The woman was vehement in her answers. Did she ever give the alleged attacker her home address? “Never.” Did she give him her phone number? “Absolutely not.” Did she invite him to her home on Pittsburgh’s South Side to have sex? “Absolutely not.” “I never, ever invited that man to
The former Istanbul Sofra restaurant owner accused of sexual assault was back on trial Tuesday, more than two years after a jury deadlocked on some of the charges against him and acquitted him on others. Trial began in the case against Adnan Pehlivan, 50, who still faces charges of burglary,
The prosecution told a jury Monday morning that Charles Becher had a duty to retreat from a fight outside Club Erotica in McKees Rocks in January. Instead, Becher introduced a weapon into the altercation that led to the death of two men. Therefore, Assistant District Attorney Ryan Kiray said, Becher
TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox.
A woman who was sexually assaulted lashed out Tuesday at the Allegheny County judge who presided over her offender’s trial, saying his verdict and the language he used with her was victim blaming.
“I came to trial hoping for and expecting justice for being assaulted,” she said at the sentencing hearing on Tuesday. “Instead, I was insulted by the verdict which seemed to blame me, in the way it was presented, by repeatedly accusing me of being ‘blasted.’”
Following a bench trial in April before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Anthony M. Mariani, Kelli Norman Rini Jr. was found guilty of one count of indecent assault of an unconscious person. It is a misdemeanor.
Man gets 26 to 52 years for deaths of 2 men found in burning Point Breeze home triblive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from triblive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.