Dr. Paul Jarrett was beloved fixture of his Boca Raton, Florida community – as was his son Gregg, who followed in his father’s medical footsteps by becoming a nurse. So you can imagine how shocking it was when the two men were discovered shot to death in their home in what appeared to be a home invasion robbery. Their murders might have gone unsolved except for a shocking discovery found in the pocket of one of Dr. Jarrett’s coats – a letter that not only made the police reevaluate their theory ...
Jul 28, 2022•46 min
Rosemarie Essa had a seemingly perfect life – a rich, successful husband, beautiful children and a family that loved her. So when she died after being in a minor car accident people couldn’t imagine the bad luck that has struck her family. But then questions started being asked and friends who knew a little bit more about what was going on in Rosemarie’s life spoke up and suddenly what was deemed a natural medical mystery was instead seen as murder. We’ll tell Rosemarie’s story in this week’s ed...
Jul 21, 2022•45 min
Heather and John Grossman were looking forward to trying out a new Thai restaurant in their Boca Raton, Florida home town when shots rang out. Soon after Heather was clinging to life shot and paralyzed by a hit man’s bullet and the Grossmans knew exactly who was responsible for all of this. This week’s Court TV Podcast is an episode of Someone They Knew With Tamron Hall and it tells the story of what it took to bring the person behind Heather Grossman’s shooting to justice. To see more of Someon...
Jul 14, 2022•46 min
An unannounced delivery of flowers at your front door is supposed to be a delightful surprise, but for Atlanta socialite Lita McClinton it was anything but delightful. It was deadly. But who would use flower delivery as a ruse to shoot her to death – and why would it take an international man hunt and nearly two decades to bring the person responsible for her death to justice? For this week’s Court TV Podcast we have another episode of the Court TV Original production Someone They Knew With Tamr...
Jul 07, 2022•45 min
When Shirley Carter was found shot to death on her kitchen floor, police automatically looked to her family first. Afterall, it’s typically a family member responsible for a crime like this. But what if they’re wrong? For this week’s Court TV Podcast we have another episode of Court TV’s ongoing true crime original Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall. This week’s episode entitled Family Business. To see more of Someone They Knew With Tamron Hall tune into Court TV every weeknight at 7pm or Sunday...
Jun 30, 2022•45 min
Ask anyone who knew Ramona Krotine and they would tell you the married mother of three loved to wind down from a long day of work at a local bar enjoying the company of friends and doing a little dancing. One night those plans turned out to be the last she ever made because Ramona was found beaten and shot to death. Was she the victim of a robbery? Or was her husband Jeff’s suspicious behavior in the days after her death a sign of something far more sinister? This week’s Court TV Podcast tells t...
Jun 23, 2022•45 min
Florida plumber John Cataneo didn’t think the had anything to fear when he stepped outside of his duplex to talk with a familiar face, but then shots rang out and Cataneo was soon dead. Investigators soon learned that the people closest to him both had alibis, but that doesn’t mean they weren’t involved. For this week’s episode of the podcast we the audio version of the Court TV Original Someone They Knew With Tamron Hall, And Murder Makes Three. To see more of Someone They Knew With Tamron Hall...
Jun 16, 2022•45 min
For this edition of the Court TV Podcast we have another audio version of the Court TV True Crime show Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall. This week’s episode entitled Who Shot the Sheriff. They say politics is a dirty game, but in Dekalb County, Georgia late in 2000 it became deadly when someone gunned down Sheriff-elect Derwin Brown in front of his home just days before he was to be sworn into office. A life-long law enforcement officer it would be easy to assume he was targeting by someone ou...
Jun 09, 2022•46 min
After three days of deliberations the seven-member jury in the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard defamation trial came to a decision and it was as shocking and dramatic as expected. Court TV’s Chanley Painter was in the room where it happened and joins host Vinnie Politan with full coverage of the reading of the verdict, the crowd’s reaction outside the courthouse and the impact this trial has had around the world. Get the latest updates on CourtTV and CourtTV.com and tune in to see Vinnie Politan and...
