Pre-Trial Hearing in Murder of Teresa Sievers
The trial of Mark Sievers, 50, husband of Teresa Sievers, was originally scheduled to begin June 3, 2019 in Fort Myers, Florida, but the trial is delayed. A new trial date has not been set but the judge is holding a pre-trial hearing today. Sievers is accused of hiring a childhood friend, Curtis Wayne Wright, to kill his wife while he and their two children were on vacation in Connecticut. Teresa Sievers had left the vacation early to return home for work. As soon as she walked into her Bonita Springs, FL home, she was attacked and bludgeoned to death on June 29, 2015. Wright was eventually arrested, along with a friend he brought along to help, co-defendant Jimmy Ray Rodgers. Wright took a deal with prosecutors and will testify against Sievers and Rodgers. Wright is serving a 25-year sentence […]
Trial Begins for Harvey Weinstein in NYC
The sexual assault trial of former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is set to begin today in lower Manhattan. His current defense team includes Jose Baez.
Jimmy Rodgers Sentencing
Rodgers will be sentenced for his role in the bludgeoning death of Dr. Teresa Sievers in 2015 in Bonita Springs, Florida. Rodgers was convicted of the lesser charge of second degree murder and is facing up to life in prison.
Robert Durst Trial
The trial of Robert Durst, accused of murdering his friend and confidante Susan Berman, is set to begin today in Los Angeles. Berman was shot execution-style in the back of the head in December 2000. Prosecutors say Durst feared she was about to speak to New York law enforcement about what she knew of Durst's first wife's disappearance in 1982. Kathy McCormack has never been found and is presumed dead. Durst was never charged in her disappearance though many believe he killed her.