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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Politics
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Epstein Expert Slams ‘Absurd' MAGA Effort to Make Ghislaine Maxwell a Victim: ‘She Was a Pedophile'
"Broken" podcast host Tara Palmeri additionally tells MSNBC that Trump's timeline of his falling out with the financier doesn't add up Independent journalist and Jeffrey Epstein expert Tara Palmeri told MSNBC's Nicole Wallace that Trump supporters let Epstein's partner-in-crime Ghislaine Maxwell off too easily. 'Any sort of idea that Ghislaine was some sort of victim as they are saying on NewsMax and other places is absurd,' Palmeri said on MSNBC's Deadline White House. 'She was a pedophile. She did the exact same thing.' More from TheWrap Epstein Expert Slams 'Absurd' MAGA Effort to Make Ghislaine Maxwell a Victim: 'She Was a Pedophile' | Video Shohei Ohtani Gambling Scandal Drama Nears Series Order at Starz 'Destination X' Boss Shares Just How Hard It Was to Keep Those Contestants in the Dark Disney Sued for Defamation by 'Say Nothing' Subject Marian Price Maxwell is currently serving currently a 20-year prison sentence for conspiring with Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse minors. She was convicted in 2021 and sentenced in June 2022. Palmeri said that she was responsible for luring young girls to Epstein. She referenced several examples from victims she has spoken to on her podcast 'BROKEN: Jeffrey Epstein.' The podcaster said Maxwell called one victim Annie Farmer's mother to convince her it was okay for her daughter to join the couple at Zorro ranch because they would pay for her tuition. 'They preyed on children,' she said. She added that the houseman Juan Alessi, who worked for Epstein since the 1990s, told her that the couple's 'ritual' was to drive around south Florida to look for three girls per day to 'satisfy his needs.' Maxwell did not just groom the young girls and send them to Epstein to be sexually abused. Palmeri said that she participated in sexual acts with them, and that Trump supporters are ignoring that fact. 'Once she got them in the door, she was involved in the sexual acts,' she added. 'I don't think they want to hear this. They want to create the impression that she is somehow absolved from all of this.' Watch the exchange here: Virgina Giuffre, who was pursued by Maxwell and Epstein at Mar-a-Lago, told the podcaster that she met Trump through Epstein. Giuffre was a 'sex slave' to Epstein and his friends from the age of 16 to 18. The woman was only with Epstein from 2000 to 2002, Palmeri said, but Trump and Epstein remained friends at that time. The pair have several pictures together from after the president claims they had a friendship falling out. Tuesday the president said he and Epstein ended their friendship because Epstein 'stole people that worked for me' – including after he had warned Epstein not to do it again. He also acknowledged that one of those employees may have been Giuffre, one of Epstein's most outspoken accusers, who died by suicide earlier this year, but Trump did not specify that the employees were young women. However last week the White House said Trump barred Epstein from his Mar-a-Lago club 'for being a creep.' 'This whole idea that President Trump was upset about it at the time is absurd,' Palmeri said. Those slightly different stories of the pair's falling out also differ from a 2019 Washington Post report that claimed the two men's friendship ended over a 2004 property dispute over a bankrupted oceanfront property called Maison de l'Amitié. Palmeri agreed with that timeline. The Wall Street Journal published a series of articles alleging Trump appeared in the Epstein files 'multiple times,' and that his Attorney General Pam Bondi warned him of this. The president sued the Wall Street Journal for $10 billion for defamation for publishing a suggestive birthday note that Trump wrote for Epstein's 50th. The post Epstein Expert Slams 'Absurd' MAGA Effort to Make Ghislaine Maxwell a Victim: 'She Was a Pedophile' | Video appeared first on TheWrap.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Hulk Hogan's Daughter Says Her ‘Spirit Left With Him' in Emotional Tribute: ‘I Know He's at Peace Now'
"He used to speak about this moment with such wonder and hope," Brooke Hogan shares Brooke Hogan has broken her silence on the death of father, Hulk Hogan, sharing that she's happy that he's now 'at peace' and no longer in pain. 'I know he's at peace now, out of pain and in a place as beautiful as he imagined,' she wrote in a Tuesday post on Instagram. 'He used to speak about this moment with such wonder and hope. Like meeting God was the greatest championship he'd ever have.' More from TheWrap Shohei Ohtani Gambling Scandal Drama Nears Series Order at Starz 'Destination X' Boss Shares Just How Hard It Was to Keep Those Contestants in the Dark Disney Sued for Defamation by 'Say Nothing' Subject Marian Price 'Outlander' Star Graham McTavish Welcomes 'Blood of My Blood' Stars Into the Hit Show's Universe: 'You Won't Be Disappointed' The WWE legend and Real American Freestyle commissioner died in his Clearwater, Florida home last Thursday. His death comes just three days after Fox Nation acquired the TV rights to his RAF wrestling tournament, with its inaugural matchup set to stream on Aug. 30. It also follows reports that the wrestler had been battling health problems in recent months. At the top of Brooke Hogan's message, she said that she sees her father's image through her own children. 