Teen Mother star Ryan Edwards’ black eye in court docket, Collin Gosselin’s courageous claims, & Kanye West whistleblower: 2024 in pics
AS the 12 months involves an in depth, The U.S. Solar appears at a number of the most unforgettable tales of 2024 and the pictures that formed them.
From Teen Mother star Ryan Edwards displaying as much as court docket with a black eye to the spouse of double-murderer Erik Menendez pictured for the primary time in mild of her husband’s resentencing listening to information, 2024 produced some memorable moments.
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January: Jose Rivera’s post-courtroom outburst
The U.S. Solar extensively lined Powerball Lottery winner Edwin Castro‘s court docket case and its many twists and turns for the reason that former mechanic from California got here ahead to say a $2.04 billion jackpot in February 2023.
Castro’s authorized battle started quickly after he was unmasked because the winner of the record-setting jackpot – when Jose Rivera filed a lawsuit claiming to be the rightful proprietor of the golden ticket.
The U.S. Solar caught up with Rivera in January after he was arraigned for submitting a false police report when Pasadena cops decided he wasted the division’s time and sources.
Rivera, who pleaded not responsible to the misdemeanor costs, exploded on digital camera as he spoke to The U.S. Solar after his January 11 listening to.
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Requested how he pleaded, a defiant Rivera fumed, “Not responsible as a result of I am the rightful proprietor, and Castro is the faux one, the liar, mendacity a** b*****d.
“I am prepared for the combat for the world with Castro,” he raged.
“I am excited he is gonna see it for himself, he is gonna be in shock at what’s coming to him.
“I will see you quickly in court docket. Castro. Liar. You are taking place, Castro.”
Nonetheless, Rivera’s combat was short-lived. A decide dismissed his lawsuit towards the Powerball winner in August, over a 12 months after submitting the lawsuit in Might 2023.
A confused Rivera furiously advised The U.S. Solar, “What do you imply it is over? I am not going to remain quiet. I am pissed. He will pay for it. He is a f**king liar. I am not carried out with him. I am very f**king indignant.”
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February: JonBenét Ramsey’s ‘killer’ Gary Oliva pictured
Gary Oliva, a convicted pedophile who, in dozens of rambling letters to a former highschool classmate, claimed to be accountable for JonBenét Ramsey‘s homicide, was pictured for the primary time since being launched from jail.
On February 28, The U.S. Solar snapped Oliva at a ramshackle motel on the east facet of Denver after he served eight years of a 10-year jail sentence on youngster pornography offenses.
Oliva was as a consequence of be launched from jail in 2025 however was granted parole early.
JonBenét was six years outdated when she was discovered lifeless within the basement of her household’s sprawling Boulder, Colorado, residence on December 26, 1996.
Oliva landed on Boulder police’s radar practically 4 years after being arrested for transpassing on the College of Colorado campus in December 2000.
He was discovered with a stun gun, together with {a photograph} of JonBenét, information clippings concerning the case, and a poem he had written concerning the lady titled Ode to JonBenét.
Regardless of being in possession of eerie articles related to JonBenét’s homicide and his supposed written confessions, Olivia has by no means been charged within the case.
He was additionally not a match for DNA discovered on the scene.
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March: ‘Child-Face Butcher’ emerges
The U.S. Solar tracked down Daphne Abdela after the discharge of Netflix’s Murder: New York docu-series, which profiled the then-16-year-old convicted of the deadly stabbing of actual property employee Michael McMorrow in Central Park on Might 23, 1997.
McMorrow was discovered with 34 stab wounds, together with six to the guts.
The U.S. Solar snapped photographs of Abdela, now 41, sporting an all-black outfit and utilizing a strolling cane whereas on a Starbucks run within the borough of the Bronx on March 29.
Abdela, the only adopted youngster of Angelo Abdela – a profitable vp of a significant meals firm, was launched from jail in 2004 after serving six years of a 10-year sentence for manslaughter.
She quietly reentered society after being freed and has primarily lived in a single-family residence on Metropolis Island within the Bronx.
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April: Teen Mother star Ryan Edwards’ black eye
A beaming Ryan Edwards, 36, cracked an enormous smirk at a photographer following a court docket listening to in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on April 23.
