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UPDATE, with indictment details, Buckingham Palace response? Ghislaine Maxwell has been indicted on six counts in federal court, including Conspiracy to Entice Minors to Travel to Engage in Illegal Sex Acts, Enticement of a Minor to Travel to Engage in Illegal Sex Acts, Conspiracy to Transport Minors with Intent to…

The FBI and local law authorities will hold a press conference on Monday morning to discuss how they plan to “hold accountable” persons who committed “significant crimes,” such as looting, burglary, robbery, vandalism, arson, and assault with great bodily injury, during the recent protests and demonstrations in Los…

UPDATED with David Guillod statement EXCLUSIVE: In the next few minutes, Extraction executive producer David Guillod will turn himself in to law enforcement in Santa Barbara to face multiple charges of sexual assault. The 11 felony counts, including kidnapping, revolve around three women who have been identified as…

EXCLUSIVE: UPDATE, 12:45 PM: Looks like both Randall Miller and the family of Sarah Jones will have to wait a while longer to discover if the Midnight Rider director could be going back to jail or not. A hearing (exclusively revealed by Deadline last week) on the possible probation violation by the once again working…

No justice, no peace. And no Beverly Hills. The City of Beverly Hills issued an emergency order Saturday night that bans public gatherings of more than 10 people in residential areas between 9 PM and 8 AM The order will remain in place until further notice to "preserve the peace and tranquility of residential areas,"?a…

New criminal charges against actor Jussie Smollett do not violate his right against double jeopardy, a Cook County, Illinois judge ruled Friday. Judge James Linn said the case against Smollett, the former Empire TV star accused of setting up a false claim of assault by two men who uttered racial slurs, will…

The California National Guard has begun the process of leaving the Los Angeles area after a week-long deployment, according to a report citing sources. The move comes even as protests continue throughout Los Angeles County and sporadic looting is still present in some locations, although not at the scale of…

The final night of the New York City curfew arrived a day earlier than planned, as Mayor Bill de Blasio unexpectedly lifted the ban Sunday morning. "New York City: We are lifting the curfew, effective immediately," de Blasio tweeted, “Yesterday and last night we saw the very best of our city. Tomorrow we take the…

At a press conference held by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday, the city’s police chief, Michel Moore, initially sought to place blame on those fomenting violence. “Last night,” said Moore, “just under 700 arrests. Of that, just under 70 were for looting and burglarizing.” Of the incident that sparked the…

Los Angeles will be under a citywide curfew for a second straight night on Sunday, as the city continues to struggle with protests related to the George Floyd death in Minneapolis. Police Chief Michel Moore said there was “hundreds of thousands in property damage” related to Saturday’s protests, which were…

John Cusack posted on Twitter that he was attacked by Chicago police while filming the protests in that city. Cusack, whose films include Better Off Dead, Say Anything, Being John Malkovich, High Fidelity and Love & Mercy, is the brother of actresses Anne and Joan Cusack. He has been documenting the Chicago protests…

A boarded-up Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. The Grove, one of the city’s premier dining and retail centers, staggering with several stores looted. National Guard troops deployed in the streets, and an entire police department mobilized for the first time in 25 years. That’s what Los Angeles woke up to this morning, as…