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autoimmune diseases welcome to watch
mojo and today we're counting down our
picks for the top 10 craziest celebrity
court cases santa barbara county spent
more than two million dollars and four
months of trial for this not guilty of
the lewd act michael jackson is a free
man for this list we're looking at court
cases involving famous people that were
quite out there either by the nature of
the case or the shocking details they
revealed which of these do you find the
most memorable let us know in the
comments
number 10 oprah goes to court over a
burger
1997. did you know that you could get
sued for making libelous claims against
food how oprah got sued for dissing a
burger may sound like an onion article
but it was hilariously real when i first
started this trial the thing that was
hardest for me
was
to be myself during one episode of her
popular talk show oprah was speaking
with a guest who was linking the
consumption of beef to various
neurodegenerative diseases cattle
industry executives then sued winfrey
and her guest for falsely disparaging
beef claiming that their comments had
cost them millions in lost revenue part
of the reason oprah winfrey is being
sued for millions for allegedly
disparaging the beef industry is because
of the influence she has on her audience
it supposedly fell under texas's food
disparagement law so the case actually
went to court however it was found that
that particular law did not rightly
apply to oprah's case and she was
acquitted by the jury my reaction is
that
free speech not only lives it rocks
number 9. katy perry vs nuns 2018 turn
this story into a mini series right now
katy perry tried purchasing an
ex-convent in los angeles for nearly 15
million
but the sale got caught up in legal real
estate complexities the archbishop wants
to sell it to her the nuns are saying no
we don't want to they already have sold
the property to someone else in the late
2010s a hearing was held to help clear
up the convent's disputed ownership
unfortunately one of the nuns a sister
named catherine rose holtzman reportedly
collapsed and died in court that's
sister catherine rose explaining why she
wanted to block the sale of her former
convent to pop star katy perry rose
collapsed and died in court today during
a hearing involving the ongoing battle
to prevent perry from taking over the
property her last words were supposedly
quote katy perry please stop the other
nun sister rita callanan then told perry
that she had quote blood on her hands
owing to the sudden death of holtzman
regardless perry ended up winning the
battle and was awarded millions in legal
fees the judge has cancelled a deed and
invalidated the sale of a former convent
in los feliz to a businesswoman that
will now clear the way for katy perry to
buy the property number eight anna
nicole smith fights for her husband's
estate
1996-2007 anna nicole smith was a very
famous playboy model who married an oil
tycoon named j howard marshall they were
married when smith was 26 and marshall
was 89. in 1994 she married oil tycoon
howard marshall who died at the age of
90. smith was viciously lambasted in the
media and widely called a gold digger
the marriage lasted just 13 months as
marshall soon passed smith was left out
of his will but she claimed that
marshall had told her he would leave her
his hefty stake in coke industries just
always surprised me once we're married
you know
half of everything is mine
that was his promise to me the
subsequent court case over smith's
personal inheritance got very messy with
bankruptcy court attempting to become
involved due to smith's filing it was
also very lengthy and eventually made
its way to the supreme court
unfortunately smith died of a
prescription overdose before the case
could be settled good evening brian anna
nicole smith was found unconscious in
her hotel room early this afternoon but
efforts to revive her there
failed number seven gwyneth paltrow
falsely advertises 2018. she may be a
good actress but gwyneth paltrow's
reputation has largely been ruined by
goop good morning guys i'm gonna take
you through my morning goop routine
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when i wake up in the morning i usually
don't do anything i go straight to the
gym after i have my coffee and then when
i come home i do my little skin care
ritual her infamous lifestyle company
sold various items like quartz vaginal
eggs that supposedly helped with women's
sexual and mental health many people
were not having it claiming that the
items were nothing but snake oil goop is
using deceptive marketing to tell
consumers that it has products that can
treat cure or prevent a host of diseases
and disorders in fact the criticisms got
so bad that paltrow and her company were
taken to court the lawsuit argued that
goop's medical claims were unfounded and
scientifically inaccurate furthermore
touting the product's so-called medical
benefits supposedly fell under false
advertisement the prosecutors won the
case and dug was ordered to pay nearly
150 thousand dollars in damages gwyneth
paltrow's lifestyle company has agreed
to pay a six-figure settlement for false
advertising a lawsuit filed by
prosecutors from 10 california counties
claims goop did not have scientific
backing for health claims about three
online products number six jesse
smallette fakes a hate crime 2019 empire
star jessie smollette shocked the world
in january of 2019. smollette claimed he
was the victim of a hate crime by two
masked supporters of donald trump what
is it that has you so
angry is it
the attackers the attackers but it's
also
the attacks however holes were quickly
poked in his story and the truth was
revealed smollette had faked the attack
and had paid two people to help him
stage it he was fiercely criticized and
sued by the city of chicago in april of
the same year the chicago police are now
