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3RD UPDATE, 3:39 PM: The ex-boyfriend of Hollywood therapist Dr. Amie Harwick has been ordered to stand trial for murder in connection with her death last year. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael E. Pastor ruled today that the prosecution had presented “more than enough evidence” against Gareth Pursehouse…

Less than 24 hours after the LAPD broke up a peaceful Black Lives Matters protest and arrested an activist outside the official residence of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, Joe Biden has named Garcetti one of the co-chairs of his inaugural committee. The selection that has been met with derision and concern by BLM LA…

UPDATE, 11:19 AM: After a hard fought election and eight years in office, Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey has just conceded to George Gascón. Noting the ” contentious fight” and fighting back tears, the first African-American woman elected to the powerful prosecution office recognized that the votes…

UPDATED, 2:35 PM: With just six days to go in a tight Los Angeles County District Attorney’s race, incumbent Jackie Lacey’s office just unveiled seven new sexual assault charges against Ron Jeremy. Involving five women and a 17-year-old girl, the new charges and previous claims could see 67-year-old porn star facing…

George Gascón's bid to be Los Angeles County's next District Attorney replacing two-term incumbent Jackie Lacey has all the drama of a Hollywood production, and the challenger has a lot of the industry’s backing to support that idea. Netflix co-CEO Reed Hastings, newly minted Warner Bros TV boss Channing Dungey, FX…

As the deep-pocketed runoff campaign between incumbent Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey and challenger George Gascón heads into its final month, the L.A. DA’s office Friday filed even more new sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein. "Case BA483663 was amended today to add three felony counts each of…

UPDATED with David Guillod statement EXCLUSIVE: In the next few minutes, Extraction executive producer David Guillod will turn himself in to law enforcement in Santa Barbara to face multiple charges of sexual assault. The 11 felony counts, including kidnapping, revolve around three women who have been identified as…

Harvey Weinstein is out of coronavirus isolation in a New York state prison, but the convicted sex offender now is facing even more charges out in Los Angeles. Just over four months after L.A. County District Attorney Jackie Lacey hit the Oscar-winning producer with a series and rape and sex-crime charges, the City of…

Now back behind bars in New York to start serving the 23-year prison sentence he was handed today, Harvey Weinstein's appeal may have to get in line behind sex crimes charges the much-accused producer is facing in the City of Angels. "The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has begun the process of…

Harvey Weinstein won't be hauled into a City of Angels courtroom on rape charges for at least a few more weeks, but the now convicted and much accused producer is proving a potentially decisive factor in Tuesday’s primary election for Los Angles County District Attorney. As incumbent Jackie Lacey tries to contain the…

Events on the West Coast and cell phones dominated the early part of the second day of Harvey Weinstein's rape trial in New York City on Tuesday – and almost landed the disgraced producer behind bars. With far less press and far fewer onlookers than Monday at the 15th-floor courtroom of the Criminal Courts Building in…

EXCLUSIVE: The second official day of Harvey Weinstein's criminal trial for rape in New York City may be the last – at for a while, if the producer gets his way. Following Weinstein being charged with four counts of sexual assault by the Los Angeles County District Attorney earlier today, lawyers for the much-accused…