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Toronto Sun
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Toronto Sun
Trump set to pardon reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley of fraud, tax evasion convictions
Published May 27, 2025 • 1 minute read Julie Chrisley, right, and her husband Todd Chrisley pose for photos at the 52nd annual Academy of Country Music Awards on April 2, 2017, in Las Vegas. Photo by Jordan Strauss / Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said Tuesday that President Donald Trump is set to pardon reality TV stars Julie and Todd Chrisley, the couple famous for 'Chrisley Knows Best,' which followed their tightly knit family and extravagant lifestyle. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account A jury in 2022 found them guilty of conspiring to defraud community banks out of more than $30 million in fraudulent loans. The Chrisleys were also found guilty of tax evasion. In a social media post Tuesday, the White House said Trump called the Chrisley family and said 'he will be granting full pardons,' adding, 'Trump Knows Best!' The Chrisleys were found guilty of tax evasion by hiding their earnings while showcasing an extravagant lifestyle that prosecutors said included luxury cars, designer clothes, real estate and travel. Prosecutors said Todd Chrisley filed for bankruptcy, walking away from more than $20 million in unpaid loans. Julie Chrisley was sentenced to seven years in federal prison, and Todd Chrisley got 12 years behind bars. The couple was also ordered to pay $17.8 million in restitution. A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals last summer upheld the Chrisleys' convictions but found a legal error in how the trial judge had calculated Julie Chrisley's sentence by holding her accountable for the entire bank fraud scheme. The appellate panel sent her case back to the lower court for resentencing. Toronto Maple Leafs Columnists World World Toronto & GTA
CTV News
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Billy Joel cancels all scheduled shows due to brain disorder diagnosis
Billy Joel arrives at the 66th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) Billy Joel is cancelling all scheduled concerts following a recent diagnosis of Pressure Hydrocephalus, a brain disorder associated with excess fluid in the brain. 'This condition has been exacerbated by recent concert performances, leading to problems with hearing, vision, and balance,' reads a statement posted on his social media account. This is a breaking news update. More details to come.
Toronto Sun
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Toronto Sun
Jury to be chosen for sex trafficking trial of Sean 'Diddy' Combs
Published May 09, 2025 • 2 minute read Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. Photo by Jordan Strauss / Invision/AP Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. NEW YORK — The final stage of jury selection for the racketeering and sex trafficking trial of hip-hop mogul Sean 'Diddy' Combs was set to occur on Friday in Manhattan federal court. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Federal prosecutors and lawyers assembled in a courtroom to narrow a pool of 45 prospective jurors to 12 jurors and six alternates who will hear the two-month trial beginning on Monday. For three days this week, would-be jurors were asked questions to help the judge and lawyers determine if they could be fair and impartial. And they were also questioned to ensure they could decide the case on the facts even after seeing explicit videos of sexual activity that some might find disturbing. Combs, 55, pleaded not guilty to charges after his September arrest and has remained held without bail at a federal lockup in Brooklyn. On Friday, prosecutors were permitted to strike six prospective jurors from the jury while defense lawyers were permitted 10 strikes before the jury is finalized. Generally, lawyers do not have to explain why they are ejecting individuals from the panel. The process was expected to take about an hour. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. If Combs is convicted on all charges, which include racketeering, kidnapping, arson, bribery and sex trafficking, he would face a mandatory 15 years in prison and could remain behind bars for life. RECOMMENDED VIDEO Prosecutors allege that the Bad Boy Records founder used his fame and power at the top of the hip-hop world to sexually abuse women from 2004 to 2024. An indictment includes descriptions of 'Freak Offs,' drugged-up orgies in which women were forced to have sex with male sex workers while Combs filmed them. The charges against him also portray Combs as abusive to his victims, sometimes choking, hitting, kicking and dragging them, often by the hair. Once, the indictment alleges, he even dangled someone from a balcony. His lawyers contend that prosecutors are trying to criminalize sexual activity between consenting adults. They concede that Combs had abused various substances but say he has undergone treatment. A centerpiece of the evidence against him are recordings of Combs beating a longtime girlfriend in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016. After a video of the encounter aired on CNN last year, Combs apologized, saying, 'I take full responsibility for my actions in that video. I was disgusted then when I did it. I'm disgusted now.' Numerous prospective jurors interviewed by Judge Arun Subramanian from Monday through Wednesday said they had seen the video and some were deemed to be too affected by it to be impartial and remain in the jury pool. Canada Sunshine Girls Sunshine Girls Canada Toronto Maple Leafs
San Francisco Chronicle
06-05-2025
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Serena, Allyson Felix, Coach K among US Olympic Paralympic 2025 HoF class
