Lindsay Clancy trial consumes tight-knit Massachusetts town where degrees of separation are slim

The sensational Lindsay Clancy murder trial has been the talk of the town of postcard-perfect Plymouth, Mass., where locals say everyone knows someone connected to the case. Even locals with firsthand familiarity with the people and places mentioned at the closely watched triple-murder trial, which has attracted throngs of out-of-town supporters, said they were turning … Read more

To women, Lindsay Clancy isn’t a monster — she’s living proof of their worst fears

Lindsay Clancy committed the worst crime imaginable when she killed her three children.  She was disturbingly methodical about it, tying an exercise band to a door in the basement of the family home and strangling each of her babies, Cora, then 5, Dawson, then three, and Callan, then just seven months, one at a time.  … Read more

Exclusive | Judge Judy’s son shuns ‘nepo baby’ label with new show and blasts NYC lawmakers: ‘Do better’

When it comes to scoring VIP DNA, Adam Levy hit the motherlode.  But the lawyer and former District Attorney of Putnam County, New York, isn’t robing up to preside over his first solo daytime courtroom show, “Adam’s Law,” debuting September 14, simply because his mother’s the renowned Judge Judith “Judy” Sheindlin. Instead, the lean, mean litigating … Read more

Inside surrogate McKenna West’s quixotic quest to keep the baby she delivered despite biological parents’ wishes

She may have kept the pregnancy — but she won’t be keeping the baby. The surrogate who crossed state lines to give birth to a baby boy against his biological parents’ wishes that she terminate the pregnancy has virtually no legal claim to the child, a reproductive law attorney told The Post. “I don’t see … Read more

California insurers can charge single adults, widows higher rates after controversial court ruling

California insurers can charge single adults, widows higher rates after controversial court ruling

Californians who are divorced, widowed or single for any reason may be charged higher car insurance prices after a shocking court ruling. A California Court of Appeal upheld a state regulation Thursday that’s been in place since 1996 that permits auto insurers to use marital status as a factor in determining premiums for its “substantial … Read more

Parents face prison sentence for homeschooling after court accuses them of ‘intellectual neglect’ in bizarre cultural charge

Parents face prison sentence for homeschooling after court accuses them of ‘intellectual neglect’ in  bizarre cultural charge

A Brazilian court has sentenced a couple to 50 days in prison for “intellectual neglect” after they homeschooled their two daughters without a state-approved curriculum. A São Paulo criminal court ruled against Audato and Ieda Denardi, alleging they had failed to include programs on “gender and sex education” and “tolerance and diversity” in the curriculum for their … Read more

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sends legal threat to company game mocking his constant flops

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sends legal threat to company game mocking his constant flops

SGA is even trying to play to the refs in the court of law. The NBA’s reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has sent a legal warning to a fantasy sports company that made a board game mocking the Oklahoma City guard’s notorious flops. The Thunder star’s lawyers demanded that Underdog Sports stop using SGA’s name and … Read more

Matthew Perry drug dealer ‘Ketamine Queen’ flaunted life of luxury

Matthew Perry drug dealer ‘Ketamine Queen’ flaunted life of luxury

Dubbed the “Ketamine Queen,” Jasveen Sangha lived fast — and spent even faster. The 42-year-old dual British-American citizen was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for her role in the death of “Friends” star Matthew Perry — but long before her arrest, Sangha was funding a globe-trotting, high-end lifestyle prosecutors say was bankrolled by … Read more

Exclusive | Denise Richards’ ex shares financial sob story with only $200 to his name in spousal support hearing

Exclusive | Denise Richards’ ex shares financial sob story with only 0 to his name in spousal support hearing

Denise Richards’ ex Aaron Phypers told a judge he has only $200 and is “just trying to survive” as he faced off in court with the former “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star. Denise Richards arrives at Stanley Mosk Court in downtown LA for a hearing regarding spousal support to her estranged husband Aaron Phypers, … Read more

R. Kelly sexually abused me as a teen — what happened to me in court afterward was inexcusable

R. Kelly sexually abused me as a teen — what happened to me in court afterward was inexcusable

Being abused by R. Kelly for years was traumatic enough for Reshona Landfair. But what happened to her in court during singer R. Kelly’s six-year child pornography trial in the 2000s was another kind of horror. Landfair, the author of new memoir “Who Was Watching Shorty: Reclaiming Myself from the Shame of R. Kelly’s Abuse,” out now, … Read more

