Margaret Avery — the actress best known for her role on “The Color Purple” for which earned her an Oscar nomination — just got a temporary restraining order against a neighbor she claims is making her and her live-in boyfriend’s life a living…
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Saturday, May 26, 2018
"Color Purple" Star Margaret Avery Gets Restraining Order Against Neighbor
Margaret Avery — the actress best known for her role on “The Color Purple” for which earned her an Oscar nomination — just got a temporary restraining order against a neighbor she claims is making her and her live-in boyfriend’s life a living…
Friday, December 29, 2017
NBA"s Avery Bradley Paid Big Money to Silence Sexual Assault Accuser, Denies Allegation
Detroit Pistons player Avery Bradley entered into a confidentiality agreement with a reality star who accused him of sexual assault earlier this year — and at one point, negotiations got as high as $ 400k, TMZ Sports has learned. But…
Sunday, October 29, 2017
Ex-NHL Star Sean Avery: Coffee Date With Martin Brodeur? Not Happenin"
Ex-NHL bad boy Sean Avery and Martin Brodeur absolutely hated each other on the ice … but now that they’re both retired, is it time to bury the hatchet over some coffee?? FYI — the beef goes all the way back to the ’08 Stanley Cup playoffs when…
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Sean Avery Gets Sweet Deal In Rock Throwing & Drug Possession Case
Sean Avery got a sweet deal in his drug possession and criminal mischief case … and if he keeps his nose clean … it’ll be off his record. Back in September ’15, Avery — who played 10 seasons in the NHL — was arrested in Southampton…
Monday, June 12, 2017
Sean Avery Street Fight Video Surfaces, Ex-NHL Star Fought 2 Guys at Once
Ex-NHL tough guy Sean Avery didn’t just fight on the ice — he fought in the middle of an NYC street back in 2013 … and TMZ Sports has found the video. We know … it’s old. But it’s kind of awesome. We’ve confirmed the 37-year-old former New…
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Dog the Bounty Hunter -- I"d Use Truth Serum on Steven Avery & Brendan Dassey (VIDEO)
Dog the Bounty Hunter has unconventional methods for proving whether or not Steven Avery is worthy of a get out of jail free card like his nephew Brendan Dassey. Dog was leaving Catch in WeHo Tuesday night, and while Dog’s…
Thursday, February 4, 2016
Steven Avery: Was He Framed By a Notorious Serial Killer?!
Ever since Making a Murderer first captivated Netflix viewers back in December, hundreds of theories about the murder of Teresa Halbach and the arrest and conviction of Steven Avery have surfaced online.
Avery himself has claimed to know who actually murdered Halbach.
His mother has stated that she believes Halbach is still alive, and the whole thing was an elaborate con designed to put her son behind bars.
Now, a former FBI cold case expert is offering his own shocking theory – and he’s compiled some pretty compelling evidence to support it.
In a recent interview with Radar Online, former special agent John Cameron reveals that he believes Avery was framed by a notorious serial killer named Edward Wayne Edwards.
“Steven Avery is completely innocent,” Cameron tells the website. “He was set up by Edwards.”
It may sound more than a little far-fetched, but Cameron insists that he’s done the legwork and that his story at least deserves further investigation:
Cameron says the theory fist occurred to him when he realized that Edwards – who murdered at least five people at random – between 1977 and 2009 – was living less than an hour away from the Avery impound lot where Halbach’s body was found at the time of her murder.
Edwards was sentenced to death in 2011, but died of natural causes before he could be executed.
Several law enforcement agents who worked on the case claim that Edwards frequently hinted that he had killed several women without ever being connected to the crimes.
“He had done exactly the same thing in California in 1955 when he kidnapped and murdered a doctor’s 14-year-old daughter called Stephanie Bryan,” Cameron says.
“He hid her body for three months and then planted the girl’s property in a man named Burton Abbott’s basement and in his garage.
“Abbott was convicted on circumstantial evidence but always protested that he was framed. He was executed at San Quentin minutes before a stay of execution was delivered.”
“When I first started watching Making a Murderer, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing…it’s the same kind of setup,”
Cameron says he believes that Edwards can even be seen lurking at the crime scene in a shot from the Netflix documentary series:
“It looks like Edwards to me,” Cameron says. “He got off on [returning to the scene of the crime].”
Unfortunately, Edwards passed away before he could complete a memoir in which he reportedly planned to confess to all of his previous killings.
Monday, February 1, 2016
Steven Avery Issues Statement to Supporters: I Am Innocent!
Even if you haven’t watched Netflix’s wildly popular documentary series Making a Murderer, you’re probably at least passingly familiar with the strange story of its subject, Steven Avery.
