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Taylor Swift groping case: Live updates from Day 4 in Denver federal court
DENVER – Taylor Swift took the stand to start Day 4 of her trial involving a former Denver DJ who is accused of groping her and losing his job because of it. Click here for yesterday’s wrap.
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Taylor Swift’s mother takes the stand in groping trial: Incident ‘absolutely shattered our trust’
DENVER – Taylor Swift’s mother was called to the stand Wednesday to testify in her daughter’s trial involving a former Denver radio DJ accused of groping her, and said the alleged incident has caused trust issues that have led to restrictions in the pop singer’s interactions with fans.
Andrea Swift’s testimony came after the former DJ, David Mueller, was again interviewed by his own lawyer, M. Gabriel McFarland, and cross-examined by Swift’s lawyer, J. Douglas Baldridge. Continue reading
Taylor Swift groping case: Live updates from Day 3 in Denver federal court
DENVER – The third day of the trial between Taylor Swift and a former Denver radio DJ accused of groping her at a photo shoot in June 2013 is underway in Denver Wednesday. On Tuesday, the former KYGO DJ, David Mueller, took the stand after a jury panel of six women and two men was seated.
See courtroom sketches from every day of court thus far by clicking here.
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Taylor Swift’s defense team digs into former DJ in cross-examination to kick off trial
DENVER – Taylor Swift’s defense attorney dug into the former radio DJ accused of groping her during a 2013 photo shoot at the onset of questioning in the trial Tuesday—after the DJ’s attorney called him to the stand first thing.
A jury of six women and two men were seated to start the day Tuesday morning after a half-day of jury selection Monday.
In the opening statements, David Mueller’s attorney discussed how his client had his life ruined by the allegations, and how he’d lost his dream career over something he didn’t do. Continue reading
Taylor Swift groping case: Live updates from Day 2 in Denver federal court
UPDATE (Wednesday, Aug. 9): The Day 3 live blog is here. Read a wrap of Day 2 by clicking here.
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DENVER – Day 2 of the Taylor Swift groping case is underway Tuesday morning. The eight-person jury has been seated, and opening statements are expected shortly. Refresh page for the latest. Continue reading
Sessions to Hickenlooper: Marijuana still unsafe; task force report says crackdown unlikely
DENVER – U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions made clear in a letter sent to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper that the governor received this week that he still believes an Obama-era Justice Department memo does nothing to protect states with legal marijuana from being prosecuted by the federal government, but documents obtained by the AP show a federal task force on marijuana might think otherwise.
Hickenlooper and the governors of Alaska, Oregon and Washington sent a letter to Sessions and the Treasury Secretary in early April urging Sessions and the Justice Department to work with them and come see their states’ programs before changing any federal rules regarding marijuana. Continue reading
Sen. Cory Gardner moving Denver office after protest arrests
DENVER – U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is moving his Denver office out of a private building downtown after a series of protests raised issues about what was public and what was private space.
Ten disability advocates with ADAPT were arrested in late June after a three-day sit in at Gardner’s office after building management allegedly ordered the protesters to be removed—lest Gardner’s office be in violation of its lease. Continue reading
Colorado delegation, EPA administrator to tour Gold King Mine and host town hall Friday
DURANGO, Colo. – Several of Colorado’s top politicians will hold a joint town hall meeting Friday afternoon directly after they tour the Gold King Mine with Environmental Protection Agency staffers, including the agency’s administrator, Scott Pruitt.
Sens. Cory Gardner and Michael Bennet, Gov. John Hickenlooper, Rep. Scott Tipton and Durango Mayor Dick White will be among those attending the tour and subsequent town hall meeting, which will come a day before the two-year anniversary of the mine spill. Continue reading
Colorado Springs teens killed execution-style and begged for lives, affidavits say
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The two Colorado Springs teenagers killed in early March alongside a road in El Paso County were lined up and shot execution-style where their bodies were found the next morning, according to affidavits released Thursday for those charged.
Natalie Partida, 16, and Derek Greer, 15, were found dead along the side of Old Pueblo Road near I-25 on the morning of March 12 in El Paso County.
Ten people were arrested in connection to their deaths over the next several weeks, but the court documents released Thursday give the first insight into what allegedly led to their deaths. Continue reading
Denver council committee passes immigration ordinance proposal to full council
DENVER – A Denver City Council committee voted 6-1 Wednesday to pass a proposed ordinance to the full council that would change the city’s public safety priorities laws regarding immigration and law enforcement cooperation with federal agents, putting two different proposals in front of the city that hope to accomplish the same thing.
Hancock on Tuesday released a fact sheet on his proposed route for the changes: an executive order that would further strengthen some of Denver’s rules on how city and county employees interact with federal immigration authorities, and would also create a legal defense fund for immigrants targeted by authorities. Continue reading