The mystery UK celebrity accused of sexual misconduct spiraled after receiving letters from two major news outlets ... and his personal assistant later stepped in during a suicide attempt ... according to new documents from the case.
TMZ obtained the filings detailing the anonymous star's battle to keep his identity hidden ... including testimony from his personal assistant, publicist and attorney.
According to the docs ... the celebrity received letters from ITN and The Guardian in May asking him to respond to allegations of sexual misconduct.
The man charged with murdering Christina Downer, the sister of "Saturday Night Live" writer Jimmy Fowlie, has a criminal history dating back more than 20 years ... including past charges involving theft, trespassing, and drug paraphernalia.
TMZ has obtained court documents showing Delorean Bijon Brandon faced several misdemeanor charges in Los Angeles between 2004 and 2006 ... and his legal troubles didn't end there.
According to the docs ... Brandon was charged with grand theft in 2004, and court records show he was later placed on probation. In May 2005, a judge ordered him to complete 240 hours of community service and pay a fine.
Jacob Allen Morley -- the Tennessee murderer who escaped prison last month -- is back in custody ... the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation announced Tuesday.
The TBI says Morley was taken into custody near Kansas City, Missouri. Photos show him with glasses and a full beard ... and he looks slightly different than his mug shot.
Morley escaped prison in Tiptonville, TN, near Memphis on October 25 ... and was later spotted on camera apparently stealing a truck. The vehicle was later found abandoned in Illinois.
Kim Zolciak's son KJ Biermann is challenging prosecutors to show their cards ... with his attorneys questioning the alleged force and physical injuries at the center of his sexual assault case.
The 15-year-old's attorney, Jason Sheffield, is fighting all seven felony charges against KJ ... arguing prosecutors haven't provided enough details to back up key elements of their case, according to court documents obtained by Page Six.
Specifically, Sheffield argues the aggravated child molestation charge doesn't spell out what physical injury was allegedly caused ... while the aggravated sexual battery and sodomy charges fail to adequately explain how force was allegedly used.
Here's the deal ... Patrick is playing John in the second installment of Hulu's true crime anthology series, "Good American Family." Actress Isabela Merced is playing John's ex-wife, Lorena Bobbitt, who famously cut off his penis in 1993 with a kitchen knife while he was asleep.
John wants to make sure Patrick "authentically" portrays him, but he tells TMZ that Patrick has yet to reach out to him.
He also says he wants Patrick to "follow the facts" of the case, and he's willing to share all the police reports with Patrick to create a fair and balanced series.
Bryan Kohberger is behind bars for murdering four college students in Idaho ... but one of the survivors says she's still paying the price for his crimes.
Dylan Mortensen, who came face-to-face with Kohberger as he left the University of Idaho off-campus home in November 2022, says she's spent nearly four years dealing with threats, harassment, and wild conspiracy theories about her involvement in the killings.
In a new court filing obtained by People, Mortensen says the relentless scrutiny has turned her life upside down ... with strangers questioning her actions and accusing her of things she had nothing to do with.
We caught up with the acclaimed actress at LAX on Monday, where she tells us she hopes "The Murder of JonBenét Ramsey" sparks new investigation into the decades-long cold case.
Melissa -- who transforms into JonBenet's mom, Patsy, for the show -- also hopes the miniseries will inspire people to have more empathy for the people involved in true crime tragedies.
Check out the clip ... she tells us people have gotten a little too comfortable treating real-life horrors like spectator sports.
A former Ohio State University professor has been sentenced to life in prison after admitting he stabbed his wife to death in a shocking murder he claims was triggered by an online sextortion scheme.
77-year-old James Hill, a retired Ohio State music professor, confessed to killing his wife, attempting to stab his dog, and then plunging a knife into his own chest after a woman he met online allegedly threatened to release his nude photos unless he paid her $15,000 in Apple gift cards.
According to court documents, Hill told investigators he believed the only way out of the situation was to kill his entire family.
Terrance Banks -- the man accused of killing 15 dogs in Florida -- seemed ready to go to jail when cops arrived the day he was arrested ... spinning around and putting his hands behind his back with no direction from officers.
Body cam footage from the tragic day shows officers walking up to Banks ... asking him for help identifying and corralling several dogs who are loose in the neighborhood -- telling him he's the only one who can help them do so.
Terrance, however, seems distraught ... repeating several times that it's simply over ... and moving to put his hands behind his back.
