked the money to move faster on the cases. Chick's report, however, found that the logjam existed even though the department had received nearly $4 million in grants in recent years to address the problem. According to the city audit, there are 217 rape kits that have sat on the shelves in LAPD property rooms that are beyond the 10-year statute in which to prosecute the crimes. "They are totally useless and that number is growing every day." Chick said."...

"A Kansas court of appeals has ruled that it's illegal for an illegal alien to enter the country, but not illegal for an illegal alien to be in the country if the illegal alien can illegally make it past the Border Patrol without getting caught." "Ruling that it is illegal to enter the country without the proper documents and permissions, but it is not necessarily illegal to be in the country if you don't get caught upon entry, the court threw out the sentence of an illegal immigrant who pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine and endangering a child."

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- The 1975 murder of Martha Moxley set in motion more than a quarter century of grief and intrigue as the attractive teen's family waited for justice while two Kennedy cousins lived under a cloud of suspicion. The long delay in an arrest fueled suspicions of a powerful cover-up in a wealthy Connecticut town. Authorities ultimately charged one of the cousins, Michael Skakel, with bludgeoning Moxley with a golf club and accused his wealthy family of a cover-up to thwart his prosecution during a trial that led to his conviction in 2002. Now Skakel says he should...

Yesterday on the LARRY ELDER SHOW, Larry interviewed former radio talk show host, att'y, and media whore Gloria Alred about Arnold's running for governor and the interview in the 1977 issue of OUI magazine where Arnold bragged about taking part in an orgy. Alred, in her typical "we're talking rape here - if it is rape and I don't know if it is" fashion, pathetically attempted to attach the words "rape" and "sexual assault" where no such activity existed. Alred used to be a host on KABC, but the station chose not to renew her contract earlier this year.

At least 24 released since court ruling on CA molestation law (Los Angeles-AP) -- At least two dozen convicted sex offenders have been released from prison since a U-S Supreme Court decision struck down a California law on prosecuting child molesters. That's according to today's Los Angeles Times, which surveyed corrections records statewide.

Sexual Predator First to Be Released Under New Law Before the end of the month, a serial child molester will be set free from a California mental hospital. Brian Devries, 44, is the first person to hit the streets under California's sexually violent predator law. Though Devries is headed out of state, prosecutors are already warning, he will likely offend again. Devries has a trail of victims. He admits to molesting 50 boys from New Hampshire to San Jose, but today a Santa Clara County judge ordered his release. Devries spent the past five years at Atascadero State Mental...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A man who molested at least nine boys was ordered freed from a mental hospital over state objections Thursday, becoming the first person to win release from a California program that keeps sexual predators locked up for treatment after they have served their prison time. Superior Court Judge Robert Baines ruled that 44-year-old Brian DeVries will be released as early as July 26 and will be allowed to live alone in Washington state, under close supervision. The court ruling became necessary after the state objected to DeVries' release, arguing that he was still a danger...

<p>Three men convicted in Orange County of molesting decades ago young girls in their families will be released from prison in the coming days because of a controversial U.S. Supreme Court decision, provoking fear and disbelief among the women who pressed charges against them.</p>

Sex offender to get sentence reduction Raymond Butte, 51, the former Burney area man currently serving in excess of a life term for sex crimes against his daughter and others, will have his sentenced reduced. According to Shasta County District Attorney Gerald Benito, the United States Supreme Court issued a ruling in a California case involving a particular statute of limitations law in child molest cases. Statewide the ruling affected 800 cases, three of those in Shasta County, including Buttes. One inmate, Richard Alexander has been released from custody. Another, David Berry, may be released, pending the outcome of...

Just as the nation was recovering from stunning, back-to-back Supreme Court rulings invalidating the right to equal protection in affirmative-action cases and then striking down state anti-sodomy laws, the political activists in black robes freed hundreds of confessed and convicted child molesters in California. Prosecutors in the Golden State spent last weekend scrambling to figure out a response to last Thursday's 5-4 decision that California had violated the Constitution's ban on ex post facto – after the fact – laws when the Legislature changed the time limit for bringing criminal charges in child sex-abuse cases to cover older cases. As...

<p>California judges ordered two molestation defendants freed Monday as authorities sought to determine how many cases may be voided by the U.S. Supreme Court's rejection of a law that allowed prosecution of decades-old sex abuse allegations.</p> <p>The ruling was denounced by people who have accused priests of crimes, while prosecutors emphasized that the fallout from the high court's decision will extend far beyond the high-profile clergy sex abuse scandal that has rocked the Roman Catholic church.</p>

<p>Authorities dismissed the first of hundreds of child molestation cases Thursday, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned part of a California law that allowed prosecutors to bring charges for abuse years after it occurred.</p> <p>In ruling that the 1994 law could not be applied retroactively, the nation's highest court effectively annulled hundreds of cases around the state, including numerous convictions and dozens of high-profile charges that have been brought against Roman Catholic priests in the past year.</p>

<p>At least three convicted sex offenders are expected to be released next week from Monterey County correctional facilities following a decision Thursday by the U.S. Supreme Court. The court ruled unconstitutional a California law that allows certain sex crimes to be charged after the statute of limitations has expired.</p>