Prince Harry set to testify in London court in privacy case

Prince Harry set to testify in London court in privacy case

Prince Harry is set to begin giving evidence Wednesday in a London court in his privacy invasion case against the Daily Mail and its sister Sunday newspaper. Tens of millions of dollars are on the line in the case in which Harry, who is also known as the Duke of Sussex, is joined by Elton John, actors Elizabeth … Read more

Timothy Busfield’s wife Melissa Gilbert pens letter asking judge to protect husband in jail after child sex abuse arrest

Timothy Busfield’s wife Melissa Gilbert pens letter asking judge to protect husband in jail after child sex abuse arrest

Melissa Gilbert called on a judge to protect her “sweet husband” Timothy Busfield in jail while she was named as a witness in the embattled actor’s child sex abuse case. Gilbert — who has been married to Busfield since 2013 — submitted a letter of support for the “West Wing” alum on Friday as the … Read more

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seeks immediate release from prison in appeals argument

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs seeks immediate release from prison in appeals argument

Lawyers for hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs urged a federal appeals court in New York late Tuesday to order his immediate release from prison and reverse his conviction on prostitution-related charges or direct his trial judge to lighten his four-year sentence. The lawyers said in a filing with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals … Read more

Johnson & Johnson to pay $40M to 2 ovarian cancer patients after using brand’s talcum powders

Johnson & Johnson to pay M to 2 ovarian cancer patients after using brand’s talcum powders

A Los Angeles jury awarded $40 million on Friday to two women who claimed that talcum powder made by Johnson & Johnson caused their ovarian cancer. The giant health care company said it would appeal the jury’s liability verdict and compensatory damages. The verdict is the latest development in a longstanding legal battle over claims … Read more

Rebel Wilson was ‘uneasy’ over alleged power imbalance between young actor and producer on her film, court docs reveal

Rebel Wilson was ‘uneasy’ over alleged power imbalance between young actor and producer on her film, court docs reveal

Rebel Wilson claims she felt “uneasy” with an alleged power imbalance between a young actor and producer during the production of her troubled film The Deb, as she faces a defamation lawsuit. Actor Charlotte MacInnes — who starred in the film — is suing Wilson in the New South Wales (NSW) registry of the Federal … Read more

Gary Busey, 81, sentenced for groping woman at horror movie convention

Gary Busey, 81, sentenced for groping woman at horror movie convention

Gary Busey was sentenced in his sexual offense case. The “Buddy Holly Story” actor, 81, received two years probation for groping a woman at a horror movie convention in New Jersey in 2022. Busey got his sentence from Judge Gwendolyn Blue during a virtual hearing in court in Camden, NJ on Thursday, according to ABC … Read more

Exclusive | Katy Perry $15M mansion war: Bedridden veteran’s family ‘willing to forgive’ pop star on this 1 condition

Exclusive | Katy Perry M mansion war: Bedridden veteran’s family ‘willing to forgive’ pop star on this 1 condition

As the second phase of Katy Perry’s legal battle with Carl Westcott kicks off in court, the 85-year-old veteran’s family tells The Post they are willing to forgive the pop star for subjecting them to the burdens of the trial — but they want one thing. Perry, 40, and Westcott’s trial over damages she claims she’s … Read more

Actor Ioan Gruffudd faces off against ex Alice Evans in court over heated child support battle

Actor Ioan Gruffudd faces off against ex Alice Evans in court over heated child support battle

Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans are at war over their children. The former couple faced off in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday for their years-long child support case. The “102 Dalmatians” actors were seen arriving to the courthouse separately in photos taken by The Post. Ioan Gruffudd and his new wife Bianca Gruffudd arrive … Read more

Haley Joel Osment sentenced in court after his public intoxication arrest: report

Haley Joel Osment sentenced in court after his public intoxication arrest: report

Haley Joel Osment was sentenced after he was arrested for public intoxication in California in April. During his arraignment in court on Monday, the “Sixth Sense” actor, 37, was granted a one-year diversion by the judge which requires him to attend at least three AA meetings per week for the next six months, according to People. … Read more

French actor Gérard Depardieu found guilty of sexually assaulting two women on set

French actor Gérard Depardieu found guilty of sexually assaulting two women on set

French movie star Gérard Depardieu was found guilty Tuesday of sexually assaulting two women on one of his film sets in 2021 — with the judge ripping him for not grasping the “traumatic” impact of his sick antics. The actor, 76, was slapped with an 18-month suspended prison sentence and will be put on the national … Read more