#pleads guilty

This has got to be one of the weirder stories out of Hollywood. I only saw “Smallville” regularly for the first few seasons. Allison Mack was one of the best on the show. Now, eight years after the show was cancelled, she’s pleading guilty to coercing other women into having sex with a cult leader... very weird.

https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/allison-mack-pleads-guilty-sex-cult-case-1203183189/

It all sound like a Lifetime movie of the week. (The women-in-peril network probably already have one in development.).

Sam Jones III, who played Pete Ross on the show, also had legal trouble after leaving “Smallville”.

KLUANG – Abdurrahman Abdullah, also known as “Man Tiger”, pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court to two counts of attempted murder after allegedly firing a gun at a married couple in Kampung Bukit Batu, Machap. The 33-year-old was charged under Section 307 of the Penal Code and faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted. The prosecution opposed bail, citing the case’s serious nature and public…

CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos pleaded guilty Monday to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, short-circuiting the federal fraud case that led to his expulsion from Congress just weeks before it was set to go to trial.

“I betrayed the trust of my constituents and supporters. I deeply regret my conduct,” the New York Republican said as he entered the plea in a Long Island courtroom.

Santos, 36, said he accepted responsibility and intends to make amends. He faces more than six years in prison under federal sentencing guidelines and owes at least $370,000 in restitution.

Former New York Rep. George Santos is expected to plead guilty Monday to federal charges relating to fraudulent activity during his 2022 midterm campaign, according to multiple sources familiar with the deal.

Santos, who was expelled from the House last year, previously pleaded not guilty to 23 federal charges, including allegations of fraud related to Covid-19 unemployment benefits, misusing campaign funds and lying about his personal finances on House disclosure reports.

CNN has reached out to Santos, his attorney and the US Eastern District of New York prosecutor’s office for comment.

The expected plea would come months after his campaign fundraiser, Sam Miele, pleaded guilty to a federal wire fraud charge as part of a plea deal in November. His former campaign treasurer, Nancy Marks, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States by committing one or more federal offenses in October.

Santos previously represented New York’s 3rd Congressional District on Long Island as a Republican. He is the sixth lawmaker ever to be expelled from the chamber and the first House member to be expelled without having been convicted or having supported the Confederacy.

While the New York lawmaker had survived previous attempts to oust him before he was kicked out of the House last year, momentum mounted after the House Ethics Committee released a long-awaited report that concluded that the congressman had “sought to fraudulently exploit every aspect of his House candidacy for his own personal financial profit.”

The resolution to expel him passed 311 to 114, with 105 Republicans voting with the overwhelming majority of Democrats in favor of his expulsion.

Santos briefly attempted a congressional comeback earlier this year, announcing in March that he would leave the Republican Party to run as an independent in New York’s 1st District.