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The Nevada trial for a "Dances With Wolves" actor accused of sexually abusing indigenous women and girls for more than a decade is on hold indefinitely, a state judge confirmed this week.  Nathan Chasing Horse, 46, who played Smiles a Lot in the 1990 film, has been charged with sexual assault of a minor, kidnapping, lewdness and child abuse along with accusations he runs a cult and takes underage wives.  His trial was expected to start in May, but on Wednesday, Chasing Horse’s public defender Kristy Holston asked for a hold on the proceedings after they asked the state Supreme Court to toss his indictment.  Chasing Horse was arrested in January and was indicted in February. He is charged with 18 felonies.  In March, he pleaded not guilty to the charges.  If his request for a dismissal is denied, a new trial date will be set, Clark County District Judge Carli Kierny said.

EXCLUSIVE: Similar to so many family ruptures in America in recent years, Ingo Rademacher’s legal dispute with ABC over his 2021 firing from General Hospital comes down to Donald Trump and the politics of vaccines, according to the former soap opera actor.

Livingston boss David Martindale admitted giving Hibs captain David Marshall the middle finger - but pleaded his defence by saying it was in good humour.

Choreographer Kyle Hanagami has asked the Ninth Circuit appeals court in the US to intervene in his dispute with Fortnite maker Epic Games over allegations it infringed the rights in one of his dance sequences via an emote it sold within the gaming platform.Fortnite emotes allow gamers to have their in-game avatar move in a certain way. Choreography is protected by copyright and various people have accused Epic of exploiting their copyright protected movements when creating certain emotes.

Florida-based band Artikal Sound System have hit back at efforts by Dua Lipa to get a song-theft lawsuit in relation to her 2020 hit ‘Levitating’ dismissed. They say claims by Lipa’s team that their song-theft legal claim is “speculative”, “vague” and “devoid of a shred of factual detail” are unfair and untrue.There are actually two lawsuits going through the motions that both accuse Lipa and her collaborators of ripping off earlier songs when writing ‘Levitating’.

The prop master on Rust is looking to be dismissed as a defendant in Alec Baldwin’s countersuit involving the fatal shooting of DP Halyna Hutchins on the set last year.

A judge has dismissed one of the legal claims Kevin Spacey faces from Anthony Rapp, who claimed the former "House of Cards" star made a sexual advance on him when he was just 14 years old. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Lewis A.

A judge dismissed Monday one of the legal claims Kevin Spacey faces from actor Anthony Rapp, who says Spacey made a sexual advance on him in his apartment in the 1980s when he was 14 years old.

Legal reps for Sam Smith and Normani have again called for a song theft lawsuit in relation to their song ‘Dancing With A Stranger’ to be dismissed. An amended version of that lawsuit, they argue, doesn’t address the issues they previously raised about the song-theft claim.Smith and Normani – and various other parties linked to their hit – were sued earlier this year by artist Jordan Vincent and producer Christopher Miranda who claim that ‘Dancing With A Stranger’ rips off their 2015 song ‘Dancing With Strangers’.On top of having nearly the same title and a very similar accompanying promo video to the earlier song, Smith and Normani’s ‘Dancing With A Stranger’ – it was alleged – has the same “hook, chorus, lyrics, and musical composition” as ‘Dancing With Strangers’.“It is beyond any real doubt that Smith, Normani and the other defendants copied plaintiff’s work”, the lawsuit then claimed.

threw out his case Friday, on the grounds he waited too long to take legal action under Marsha’s Law. The 2005 legislation gives child pornography victims the right to sue those who produce, distribute or possess the material, but the statute of limitations expires after the victim turns 28.Elder was 30 when he filed the suit in 2021.His lawyers argued US District Judge Fernando Olguin’s ruling in Los Angeles was a misinterpretation of the law.“Most child pornography is traded well into the victim’s adulthood,” attorney Margaret Mabie told NPR.

Phoebe Bridgers appeared in court in LA yesterday to try to convince a judge to dismiss a defamation lawsuit brought against her by sound engineer Chris Nelson last year.Nelson sued Bridgers last September claiming that, in October 2020, the musician posted and promoted various defamatory statements against him on Instagram. In her post, Bridgers made a number of allegations of abuse and misconduct against Nelson, as well as directing her followers to his ex-girlfriend’s account on the social platform where further allegations had been made – including that he had murdered a man in a racially motivated attack.In his lawsuit, Nelson claims that Bridgers “intentionally used her high-profile public platform on Instagram to publish false and defamatory statements … in order to destroy his reputation”.But she says that she believes the statements she made were true, insisting that they were based on “my personal knowledge, including statements I personally heard Mr Nelson make, as well as my own observations”.Bridgers is trying to have the defamation lawsuit dismissed by citing anti-SLAPP rules, those being rules designed to stop people limiting the free speech of others through unwarranted litigation.Although no ruling on the matter was made, Judge Curtis Kin said that he was inclined to grant Bridgers’ motion to dismiss yesterday, according to Courthouse News, adding: “It seems like a he said/she said issue.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterA judge in Santa Maria, Calif., on Tuesday dismissed a rape case against film producer David Guillod, weeks after another judge threw out most of the charges against him.Guillod was accused of raping or sexually assaulting six women, including actress Jessica Barth. But after a 10-day preliminary hearing in May, Judge James K. Voysey found that the accusations of four of the women were not credible enough to go to trial.Voysey took note of text messages in which one alleged victim said, after the alleged rape, that she was looking forward to “dinner and some cuddles” with Guillod.

DIY distributor Ditto Music and its co-founder Lee Parsons have called for a lawsuit filed against them in the Californian courts by Lil Yachty to be dismissed on jurisdiction grounds. The litigation relates to the promotion of Opulous, the music NFT start-up also founded by Parsons.The rapper – real name Miles McCollum – went legal in January claiming that Opulous had used his name and brand as part of launch communications, even though he had never agreed to get involved in the new venture.

He then read the alleged message. “Hey, it’s Matthew. If you don’t mind, would love to get your number and talk you through some things.”

A shameless Lidl store boss sacked for stealing £16,000 from the till took his bosses to court for unfair dismissal after claiming he was merely ''exposing'' how easy it was to take the money. Thadsoruban Theivendram, who is in his 30s, was fired after police raided his home and found the missing money in various Lidl marked cash bags in his bedroom.

EXCLUSIVE: Showtime and Paramount Television Studios have suspended production for four days on upcoming series American Gigolo, a reboot of the popular 1980 movie. The move comes a couple of days after the Paramount network and TV studio severed ties with the series’ developer, writer, director and executive producer David Hollander following an investigation into allegations of misconduct.

If CBS comedy series How We Roll is renewed for a second season, it will return without executive producer David Hollander. Production on the Pete Holmes sitcom’s freshman season has been completed but if the series gets renewed for Season2, Hollander won’t be involved, the network and How We Roll producer CBS Studios said in a response to an inquiry by Deadline.

A West Dunbartonshire Council chief who claimed she should have been made redundant - earning a payout of £500,000 - lost her case at a tribunal.

A woman who had filed a lawsuit against Snoop Dogg accusing the rapper of sexual assault in 2013 has filed for the lawsuit's dismissal, Pitchfork reports. Snoop Dogg denied the allegations when they emerged in February.

Gabby Petito‘s parents continue to speak out through their lawyer, and offering up a cryptic and serious warning about the potential evidence they may have against Brian Laundrie‘s family.

Less than a year after his appointment, the Stephen Glass experiment at Aberdeen is officially over.