Read more celebrity trials stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1500/celebrity-trials.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 19:12:14 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72826/anti-semitism-got-polanski.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGore Vidal isn't afraid to say what he really thinks about the Roman Polanski fiasco. "I really don’t give a fuck. Look, am I going to sit and weep every time a young hooker feels as though she’s been taken advantage of?" he tells the Atlantic in a wide-ranging interview,...http://www.newser.com/story/72826/anti-semitism-got-polanski.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 10:06:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72825/2nd-doc-hooked-up-with-anna.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJust in case anyone thought the Anna Nicole Smith hearing couldn't get any kinkier: It can, and it did. An investigator testified yesterday that Smith physician Sandeep Kapoor—who is facing charges along with psychiatrist Khristine Eroshevich and lawyer Howard K. Stern—had a less-than-professional relationship with Smith, "making out"...http://www.newser.com/story/72825/2nd-doc-hooked-up-with-anna.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 9:37:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72095/birkhead-prosecutor-pressured-me.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAnna Nicole Smith's babydaddy Larry Birkhead took the stand again yesterday in the Howard K Stern hearing, and testified that the prosecution pressured him to "ramp up" his testimony because he appeared to be taking Stern's side. "I felt I personally did my best and I was being chastised," Birkhead...http://www.newser.com/story/72095/birkhead-prosecutor-pressured-me.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 4:08:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71745/medic-travolta-offered-15m-to-hush.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJett Travolta was “dead, d-e-a-d, dead” before the ambulance arrived, Bahamian paramedic Tarino Lightbourne testified yesterday—adding that it was the Travoltas’ lawyer who offered him $15 million to destroy a “Refusal of Transport/Treatment” document signed by the actor. The paramedic is charged along with a former Bahamas senator with...http://www.newser.com/story/71745/medic-travolta-offered-15m-to-hush.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 15 Oct 2009 9:32:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70678/prosecutor-i-lied-in-polanksi-film-about-misconduct.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA retired Los Angeles County prosecutor who told the creators of a documentary that he coached a judge on how to send Roman Polanski to prison despite a plea bargain now says he lied. David Wells—whose claims in Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired sparked accusations of misconduct and were...http://www.newser.com/story/70678/prosecutor-i-lied-in-polanksi-film-about-misconduct.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 1:47:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70641/it-wasnt-rape-sharon-tates-sis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe sister of Roman Polanski’s murdered second wife, Sharon Tate, says his crime was not rape. "There's rape and then there's rape ,” Debra Tate tells MSNBC, and what happened between Polanski and his 13-year-old victim was “a consensual matter.” More from the Polanski saga: Fake IDs, disguises, maybe a bad...http://www.newser.com/story/70641/it-wasnt-rape-sharon-tates-sis.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 9:56:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70427/la-da-shouldnt-waste-time-on-polanski.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhether you side for or against Roman Polanski, one has to wonder why the state of California is “stalking an aging, 76-year-old man who has admitted his guilt and was long ago forgiven by his victim,” writes Patrick Goldstein in the Los Angeles Times. California’s legislature is chopping the state's...http://www.newser.com/story/70427/la-da-shouldnt-waste-time-on-polanski.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 11:18:20 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67862/writer-dominick-dunne-dead-at-83.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDominick Dunne, the best-selling author who covered some of the past two decades’ highest-profile trials for Vanity Fair , died today at 83; his son, actor Griffin Dunne, told the magazine bladder cancer was the cause. Dominick Dunne served in World War II and produced TV shows and feature films before...http://www.newser.com/story/67862/writer-dominick-dunne-dead-at-83.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Aug 2009 19:08:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65212/winehouse-cleared-of-assault.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmy Winehouse was cleared of assault today, with a judge determining evidence did not show dancer Sherene Flash suffered “the sort of injury that often occurs when there is a forceful punch to the eye,” the BBC reports. Winehouse told reporters, “I’m relieved. I’m going home.” Elsewhere: Roger Federer and...http://www.newser.com/story/65212/winehouse-cleared-of-assault.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 10:23:43 CDT