Hillel Aron

2 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Hillel Aron

LOS ANGELES (CN) — In closing arguments on Monday in the civil trial between rapper Soulja Boy and a woman who says she was beaten, raped and imprisoned while employed as the rapper's personal assistant for more than a year, attorneys for the woman asked the jury to award the plaintiff $73.6 million. "If you don’t believe my client, don’t give her a dollar," Ron Zambrano, a partner at West Coast trial lawyers, said. "But if you do believe her, give her everything."He added: "He raped her.

2 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Hillel Aron

The cause of this precipitous drop? Humans, of course. (CN) — Inland waters like rivers, lakes, streams and reservoirs need oxygen to survive, just like we do, but oxygen levels have dropped dramatically since 1900, researchers warn. The reason? Human behavior. That's according to researchers of the Netherlands' Utrecht University in their study, published Friday in the journal Science Advances.

3 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Hillel Aron

The rapper defended caustic text messages, such as "Fuck u bitch," as "regular vernacular of the culture of rap." LOS ANGELES (CN) — Soulja Boy returned to the witness stand on Wednesday to defend his behavior toward a woman who says the rapper hired her as his live-in assistant and subjected her to years of abuse.

3 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Hillel Aron

SANTA ANA, Calif. (CN) — Former Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu was sentenced to two months in jail on Friday, having pleaded guilty to charges that he obstructed a federal investigation into the city's aborted sale of Angel Stadium. "I do believe the defendant did betray the trust of the city of Anaheim while he was serving as its mayor," U.S. District Judge John Holcomb said after reading the sentence, which was less than the eight months federal prosecutors had requested.

4 weeks ago | courthousenews.com | Hillel Aron

LOS ANGELES (CN) — Rapper Soulja Boy testified as a hostile witnes Thursday in the case of a plaintiff accusing him of hiring her as his assistant and then subjecting her to nearly two years of physical, emotional and sexual assault. The 34-year-old rapper, best known for his 2007 viral hit single "Crank That (Soulja Boy)," and whose real name is DeAndre Way, denied being physical violent with the woman suing him, who has asked to remain anonymous through the trial.