A federal jury spared Michael Lacey, founder and former proprietor of the controversial categorised promoting web site Backpage.com, convictions for facilitating prostitution Thursday however did […]
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Late disclosure in Backpage case may spell bother for prosecution
As an almost deadlocked jury continues to grapple with 100 felony counts stacked in opposition to former house owners and operators of Backpage.com, prosecutors appear […]
Jury in Backpage trial caught in impasse
After 4 days of deliberation, it appears a jury isn’t any nearer to a verdict on the 100 felony counts stacked in opposition to former […]
Protection says prosecutors hid proof in Backpage trial
After a 10-week battle between federal prosecutors and protection attorneys, the trial in opposition to former homeowners and operators of Backpage.com is lastly nearing its conclusion. […]
Backpage protection begins its case-in-chief
Defendants within the federal trial in opposition to former executives and staff of Backpage.com started presenting their case-in-chief Tuesday morning, signifying a tough halfway level […]
Backpage adverts weren’t clear prostitution, police officer testifies
Police testimony within the 18th day of trial over Backpage.com renewed questions as as to if adverts positioned on the classifieds website had been apparent […]
Backpage protection asks for mistrial
Breahannah Leary sat nonetheless within the witness field in a federal courtroom in Phoenix Wednesday, retaining her gaze low. Throughout her, screens displayed pictures of […]
Backpage protection drags credibility of key witness
An lawyer defending former executives of Backpage.com in federal courtroom spent most of Tuesday attacking the credibility of the authorities’s key witness. On the ninth […]
Decide denies 2 mistrial motions in Backpage case
Protection attorneys for former executives of Backpage.com could also be trying to duplicate an 2021 mistrial, making two two separate motions through the federal prostitution-facilitation […]
‘They have been prostitution advertisements,' ex-CEO testifies in Backpage trial
The previous CEO of the now defunct Backpage.com wasted little time implicating his former colleagues in federal courtroom. “They have been prostitution advertisements,” Carl Ferrer […]