The first rape accuser testified under the pseudonym Katie Moore about an incident in Manhattan in 2012, when she was a 20-year-old marketing intern. Moore described a night of partying with a small group that included her friend Ainsley, Tal Alexander, Alon Alexander, and the brothers' then-friend, actor Zac Efron. Moore told the jury she collapsed at a nightclub after one sip from a drink handed to her by one of Tal's friends.
Comedian Russell Brand will face two further charges, one of rape and one of sexual assault, in relation to alleged offences against two women, the Metropolitan Police said. The Crown Protection Service (CPS) authorised further charges against the comedian following an investigation by Metropolitan Police detectives. The alleged offences took place in 2009, the CPS said. He will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 20 January next year in relation to the alleged offences.
"Juan Jose Pesina, a 32-year-old Menifee resident, was also booked into the Cois M. Byrd Detention Center in French Valley on suspicion of sodomy, sexual battery and oral copulation by force, all felonies."
Paul Flores continues to fight his conviction for first degree murder in the killing of Kristin Smart, which likely occurred in the freshman dorms at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo over Memorial Day Weekend, 1996.
The claims made in [the] complaint against me have no basis in reality and are untrue. We will vigorously defend this lawsuit through the appropriate legal process.