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OpEd: Blame Goldstein and Hadjadj, not the Jews or Chabad

So there is another shanda, disgrace, emanating from former Chabad of Poway Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein’s complicated scheme to steal money from taxpayers and generous employers.  Caught up in it is another Chabad Rabbi, Yehuda Hadjadj of Chabad of UC San Diego, who pleaded guilty on Wednesday, Jan. 26, to conspiring with Goldstein to illegally divert money fraudulently obtained from Qualcomm. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Ghislaine Maxwell convicted of recruiting teenage girls for Epstein sex abuse

Published by Reuters UK By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty by a U.S. jury on Wednesday of helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls, sealing a remarkable fall from grace for the British socialite. Maxwell, 60, was accused of recruiting and grooming https://www.reuters.com/world/us/opening-statements-ghislaine-maxwell-sex-abuse-case-set-begin-2021-11-29 four teenagers between 1994

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New York appeals court calls Manhattan DA’s ‘pile on’ case against Harvey Weinstein ‘overkill’

Published by New York Daily News NEW YORK — A New York appeals court considering Harvey Weinstein’s request to overturn his 2020 rape and sexual assault conviction appeared Wednesday to empathize with the disgraced film producer’s argument that he’d been placed in a “legal vise” by uncharged crimes. At Weinstein’s trial, the judge and a

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Met dropping Sackler name from museum over opioid links

Published by AFP New York (AFP) – New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art said Thursday it was stripping the Sackler name from several exhibition wings, amid ongoing controversy over the billionaire family’s alleged role in fueling the opioid crisis. The Sackler name will be removed from seven exhibitions, among them the wing housing the Temple

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Michael Cohen asks appeals court to order Trump Org cover his legal fees

Published by New York Daily News NEW YORK — Michael Cohen asked a Manhattan appeals court Thursday to reconsider a ruling that spares the Trump Organization from having to pay his hefty legal bills. Trump’s former personal attorney says the ex-president’s company must foot the bill for more than $1 million in unpaid lawyers’ fees

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Ghislaine Maxwell ‘served up’ girls for sex to Epstein: prosecutors

Published by AFP New York (AFP) – Ghislaine Maxwell set young girls up to be abused by “predator” Jeffrey Epstein, prosecutors said Monday, as the sex trafficking trial of the British jet-set socialite and heiress began in New York. While the defense urged jurors not to “scapegoat” Maxwell for Epstein’s crimes, government attorneys described her

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Epstein associate Maxwell goes on trial for sex crimes

Opening statements Monday are set to launch the much-anticipated sex crimes trial of Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite charged with recruiting and grooming underage girls for the late financier Jeffrey Epstein. The 59-year-old daughter of the late newspaper baron Robert Maxwell faces an effective life sentence if convicted in New York of sex trafficking minors for Epstein, her former lover who killed himself in prison over two years ago. [Agence France Presse]

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Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen freed after 3-year confinement

Published by Reuters By Carlo Allegri NEW YORK (Reuters) – Michael Cohen, the onetime personal lawyer and fixer for former U.S. President Donald Trump, walked out of federal court a free man on Monday at the end of his three-year sentence for campaign finance violations and other crimes. Cohen, 55, told reporters outside the U.S.

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Trump Organization does not have to pay Michael Cohen’s legal bills -judge

Published by Reuters NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Trump Organization does not need to pay millions of dollars in legal bills for Trump’s former fixer and attorney Michael Cohen, a New York judge decided on Friday. Michael Cohen had sued the Trump Organization for failing to make good on a promise to pay legal costs

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Phoenix Suns Owner Robert Sarver Accused Of Making Racist & Misogynistic Comments

Published by uSports.org Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver has been accused of making racist and sexist comments in the workplace. ESPN published a report detailing instances where Sarver demonstrated poor behavior that has created a toxic environment within the Suns’ organization. The ESPN article bases its information on interviews conducted with 70 former and current

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Natalie Wood’s sister claims Kirk Douglas sexually assaulted actress

Published by BANG Showbiz English The late Natalie Wood was sexually assaulted by Kirk Douglas when she was a teenager, her sister has claimed. Lana Wood told how her older sibling was 17 and filming ‘The Searchers’ in 1955 when their mother, Maria Zakherenko, arranged a meeting for her with the ‘Spartacus’ star – who

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Robert Durst Charged With Murder Of First Wife Kathie, Days After Being Sentenced To Life In Prison For Killing His Pal Susan: Report

Published by OK Magazine Disgraced real-estate heir Robert Durst has been charged with murdering his first wife Kathie, officials confirmed, days after he was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his friend and alleged confidant. “The Westchester County District Attorney´s Office can confirm that a complaint charging Robert Durst with the murder of Kathleen

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Ex-Giuliani pal Lev Parnas found guilty of orchestrating Russia-tied campaign finance scheme

Published by New York Daily News NEW YORK — Ex-Rudy Giuliani associate Lev Parnas was found guilty by a Manhattan jury Friday of violating campaign finance laws during a bumbling bid to launch a weed business and curry favor with then-President Donald Trump and other Republican big shots. Parnas, whose 2019 Ukraine dealings with Giuliani

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