
See the trials that captivated the world and made history! Join your favorite Court TV hosts, Vinnie Politan, Julie Grant, Michael Ayala, Ted Rowlands and Ashley Willcott, and witness all the dramatic moments streaming on Court TV Legendary Trials.
See the trials that captivated the world and made history! Join your favorite Court TV hosts, Vinnie Politan, Julie Grant, Michael Ayala, Ted Rowlands and Ashley Willcott, and witness all the dramatic moments streaming on Court TV Legendary Trials.
William Coday fell in love with Colombian immigrant Gloria Gomez; when he lived in Germany, he'd thought he had a similar love; Gloria Gomez's life would come to a similarly brutal end.
Betty Broderick was a socialite who led a perfect life with a successful husband and kids until it all came crashing down in divorce, and murder.
No one knows why actress Lana Clarkson decided to go to music producer Phil Spector's home for a nightcap, but they do know that by the end of the night she was dead; Spector claims she committed suicide, but the evidence says otherwise.
People couldn't imagine what made Erik and Lyle Menendez brutally murder their parents; the prosecution said it was greed and the defense said something much darker; a family secret that would shock and grip the nation.
While on the stand in his own double murder trial, Ali Abulaban's attorneys had him explain the marital drama that was filled with physical and verbal abuse. For the first time, jurors heard a different side to his wife's character and behavior in the months leading up to her death. On the stand, Ali painted Ana as more of the villain in the story as a manipulative, demanding, messy and vindictive wife who continued to upset and embarrass him.
Verbal insults and physical violence were heard on an audio recording. This was during the Defense's case where they aimed to show a different side to Ana Abulaban in the months before she and her friend, Rayburn Barron, were killed. The defendant was on the witness stand testifying on how bad things had gotten between him and his wife which ended in a brutal double homicide.
Jurors learned about what happened during the moment Ali Abulaban and his wife, Ana, separated. An alleged extramarital affair and the filing of a restraining order occurred in the window of time just days before it all ended in the double murder. According to Ali Abulaban, it was he who was the victim of verbal abuse, insults, and rejection by his estranged wife and not the other way around.
The intensity of a marriage separation by both sides was highlighted to jurors. They heard everything from cocaine binges, domestic abuse, Internet searches of chopped up bodies, and extramarital affairs. In the days preceding the murder, Ali Abulaban admitted that he had become increasingly jealous and paranoid about Ana cheating on him. He was also high on cocaine while posting numerous clips of his marital drama on social media.