Tag: Michael

Michael Phelps says athletes have lost faith in WADA over Chinese doping scandal

Michael Phelps said athletes can no longer place their faith in the World Anti-Doping Agency amid major questions over its handling of positive tests returned by 23 Chinese swimmers. Phelps and fellow United States Olympic swimming star Allison Schmitt gave evidence at a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on Tuesday evening, which considered whether […]

Michael Jackson’s Accuser Wade Robson Reveals Bombshell Evidence, Accuses Lawyers of Trying to Turn Public on Him

Michael Jackson’s accusers, Wade Robson and James Safechuck, fired back after being attacked in court over their lawyer’s claim the late pop star possessed “sexually provocative” photos of children, In Touch can exclusively report. According to court documents obtained by In Touch, Robson and Safechuck’s lawyer, John Carpenter, opposed the recent request made by late […]

Two men detained over Michael Schumacher family blackmail claims

Two men who allegedly tried blackmailing the family of Formula 1 great Michael Schumacher were detained earlier this month, German prosecutors have said. Prosecutors in the western German city of Wuppertal said the suspects told employees of the family that they were in possession of files that the family would not want to be published, […]

Michael Gove is wrong about why voters lost faith in the Conservatives

SIR – Michael Gove has suggested that Liz Truss is to blame for the Conservative Party’s dire election prospects (report, June 21). Presumably he feels that voters are not concerned by: partygate; strikes; sky-high rental prices; an abysmal Brexit deal; years of Tory infighting; frozen income tax bands; NHS waiting lists; the surge in illegal […]

Billionaire Tech CEO Michael Dell Signals Bitcoin Interest Via Michael Saylor Retweet

Michael Dell, CEO of $100-billion-plus market cap Dell Technologies (DELL), showed at least some vague interest in bitcoin {{BTC}}, recirculating a BTC-friendly post on X from Bitcoin evangelist Michael Saylor. It started Thursday when Dell posted, “Scarcity creates value.” That prompted a reply from Saylor, the executive chairman of MicroStrategy (MSTR), saying, “Bitcoin is Digital […]

Hush-money prosecutors say Trump’s gag order should no longer protect Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels — but want to keep other parts of it

Prosecutors urged Donald Trump’s hush-money judge to keep most of his gag order. But they agreed that Trump could now attack witnesses like Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels. They warned Trump could still be found liable for defamation, citing the two E. Jean Carroll verdicts against him. The prosecutors in Donald Trump’s criminal hush-money case […]