Andrew Blankstein
Senior Investigative Reporter at NBC News
@NBCNews Investigative Reporter based in L.A. focusing on police, courts and homeland security across the Western U.S. [email protected]
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2 days ago |
nbcnews.com | David K. Li |Andrew Blankstein |Lilia Wood |Austin Mullen
A woman accused Pro Football Hall of Famer and podcaster Shannon Sharpe of sexually assaulting and battering her and using his fame to "manipulate, control, subjugate and violate women," in a Nevada lawsuit filed Sunday. The woman said she was 19 years old in 2023 when she first met Sharpe, 56, in a Los Angeles gym, leading to a "rocky consensual relationship" of nearly two years in which he was frequently "aggressive" and raped her, the civil complaint, filed in Clark County, alleges.
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1 week ago |
nbcnews.com | Rebecca Cohen |Madeline Morrison |Andrew Blankstein |Tim Stelloh
The family of Erik and Lyle Menendez is calling for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office to be removed from the brothers' case after they claimed the use of a graphic photo in a Friday court hearing caused the brothers' aunt to be hospitalized.
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1 week ago |
nbcnews.com | Tim Stelloh |Andrew Blankstein |Shanshan Dong |Madeline Morrison
Prosecutors and defense lawyers for Erik and Lyle Menendez argued Friday over the effort to reduce the brothers' prison sentences for the 1989 shotgun killings of their parents during a sometimes-heated hearing in a Los Angeles courtroom. The judge presiding over the case is expected to rule on the matter ahead of a two-day resentencing hearing that could determine whether the siblings should receive lesser penalties for the murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez at their Beverly Hills home on Aug.
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1 week ago |
nbcnews.com | Tim Stelloh |Andrew Blankstein
A best-selling author who was shot by police allegedly fired at officers as they searched for multiple hit-and-run suspects in her residential Los Angeles neighborhood, a police official said Thursday. An investigation revealed shell casing and video footage showed Jillian Lauren Shriner repeatedly ignoring police commands to disarm during an encounter Wednesday and firing her weapon, Los Angeles Police Department communications director Jennifer Forkish said in a statement.
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1 week ago |
flipboard.com | Tim Stelloh |Andrew Blankstein
8 hours agoThe livestream schedule for the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival has been announced. Most of the weekend’s performances can be watched on YouTube via the festival’s stage-by-stage streams, which begin airing today (Friday, April 11) at 4:00 p.m. PST / 7:00 p.m. EST, and will run …
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