I watched Bryan Kohberger from 10ft away... what I saw off camera will haunt me for the rest of my life
That's all Bryan Kohberger offered his victims' families on Wednesday as he finally admitted to killing their loved ones in a violent, incomprehensible attack.
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The Sun
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- The Sun
‘Perv' teacher Christina Formella accused of raping boy 50 times claims she's being targeted because of good looks
A TEACHER accused of raping her 15-year-old student 50 times has moaned she is being targeted because of her good looks. Christina Formella, 30, claimed she is the victim of misogynistic "sexist scrutiny" and complained about being depicted as a "predator". 8 8 8 A spokesperson for her family told the New York Post: 'It's a spectacle — a public ritual that punishes women not for what they've done, but for how they're perceived." They added: 'When men face accusations, we discuss evidence and procedure. "When women face accusations, we attack their character, their choices, and their worth as human beings. 'This isn't justice — it's gender-based persecution disguised as accountability.' Formella, from Illinois, was arrested after the student approached cops alongside his mother to report that she had sexually abused him in a classroom session in December 2023. After further investigation, she is now accused of grooming him when he was 14 and having sex with him around 50 times after he turned 15 when she was 28. The majority of the abuse is said to have taken place at Downers Grove South High School, where Formella taught the teen. Prosecutors say the boy's mom discovered texts on his phone which revealed the alleged abuse and prompted her to contact the police. The teacher allegedly told the boy: "I love having sex with you." Formella has denied all the charges and insisted from the start that her appearance draws unfair treatment. Watch 'perv' teacher Christina Formella arrive at court with husband by her side…as she's accused of molesting teen boy During her initial police interview, she pleaded her innocence and claimed she is a 'good person' but said 'everybody' targets her because of her good looks, according to documents obtained by WGN9. She also claimed to be the victim of a "blackmail" plot, according to court docs. The document reads: "She claimed that one day, [the boy] had grabbed her phone unattended, had entered her passcode [...] had sent the message to his phone, had then deleted the message from her phone, and had saved it to his phone as blackmail." Her support base complained that media and content creators are fixating on specific details and making assumptions about her character. 8 The statement said: 'Instead of discussing facts or law, public discourse fixates on Christina's appearance, her private life, even her lipstick — as if those details bear on guilt or innocence. 'Christina has been splintered into internet caricatures — 'predator,' 'unfaithful wife,' 'hypocrite'.' They also claimed Formella had been "stalked" by people obsessed with the case, and said she has even been followed into church. "Christina's case isn't being 'covered' - she's being hunted," the family said. Police footage shows the educator being pulled over and cuffed by cops in front of her husband. She was originally charged during her first court appearance with two counts of sexual abuse and one count of sexual assault. But last month, DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin levelled a further 52 counts at the teacher for a load more alleged sexual encounters with the same student. She was indicted on another 20 counts of sexual assault, 20 of aggravated criminal sexual abuse, six counts of indecent solicitation of a child and six counts of grooming. 8 8 An investigation following the initial report found that Formella allegedly had sex with the boy around 50 times between January 2023 and August of 2024, the court heard. During that time period, Berlin's office said, Formella allegedly sent the boy multiple text messages that were "grooming in nature." At least 45 of those occasions are believed the have taken place on the school grounds - and some in the marital home Formella shared with her husband. The abuse is said to have begun in 2023 and run throughout the engagement - only coming to an end when the student called it off in September 2024. Her husband, Michael Formella, has stuck by his wife's side and attended court with her.
Telegraph
an hour ago
- Telegraph
The nepo baby millennial lawyer who spared Diddy from life behind bars
As the verdict was read out in courtroom 26A in lower Manhattan, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, tightly squeezed Teny Geragos's hand and raised it in the air. Nearly two months ago, the lawyer sitting to his left had glided over to the wooden podium to deliver a controversial opening statement in which she admitted her client was a violent domestic abuser. She did not deny that he had done some terrible things, but that wasn't what Combs was on trial for, she told the court. It was a risky move, but as the jury foreman delivered the verdict on Wednesday morning, it was clearly one that had paid off. Combs was acquitted on the most serious offences of sex trafficking and racketeering and found guilty of two charges of transporting prostitutes. As Combs put his head in his hands and fell to the ground to celebrate, Ms Geragos dabbed at her tears with a tissue and hugged his family members. The three not guilty verdicts were not just a partial victory for Combs – it was a career-defining win for Ms Geragos, who was one of his 'dream team' of lawyers led by Marc Agnifilo. Following in the footsteps of her father Mark Geragos, the celebrity lawyer who has defended stars including Chris Brown, Michael Jackson and Winona Ryder, it was the moment in which the 34-year-old carved out her own name as defender for the deep-pocketed. In court she faced lead prosecutor Maurene Comey, the daughter of James Comey, the former head of the FBI, in what appeared to be the battle of the 'nepo babies'. The prosecution had alleged Combs used force and financial control to coerce his ex-girlfriends Cassie Ventura and a witness testifying under the pseudonym Jane into days-long drug-fuelled sex parties during which they would allegedly be made to sleep with male prostitutes. In her opening statement Ms Geragos claimed that Combs's alleged victims were in consensual relationships and while he had beaten his girlfriends, this did not amount to sex trafficking. 