Category: bail

Bail Hearing for Peter Nygard Scheduled for January

TORONTO—A bail hearing for Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard is set to take place next month. The Jan. 6 date was set this morning in a brief hearing in a Toronto court. Nygard, who faces sexual assault charges, did not attend. He has denied all allegations. The former head of a multimillion-dollar clothing company was…


Buscaino Seeks to End $0 Bail For Non-Violent Felonies, Misdemeanors

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles City Councilman Joe Buscaino introduced a resolution Dec. 8 to support the reinstitution of cash bail in Los Angeles County, which was suspended for low-level, non-violent felonies and misdemeanors. In a statement Wednesday, Buscaino said the suspension of cash bail has “created a free-for-all environment where criminals are charged one day and…


Hong Kong Students Charged With ‘Advocating Terrorism’ Denied Bail

HONG KONG—Four Hong Kong student leaders charged with “advocating terrorism” after their union passed a motion last month mourning the death of a 50-year-old who stabbed a policeman before killing himself were denied bail on Thursday. The four, aged 18–20 and all from the University of Hong Kong (HKU), are the latest democracy activists to…


Judge Orders NFL’s Richard Sherman Released Without Bail

SEATTLE—A judge ordered former Seattle Seahawks and San Francisco 49ers star Richard Sherman to be released from jail without bail Thursday following his arrest on suspicion of trying to break into his in-laws’ home. King County District Court Judge Fa’amomoi Masaniai found probable cause that Sherman committed criminal trespassing, malicious mischief, driving under the influence,…


 Alleged Accomplice in Freeway Shooting Death of Boy Freed on Bail

SANTA ANA—The alleged driver in the road rage shooting death of six-year-old Aiden Leos on a Costa Mesa freeway has been released on bail. Orange County jail records indicate that Wynne Lee, 23, of Costa Mesa was released June 26 at 2:44 p.m. Lee’s bail had been reduced by a judge on Friday from $500,000…


Elderly Man Beaten to Death in Anaheim Attack

An elderly man in Anaheim was beaten to death on May 31, allegedly by an assailant out on bail who had attacked another city resident just 20 minutes prior. Anaheim Police Department homicide detectives arrested David Steven Abbott, 30, after officers responded to an in-progress assault at the intersection of Catalpa and Falmouth avenues around…


Ex-Hong Kong Lawmaker, Held Under Security Law, Gets Bail for Father’s Funeral

HONG KONG—A Hong Kong court on Friday granted emergency bail to former Democratic Party leader Wu Chi-Wai, detained on charges of breaking the city’s national security law, so he can attend his father’s funeral, the South China Morning Post reported. Wu is among 47 opposition figures charged with conspiracy to commit subversion by participating in…


Ghislaine Maxwell Makes Third Attempt at Bail on Sex Charges

NEW YORK—Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite awaiting trial on charges that she recruited teenage girls for Jeffrey Epstein to sexually abuse, says she’ll renounce her UK and French citizenships if she can be freed on bail, according to a court filing Tuesday. Maxwell’s attorneys made the offer in a third try at getting Maxwell out…


Hong Kong Tycoon Jimmy Lai Denied Another Bid for Bail in National Security Case

HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s High Court denied another bail application on Thursday to media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai, the most high-profile person to be charged under the Chinese-ruled city’s national security law. The Court of Final Appeal ruled last week that a lower court’s decision last year to grant him bail applied “an erroneous…


Hong Kong Tycoon Jimmy Lai Denied Bail in National Security Case

HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s top court denied bail on Tuesday to media tycoon and Beijing critic Jimmy Lai, the most high-profile person to be charged under the city’s national security law. Lai had been in custody since Dec. 3, except when he was released on bail for about a week late last year. He was granted…