Edwards, accompanied by his girlfriend, Amanda Conner, wore a vibrant purple polo shirt and black gown pants for the listening to.
Nonetheless, it was Edwards’ black eye that stood out from the listening to.
The Teen Mother star had apparently suffered the damage in an ATV accident days earlier than the scheduled listening to.
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Might: Meteorologist Rob Marciano pictured after being axed from GMA
The U.S. Solar snapped a downcast Rob Marciano exterior his residence in Harrison, in Westchester County, New York, on Might 1, a day after he was fired because the meteorologist at Good Morning America on April 30.
An insider advised Web page Six in March that Marciano was terminated after being “discovered to have carried out one thing improper.”
The supply disclosed that there have been a number of points with the ABC weatherman’s habits earlier than he was fired, together with that he had been “very cranky and indignant” along with his co-stars.
Since his termination, the favored meteorologist landed a job at CBS Night Information in October.
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June: Brian Laundrie’s dad and mom pictured after FBI releases trove of paperwork
The U.S. Solar captured photographs of Christopher and Roberta Laundrie exterior their Northport, Florida, residence on June 17, days after the FBI launched a trove of paperwork within the Brian Laundrie and Gabby Petito 2021 murder-suicide case.
Federal investigators launched practically 400 pages of proof.
Included within the paperwork was a letter Gabby, 22, wrote to her abusive boyfriend, 23, within the days earlier than she was discovered strangled to demise in Wyoming‘s Grand Teton Nationwide Park on September 19, 2021.
Different proof included handwritten letters and darkish drawings by Brian, whose partial skeletal stays had been discovered on October 10, 2021, practically a month after his girlfriend’s physique was discovered.
The assorted letters and drawings depicted completely different manic episodes he skilled.
In February, the households of Gabby and Brian settled their civil lawsuit in court docket for an undisclosed quantity.
Roberta and Christopher Laundrie have by no means spoken publicly concerning the lawsuit or the case surrounding Brian and Gabby.
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July: Nicolas Cage’s son arraigned on assault costs
The U.S. Solar solely reported in July that Weston Cage, the son of famed Nationwide Treasure actor, 60, was arrested for allegedly assaulting his mother, Christina Fulton, on April 28.
Weston, 33, had apparently skilled a psychological well being disaster when he erupted on his mom and allegedly assaulted her with a lethal weapon, in keeping with court docket paperwork.
Fulton suffered horrendous accidents to her left eye and cheek.
On July 31, Weston pleaded not responsible in a court docket Los Angeles courtroom to 2 counts of assault with a lethal weapon with power, inflicting attainable nice bodily damage.
After his arraignment, a towering and intimidating Weston advised The U.S. Solar that his mom “wants assist.”
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August: Collin Gosselin opens as much as The U.S. Solar
Collin Gosselin, one in all eight youngsters of former actuality TV star Kate Gosselin, spoke to The U.S. Solar at our newsroom in Midtown Manhattan concerning the alleged childhood abuse he endured by the hands of his mom.
Throughout the August 22 sit-down interview, the 20-year-old spoke in depth about his upbringing and defined how Kate all the time handled him otherwise than his different seven siblings.
He described how, regardless of showing on probably the most standard actuality TV exhibits of his time, he grew up remoted and alone.
Collin alleged he had his arms and ft zip-tied and was locked in a specially-built basement room that contained solely a mattress and cameras to look at him for a complete day or a part of a day “a number of” instances.
He claimed when he was 11, he was left terrified after Kate had him admitted to a psychological well being facility following diagnoses of a number of behavioral and psychiatric situations that Collin believes he by no means had.
Throughout the interview, Collin shared non-public medical information with The U.S. Solar to show he has no psychological sicknesses or behavioral situations.
Regardless of the alleged abuse by the hands of his mom, Collin stated the door to reconcile with Kate stays open.
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September: Donda whistleblowers
A former trainer at Kanye West‘s Donda Academy disclosed her disturbing experiences on the college to The U.S. Solar.
Cecilia Hailey first sued West, who now legally goes by Ye, together with different lecturers in 2023 for wrongful termination.
