A New York Metropolis jury’s choice Wednesday to convict Sean “Diddy” Combs on prostitution-related offenses and acquit the music mogul on intercourse trafficking and racketeering costs was the newest in a line of high-profile movie star felony instances that garnered widespread consideration.
O.J. Simpson
In 1995, soccer star and actor O.J. Simpson was acquitted of homicide within the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her good friend Ronald Goldman after the “trial of the century.” Two years later, a civil trial jury discovered him chargeable for the deaths and ordered him to pay $33.5 million to family members of Brown and Goldman. Simpson died in 2024 at age 76 of prostate most cancers.
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson was acquitted in 2005 of molesting a 13-year-old most cancers survivor at his Neverland Ranch. The King of Pop was additionally accused of plying the boy with alcohol and conspiring to carry him and his household captive. Jackson had confronted practically 20 years in jail. Jackson died in 2009 at age 50 of an overdose of the anesthetic propofol.
R. Kelly
R. Kelly is serving time at a jail in North Carolina. This 12 months, a federal appeals courtroom upheld the Grammy Award-winning R&B singer’s 2021 racketeering and intercourse trafficking convictions, together with a 30-year jail sentence. The courtroom concluding that the singer exploited his fame for over 1 / 4 century to sexually abuse women and younger girls. Final 12 months, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom declined to listen to an attraction of a 20-year sentence Kelly acquired after his 2022 conviction on little one intercourse costs together with costs of manufacturing photos of kid sexual abuse in Chicago.
Invoice Cosby
Invoice Cosby was convicted in 2018 of sexual assault and sentenced to as much as a decade in jail. However three years later the Pennsylvania Supreme Courtroom mentioned the district legal professional who made the choice to arrest Cosby was obligated to face by a predecessor’s promise to not cost Cosby, although there was no proof that settlement was ever put in writing. The previous “Cosby Show” star was the primary movie star tried and convicted within the #MeToo period and spent practically three years at a state jail close to Philadelphia earlier than the upper courtroom overturned his conviction and launched him in 2021.
Alec Baldwin
Final 12 months, a choose determined midway by Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial to dismiss the cost. Baldwin had been charged within the 2021 deadly taking pictures of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film “Rust.” The choose dismissed the case on allegations that police and prosecutors withheld proof from the protection. This 12 months, Baldwin sued for malicious prosecution and civil rights violations. Baldwin additionally alleged defamation, saying that prosecutors and investigators deliberately mishandled proof.
A$AP Rocky
A Los Angeles jury acquitted A$AP Rocky in February after a trial on two counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. The hip-hop star was accused of firing on a former good friend in Hollywood in 2021. Rocky, who rejected a plea deal that will have concerned little or no jail time, opted to not testify at trial.
Harvey Weinstein
Former Oscar-winning film producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and different costs in 2022 by a Los Angeles jury. He was sentenced then to 16 years in jail and is interesting that conviction. Weinstein, 73, additionally was discovered responsible final month in the course of the retrial of a rape case in New York Metropolis. The fees towards Weinstein have been pivotal for the #MeToo motion. The anti-sexual-misconduct marketing campaign was fueled by allegations towards him.
Martha Stewart
Homemaking icon and media character Martha Stewart was convicted in 2004 of mendacity to the federal authorities a few 2001 inventory sale. She served 5 months in jail. Her model rebounded following her launch. In 2023, on the age of 81, Stewart was chosen as one in every of Sports activities Illustrated’s swimsuit cowl fashions.
Kevin Spacey
In 2023, a London jury acquitted Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey on sexual assault costs stemming from allegations by 4 males courting again 20 years. Spacey had denied the allegations towards him and advised the jury how that they had destroyed his appearing profession because the #MeToo motion gained momentum within the U.S. Spacey advised British broadcast host Piers Morgan final 12 months that he was hundreds of thousands of {dollars} in debt, largely due to unpaid authorized payments.
