A Sonoma County jury found former Windsor, California, mayor Dominic Foppoli liable for sexually assaulting seven women over nearly two decades, and reality TV star Farrah Abraham, who has her own civil case pending against him, says the verdict is only the beginning. The unanimous verdict landed after a seven-week civil trial. Jurors ordered the […] The post Former Democratic mayor ordered to pay $13 million after jury finds him liable for sexually assaulting seven women appeared first on American Almanac .
A Sonoma County jury found former Windsor, California, mayor Dominic Foppoli liable for sexually assaulting seven women over nearly two decades, and reality TV star Farrah Abraham, who has her own civil case pending against him, says the verdict is only the beginning. The unanimous verdict landed after a seven-week civil trial. Jurors ordered the 44-year-old Democrat to pay roughly $13 million in compensatory damages to the seven plaintiffs, with individual awards ranging from $6,000 to more than $4.6 million. Punitive damages have not yet been determined. The jury also found "clear and convincing" evidence that Foppoli acted with "oppression, fraud, and malice", a legal threshold that opens the door to additional financial penalties in a…Open
The high-profile trial of Lindsay Clancy reached an impasse after one juror refused to agree on a verdict, leaving the jury deadlocked.
The high-profile trial of Lindsay Clancy reached an impasse after one juror refused to agree on a verdict, leaving the jury deadlocked. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The jury in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial in Massachusetts has been unable to reach a unanimous verdict after 36 hours of deliberation across seven days. One male juror is believed to have been the sole holdout against a female-dominated jury leaning toward acquittal. DETAIL: Prosecutors argued that Clancy, who admitted to killing her three children in 2023, acted with premeditation, sending her husband away for takeout while she took her three young children to the basement one by one to strangle them to death, and understood the difference between right and wrong. The…Open
Patrick Clancy, the father of three children strangled by their mother in January 2023, has remarried and started a new life in New York City, even as Lindsay Clancy's murder trial moves into its defense phase at Plymouth Superior Court in Massachusetts. The prosecution rested its case Monday after weeks of testimony that walked jurors […] The post Patrick Clancy has quietly remarried and rebuilt his life as his ex-wife faces murder trial for killing their three children appeared first on American Almanac .
Patrick Clancy, the father of three children strangled by their mother in January 2023, has remarried and started a new life in New York City, even as Lindsay Clancy's murder trial moves into its defense phase at Plymouth Superior Court in Massachusetts. The prosecution rested its case Monday after weeks of testimony that walked jurors through the final hours of 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan Clancy. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington immediately began presenting his case, arguing that Lindsay Clancy, 36, was "in the grip of postpartum psychosis when she killed her children" at the family's home in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Neither side disputes that she killed them. The only question before the jury is whether…Open
Four states are suing the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, alleging that the platforms were designed to hook kids and that Meta hid the mental health risks.
The joint motion's first page misspells "Virginia" in the section identifying the plantiff and, just below it, misspells "senator" when identifying the defendants