After being falsely convicted of sexual assault in 1985, Avery served 18 years behind bars before his conviction was overturned on the strength of new DNA evidence.
Before he was able to follow through with his planned $ 36 million civil suit against law enforcement officials in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, Avery was arrested for the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach.
Following a controversial trial that prompted countless allegations of corruption, Avery was found guilty and has been behind bars ever since.
Bizarrely, prison officials have prevented Avery from speaking to the press in the weeks since Making a Murderer renewed the public’s interest in his case, but the 53-year-old has found ways to make his voice heard.
Avery has filed an appeal, and he may soon get a chance to testify on his own behalf, but in the meantime, his new lawyer, Kathleen Zellner, is doing the speaking for him.
Last week, a letter that Avery wrote to a local reporter was published in a Wisconsin newspaper and quickly went viral.
Perhaps noting the overwhelmingly favorable response online, Avery decided to issue his first formal statement since Murderer aired.
Unable to address the public directly, Avery apparently passed a handwritten note to Zellner during their most recent visit.
She posted a photo of the note on her Twitter page on January 29. It reads simply:
“To my supporters: I want every forensic test possible done b/c I am innocent.:
Along with the image of the note, Zellner tweeted, “Third visit WCC: SA thrilled about chance of new forensic testing — like innocent men always are. #MakingAMurderer.”
The same day the note was posted, Zellner was interviewed for a Dateline NBC special about the Avery case, in which she stated that she’s confident that advances in forensic science will exonerate her client.
Monday, January 25, 2016
Steven Avery Issues First Statement About Making a Murderer: The Killer is Still Out There!
Last month, the 10-hour Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer became a surprise hit for the streaming service, generating a powerful response from viewers and spawning dozens of conspiracy theories online.
While it initially seemed that the story wrapped up eight years ago, when Steven Avery was (perhaps wrongly) convicted of the murder of Teresa Halbach, several new developments have emerged in recent weeks that may have left the filmmakers with enough material for a sequel – and Avery with enough new evidence for a new trial.
First we learned that Avery shared his theory on who killed Halbach back in 2009, but the information was ignored by investigators.
Shortly thereafter, it was revealed that a juror in the case had ties to the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Department – one of many conflicts of interest – and possible instances of corruption – in Avery’s trial.
Now, Avery has filed an appeal and landed himself a new, high-profile lawyer in Chicago-based attorney Kathleen Zellner, a specialist in such cases.
While it remains to be seen if Avery will get a new trial, he and Zellner are already hard at work convincing the public of his innocence.
First, Zellner tweeted a letter from special prosecutor Ken Kratz in which the DA asks Avery to confess so that he cash in by writing a book.
Now, a reporter in Milwaukee is sharing some of the information contained in a letter that she received from Avery, which constitutes the 53-year-old’s first communication with the public since Making a Murderer made him famous.
“The real killer is still out there,” Avery wrote to WISN reporter Colleen Henry.
“Who is he stalking now? I am really innocent of this case and that is the truth!!! The truth will set me free!!!!!!!”
The full contents of the letter have not been released to the public, but Avery reportedly spends much of the three-page missive responding to recent allegations of abuse from ex-fiancee Jodi Stachowski.
Stachowski supported Avery throughout his trial, but recently did an about-face and gave several interviews in which she stated that she believes he is guilty.
It is not known at this time if Henry will eventually publish Avery’s letter in its entirety.
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Steven Avery Files Appeal; Cites Illegal Search, Biased Jury
Steven Avery – the subject of the recent Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer – has filed an appeal asking a judge to throw out his 2005 conviction for the murder of Theresa Halbach.
In legal documents obtained by TMZ, Avery claims that he has sufficient evidence to prove that one juror was openly biased against him from the start of the trial, repeatedly describing Avery as “f–king guilty” in the presence of other jurors.
Additionally, the 53-year-old inmate claims that key pieces of incriminating evidence – including traces of blood and the key to Halbach’s vehicle – that were discovered inside his home were found by way of an illegal search that violated the terms of the warrant obtained by investigators.
Obviously, Avery is likely hoping that the attention brought to this case by the documentary will help his cause, but several key pieces of evidence that may help to overturn his conviction were actually not featured in the ten-part Netflix series.
The pro-Avery movement online has unearthed several key facts that were not brought up in his trial, including the shocking revelation that a member of the jury worked closely with the Manitowoc sheriffs who arrested Avery.
In the time since Making a Murderer aired Avery’s own theory about who committed the murders has been revealed to the public, but his attorneys will likely choose not to make any allegations in the courtroom.
It’s now up to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals to decide if Avery will get another day in court.
