American football star, actor, and public figure whose life intersected with a high-profile murder trial
Former LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman, involved in the O. J. Simpson case, has died. Reports say he passed away on May 12 from throat cancer, with public attention centering on his role in the 1994 investigation and his perjury conviction the following year.
E. Jean Carroll has received $5,625,005.48 that a 2023 jury awarded after finding Donald Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation; the funds had sat in a court-controlled escrow account while Trump exhausted appeals and sought last-minute delays. Trump’s team is continuing legal challenges related to a separate $83.3m judgment.
Prosecutors have presented DNA, notes and witness statements linking Tyler Robinson to the Sept. 10 shooting of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University. A Utah judge is deciding whether there is enough evidence for a trial on aggravated murder. The hearing is ongoing and the decision will come after Sept. 1.