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Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. avoids jail after pleading guilty to harassment in forcible touching case

Actor  Cuba Gooding Jr. avoids jail after pleading guilty  to harassment in forcible touching case

Actor Cuba Gooding, Jr. will not face jail time for the forcible touching case against him after pleading guilty to a lesser charge.   The Oscar-winning actor pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in a New York City courthouse on Thursday October 12, as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.   Prosecutor Coleen …

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Inmate impersonating billionaire steals $11m while in maximum security jail, buys a mansion with some of the money

Inmate impersonating billionaire steals $11m while in maximum security jail, buys a mansion with some of the money

A maximum security prison inmate, Arthur Lee Cofield Jr, is accused of stealing $11 million from billionaire Sidney Kimmel by using smuggled cell phones while in prison.   Arthur Lee Cofield Jr, 31, allegedly accessed the accounts of Sidney Kimmel, a media mogul, from a Georgia prison using contraband cell phones. …

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Italy asks Brazil to extradite footballer Robinho to serve nine-year jail sentence for gang rape

Italy asks Brazil to extradite footballer Robinho to serve nine-year jail sentence  for gang rape

Italian authorities have asked Brazil to extradite football star Robinho to serve a nine-year jail sentence for the gang rape of an Albanian woman in a Milan nightclub.   The former Manchester City star, 38, was sentenced in 2019 over the 2013 attack on the 23-year-old when he played for AC Milan. …

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Man faces jail for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl as she went shopping with friends

A pervert who sexually assaulted a 10-year-old girl as she went shopping with friends at Boots in Victoria Station, UK, is now facing jail.    31-year-old Ben Hooper from West Kingsdown, Kent, was caught on CCTV groping the victim at Victoria Place Shopping Centre on Saturday, June 11, at around 2.50pm. He was …

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Man, 90, spared jail after repeatedly stabbing his frail wife because he could not cope with the pressure of caring for her

Man, 90, spared jail after repeatedly stabbing his frail wife because he could not cope with the pressure of caring for her

A 90-year-old man who repeatedly stabbed his blind and frail wife while she slept because he could not cope with caring for her has been spared jail.   Retired butcher Edward Turpin used a carving knife to attack Joan Turpin, 90, in bed at their home in Orpington, Kent, on September …

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