'Sean Combs is a complicated man. But this is not a complicated case. This case is about love, jealousy, infidelity and money,' Ms Geragos told the court. 'Sean Combs has a bad temper and sometimes he gets out of control,' Ms Geragos said. 'We take full responsibility for the domestic violence. Domestic violence is not sex trafficking.' Later, when commenting on the allegations involving Jane, she added: 'Being a willing participant in your own life is not sex trafficking.' Months before she began attempting to convince the jury Combs was not a sex trafficker or the masterminds of a decades-long criminal enterprise, Ms Geragos had been batting for her client on a rather different platform. Via a TikTok account with the bio 'criminal defence attorney breaking down the latest news' she posted a series of videos about civil lawsuits filed against him, insisting he was innocent. 'All right, here we go again, Diddy sued by a former bandmate; I'm his lawyer and here's why you should care,' Ms Geragos said during one clip. Her father, Mr Geragos, 67, who was an adviser to Combs's legal team, was admonished by the judge at the start of the trial for using another platform to talk about the case. He was called out by Judge Arun Subramanian for calling the prosecution a 'six-pack of white women' on his podcast. Ms Geragos's career so far appears to be on a similar trajectory to her father's. After graduating with a degree in art history and media, culture and communications from New York University, Ms Geragos went on to study at the Loyola Law School in Chicago, the same law school where her father trained. Ms Geragos worked as a judicial extern for a Supreme Court Justice in Kings County, New York, while studying for her degree before becoming licenced by both the New York and California state bars in 2017. She worked as a law clerk at the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office and her father's firm, Geragos & Geragos, before joining New York City based firm Brafman & Associates PC as a trial attorney. She left the firm after nearly eight years to join Agnifilo Intrater LLP as a founding partner. She has represented defendants in federal and state trials in cases involving sexual assault, fraud and public corruption, according to the firm's website. Her expertise is in cases involving sexual misconduct. Ms Geragos met her husband Ashwinn Krishnaswamy while studying at NYU. The couple married at her parents' home in Los Angeles in 2021 in a ceremony inspired by the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris. They have one child and Ms Geragos is pregnant with their second. After the trial concluded, Ms Geragos spoke briefly outside the court in Lower Manhattan. 'I first want to thank my client Sean Combs for trusting us, myself and everybody here, this incredible dream team that he put together,' she said. 'He is incredible. I want to thank him,' she said, adding that he had 'not sexually assaulted anybody'. Later that evening she made a brief appearance on the 2 Angry Men podcast that her father co-hosts alongside Harvey Levin, the founder of TMZ. Mr Geragos said he was on 'childcare duty' because his daughter was off to celebrate the outcome of the trial. Appearing on the camera for a brief moment, Ms Geragos, stood grinning from ear to ear. 'I feel great,' she said.
Daily Mail
an hour ago
- Daily Mail
Chilling moment hi-vis gunman shoots father-of-three dead outside gym 'for exposing illicit prison affair'
The chilling moment a gunman wearing hi-vis shot a father-of-three dead outside a gym for 'exposing an illicit prison affair' has been captured on CCTV. Lenny Scott, 33, who was the father of twins, was shot six times outside a gym on February 8 last year. Today the footage, with audible gunshots, was played to the jury who watched the tragic last moments of Mr Scott's life. The motive behind the killing lay in his former job at Altcourse prison in Liverpool nearly four years earlier, the murder trial jury was told. Mr Scott had searched inmate Elias Morgan's cell and found a mobile phone on March 26, 2020, Preston Crown Court was told. Not only was possession of the phone a criminal offence, but Morgan knew it contained evidence which would expose his sexual relationship with prison officer Sarah Williams, prosecutor Alex Leach KC said. Morgan, who denies murder, told Mr Scott to 'balls up the paperwork' and even offered him £1,500 not to report it, jurors were told. But the prison officer submitted the paperwork - and from that moment 'Elias Morgan told Lenny Scott that he would get him, he said he would bide his time, but that he would get him'. The motive behind the killing lay in Mr Scott's (pictured) former job at Altcourse prison in Liverpool nearly four years earlier, the murder trial jury was told Footage shows how Mr Scott left the gym shortly before 5:30pm and stood chatting to someone in the car park for a short time. A man, wearing orange hi-vis, could be seen loitering nearby, seemingly waiting for someone. As Mr Scott stood next to a car chatting, the man slowly approached him before suddenly rounding the corner with a gun, which he then opened fire with on the former prison officer. Mr Leach told jurors that on February 8, 2024, Mr Scott was leaving a gym in Skelmersdale, Lancashire 'when he was approached by a man wearing a high-visibility jacket and carrying a handgun'. 'The man shot him, six times, to the head and body,' he said. 'Lenny Scott died of his injuries. 'The murder was, the prosecution says, an act of retaliation.' He told jurors that the evidence would show that Morgan 'orchestrated' the murder and 'pulled the trigger himself'. Footage shows how Mr Scott left the gym shortly before 5:30pm and stood chatting to someone in the car park for a short time The court heard in the days after Mr Scott found the phone, he reported being threatened by Morgan. He told his father that Morgan had said words to the effect of 'I'll bide my time, but I promise I will get you' before making a gun gesture towards him. A 'visibly frightened' Mr Scott also told his former partner that Morgan had threatened him that his 'home would be blown up with his family inside'. Four days later he told a police call hander: 'I'm in fear for my family's life.' The jury heard he also reported the 'threats' to the Prison Service, saying Morgan had told him his family would be hurt if he did not 'drop' the illegal phone matter. Instead the phone was examined and Morgan was arrested, later being charged with unauthorised possession of the mobile phone. Williams, the officer with whom he'd had a relationship, later admitted three offences of misconduct in a public officer and a computer misuse offence.
