Articles by Jennifer Peltz

How Former Columnist’s Civil Lawsuit Alleging Sex Assault by Trump Reached Court

As Donald Trump ran for and served as president, over a dozen women publicly accused him of sexual assault and harassment. Most of those claims – all denied by Trump – were never taken to court. None has gone to …

Manhattan Parking Garage Collapse Kills 1, Injures 5

A parking garage collapsed Tuesday in lower Manhattan’s Financial District, killing one worker, injuring five and crushing cars as concrete floors fell on top of each other like a stack of pancakes, officials said. Vehicles tumbled into what looked like …

Jury Adds $2.5M in Damages to Rape Verdict as Filmmaker Haggis Vows to Appeal

Oscar-winning screenwriter Paul Haggis was ordered Monday to pay an additional $2.5 million in damages in a rape lawsuit, bringing the total to $10 million for a woman who said he sexually assaulted her nearly a decade ago. While accuser …

Jury Orders Filmmaker Haggis to Pay $7.5M in Rape Lawsuit by Publicist

A jury ordered Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis Thursday to pay at least $7.5 million to a woman who accused him of rape in one of several (hash)MeToo-era cases that have put Hollywood notables’ behavior on trial this fall. Jurors …

Trump Answers Questions in New York Defamation Suit

Former President Donald Trump answered questions under oath Wednesday in a lawsuit filed by E. Jean Carroll, a magazine columnist who says he raped her in the mid-1990s in a department store dressing room. The deposition gave Carroll’s lawyers a …

Infowars Lawyer Acknowledges Jones Spread Falsehoods on Sandy Hook

WATERBURY, Conn. (AP — A lawyer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars empire acknowledged on the witness stand Wednesday that the show and website spread falsehoods about the Sandy Hook school shooting. “I don’t think that we disagree that there …

Judge Allows New York’s Lawsuit Against NRA to Move Forward

The New York attorney general’s lawsuit against the National Rifle Association is no mere “witch hunt,” a New York judge ruled Friday in dismissing the gun rights advocacy group’s claims that the case is a political vendetta. Manhattan Judge Joel …

New York City to Pay $7M to Man Wrongfully Convicted in 1996 Killing

New York City has agreed to pay $7 million to a man who spent 23 years behind bars for a murder he didn’t commit, Comptroller Brad Lander said Monday. Grant Williams was exonerated last July in the 1996 shooting of …

Help Wanted as New York City Implements Law Requiring Salary Ranges in Job Ads

Help wanted. The job: putting one of the nation’s most far-reaching salary disclosure laws into practice. Location: New York City. Just four months ago, city lawmakers overwhelmingly voted to require many ads for jobs in the nation’s most populous city …

‘Scum of the Earth’: Drug Victims Face Purdue Pharma Owners

Angry, defiant and sometimes tearful, more than two dozen Americans whose lives were upended by the opioid crisis finally had their long-awaited chance Thursday to confront in court some members of the family they blame for fueling it. They were …