Jun 03, 2022•45 min
As the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard defamation trial winds down, we’ve entered into the rebuttal phase of the proceeding with Team Depp calling witness to cast doubt on Amber Heard’s case. And without a doubt the biggest rebuttal witness they called was Johnny Depp himself. Court TV’s Chanley Painter was in the room when Johnny returned to the stand and will discuss the impact the A-list movie star and his supermodel ex-girlfriend Kate Moss had on the jury. Get the latest updates on CourtTV and C...
May 26, 2022•43 min
The Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard Defamation trial took a pre-schedule week off, but it did nothing to diminish the feverish fascination people have with this trial, especially since Amber Heard was schedule to return to the witness box for cross examination when the trial resumed. Court TV’s Chanley Painter was in the courtroom for that dramatic and often continuous cross examination and will share with host Vinnie Politan what she picked up on from the jury. Get the latest updates on CourtTV and...
May 19, 2022•50 min
The Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard defamation trial is on a pre-schedule break this week, but they didn’t break before Heard to the stand for two days to tell her side of the story on direct examination. Court TV was there to cover every minute of her testimony so far and host Vinnie Politan and Court TV anchor Ted Rowland will break down some of the key moments. They’ll also predict what’s still to come when Amber returns to the stand after the break for what is sure to be a riveting cross examina...
May 12, 2022•55 min
After weeks of testimony and nearly 30 witnesses – including Johnny Depp himself – Depp’s legal team rested his case-in-chief with a series of witnesses who supported his claims that Amber Heard was the abuser in their relationship. Witnesses also testified to the damage done to Depp’s career when the Op-Ed written by Amber Heard was published in the Washington Post. Court TV’s Chanley Painter returns to the podcast to discuss all that she has learned about the trial with host Vinnie Politan. Ge...
May 05, 2022•44 min
We’re back in Fairfax County, Virginia for more of our gavel-to-gavel coverage of the Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard Defamation Trial. Court TV’s Chanley Painter has been in the courtroom from the start and will share with host Vinnie Politan the behind-the-scenes story of how Johnny Depp did during the cross examination by Amber Heard’s lawyers. Is Depp’s strategy of revealing his struggles with drug and alcohol addiction working with the jury? Or did his testimony just affirm Heard’s claims of ab...
Apr 28, 2022•43 min
Court TV is in Virginia for the trial of the year (so far). The civil defamation trial of Johnny Depp vs. Amber Heard – the former married couple who now claim spousal abuse claims from both of them have done irreparable harms to their careers in Hollywood. Court TV’s Chanley Painter is in the courtroom daily and will join host Vinnie Politan with in person details about the mesmerizing testimony of Johnny Depp. Will his deliberate, thoughtful responses be seen as truthful, or just another examp...
Apr 21, 2022•32 min
High School Football Coach Ed Thomas was a beloved fixture in the small Iowa town he called home and taught generations of pro-caliber football players. So when it was learned that one of his former players walked into Thomas’ weight room and gunned him down it shocked the community who were even more shocked when they learned who shot him and the tragic circumstances that caused it. This episode of Someone They Knew with Tamron Hall is called Hometown Hero and tells the story of what happened o...
Apr 14, 2022•46 min
Ashley Biggs was a divorced single mom working hard as a Domino’s Pizza delivery person to provide for her family. But someone used that very job against her when an unidentified woman placed a pizza order with specific instructions to a location where Ashley would be ambushed and murdered. Almost immediately, the police zeroed in on her ex-husband, Chad Cobb, who confessed to her killing, but that left the police with one looming, unanswered question – who was the woman who ordered that pizza? ...
Apr 07, 2022•45 min
Early on the morning of July 23rd, 2000 a man stepped into the backyard of his waterfront home in Merritt Island, Florida and smelled death. At first, he thought it was a decomposing manatee, but upon further investigation it was determined to be the bound body of Misty Morse --- a 22-year-old woman investigators who had been strangled to death, bound in rope and duct tape and callously dumped into the Indian River. This week’s podcast is an audio version of the Court TV Original production Some...
Mar 31, 2022•46 min
It may come as a surprise to some, but the vast majority of violent crime in this country is not perpetrated by complete strangers. Instead, the victims knew their attacker – often intimately. That’s the inspiration for the Court TV Original production Someone They Knew, which airs every Sunday night at 9pm on Court TV. Hosted by the Emmy award winning journalist Tamron Hall, Someone They Knew delves into the Court TV archives for the most compelling stories of betrayal. The show premiered with ...
