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Aug 29
36m 28s

COURT REPORT: 8.29.26

Brandi Churchwell
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This week’s Court Report is packed with verdicts, plea deals, courtroom twists, and some very unexpected developments in cases we’ve been following for months.

A former college cheerleader admits what really happened to her newborn after initially telling investigators a very different story.

We finally have a verdict in the Jared Bridegan murder-for-hire case — but almost immediately afterward, a shocking new allegation throws the next trial into uncertainty.

Karmelo Anthony’s new defense team gets an answer on their fight for a new trial, while Bryan Kohberger launches a new battle over the guilty plea that was supposed to bring his case to an end.

And because apparently the Murdaugh case will never stop giving us updates, we have TWO this week — including a bold courtroom claim about Alex Murdaugh passing a polygraph “with flying colors” that prompted prosecutors to file a correction with the court…and ultimately forced his own attorney to admit he got it wrong.

Plus, Buster Murdaugh gets a significant ruling in his defamation lawsuit, an American Idol alum accused of murdering his wife loses a pretrial fight, and the first-ever murder trial in Tupac Shakur’s death is heading toward the jury.

And finally, in Juror Notes, we’ll check in on a few cases we’re watching — including Lindsay Clancy, whose fate is now officially in the hands of the jury.

All of that and more in this week’s Court Report.

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