Sean Piccoli

The trial over Blake Lively’s sexual harassment and smear campaign claims against Justin Baldoni is still set for May, and the parties are still going through the motions of court-ordered settlement talks. But a hearing Thursday may provide a look at where this It Ends With Us battle is really…

(Updated with more details + DA & Weinstein statement) The rape retrial of Harvey Weinstein is over, for now. The New York jury foreman refused to return to deliberations today resulting in a partial mistrial, but the much accused producer remains incarcerated and another trial is on the…

UPDATED with more details: A week into jury deliberations on Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape retrial, the proceedings appear to be descending into chaos. Under personal and judicial duress, the jurors just informed Judge Curtis Farber that they have reached a split verdict: guilty on Count 1 of…

UPDATED, 2:15 PM: In less than 24 hours, the New York jury in Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial will begin deliberations. In all likelihood, the seven-woman, five-man panel could be behind closed doors by mid-morning East Coast time to decide whether the once-swaggering producer will be sitting in…

UPDATE, 4:25 PM: "He was always sitting in a corner masturbating," a paid chevalier servant of Cassie Ventura said of Sean Combs. The scene was a standing room only courtroom Monday afternoon on the first day of the man known as Diddy's sex-trafficking trial. Alternating between candor, conflict…

EXCLUSIVE: Hours before opening statements in Sean "Diddy" Combs's sex-trafficking trial are set to start before a yet-to-be-seated jury, the defense is poised to take advantage of a self-wound of sorts by the prosecution. As of Sunday night, the U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District…

After nearly a week and more than 100 prospects parading before a federal judge, prosecutors and defense lawyers, a jury has still not been officially selected for Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex-trafficking trial. In what was intended to be a final pre-trial hearing to wrap up any loose ends, Judge…

UPDATE, 12:06 PM: A week before opening statements are set to start in a criminal trial that could see Sean “Diddy’ Combs spending the rest of his high-profile life in prison, picking a jury has moved ahead faster than expected – but not without some twists and turns. Seven women and four men…

Days before jury selection is set to start in Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial, a federal judge today sought confirmation from the Bad Boys Records founder that prosecutors put forth a plea deal and that he rebuffed it. "Yes, I did," a bespectacled Combs said in a Manhattan courtroom…

Three weeks before Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial is set to start, a hearing in New York today ruled that the shocking 2016 LA hotel security footage of the half naked Bad Boy Records founder seemingly beating then girlfriend Cassie Ventura will be shown to the jury. Moving quickly…

UPDATE, 1:55 PM PT: The second day of Harvey Weinstein's rape retrial in New York came to a close with defense lawyers seeking a mistrial. As dramatic as it sounds, the effort was cut short by Judge Curtis Farber within minutes. With the jury excused for the day, defense lawyers Arthur…

UPDATE, 12:45 PM: There was no sexual assault or abuse from Harvey Weinstein to the three women at the heart of his just started rape retrial in New York, the defense said in their opening statement today. Instead, attorney Arthur Aidala insisted these were mutual and consensual "friends with…