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Alex Murdaugh takes responsibility for the first time by pleading guilty to 22 federal fraud counts related to his theft from clients. Kouri Richins has written a letter found in her cell by law enforcement titled 'Walk The Dog'. Prosecutors are alleging she was attempting to tamper with witnesses by relaying the story she wanted them to tell to her lawyer. Kouri Richins, in a recorded jail call to her mother, stated that the letter contained excerpts from the story she is writing. The Thouy family responded in a court filing to the allegations made by Michael Oher, vehemently denying the allegations made.

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Lawsuits aren’t slowing down. Leah Remini sued Scientology in a very big way, and they responded in kind, calling her a horrible person who is against the First Amendment. Mr. Beast has been sued over BeastBurger by the company he is suing. The TikTok Psychic defamation lawsuit that I have been following had a big ruling with a stern warning from the federal Judge.

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The Lizzo lawsuit may have dominated the news cycle, but a lot happened last week. First, this Lizzo employment lawsuit is bananas. The allegations strike at the heart of Lizzos brand and though she responded to the allegations, it wasn’t a specific denial of most of them. I would be surprised if this suit doesn’t end up in arbitration. Mr. Beast sued Mr. Beast Burger after complaining that the company he was working with for the ghost kitchens was holding him into a contract even though he argued they weren’t upholding their obligations. Specifically citing terrible quality control and including too many pictures of undercooked and raw food to prove it. Kohberger turned over his ‘alibi’ defense to the prosecution according to the laws in Idaho, and the prosecution filed a motion to compel because what Kohberger's team turned over was not an ‘alibi’ defense.  At the end of the week, the Defense opposed the motion, indicating that Kohberger was out driving alone, as was his habit. So basically, his alibi is ‘it wasn’t me’.  Finally, I talked with Mandy Matney about the future of reporting, what drove her coverage of the Murdaugh story, and what is next.

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Bryan Kohberger’s attorneys file their notice of alibi, and it didn’t contain much. There is a lot of litigation in the Idaho Defamation case, and I broke down the last court hearing, it seems that the Judge will be granting the Plaintiff’s motions against the TikToker’s counterclaims.  Carlee Russell’s lawyer admits that her abduction was a hoax, and she was charged and then arrested later in the week. The Schabusiness trial started with evidence on Monday; the jury reached Guilty Verdicts on all counts on Wednesday afternoon. The NGI Trial took place on Thursday, and the jury found Taylor Schabusiness culpable late in the day Thursday. It was a busy week in court in Wisconsin, and my coverage of the trial is live on my long-form channel.

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This week, I covered the Mallory Beach hearings ahead of the case's scheduled trial and the resulting settlement. There is still a lot of ongoing litigation in the various Murdaugh cases.  On The Emily Show Podcast, I cover all the Girardi Updates. Erika Girardi won an appeal regarding the earrings that were turned over to the Bankruptcy Court, Tom Girardi’s competency hearing is pending with litigation over media coverage. Tom Girardi’s son-in-law David Lira is pending disbarment in California as is attorney Keith Griffin who was also counsel on the Lion Air case. Finally, there are a lot of updates in Idaho in both the murder case and the defamation case. 

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• Tuesday: https://www.youtube.com/live/m9Q6Y04G6do
• Podcast: https://youtu.be/9_PdK0chofo
• Thursday: https://www.youtube.com/live/psOZTmmQvOo 

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The 1122 King Road House is now the property of the University of Idaho, and they announced it would be demolished before students return for the Fall 2023 semester. The Goncalves family though their attorney Shannon Grey stated that they didn't want the home demolished until after the trial is complete. The University has agreed on the stay. The court granted a 37-day stay of the speedy trial allowing a bit of extra time for the defense to prepare.

In Utah Kouri Richins is not only pending trial on the alleged murder of her husband there are multiple civil lawsuits regarding the settling of Eric Richins estate. The estate is suing Kouri, Kouri is suing the estate and there are now motions regarding the Utah Slayer Statute.

Finally, Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI the company behind ChatGPT over the copyright of her book The Bedwetter.

The prosecution in the Idaho University Murders has been tremendously busy, with discovery, hearings, and a new non-dissemination order. There are also updates in the TikTok defamation case, and those ChatGPT lawyers were sanctioned.

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There are a lot of motions continuing in the Bryan Kohberger Prosecution, including Kohberger asking for a stay of the court proceedings while there is a determination on the discovery issues over what will be turned over from the Grand Jury. Kouri Richins has been charged with the murder of her husband and her bail hearing included numerous witnesses who testified about the evidence the prosecutor has to argue that Richins should be held without bail, which she was. Finally, the civil case between Gloria Satterfield's sons and Alex Murdaugh has heated up their attorney's ask for sanctions against Alex Murdaugh's attorneys, Dick Harpootlian and Jim Griffin. I am interested to see what the court decides and if Alex Murdaughs confession of judgment will stand or be invalidated.

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Joran Van Der Sloot, the primary suspect in the Natalee Holloway disappearance, has been extradited to the United States from Peru for his 2010 indictment for extortion and wire fraud. He has already been arraigned on his indictment and plead Not Guilty. There are a number of lawsuits related to ChatGPT first their company OpenAI is being sued for the chatbot allegedly defaming someone with a fake lawsuit. Two New York lawyers are pending sanctions for using ChatGPT to do legal research and then citing 6 cases that ChatGPT made up, and then they doubled down. Finally, a lot has been happening in the prosecution of Bryan Kohberger, including many new filings that finally became public and two hearings regarding the gag orders and cameras in the courtroom.

This Week's Content

• Tue https://youtube.com/live/3OCS9v2fmUM
• Wed https://youtu.be/UWklywB-uZs 
• Thur https://youtube.com/live/WxaBMALE7LQ
• Fri https://youtube.com/live/oROvvhaZ-UQ