FILE - This Aug. 4, 2012 file photo shows Serena Williams posed with her 2012 Summer Olympics gold medal during the podium ceremony of the women's singles final match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club at Wimbledon, in London. Elise Amendola/AP FILE - Track and field runner Allyson Felix arrives at the ESPY Awards, July 20, 2022, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, file) Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP FILE - USA's coach Mike Krzyzewski, center, wears his players gold medals as they celebrate after beating Spain 118-107 in the men's gold medal basketball game at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2008. Flanking Krzyzewski is Deron Williams, left, and Jason Kidd. Dusan Vranic/AP COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Seven-time gold-medal sprinter Allyson Felix, four-time Olympic tennis champion Serena Williams and Mike Krzyzewski, who coached the U.S. to two basketball gold medals, are part of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee Hall of Fame's class of 2025. Gymnastics champion Gabby Douglas, skiing's Bode Miller, beach volleyball player Kerri Walsh Jennings and Nike founder Phil Knight are also in the group that will be inducted at a ceremony in Colorado Springs on July 12. Others inductees are Steve Cash (sled hockey), Anita DeFrantz (longtime IOC member, rower), Susan Hagel (Para archery, Para track and field, wheelchair basketball), Flo Hyman (volleyball) and Marla Runyan (Para track and field), along with the 2010 four-man Olympic bobsled team led by Steve Holcomb, and the 2004 women's wheelchair basketball team. Advertisement Article continues below this ad The Hall of Fame's inaugural class was inducted in 1983, and this will be the first class inducted since 2022. It will bring the total number of those enshrined to 210. ___ AP Summer Olympics:
Toronto Sun
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Toronto Sun
Jurors can see video of Sean 'Diddy' Combs beating Cassie at hotel in 2016, judge rules
Published Apr 25, 2025 • 3 minute read FILE - Music mogul and entrepreneur Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives at the Billboard Music Awards, May 15, 2022, in Las Vegas. Photo by Jordan Strauss / Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors at Sean 'Diddy' Combs ' upcoming federal sex trafficking trial can show jurors video of the hip-hop mogul hitting and kicking one of his accusers in a Los Angeles hotel hallway, a judge ruled at a hearing Friday. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian said Combs' lawyers failed to convince him that the explosive security camera footage should be excluded. Its relevance to the case outweighs any potential prejudice to the 55-year-old defendant, the judge said. Subramanian ruled on the video as he set ground rules for the May 5 trial in New York City. Combs sat between his lawyers in a yellow jail suit, his formerly jet black hair now almost fully gray because dye isn't allowed at the Brooklyn federal lockup where he's been held since his arrest last September. Prosecutors disclosed that Combs was offered a plea deal, which he rejected. The video shows Combs — wearing only a white towel _ punching, shoving and dragging his former protege and girlfriend, R&B singer Cassie, and throwing a vase in her direction on March 5, 2016, at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles' Century City district. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The video wasn't public until CNN obtained and aired it in May 2024. The network turned the footage over to prosecutors in response to a subpoena. Prosecutors say it's 'critical to the case.' Combs' indictment alleges he tried to bribe a hotel security staffer to stay mum about the video. Cassie, in a since-settled November 2023 lawsuit alleging years of abuse, claimed he paid $50,000 for the footage. The Associated Press does not typically name people who say they have been sexually abused unless they come forward publicly, as Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, did. Combs has pleaded not guilty to racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking charges alleging he coerced and abused women for years with help from a network of associates and employees while silencing victims through blackmail and violence, including kidnapping, arson and physical beatings. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Federal prosecutors allege the Bad Boy Records founder used his 'power and prestige' as a music star to induce female victims into drugged-up, elaborately produced sexual performances with male sex workers in events dubbed 'freak offs.' Earlier this month, prosecutors obtained a new indictment that added two charges to Combs' case and accused him of using force, fraud or coercion to compel a woman to engage in commercial sex acts from at least 2021 to 2024. Prosecutors say they expect four accusers to testify against Combs. They contend the assault on Cassie depicted in the 2016 video happened during a 'freak off.' Combs' lawyers have argued that the footage was nothing more than a 'glimpse into a complex but decade-long consensual relationship.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Combs apologized after CNN aired the footage, saying in a social media video statement that he was 'truly sorry' and that his actions were 'inexcusable.' 'I take full responsibility for my actions,' Combs said, adding that he 'was disgusted then when I did it. I'm disgusted now.' In seeking to exclude the video from the trial, Combs' lawyer Marc Agnifilo argued that the footage was 'deceptive and not in accordance with the actions that took place.' Agnifilo said certain portions of the video were sped up by as much as 50% or taken out of order, making it a 'misleading piece of evidence.' Prosecutors told Subramanian that they were working with Combs' lawyers to come up with a suitable version that can be shown by jurors. They said that includes having a video expert review the footage and slow down the clips to reflect the speed at which the event shown actually transpired. Toronto & GTA Toronto Maple Leafs Ontario Canada Federal Elections
