Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Damon Dash told a California federal jury on Monday that a civil claim alleging he sexually assaulted a photographer in his home is "ridiculous," denying that he ever touched her inappropriately, while insisting she is a "con artist" making false allegations after he caught her stealing.
A photographer suing Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Damon Dash for sexual assault and defamation told a California jury Friday that while staying at the record executive's house she awoke to find him groping her, and said her decision to go public with the allegations destroyed her life and career.
A licensed psychotherapist told a California federal jury on Thursday during the opening day of a different woman's civil sexual assault trial against Roc-A-Fella Records co-founder Damon Dash that the record executive repeatedly sexually harassed and groped her when she worked on a television show he produced.
An attorney for a certified class of about 1,000 truck drivers told a jury Wednesday during opening statements of a California federal trial that U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc., routinely shorted the pay of "supply chain heroes," while a USX attorney insisted drivers were fully paid for their work.
A California federal magistrate judge entered a not guilty plea Monday for disgraced former attorney Tom Girardi on behalf of the court, pending a competency hearing to determine his ability to face wire fraud charges connected to his alleged theft of millions from clients of his former firm, Girardi Keese.