• Man Accused of Murdering Father in Maine Brings Up Slayer at Hearing, Ruled Not Competent to Stand Trial [WATCH]

    A man charged with brutally murdering his father and cutting up his remains was recently ruled incompetent to stand trial in Maine. During a hearing yesterday, Jan. 5, Leroy Smith III told the judge that the band Slayer had once been present in 2011 when he had a gun pointed at his head. His statement had nothing to do with the May 2014 slaying and Smith was subsequently ruled unfit to stand trial, centralmaine.com reports.Smith described a bizarre scenario during his hearing despite the judge telling him that if he spoke he would be removed from the courtroom."With my case, they're telling me that my story is delusional grandiose of proceedings that happened, and they're not investigating it," he said."The fact of the matter [is that] in 2011 I had a gun pointed to my head and was sworn to keep secret of what I am. And they refused investigating any persons that are responsible. The whole entire music group Slayer was there. I was told then that what they did was too overboard. I sent them a message on Facebook and that Jeff Hanneman, the guitarist, takes his own life. He took his own life May 5 of 2013."Founding guitarist Hanneman died May 3, 2013, from liver failure.

  • Jury Selection Begins in Trial of Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev

    Potential jurors first came face to face with Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in court this morning, Jan. 5. Within the next three days as many as 1,200 people will be called into federal court to be viewed as potential jurors. Only 12 jurors and six alternates are needed, but it will likely take a deep pool to find that many people have not already formed an opinion on Tsarnaev's involvement in the twin bombing and events shortly thereafter on April 15, 2013, which resulted in three deaths and injuries to 260 people.According to Yahoo News, Monday begins what will likely be a gruesome and difficult trial that will last for months. It was also only the second time in 18 months that Tsarnaev has seen the light of day."Appearing in court Monday morning for only the second time in 18 months, Tsarnaev, with a short beard and shaggy hair, was seated in front of the first 200 of 1,200 prospective jurors in the case who quietly stared at the suspected bomber as presiding Judge George O'Toole explained the selection process," said Yahoo."O'Toole told the jurors the trial is tentatively scheduled to begin Jan. 26 and is expected to last three to four months. As he spoke, Tsarnaev, who was dressed in khaki pants and dark sweater, stared mostly at the table, looking up occasionally at the judge and out towards the prospective jurors. He could be seen drumming his fingers on his chair underneath the table," said Yahoo.

  • Robert Kennedy Jr. May Have to Testify in Chelsea Kirwan's Divorce Trial, Which Means Admitting That He Cheated on New Wife Cheryl Hines

    Robert Kennedy Jr. may now be married to Cheryl Hines, but that doesn't mean that his bad-boy behavior is completely in the past. In fact, when Kennedy first started dating Hines a few years ago, he was also reportedly juggling another woman, Chelsea Kirwan, who was trying to dig herself out of a volatile marriage. Now, if Kennedy has to testify at Kirwan's divorce hearing, he may have to admit more than he wants to!

  • Boston Bombing Suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Makes Brief Court Appearance as Trial Begins in January

    Thursday morning, Dec. 18, marked the first time in more than a year that Dzokhar Tsarnaev stood before a federal judge in a Boston courtroom. He was asked to appear in person so it could be put on the record that he is satisfied with his representation ahead of his trial, which is scheduled to begin Jan. 5. The last time Tsarnaev was seen in public was when he pled not guilty to at least 30 charges in a terrorism indictment that was in connection to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people and injured 260.As it stands now, Tsarnaev's trial is set to begin in a few weeks and is expected to last between three and five months. While Massachusetts no longer has the death penalty on the table, Tsarnaev is facing federal charges, which do carry death as a possible punishment. Insiders seem to believe that even if the 21-year-old is sentenced to death, it is unlikely he will ever be executed.

