Emily Saul
The Archive
Ex-de Blasio crony accused of using Kardashian ties to fuel fraud scheme
Convicted ex-Mayor de Blasio crony Jona Rechnitz is keeping up with the Kardashians — to run a fraud scheme involving millions of dollars in diamonds, a new lawsuit charges. The...
Michael Avenatti still not sure if he'll take the stand, lawyer says
Michael Avenatti is still weighing whether or not to take the stand in his own defense, his lawyer revealed Friday. The comments came as testimony wound down for the week...
Lawyers want Bernie Madoff's victims to chime on his bid for early release
In a motion filed Friday, Assistant US Attorney Drew Skinner proposed that those defrauded in the $65 billion scam get until Feb. 28 to email victim coordinator Wendy Olsen-Clancy with...
Michael Avenatti saw Nike shakedown as financial 'light at end of tunnel': witness
The youth basketball coach at the center of Michael Avenatti's Nike bribery case testified Thursday that he felt "totally betrayed" that the lawyer allegedly tried to extort the sportswear giant...
Accused CIA leaker thought Edward Snowden should be executed: witness
The former CIA staffer accused of passing top secret documents to WikiLeaks was a vocal critic of fellow CIA leaker Edward Snowden -- and thought he should be executed, a...
Queens man who admitted to stuffing ex in a suitcase pleads guilty
The Queens man who admitted to dumping his bound ex-girlfriend in a suitcase in Connecticut has pleaded guilty to kidnapping, according to court papers. Javier Da Silva copped Wednesday to...
Bernie Madoff has 'less than 18 months to live,' seeks release from prison
Infamous Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff has less than 18 months to live and wants a judge to grant him “compassionate release” from prison so he doesn’t have to die there,...
Accused CIA leaker grew 'belligerent' before WikiLeaks dump, witness says
A CIA programmer accused of passing classified information to Wikileaks became increasingly hostile toward coworkers in the months ahead of a massive online document dump, a witness said in court...
Michael Avenatti was 'extremely loud' during testimony, prosecutors say
Assistant US Attorney Robert Sobelman said that if the prosecutors could hear Avenatti confer with his lawyers and respond to testimony, it was likely those weighing his fate in his...
Hanukkah slasher told doctor he wanted to change 'the complexion' of society
Accused Monsey Hanukkah slasher Grafton Thomas told a psychiatrist that he was interested in "changing the complexion of a problematic society," according to newly released court papers. Thomas, 37, made...
Accused CIA leaker is guilty of being a 'pain in the ass' — but not treason, lawyer says
A former CIA programmer on trial for passing a trove of highly classified documents to WikiLeaks is a "pain in the ass," but that doesn't mean he's guilty of treason,...
Michael Avenatti's client totally blindsided by Nike demands
Michael Avenatti kept his client in total darkness as he maneuvered to shakedown Nike for some $20 million, a witness testified Monday in the lawyer's extortion trial. "I trusted that...
Lev Parnas won't say if he plans to cooperate in criminal case
Lev Parnas declined to answer Monday when asked if he planned to cooperate in the criminal case against him, as a judge ruled the trial will kick off in October....
Disturbing video goes inside Jeffrey Epstein's Palm Beach estate
Disturbing video taken inside Jeffrey Epstein’s sprawling Palm Beach estate gives an inside look into the late billionaire’s creepy proclivities -- including a taste for pink carpets, red-light-district lighting and...
Judge set to oversee Avenatti's Stormy Daniels trial dead at 72
Manhattan federal Judge Deborah Batts who was slated to oversee Michael Avenatti's Stormy Daniels-related embezzlement trial, has died. She was 72. The Philadelphia-born jurist, who was the first openly gay...
Florida prosecutors release trove of Jeffrey Epstein files
Florida prosecutors released their entire Jeffrey Epstein case file from when the serial pedophile was first investigated more than a decade ago and posted it online so the public can...
Hear Michael Avenatti's alleged extortion of Nike
Audio released Friday reveals the comments that landed Michael Avenatti on trial for allegedly attempting to extort Nike. The recording was played for jurors Thursday as prosecutors attempted to prove...
Weinstein accuser sues gossip site for publishing rape accusation without consent
A Harvey Weinstein accuser is suing gossip site The Blast, claiming it breached a nondisclosure agreement and published her accusations of being raped by the producer -- despite her explicit...
Adam Skelos wants to move from prison to halfway house
Daddy's boy Adam Skelos is asking a judge to allow him to finish out his sentence in a halfway house — and he made the request all by himself, according...
Lawyer for Epstein guard has shouting match with judge over vacation plans
A lawyer for one of the corrections officers accused of falsifying records the night Jeffrey Epstein died got into a shouting match Thursday with a Manhattan federal judge -- because...