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2017-12-31

Teresa Sievers Murder Case
2018-01-11 13:30 - 14:30 (America/New_York)
Mark Sievers has been in custody since February 2016, charged with hiring two men to kill his wife Teresa. One man, Curtis Wayne Wright, took a plea and will be a witness for the prosecution. The other hitman, Jimmy Rodgers, continues to face murder charges. Today is a case management conference date. The case should be moving to trial this year.

McStay Family Murders--Status Conference
2018-01-12 09:00 - 17:00
Charles “Chase” Merritt will be in court for a status conference today. He faces four counts of capital murder in the Feb. 2010 bludgeoning murder of Joseph and Summer McStay and their two young sons, Gianni and Joseph Jr. Merritt was arrested in November 2014.

Todd Kendhammer Sentencing
2018-03-09 09:00 - 17:00
Todd Kendhammer faces a sentence of life in prison for the first degree murder of his wife Barbara in September 2016. A jury convicted his last December following a trial at which he testified.

Bill Cosby Retrial in PA
2018-04-02 09:00 - 17:00
Bill Cosby’s sexual assault retrial is scheduled to begin in Norristown, PA. A jury from the Pittsburgh area deadlocked on June 17, 2017. Cosby’s legal defense is now headed by LA attorney Tom Mesereau.

Robert Durst Preliminary Hearing
2018-04-16 09:00 - 17:00
Durst is charged with murder in the Dec. 2000 execution-style death of his friend Susan Berman. The hearing to determine if there’s sufficient evidence to go forward was continued to this date from last October because Durst’s Houston-based attorneys sustained damage from Hurricane Harvey. Durst denies killing Berman.

Bill Cosby Sexual Assault Civil Trial to Begin in California
2018-12-03 09:00 - 17:00
Judy Huth says she was only 15 years old when Bill Cosby allegedly drugged and raped her at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles in 1974. While it’s too late for a criminal prosecution, Huth filed a civil suit against Cosby in December 2014. The case is set for trial today.

Charles Merritt Trial
2019-01-07 09:00 - 17:00
Opening statements and testimony are set to begin today in the capital murder trial of Charles Merritt, accused of killing all four members of the McStay family in 2010. The McStays lived in San Diego County but their remains were found years later in shallow graves in San Bernardino County. The judge is allowing the trial to be televised.

Patrick Frazee Pretrial Hearing
2019-01-29 09:00 - 17:00
Patrick Frazee is charged with the murder of his fiancee, Kelsey Berreth, 29, who disappeared in Colorado on Thanksgiving 2018. The couple has a toddler daughter. As of earlier this month, Berreth’s body has not been found.

Michael Gargiulo Hearing
2019-02-01 09:00 - 17:00
This alleged serial killer has been awaiting a capital murder trial since his arrest in LA in June 2008. Gargiulo is accused of killing two women and attempting to murder a third. He also faces an earlier murder charge in Chicago. This is a hearing today. The trial is expected to start in the spring of 2019.

Kevin Spacey Pretrial Hearing
2019-03-04 11:00 - 12:00
Spacey is charged with sexual assault of an 18-year-old man in a Cape Cod, MA bar in July 2016. Spacey will not be present at this hearing. He’s represented by former LA prosecutor Alan Jackson who was the prosecutor in Phil Spector’s murder case.

Michael Gargiulo Jury Selection Begins in LA
2019-03-18 09:00 - 17:00
Alleged serial killer Michael Gargiulo’s capital murder trial is finally set to begin with jury selection today. Gargiulo is accused of two murders and one attempted murder between 2001 and 2008. He was arrested in the summer of 2008 and has been awaiting trial since then.

Grant Amato Arraignment
2019-03-26 09:00 - 17:00
Grant Amato, 29, is accused of three counts of first degree murder for shooting his parents, Margaret and Chad, and his brother Cody on January 24-25, 2019 at their suburban Orlando, FL home. Amato reportedly had spent $200,000 of the family’s money on his sex addiction to a porn site called Cam Girls. He was under the apparent delusion that a Bulgarian woman on the site was his girlfriend. The family tried to get him help then finally kicked him out of the house. Amato returned that night and allegedly killed them all. He had spent a few days as of late December in an internet and sex addition program but checked himself out in early January. I suspect his mental state is being evaluated.

Joseph DeAngelo, Alleged Golden State Killer, Hearing
2019-04-10 09:00 - 17:00
Joseph DeAngelo, the alleged Golden State Killer, faces 13 murders charges and 13 rape-related charges for a crime spree throughout California in the 1970s and 1980s. He was arrested in April 2018 once familial DNA identified him as having left his DNA at several crime scenes. Six California counties are working jointly in this prosecution. The trial will take place in Sacramento. Some believe the trial could take years to complete. DeAngelo, a former police office, is 73 years old.

NXIUM Sex Cult Trial
2019-04-29 09:00 - 17:00
The federal trial of leader Keith Raniere and actress Allison Mack for sex trafficking is scheduled to begin today in Brooklyn, New York. Raniere is accused of running a sex cult/ring. Mack is accused of recruiting women to the sex ring on behalf of Raniere. They deny the allegations and claim all conduct was consensual. All the accusers were adults at the time. The organization operated out of properties near Albany, New York. Raniere is being held without bail; Mack is free on bond.

Pre-Trial Hearing in Murder of Teresa Sievers
2019-06-14 09:00 - 17:00
The trial of Mark Sievers, 50, husband of Teresa Sievers, was originally scheduled to begin June 3, 2019 in Fort Myers, Florida, but the trial is delayed. A new trial date has not been set but the judge is holding a pre-trial hearing today.
Sievers is accused of hiring a childhood friend, Curtis Wayne Wright, to kill his wife while he and their two children were on vacation in Connecticut. Teresa Sievers had left the vacation early to return home for work. As soon as she walked into her Bonita Springs, FL home, she was attacked and bludgeoned to death on June 29, 2015. Wright was eventually arrested, along with a friend he brought along to help, co-defendant Jimmy Ray Rodgers. Wright took a deal with prosecutors and will testify against Sievers and Rodgers. Wright is serving a 25-year sentence for second degree murder. Mark Sievers and Rodgers face the death penalty.

Trial Begins for Harvey Weinstein in NYC
2019-09-09 09:00 - 17:00
The sexual assault trial of former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is set to begin today in lower Manhattan. His current defense team includes Jose Baez.

Hearing in Piketon, Ohio Family Murders
2019-09-17 09:00 - 17:00

Robert Durst Hearing
2019-10-28 10:00 - 17:00

Jimmy Rodgers Sentencing
2019-11-18 10:00 - 17:00
Rodgers will be sentenced for his role in the bludgeoning death of Dr. Teresa Sievers in 2015 in Bonita Springs, Florida. Rodgers was convicted of the lesser charge of second degree murder and is facing up to life in prison.

Robert Durst Trial
2020-01-13 10:00 - 17:00
The trial of Robert Durst, accused of murdering his friend and confidante Susan Berman, is set to begin today in Los Angeles. Berman was shot execution-style in the back of the head in December 2000. Prosecutors say Durst feared she was about to speak to New York law enforcement about what she knew of Durst’s first wife’s disappearance in 1982. Kathy McCormack has never been found and is presumed dead. Durst was never charged in her disappearance though many believe he killed her.
