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More Gotti drama: Jury nearly left with just 11

As if there weren’t enough drama in the John "Junior" Gotti trial, a judge today came perilously close to allowing the jury to debate with only 11 members. A morning note from the panel reminded U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel that one of the jurors, ...

From BRUCE GOLDING, New York Post,  23 Nov 2009

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'Plagiarist' Columbia prof sues

A lawsuit-happy former Columbia University professor yesterday renewed her claims that she was the victim of an "academic lynching" when she was canned for plagiarism last year. Madonna Constantine, who made headlines in 2007 when a hangman's noose was ...

From BRUCE GOLDING, New York Post,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Columbia University,  Madonna

Anna lawyer settles gay suit

Anna Nicole Smith's former lawyer abruptly dropped his gay-sex libel suit against author Rita Cosby late yesterday. Howard K. Stern sued Cosby over published claims that he was videotaped having sex with the father of Smith's baby. The $60 million case ...

From BRUCE GOLDING, New York Post,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Anna Nicole Smith,  Rita Cosby,  Howard K. Stern

Terror lawyer's parting shot

Lynne Stewart was defiant to the end yesterday. "You haven't seen the last of me," the disbarred civil-rights lawyer declared -- as she surrendered to begin serving 28 months behind bars for having helped an imprisoned terrorist communicate with his ...

From BRUCE GOLDING, New York Post,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Lynne Stewart

Gotti jury struggling

The judge at John "Junior" Gotti's trial abruptly sent the jury home early yesterday after getting two notes saying the panel was deadlocked. The impasse could lead to Gotti's fourth hung jury if the cooling-off period -- which will stretch until ...

From BRUCE GOLDING, New York Post,  20 Nov 2009

Bozo laughed out of court

Jurors put a frown on the face of Central Park clown Alexander "Sasha" Alhovsky yesterday, rejecting his claim that three NYPD cops used excessive force to bust him on suspicion of leaving a fake bomb -- actually his battery-powered balloon pump -- in ...

From BRUCE GOLDING, New York Post,  20 Nov 2009

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Clown ends up with a frown

There's no smile on this clown's face. Jurors this morning rejected claims that three city cops used excessive force when they busted Central Park balloon artist Alexander "Sasha" Alhovsky on suspicion of planting a fake bomb in an Upper East Side ...

From BRUCE GOLDING, New York Post,  19 Nov 2009

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Gotti jury: We're deadlocked

The jury that will determine the guilt or innocence of John "Junior" Gotti sent a note to the judge today saying they're deadlocked. “We are unable to reach a verdict,” the jurors wrote in a note to Judge Kevin Castel on the seventh day of ...

From BRUCE GOLDING, New York Post,  19 Nov 2009

Jail looms for terror att'y

Disbarred civil-rights lawyer Lynne Stewart's days as a free radical may be coming to an end. A Manhattan federal judge revoked Stewart's $500,000 bond late yesterday, but gave her until 5 p.m. today to seek a stay from the Second Circuit Court of ...

From BRUCE GOLDING, New York Post,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Lynne Stewart

Style trial for court Jester

What a clown! A Central Park balloon artist who's suing three cops he claims roughed him up while detaining him over a 2006 bomb scare showed up in Manhattan federal court yesterday in patchwork overalls, a tie-dyed T-shirt and multicolored sneak ers -- ...

From BRUCE GOLDING, New York Post,  17 Nov 2009

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