Lil Durk has been placed in solitary confinement at the Metropolitan Detention Center in L.A. ... TMZ has learned.
Jose Rojas, a union secretary representing Bureau of Prisons employees, tells TMZ ... Durk was placed in the SHU at MDC LA on Friday.
Here's the deal ... sources with direct knowledge tell us ... Durk's cell has been "constantly searched," but prison authorities haven't found any contraband since he was acquitted in the murder-for-hire case.
We're told Durk was sent to the SHU because he'd asked the deputy warden about all the searches ... and was allegedly reprimanded for "talking back."
A suspected home invader in Canada allegedly helped terrorize a wealthy family, got shot by his own accomplice, and then walked free from a hospital after police questioned him.
Now, cops are scrambling to track him down ... but here's the wild part ... Toronto police say Daijohn Richards showed up at a hospital with a gunshot wound to his shoulder after an armed break-in Thursday at a $2.1 million mansion.
Officers actually spoke with Richards at the hospital ... but let him leave because they didn't have enough evidence to arrest him at the time, according to the New York Post.
Sky Daily says she's been a Christian for years ... and any claims that she's a Scientologist are just total BS made up by a dude she says is stalking her.
Hulk Hogan's widow addressed the rumors in a social media video she posted over the weekend ... saying she was born into Scientology -- but left the church a long time ago because she no longer believed in the teachings.
She then claims these rumors have followed her for years because they're pushed on by an anti-Scientology advocate who has asked her for years to collaborate with him on some sort of project.
A Jane Doe suing Hulk Hogan's widow, Sky Daily, and her son, Hayden Hitt, claimed cops quickly and quietly closed their investigation after she filed a report ... a claim cops say isn't true.
Here's the deal ... in the bombshell lawsuit, which accuses Hayden of getting violent with Jane Doe and Sky of allegedly convincing her to forgive him, Jane Doe says she went to cops but claims the Clearwater Police Department quickly closed the case due to Sky's alleged standing within the Church of Scientology.
The Clearwater Police Department denied the allegation in a statement Saturday ... saying they began investigating in March and referred it to the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office for possible prosecution.
CPD added, "The case is not closed; media reports indicating that are inaccurate."
9:05 AM PT -- Judge William Sullivan has scheduled a November 16 hearing at 10 AM ET to discuss the status of Lindsay Clancy's potential retrial and when it could take place ... saying the hearing will be brief and won't include arguments.
Clancy's attorney, Kevin Reddington, pushed for a trial this spring ... declaring, "I am not going to have this woman incarcerated for the next year or two or three." He also asked Sullivan to remain on the case.
Sullivan said a retrial could potentially be scheduled for March 2027 ... but took the matter under advisement.
8:29 AM PT -- Things got heated in court as Reddington went back and forth with Sullivan, arguing that a holdout juror had access to his phone during deliberations -- a potential violation of Massachusetts court rules, which prohibit jurors from using their phones or accessing the internet, social media or news reports during deliberations.
Lindsay Clancy is back in court today to find out if prosecutors will be retrying her for the murders of her three children ... and we're streaming it live.
As you know, Lindsay's first trial ended in a mistrial ... after one lone holdout forced a hung jury.
While her defense has moved to dismiss, prosecutors submitted a motion of opposition and asked the judge to let them "continue to pursue justice for Cora, Dawson, and Callan Clancy."
During her initial trial, Lindsay's lawyer, Kevin Reddington, didn't deny that she killed her children ... but argued she was suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time of their murders.
Lindsay Clancyhas been on suicide watch behind bars ... and her attorneys say she's plagued by nightmares about the deaths of her three children.
The Massachusetts mom's attorney, Rosemary Scapicchio, tells CBS News Lindsay doesn't want to be alive ... claiming she'd take her own life if given the opportunity.
"She doesn't want to be here," Scapicchio said ... adding Lindsay wants to be with her children.
Laura Caron -- a 36-year-old former 5th grade teacher -- has pleaded guilty to one of the charges against her ... after being accused of sexually assaulting a student and having his baby.
Caron -- who was charged in January 2025 -- was accused of abusing her victim as early as 11 years old ... PEOPLE reported.
Prosecutors claimed the abuse lasted for 4 years ... and a probable cause affidavit obtained by the outlet claimed she became pregnant with and gave birth to his child.
