Bill Cosby Sexual Assault Case Will Move Forward

Bill Cosby will face trial in his sexual assault case because the judge just rejected his request for a dismissal. 

Cosby's lawyer had argued he got a solid promise from the former D.A. in suburban Philadelphia ... that the comedian would NOT be prosecuted for allegedly sexually assaulting Andrea Constand.

Cosby claimed he agreed to sit for a deposition in Constand's civil case ONLY because of the D.A.'s promise, and that depo contained essential information about supplying drugs to women that led to the criminal filing.

Hollywood Actress Sofia Vergara Sues Venus Says Her Face Will Cost At Least $15 Million

Sofia Vergara was used and financially abused by a beauty company ... according to a lawsuit she just filed.

Sofia says Venus Concept blew up images of her and used them to promote its products around the world. In the suit, she says the whole thing started with an innocent Instagram post.

Sofia says she got Venus' Legacy treatment -- it's a skin tightening massage -- in August 2014. She posted a pic of herself on the table ... which got about 40k likes.

However, she says she actually didn't like the treatment and found it  "a waste of time and money with little in the way of any results."

Lawyer Nabbed with Cash Bribe for EFCC Operatives

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a legal practitioner, Barrister Ayodele Owoka, 47, over allegations of bribery.

He was arrested on Thursday, February 27, 2014 at the Commission’s office in Ikoyi, Lagos as he attempted to bribe a team of operatives investigating a case of contract inflation, abuse of office, stealing, embezzlement and misappropriation of funds at the Federal Medical Center, Owo, Ondo State.

Upon his arrest, the suspect confessed that he offered the operatives N1.2 Million which was allegedly given to him by the Medical Director of the hospital, Dr. O. A. Omotosho, to bribe the team to soft pedal on their investigations.

Female Lawyer Tortures Househelp, Inflicts Him With Wounds

A Female legal practitioner, Barrister Florence Ujinka who is married to a medical doctor, Marcel Ujinka is being investigated by the police in Calabar, the Cross River State capital for allegedly using a disused car fan belt to inflict bodily harm on her house help, Chidera Asonye Nathaniel.

The legal practitioner and her husband who reside at Parliamentary Extension by Exceltech Filling Station Calabar are said to have brought the 13 years old Chidera from Anambra State to Calabar in 2012 to serve as their house help but the lady has since been subjecting the boy to torture and inhuman treatment.

A report by a Child Rights Group in Calabar, Basic Rights Counsel Initiative to the police that led to her investigation stated “Mrs Florence Ujinka has been subjecting Chidera to inhuman and degrading treatment by torturing him with an automobile fan belt and in the process inflicting him with severe wounds on his body”.

13 Grounds For EFCC To Prosecute Stella Oduah – Femi Falana

Lagos lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission 13 grounds to prosecute the Minister of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah, and “her agents” for gross misconduct in the purchase of two armoured cars at N255m.

In a November 2, 2013, letter to the EFCC chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, Falana also gave the commission up till November 8 to make available to him the investigation report on the matter.

Relying on the Court of Appeal’s decision in the case of Dogogo v EFCC (2013), the lawyer threatened to sue the EFCC if it failed to carry out its “statutory duty”.