Mar 24, 2022•46 min
Three months after a Chicago jury convicted Empire actor Jussie Smollett of faking a hate crime, he has returned to court to hear his sentence from the judge and it was a dramatic session. Court TV’s Chanley Painter was in the room when it happened and shares with host Vinnie Politan her observations. Was his sentence too harsh? Or did the judge do the right thing? Get the latest updates on CourtTV and CourtTV.com and tune in to see Vinnie Politan and the entire Court TV team review each day’s t...
Mar 17, 2022•48 min
On a chilly night in December of 2020, California City residents Trezell and Jacqueline West reported to authorities that their adoptive toddler sons Orson and Orinn had gone missing. That call kicked off a massive search for the two boys. Were they lost, kidnapped or worse? 2 years later authorities in nearby Bakersfield, California think they know exactly what happened to the boys and have charged the parents with their murders. Court TV’s Chanley Painter joins host Vinnie Politan to discuss t...
Mar 10, 2022•45 min
Not Guilty – those were the words Curtis Reeves heard just hours after the jury was charged with determining his fate. It was a dramatic ending for a dramatic trial – one that left one family devastated and the other equally elated. Host Vinnie Politan and Court TV’s Ted Rowlands have full coverage of the verdict, including thoughts from the defense team and Curtis Reeves himself. Get the latest updates on CourtTV and CourtTV.com and tune in to see Vinnie Politan and the entire Court TV team rev...
Mar 03, 2022•41 min
Curtis Reeves has never denied that he shot and killed Chad Oulson after an argument about cell phone usage in a movie theatre, so the determination of whether the shooting was justifiable self-defense, or a murder will most likely rest on whether or not the jury believes the testimony of various eyewitnesses to the shooting. This week host Vinnie Politan and Court TV anchor Ted Rowlands will look at the eyewitness testimony of both the prosecution and the defense – including testimony from Curt...
Feb 24, 2022•46 min
A jury has been seated in the murder trial of Curtis Reeves, the retired police captain who shot and killed Chad Oulson during an argument over cell phone usage in a movie theatre. Reeves is claiming self-defense. The prosecution says he let his anger get the best of him. And how a jury must decide who is right. Host Vinnie Politan and Court TV’s Ted Rowlands will look at the opening arguments from both sides and the dramatic testimony of Chad Oulson’s widow. Get the latest updates on CourtTV an...
Feb 17, 2022•47 min
Eight years ago, what was supposed to be a pleasant date night for Chad Oulson and his wife turned deadly when a confrontation over sending a text message in a movie theatre turned deadly. Retired police captain Curtis Reeves confronted Oulson about the cell phone, an argument ensued, a bag of popcorn was thrown and then a shot rang out, killing Oulson. Chad Reeves claims he had no choice but to shoot him because he feared for his life, prosecutors say he was the instigator who went out of his w...
Feb 10, 2022•44 min
The ongoing saga of Tiger King star Joe Exotic continues to get headlines. Just last week a federal judge resentenced him for the murder-for-hire and animal cruelty convictions in 2019 and the results were not exactly what he wanted. We know this because Joe called host Vinnie Politan from the federal prison he’s being held in for an exclusive interview. And like all things associated with Joe Exotic it was a wild ride that includes an update on his health battle, the status of his appeals and h...
Feb 03, 2022•40 min
Just weeks after a Wisconsin jury declared that Kyle Rittenhouse acted in self-defense when he shot three protestors, another Wisconsin jury has been seated for a similar trial. This time bicyclist Theodore Edgecomb is charged with killing Jason Cleereman after a road rage confrontation. Edgecomb’s defense claims the shooting, which was captured on video, is a clear case of self-defense and is even calling into question the behavior of Cleereman’s wife immediately after the shooting. Court TV’s ...
Jan 27, 2022•52 min
Encore Episode -- In September of 2018 Bill Cosby became an inmate in a Pennsylvania prison serving a 10-year sentence for sexual assault. That is until July 1st, 2021 when the state’s highest court overturned his conviction and ordered his immediate release. Host Vinnie Politan and Court TV anchor Julie Grant will explain the law behind the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision and what it could mean for sexual assault victims going forward. Get the latest updates on CourtTV and CourtTV.com and...
Jan 20, 2022•44 min
