Khadeeja Safdar

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Khadeeja Safdar

Lawsuit seeks $100 million in damages after their conviction, imprisonment for roles in Capitol attackFive members of the Proud Boys, once convicted of masterminding the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol, are accusing the federal government and FBI employees of violating their rights in connection with their prosecutions in a new lawsuit. Top leaders of the far-right group were either pardoned or had their sentences commuted by President Trump earlier this year.

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Khadeeja Safdar

Prosecutors said Hollywood attorney ran his law firm like a Ponzi scheme, defrauding clients of millions of dollarsFormer celebrity lawyer Thomas Girardi, one of the attorneys whose pollution case inspired the “Erin Brockovich” film, was sentenced to more than seven years in prison for embezzling tens of millions of dollars from his clients. Girardi, 86, was found guilty by a jury in August for four counts of wire fraud. His clients included families of victims of the 2018 Lion Air plane crash.

2 months ago | wsj.com | Khadeeja Safdar

April 10, 2025 7:07 pm ETFormer Abercrombie & Fitch boss Mike Jeffries is suffering from dementia and is unfit to stand trial for alleged sex crimes, according to a court filing released on Thursday. Jeffries was 80 years old when he was arrested and charged in October with running an international sex-trafficking ring. Prosecutors said he pressured male models into attending sex parties, paying the men for sex and plying them with drugs. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

Mar 14, 2025 | listennotes.com | Khadeeja Safdar

Gloria Allred’s lifelong crusade against men accused of sexual misconduct has made her a high profile feminist lawyer. But little is known about what happens between Allred and her clients, mostly women, behind the scenes. WSJ’s Khadeeja Safdar reports. See the Journal live! Take our survey! Further Reading:-The High-Pressure Tactics Attorney Gloria Allred Uses—On Her Own Clients Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 9, 2025 | wsj.com | Khadeeja Safdar

Gloria Allred invited the media to join a video call in March 2021 to hear one of her clients, Efrosina Angelova, share allegations of sexual and physical abuse against actor Armie Hammer. Angelova cried as she read her statement describing a 2017 incident in which she accused the Hollywood star of raping her when she was 20 years old, slamming her against a wall and beating her feet. She said she “thought that he was going to kill me.” Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.