Trial

Celebrity chef Mario Batali was found not guilty Tuesday by a judge in his Boston sexual misconduct trial. Batali is charged with indecent assault and battery over a 2017 incident at a Back Bay restaurant. Boston Municipal Court Judge James Stanton found Batali not guilty, saying the complaining witness had “credibility issues” and found there was not enough evidence to...

The celebrity chef is accused of forcibly kissing and groping a woman at a Boston restaurant in 2017 after inviting her to take a selfie together.

Scott Peterson and his attorneys have started the process of trying to get a new trial due to alleged juror misconduct in Peterson’s original 2004 trial, where he was convicted for murdering his wife and unborn son.

Lawyer Pat Harris said Peterson’s legal team ‘absolutely’ has new evidence that would be presented if he is granted a new trial in the murder of his wife and unborn son.

The long-awaited trial of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s confidant Ghislaine Maxwell begins Monday.

Day two of jury selection in the Elizabeth Holmes fraud trial is set for Wednesday in downtown San Jose as attorneys for both sides try to compile an impartial panel in a highly publicized Silicon Valley case. Sharon Katsuda reports.

The trial of Elizabeth Holmes got underway in San Jose on Tuesday, starting with jury selection, as the founder and former CEO of Theranos stood accused of defrauding investors and patients. Kris Sanchez reports.

Not long ago she was the rising star of the Silicon Valley. She was called the youngest self-made billionaire. But on Tuesday, the founder and CEO of Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes, will be on trial for lying and defrauding investors and patients. A lot is at stake in this trial and for Business and Tech Reporter Scott Budman breaks it all...

A prosecutor described sex abuse claims against R&B star R. Kelly Wednesday, saying the long-anticipated trial now underway is “about a predator” who used his fame to entice girls, boys and young women before dominating and controlling them physically, sexually and psychologically for at least three decades. “This case is not about a celebrity who likes to party a lot,” Assistant...

Starting this week, what prosecutors say was a not-so-secret dark side of R&B superstar R. Kelly will be presented in lurid detail for a jury in New York City.

A juror has been removed from the murder trial of multimillionaire Robert Durst because she violated the court’s order not to read about the case during the unprecedented 14-month pandemic hiatus.

Attorneys for Robert Durst filed an emergency motion Thursday asking a judge to postpone his murder trial indefinitely and release him on a “high bail amount,” citing the 78-year-old real estate scion’s “serious health conditions.”

The upcoming trial of a former Massachusetts mayor first elected at the age of 23 will showcase the dramatic rise and fall of the wunderkind accused of stealing from his investors and extorting marijuana companies.

A federal judge gave the green light Thursday to move jailed R&B singer R. Kelly to New York City to go on trial this summer after several delays.

Many Black men and women in the U.S. are keeping tabs on what’s unfolding in the televised murder trial of white former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, taking in what they can before turning away to allow their anger and hurt to subside

Courteney Ross shared details about the moment she met George Floyd, when Floyd was working as a security guard. “And this kind of person to come up and tell you he wants to pray for you… It was so sweet,” Ross said.

The U.S. has charged 320 people for participating in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, and the Department of Justice says it expects to file charges against at least 100 more, stating that it will likely be one of the largest investigations and prosecutions in American history.

The trial of the former Minneapolis police officer accused of killing George Floyd is on hold while an appeal proceeds over the possible reinstatement of a third-degree murder charge.

Barbed wire and concrete barriers surround the courthouse where the white former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd is due to soon go on trial.

The day started with a warning from House Democrats that graphic videos from the Capitol Riot would be played throughout the day. Here are some of the other key moments.