'My dad's blood runs through my veins,' she said. 'His eyes shine through my children. And our bond has never broken, not even in his final moments. We had a connection deeper than words, one that spanned lifetimes. I am so grateful I knew the real version of him. Not just the one the world viewed through a carefully curated lens.' She continued, adding that she had a sense that her father had died prior to the news hitting headlines. 'We shared a quiet, sacred bond, one that be seen and felt by anyone who witnessed us together,' Brooke Hogan penned. 'We he left this earth, it felt like part of my spirit left with him. I felt before the news even reached us.' Hulk Hogan's son Nick took to social media on Sunday to share his own thoughts on his father, whom he called the 'best dad.' 'He was not only the best dad but also my mentor and my best friend. He always has been my best friend and I love him and miss him more than I could ever explain I thanked him for everything he has ever done for me and told him how much I loved him and hugged him every chance I got,' he said on Instagram. 'I spent a lot of time with him the past few years after moving back to Florida to be closer to him and I am so grateful for those memories. They are the best moments in my life.' TMZ reported paramedics were sent to the Hogan home in Clearwater, Florida, on Thursday, July 24. Promoter and Hogan's Real American Freestyle partner Eric Bischoff confirmed Hulk Hogan's death. He was 71. The post Hulk Hogan's Daughter Says Her 'Spirit Left With Him' in Emotional Tribute: 'I Know He's at Peace Now' appeared first on TheWrap. Solve the daily Crossword
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2 days ago
- Entertainment
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‘Slow Horses' Boss Will Smith to Exit After Season 5
The Apple TV+ spy drama recruits Gabby Chiappe and Ben Vanstone to run Seasons 6 and 7, respectively 'Slow Horses' is losing a key player after Season 5. Executive producer Will Smith, who writes and essentially serves as showrunner — though that title is not used in UK productions — will exit the show after the episodes premiering this fall, TheWrap has learned. The Apple TV+ drama series starring Gary Oldman has already been renewed for two more seasons. Writers Gabby Chiappe and Ben Vanstone were tapped to lead the charge for Seasons 6 and 7, respectively. More from TheWrap Disney Sued for Defamation by 'Say Nothing' Subject Marian Price Rupert Everett Says He Was Fired From 'Emily in Paris' Season 5: 'I Don't Know Why' 'Outlander' Star Graham McTavish Welcomes 'Blood of My Blood' Stars Into the Hit Show's Universe: 'You Won't Be Disappointed' Jack Reynor to Star Opposite Rachel Brosnahan in 'Presumed Innocent' Season 2 Smith teased in an interview with Deadline that Season 5 will 'close out certain storylines' that have been prevalent since the start of the show, making it the right time to hand over the show to other creatives. Season 5 is set to premiere Sept. 24. The upcoming fifth and sixth seasons are expected to adapt Mick Herron's novels 'London Rules,' 'Joe Country' and 'Slough House.' 'Ted Lasso' star Nick Mohammed joins the cast as a special guest star in Season 5. Jackson's motley spy crew is back (minus Marcus, alas), with Jack Lowden as River Cartwright, Saskia Reeves as Catherine Standish, Rosalind Eleazar as Louisa Guy, Aimee-Ffion Edwards as Shirley Dander and Tom Brooke as enigmatic new guy J.K. Coe. ''Slow Horses' has won fans all over the world with its unique mix of self-deprecating British humor and high-octane action. I'm delighted viewers will have another season to enjoy Gary's magnificent performance as Jackson Lamb alongside the Slow Horses slightly inept spycraft,' Jay Hunt, creative director for Europe at Apple TV+, said in a statement alongside the Season 7 renewal. The series is produced for Apple TV+ by See-Saw Films, with Smith adapting Seasons 1-5. Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Julian Stevens, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Douglas Urbanski, Gail Mutrux, Smith and Graham Yost serve as executive producers on the series. Saul Metzstein, who earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for his work on 'Slow Horses' Season 3, returns to direct Season 5. Adam Randall is tapped to direct Season 6 and Robert McKillop will direct Season 7. The post 'Slow Horses' Boss Will Smith to Exit After Season 5 appeared first on TheWrap. Solve the daily Crossword
Sunday World
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sunday World
Ex-IRA bomber Marian Price sues Disney over Jean McConville murder scene in ‘Say Nothing'
