The attorney for a 14-year-old boy accused in the suspected gang rape of a teen female tells People the victim "needs help." "She's still a child herself," says attorney Kenneth Montgomery, who represents Denzel Murray. He would not comment on whether the victim was having sex with her father, as has been claimed by some of the suspects, according to The New York Times. "Obviously if you listen to the reports, she's a young lady who's had tremendous adversity in her life and she needs help in several ways," says Montgomery. "So many people's lives have been affected by this,...
- 1/15/2016
- by Tara Fowler, @waterfowlerta
- PEOPLE.com
The attorney for a 14-year-old boy accused in the suspected gang rape of a teen female tells People the victim "needs help." "She's still a child herself," says attorney Kenneth Montgomery, who represents Denzel Murray. He would not comment on whether the victim was having sex with her father, as has been claimed by some of the suspects, according to The New York Times. "Obviously if you listen to the reports, she's a young lady who's had tremendous adversity in her life and she needs help in several ways," says Montgomery. "So many people's lives have been affected by this,...
- 1/15/2016
- by Tara Fowler, @waterfowlerta
- PEOPLE.com
Four of the five teenagers accused of raping an 18-year-old woman last week in a Brooklyn playground have been released without bail as authorities continue to investigate the complex case, according to reports. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Matthew Sciarrino on Thursday ordered the release of all five suspects - Travis Beckford, 17, Onandi Brown, 17, Ethan Phillip, 15, Shaquelle Cooper, 15, and Denzel Murray, 14 - though Cooper remains in custody in connection with a separate assault case from October, reports the New York Daily News. "Because we are determined to get to the truth about what happened in that park, we need more time...
- 1/15/2016
- by Tim Nudd, @nudd
- PEOPLE.com
Four of the five teenagers accused of raping an 18-year-old woman last week in a Brooklyn playground have been released without bail as authorities continue to investigate the complex case, according to reports. Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Matthew Sciarrino on Thursday ordered the release of all five suspects - Travis Beckford, 17, Onandi Brown, 17, Ethan Phillip, 15, Shaquelle Cooper, 15, and Denzel Murray, 14 - though Cooper remains in custody in connection with a separate assault case from October, reports the New York Daily News. "Because we are determined to get to the truth about what happened in that park, we need more time...
- 1/15/2016
- by Tim Nudd, @nudd
- PEOPLE.com
It took 28 years, 11 months and 12 days for David McCallum to get a taste of freedom. McCallum, who insisted he was not guilty of killing a man in 1985, was released from prison on Wednesday. Within hours, he was back at his mother's home where she feted him with a home-cooked meal. "The chicken she cooked tasted so different from the so-called chicken I had inside," he told New York's Daily News. "It tasted like freedom. Everything's got freedom written all over it." But the moment was "bittersweet," says McCallum, 45, who was unable to share the relief of being released with his friend Willie Stuckey,...
- 10/17/2014
- by Elaine Aradillas, @elaineja
- PEOPLE.com
A Brooklyn Technical High School teacher charged last month for sending an explicit photograph to a 16-year-old student using the social media app Snapchat has now been arrested for other crimes against students, according to officials from the Kings County District Attorney's office. When Sean Shaynak, a math and science teacher, made a court appearance on his original charge Tuesday, he was arrested again for allegedly victimizing six more teenaged girls. "It is shocking that a public high school teacher allegedly sexually preyed on vulnerable students," says District Attorney Kenneth Thompson in a statement. Following Shaynak's original arrest on Aug.
- 10/1/2014
- by Elaine Aradillas, @elaineja
- PEOPLE.com
A lawyer for the New York hotel maid, who accused former International Monetary Fund (Imf) chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexually assaulting her, has said that a phone recording has proved that she was wrongfully being portrayed as a ‘money grubbing opportunist’. Kenneth Thompson pointed out that Nafissatou Diallo was portrayed in a wrong manner in newspaper accounts of her recorded remarks to a friend in prison. The tapes also established that Diallo recounted the attack to the man during their first conversation, showing that her focus was on what had happened to her, not on the former Imf chief’s wealth or stature, ...
- 7/28/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
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