Several legal experts who have already weighed in on the matter believe that his odds are good,due to the level of controversy surrounding his conviction.
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Steven Avery: Juror"s Ties to Manitowoc Sheriff"s Department Exposed!
As the national obsession with the bizarre murder trials of Steven Avery and his young nephew Brendan Dassey continues to grow, new evidence of corruption on the part of the authorities who helped put him away seems to surface daily.
Avery, of course, is the focus of the recent Netflix documentary series Making a Murderer, which covers both his wrongful imprisonment for sexual assault at the age of 23, as well as his arrest and conviction for the murder of Teresa Halbach two decades later.
The filmmakers make a compelling case for why Manitowoc, Wisconsin law enforcement would have incentive to frame Avery and Dassey for Halbach’s murder, yet viewers of the series remain deeply divided on the question of whether police and prosecutors would have or even could have perpetrated such a conspiracy.
Avery was on the verge of receiving a $ 36 million settlement from the county as a result of spending 18 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit, and Murderer establishes that several prominent local figures harbored intense hatred for Avery.
At one point in the documentary, investigators are shown coaxing a confession out of Dassey – Avery’s mentally impaired 16-year-old nephew – apparently for no other reason than it would be easier to convict Avery if they could prove he had an accomplice.
There’s too much damning evidence against the Manitowoc law enforcement and judicial systems to recount here, but after viewing the series in its entirety, even stalwart supporters of Avery are left with a number of questions:
For example, if Avery didn’t kill Halbach, who did? And with so much at stake, how did Manitowoc officials ensure that the jury would turn in a guilty verdict?
The first of those questions may have been answered yesterday when it was revealed that Steven believes his brothers Chuck and Earl Avery may murdered Halbach, but his theory was buried by the courts for six years.
Earlier today, a shocking new allegation may have revealed the lengths to which prosecutors were willing to go to guarantee a favorable outcome for the state.
According to a report from the website OnMilwaukee.com, a man who frequently volunteered for the Manitowoc Sheriff’s Department was chosen to be on Avery’s jury despite the obvious conflict of interest.
The site claims that the juror – Carl Wardman – was not just a local with law enforcement ambitions who went on the occasional ride-along, but an “an official and very active volunteer for the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Department” who worked with deputies at the same time the trial was going on.
To make matters worse, sources say Carl Wardman’s son, Chris Wardman, “worked as a Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Department supervisor in the jail during the trial.”
Wardman admitted all of this during pre-trial screening, but Avery’s defense attorney, Dean Strang, says he was essentially forced to let him through, because at least at six other jurors appeared to be more biased against Avery than Wardman was.
We understand this a complex case with a lot of conflicting evidence, but at this point, it’s hard to believe that any reasonable person wouldn’t at least have doubts as to whether or not Avery and Dassey committed the crimes of which they’ve been accuses.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
Steven Avery: I Know Who Killed Teresa Halbach!
Even if you didn’t binge-watch the series over the holidays like the rest of your co-workers, you’re probably well aware of the controversy surrounding the Netflix docu-drama Making a Murderer.
If not, allow us to summarize:
After serving 18 years behind bars for a sexual assault that he didn’t commit, Steven Avery was released only to be imprisoned again two years later for allegedly murdering a 25-year-old photographer named Teresa Halbach.
As with his first trial, Avery’s second case was marred by controversy and allegations of police corruption, and the series makes a compelling argument that the 53-year-old has once again been wrongly convicted.
(Before you tear us apart in the comments, note that we said “the series makes a compelling argument,” not, “OMG YOU GUYS STEVEN AVERY IS TOTES INNOCENT!!!”)
Anyway, TMZ has obtained court documents filed several years after Avery’s 2005 murder conviction in which he reveals for the first time his theory on who killed Halbach.
In 2009, Avery told the court that he believes there’s a good chance that his brothers – Charles Avery and Earl Avery – may have committed the murder, and he makes a strong case for why they should at least be investigated.
For starters, both men have had troubling brushes with the law in recent years – Earl was arrested for sexually assaulting his daughters and eventually acquitted; Charles was accused of choking and raping his wife, but was also cleared.
The documents also note that Charles has a long and well-documented history of harassing women at the exact location on the Avery family’s property where Halbach was last seen.
Interestingly, Steven claims that his cash-strapped brothers would have ample motive to frame him, as they had recently expressed jealousy over the multi-million dollar settlement he was soon to receive for being wrongfully convicted of sexual assault two decades prior.
It’s unlikely that Steven’s accusations will lead authorities to take legal action against his brothers, but they do serve to further muddy the waters in what is already an impossibly murky case.
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