UK NEWS: PROMINENT BARRISTER AND JUDGE CONSTANCE BRISCOE INVESTIGATED OVER LEAKING OF CASE
Via The Independent A prominent barrister and judge was arrested and dropped as a prosecution witness in the trial of Chris Huhne’s ex-wife after she allegedly lied to police about her role in trying to ruin the career of the former Energy Secretary, a court heard today. Constance Briscoe worked “hand in glove” with her friend Vicky Pryce to leak the story about how Huhne passed his speeding penalty points to his wife but denied in a police statement about having any […]
UK NEWS: CHERYL COLE CONFIRMED AS X-FACTOR USA JUDGE
So it’s finally been confirmed that the nation’s biggest fraud and convicted batterer of a night club toilet attendant has finally bagged the X-Factor USA gig. I knew Simon Cowell would move mountains and walk through fire to get Cheryl the job as judge on the show. Something is definitely going on there because Simon has turned in to a big old idiot. Chezza is the third confirmed judge for the Fox show and will sit alongside Cowell and the previously-confirmed Antonio ‘L.A.’ Reid. Mike […]
FORMER JUDGE ACCUSED OF TRADING SEX FOR LENIENCY
Via The Associated Press Herman Thomas had an enviable political record as a black Democrat elected and re-elected in a county overwhelmingly white and increasingly Republican. The respected circuit judge once was the Democratic Party’s choice to be the first black federal judge in south Alabama. Then his career collapsed under allegations that he brought inmates to his office and spanked them with a paddle. Later, an indictment accused him of sexually abusing male inmates in exchange for leniency. The trial on […]