  • 'Love & Hip Hop' Yandy Smith Says that Trusting Mendeecees Harris's Loyalty Is Not an Issue

    "Love & Hip Hop" returned for a new season on VH1 last night, Dec. 15, bringing with it a reunited Yandy Smith and Mendeecees Harris. Fans of the show are already familiar with the couple's checkered history. They have been a couple for the better part of eight years and parent to their son as well as Harris's older boy from another relationship.This new season picks up right as Harris has made bail after spending 13 months locked up for his alleged role in a drug ring. The first episode showed fans those first few days of togetherness for Smith and Harris, but the truth is it was all filmed months ago. Smith is currently pregnant with a little girl and planning her wedding to Harris while he is still awaiting trial.The Hip Hop Socialite caught up with Smith by phone recently and asked her a lot of the tough questions, like how she manages to deal with some of the negative press and scandalous rumors that have haunted her in recent years.

  • Yandy Smith and Mendeecees Harris Return to 'Love & Hip Hop New York' with a Daughter on the Way as Drug Trial Looms

    The official cast for the upcoming winter season of VH1's "Love & Hip Hop New York" has finally been announced, and a lot of the regulars have decided to take a season off by leaving the network to add several new faces to the mix. Two who will be returning, though, are Yandy Smith and Mendeecees Harris. If you are a fan of the show, then you already know that Smith spent months fighting to get Harris out of jail after he was incarcerated in upstate New York.Harris was finally released on $600,000 bail last April after being locked up for 15 months, and he is still facing trial based on charges that he allegedly helped to run a drug pipeline from New York City to the Rochester region. Smith may have come up with the money to get her man out, but their troubles are far from over. Add to that the fact that Smith is currently expecting their second child while also raising Harris's older son and you get the makings of an interesting storyline.

  • South African Olympian Oscar Pistorius To Be Sentenced On Tuesday For Death Of Reeva Steenkamp

    After several months of trial and an intense mental evaluation, Oscar Pistorius was finally convicted of culpable murder last September for the shooting death of his then-girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The Olympic blade runner still insists that he believed an intruder was on the other side of that bathroom door when he opened fire, accidentally killing Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013. The penalty phase of his sentencing has wrapped up this week with Pistorius' punishment finally being announced next Tuesday. The prosecution is rallying hard for the athlete to be incarcerated.

  • Former MMA Fighter War Machine Selling Merch To Pay Legal Bills, Thinks Christy Mack Got Off Easy With Severe Beating

    Former MMA fighter, Jonathan "War Machine" Koppenhaver has been locked up on 32 different felony charges for a month now in connecting with the brutal beating of Christy Mack. The details of their relationship are a bit sketchy with Mack insisting they split last May while War Machine says that they were still together when he barged in to find her with Corey Thomas. He took a beating before being locked out of the house so that War Machine could pummel Mack, leaving her with multiple broken bones and internal injuries.

  • Hope Solo Allowed To Continue Playing On U.S. Women's Soccer Team While Awaiting Trial For Domestic Charges As NFL Has Deactivated Male Players For The Same Reason

    Last June, Hope Solo was involved in a physical altercation with both her sister and her 17-year old nephew at a party in Washington state. The soccer goalkeeper was charged with 2 counts of domestic violence to which she plead not guilty. A trial is now scheduled to begin on Nov. 4 and if convicted Solo could be facing 6 months in jail. While awaiting trial Solo has been allowed to continue playing for the U.S. Women's team and is expected to start in the CONCACAF championship next month. The fact that Solo has been allowed to play while men facing similar charges in the NFL are being benched has certainly raised some eyebrows because of the double standard that is being presented.

  • Oscar Pistorius Found "Not Guilty" Of Murdering Reeva Steenkamp On Valentine's Day 2013

    A stunned silence washed over a Pretoria, South African court room today as Judge Thokozile Masipa let it be known that she has not found Oscar Pistorius guilty of premeditated murder. In a long, detailed statement the presiding judge informed those in attendance that she didn't believe that the prosecution presented a strong enough case to convince her that Oscar had intentionally fired four shots through a bathroom door intending to kill his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
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