Convicted IRA volunteer sues after TV drama shows her character shooting mother of 10 in the head Former IRA bomber Marian Price is suing Disney over a scene in the drama series Say Nothing, which she claims 'falsely portrays her as having carried out the execution-style murder of Jean McConville by shooting her in the back of the head'. Price (71), who is suing under her married name McGlinchey, is seeking damages, including aggravated and punitive damages, for defamation against Disney over its Disney+ show, according to the plenary summons lodged in the High Court in Dublin. Punitive damages are awarded in defamation cases where a defendant has engaged in malicious, outrageous or vindictive conduct. Price is seeking an injunction restraining the defendants from further publishing the same or similar allegations about her. She also wants an order 'for the immediate removal of the relevant scene of Episode 9, depicting the alleged murder'. The case was lodged by Price's solicitors, Phoenix Law, on July 2. Since then, Dentons — the UK firm that recently represented the BBC in its unsuccessful defence of a defamation action by Gerry Adams in Dublin — has come on record to represent Disney and Minim UK Productions, a co-defendant in the case. While the Disney+ series is based on the 2018 book by Patrick Radden Keefe of the same name, the book did not provoke legal action from Price. Price's lawyers have said that while Keefe's book was suggestive in claiming she may have shot Ms McConville, the dramatisation was explicit in portraying that this happened. Price was jailed for her part in a bombing campaign in London in 1973 before being released in 1980. She was later a vocal critic of the Good Friday Agreement. The series depicts her sister, Dolours Price, as one of three IRA volunteers who have one gun available to kill Ms McConville. The kidnapped woman is shown on her knees while desperately reciting the names of her 10 children. Dolours Price is shown deliberately shooting wide of Ms McConville, before her sister takes the gun and completes the killing with one shot. Marian Price is seeking damages for defamation The 'disappearance' of the mother of 10 from her home in the Divis Flats in Belfast in 1972 is one of the IRA's most notorious crimes. Her body was only recovered in 2003, from a beach in Co Louth. Radden Keefe's book is partly based on the Belfast Project at Boston College, which involved former paramilitaries speaking about their experiences of the Troubles. Among those who taped interviews that were to be released only after their deaths were former IRA volunteers Dolours Price and Brendan 'The Dark' Hughes. Both claimed that former Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams had authorised Ms McConville's disappearance, something Adams denied. Tom Vaughan-Lawlor plays the older version of Brendan 'The Dark' Hughes The Price sisters are central characters in Radden Keefe's book and the Disney adaptation, in which they are played by Lola Petticrew (Dolours) and Hazel Doupe (Marian) in their younger years. Maxine Peake plays the older Dolours up to her death in 2013, and Helen Behan plays the older Marian. Tom Vaughan-Lawlor plays the older version of Brendan Hughes. Dolours Price is depicted as being disgusted at witnessing Gerry Adams carrying Hughes's coffin after his death in 2008. At the end of every episode of the Disney+ series, text is shown saying that Adams has always denied being a member of the IRA or participating in IRA violence. After the final episode, the text says Adams denies any involvement in the murder of Ms McConville. It also says Marian Price denies any involvement in the murder of Ms McConville. Hazel Doupe as Marian and Lola Petticrew as Dolours Price in 'Say Nothing' on Disney+ In 2014, Marian Price pleaded guilty to providing a mobile phone that was used by the Real IRA in 2009 to claim the attack in which British soldiers Patrick Azimkar and Mark Quinsey were killed outside Massereene Barracks in Co Antrim. She has always strongly denied any involvement in the murder of Ms McConville since Radden Keefe's book was published. Speaking to the Sunday World before the Disney+ series was made, the US author and journalist said he stood over his reporting. 'I wouldn't have published Marian's name and suggested that she murdered Jean McConville if I had even one per cent doubt that it was true,' he said. Radden Keefe is credited as an executive producer on the Disney+ show. I stand by my reporting. I'm quite transparent about my process of deduction 'It would be unconscionable to make such an accusation if I was not completely certain. But I was certain,' he told reporters. 'She has denied it, though I would note that it took her five months, from when I initially approached her solicitor for comment back in May, to do so. 'I stand by my reporting. I'm quite transparent about my process of deduction in the book, so readers can decide for themselves whether they are persuaded.' Peter Corrigan, one of Price's solicitors, told the Sunday World last year that the TV show was less ambiguous than the book about the central allegation about his client. 'Who is his source on this claim?' he asked. 'The book is one thing — it's more ambiguous — but the Disney show is categoric about Marian murdering Jean McConville.' Today's News in 90 Seconds - July 28th
Belfast Telegraph
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Belfast Telegraph
Old Bailey bomber Marian Price tells Disney+ to cut Jean McConville murder scene from Say Nothing
Legal papers in former IRA woman's case against streaming giant lodged with Dublin's High Court Old Bailey bomber Marian Price wants Disney+ to remove a scene depicting her murdering Jean McConville from its Troubles TV show Say Nothing. The ex-IRA member is suing the streaming giant over a section of the drama which she claims 'falsely portrays her as having carried out the execution-style murder of Jean McConville by shooting her in the back of the head'.