Hailey was initially employed by Donda Academy in November 2022 in its place trainer earlier than being taken on full-time.
Nonetheless, she claims she was fired for elevating considerations concerning the establishment in March 2023.
The previous trainer alleged how sick college students can be compelled to stick with different youngsters within the college after they fell sick.
Hailey additionally claimed the home windows of the academy in Ventura County, California, had been blacked out, and college students had been compelled to take a seat on mats as a result of the establishment didn’t have chairs for them.
The scholars additionally had no entry to a playground, weren’t given any outside time throughout college hours, and had been left hungry, she claimed in court docket paperwork.
“Initially, the children had been being given an honest meal. After which impulsively, Kanye gave them sushi each single day. We had youngsters that had been hungry as a result of they did not eat sushi,” she advised The U.S. Solar.
Hailey described the college as being extra like a “zoo” and alleged the Energy rapper wished to teach college students on the way to carry and shoot a gun.
“I am like, ‘Are you kidding me? I am not having my third graders out studying the way to shoot rifles, completely not,'” Hailey advised The U.S. Solar.
Hailer’s case towards West is ready to go to trial in April 2025.
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October: Erik Menendez’s spouse
The case of the infamous brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez reemerged within the headlines over 28 years after the siblings had been convicted of first-degree homicide for the August 20, 1989, killing of their dad and mom, Kitty and Jose Menendez.
A resentencing listening to for the Menendez brothers is scheduled for January 30, 2025, after former Los Angeles District Lawyer George Gascón really useful {that a} decide rethink the siblings’ first-degree homicide costs.
Because the murderous brothers’ efforts to be freed gained extra consideration, The U.S. Solar snapped photographs of Erik’s spouse, Tammi Saccoman.
Saccoman, 62, has been married to the convicted killer since June 1999. The 2 wedded in jail.
The U.S. Solar captured photographs of Saccoman on October 2 in Henderson, Nevada, greater than 300 miles from RJ Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, the place Lyle and Erik are serving time.
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November: Hannah Kobayashi’s dad pictured days earlier than his demise
The daddy of then-missing Hannah Kobayashi opened as much as The U.S. Solar concerning the toll his daughter’s disappearance was having on him and the household.
Kobayashi, 31, vanished for a month after touchdown at Los Angeles Worldwide Airport on November 8 from Maui, Hawaii.
She was speculated to board a connecting flight to New York Metropolis however did not make it in time.
A month-long search effort for Kobayashi adopted after she despatched regarding textual content messages to a good friend saying she was scared and that somebody was making an attempt to steal her cash.
On November 21, Ryan Kobayashi spoke to The U.S. Solar at a rally he and his household had been holding to boost consciousness of his daughter’s disappearance.
“That is each father or mother’s nightmare. We do not know the place to start out. It’s totally traumatic,” he stated.
Ryan spent his last days looking for his daughter earlier than he was discovered lifeless in a parking zone close to Los Angeles Worldwide Airport on November 24.
A health worker dominated Ryan’s demise a suicide.
Kobayashi was finally discovered protected on December 11 after she voluntarily crossed into Mexico on November 12.
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December: Wendy Williams
The U.S. Solar obtained unique photographs and video of Wendy Williams, 60, in an electrical wheelchair at her 24-year-old son’s school commencement on December 19.
Williams emerged on the Florida Worldwide College ceremony throughout a uncommon public outing as the previous discuss present host battles dementia.
She was seen driving a vibrant purple electrical wheelchair whereas sporting Chanel No. 5 footwear with a shiny gown accessorized with a Louis Vuitton over-the-shoulder purse.
The previous TV host beamed and wiped away tears as her son, Kevin, crossed the commencement stage.
The general public look got here after The U.S. Solar solely revealed her guardian, Sabrina Morrissey’s authorized group, known as Williams “completely incapacitated” in paperwork a couple of authorized combat with Lifetime over the The place is Wendy Williams? documentary that aired earlier this 12 months.
Within the submitting on the star’s behalf, Morrissey known as Williams “an acclaimed entertainer who, tragically, has been stricken by early-onset dementia and, because of this, has change into cognitively impaired and completely incapacitated.”
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