looking into whether empire actor jesse
smallette actually paid two men to fake
an attack against him they wanted the
130 thousand dollars they had spent
investigating his fake crime back after
initial charges were dropped the second
trial began in november of 2021 and did
not last long with smollett being found
guilty of disorderly conduct through his
false police reports a jury has found
that he is guilty
of five of six counts of disorderly
conduct he was sentenced to 150 days in
jail and over two years probation
number five harvey weinstein sparks me
too 2020 one of the major players in the
hollywood machine was taken down in
october of 2017. throughout that month
over 80 women accused producer harvey
weinstein of inappropriate conduct
allegations that sparked both the me too
movement and the overall weinstein
effect i can assure you
it is not necessary to have forensic
evidence
in order for this case to be proven the
resulting 2020 trial was bizarre
weinstein showed up to court wielding a
walker and complaining about severe back
pain while others claimed that he was
trying to generate sympathy by appearing
old and
frail what do you say to that look at
him
the jury also deliberated for five whole
days which generated a lot of tension
within the general public they came back
with two guilty charges and weinstein
was sentenced to 23 years in prison the
former movie mogul appearing stunned by
the verdict as he was lifted out of his
seat and taken to jail number four
johnny depp and amber heard 2022 you
couldn't go anywhere in the spring of
2022 without hearing about johnny depp
and amber heard heard has accused depp
of mistreating her during their
years-long relationship depp defended
his reputation and sued herd after she
wrote a defamatory op-ed in the
washington post he also claimed that it
was heard who was violent towards him
not the other way around is claiming
defamation ensuing heard for 50 million
dollars she's filed a countersuit for
100 million the resulting trial became a
national sensation with many clips from
the livestream going viral on social
media these clips saw millions of views
and generated countless memes it's been
more of a circus than a legal trial
demonstrating how social media has
become part of news and information
dissemination in this day and age the
whole thing makes me insanely sad these
are people who are
damaged and continuing to damage each
other it breaks my heart number three
the michael jackson media circus 2005.
after years of rumors michael jackson
was finally taken to court 2005 saw the
people of the state of california versus
michael joe jackson where jackson faced
several charges involving a minor there
are questions about whether the nation's
most famous defendant can get a fair
trial the trial spanned four months and
spawned a media circus that saw
countless news outlets depicting jackson
in a negative manner please keep an open
mind and let me have my day in court in
fact journalists criticized the media's
reaction to the trial calling their
coverage shameful and inaccurate the
trial also saw the appearance of many
notable celebrities including chris
tucker jay leno and macaulay culkin all
of whom defended jackson in the end
jackson was found innocent and acquitted
of all charges not guilty not guilty ten
times not guilty for michael jackson in
california a dramatic conclusion to one
of the most sensational trials in
entertainment history number two bill
cosby ruins a stellar reputation 2017
and 2018. for decades bill cosby was
regarded as a national icon the fall
from grace of a living american legend
50 years in the making bill cosby's
alleged questionable behavior had gone
largely unnoticed for decades that all
changed around 2014 when comedian
hannibal burris alluded to how harmful
and dangerous he was while on stage
dozens of women came forward claiming
that cosby had attacked them in some way
and it all led to a legal battle with
andrea constand a majority of the cases
other than constands fell outside the
statute of limitations protecting cosby
from legal repercussions the trial that
resulted following the unsealing of the
2005 deposition in andrea constand
versus william h cosby jr was
extensively covered in the media it has
been two days of dramatic testimony from
andrea constand and her mother the big
question now is did the jury believe
them following a 2017 mistrial and a
2018 second trial cosby's reputation was
permanently tarnished he was found
guilty on three counts and given a three
to ten year prison sentence however this
was overturned in june 2021 as cosby's
amendment rights had reportedly been
violated the philadelphia supreme court
threw out the conviction saying cosby's
due process rights were violated he was
freed after less than three years behind
bars
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number one oj simpson generates the
trial of the century 1994. there's
simply no arguing it the most
sensational celebrity trial of all time
belongs to o.j simpson before the trial
simpson was regarded as a stellar
football player who had long played for
the buffalo bills he was an american
icon his story the american dream he
grew up in the projects of san francisco
and became a record-setting nfl running
back and hall of famer after he was
known solely for the trial so monumental
was its importance to pop culture this
trial was everywhere at the time and was
extensively covered in the media the
nation tuned in to watch it like it was
an episode of game of thrones it was
filled with iconic twists and turns
memorable moments that live in infamy
and perhaps the most controversial
outcome in recent court history we the
jury in the above in title action find
the defendant or john orenthal james
simpson not guilty of the crime of
murder in violation of penal cult
section 187 there has never been a
public trial quite like it
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