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2 Important Crime docs coming to Lifetime

Mar 28, 2019 celebrityabout

Lifetime is the gold standard when it comes to turning crimes into over acted, but fascinating tv movies, so its little surprise they’re bringing their A game to the popular Crime Documentary genre. First up is “From Darkness to Light”, starring Leah Remini (no, it’s not about Scientology) and 3 time Olympic gold winner Aly Raisman. Aly was one of the dozens of Olympic athletes to come forward and say that Olympic doctor Larry Nassar had been molesting her for some time. Raisman and Remini hope to help victims of sexual assault find their voice in order to start healing and turn from victim to survivor. There’s no word yet on the release date. The other Documentary, which I personally am totally watching, is “Smart Justice: The Jayme Closs Case”. Jayme Closs, if you don’t remember, was the young girl abducted from her home after her parents were murdered by a madman who chose her based on something so insane as seeing her board a bus one day. Jayme spent, then 13, spent 88 days with her capture before being rescued. And the interviewer is none other than Elizabeth Smart (hence the title), who also was also infamously abducted by a religious madman in 2002. “Smart Justice” comes to Lifetime on April 27. Both stories need to be told and are just riveting. The post 2 Important Crime docs coming to Lifetime appeared first on Today's Evil Beet Gossip.

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Chris Brown “I Tasted Blood” – New Documentary

Aug 16, 2017 celebrityabout

Chris Brown says he’s still haunted by the night he beat Rihanna — and remembers going into a blind rage when he busted her lip and she spit blood in his face. Brown gave the graphic blow-by-blow in a documentary called, “Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life” — in which he says there were MULTIPLE violent incidents during his relationship with Rihanna. But Brown goes into graphic detail about the attack on Feb. 8, 2009. Brown says it all started when she was going through text messages on his phone and she found something she didn’t like. Brown says Rihanna was upset — and things escalated quickly. “I remember she tried to kick me, but then I really hit her, with a closed fist, I punched her.” “I busted her lip. When I saw it, I was in shock. I was like, ‘F*ck, why the hell did I hit her?’” “From there she just spit in my face … spit blood in my face and it enraged me even more.” Brown says Rihanna got out of the car and began to scream for help — saying, “He’s trying to kill me.” Brown was convicted of felony assault and sentenced to 5 years probation, 180 days community service and a year of counseling. Brown says the incident is going to haunt him forever. The post Chris Brown “I Tasted Blood” – New Documentary appeared first on Today's Evil Beet Gossip.

Making A Murder filmmakers: ‘the [national] media are demonizing this man’

Jan 19, 2016 videos

Embed from Getty Images Netflix’s controversial documentary series Making A Murderer continues to generate headlines and think pieces, most notably this excellent one from New Yorker magazine. At a panel discussing the series at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour on Sunday, film creators Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos addressed criticism that they painted a picture of Steven Avery that avoided mention of his violent past, including recently reported incidents of abuse against his ex-wife and ex-fiancee Jodi Stachowski, who told producers of Nancy Grace’s HLN show that he was a “monster”. Ricciardi responded to the critics by saying, “I think what we’re seeing now is actually history repeating itself. It’s now on a national scale that the media are demonizing this man in order to prove his guilt. What we did was we documented the Halbach case as it was unfolding. Whatever [allegations against Avery] you’re referencing now never came into that process at all. So it wasn’t relevant to our process. We looked at the history here.” At the panel discussion, Ricciardi also revealed that Steven Avery has not yet seen the documentary, saying, “He asked the warden and his social worker whether he would be able to see it and his request was denied. When we spoke to him recently, his focus was mainly on his case.” When asked if a sequel was on the horizon, Demos said, “This story is ongoing. These cases are open. But it’s real life. You don’t know what’s going to happen. So we are ready to follow these if there are significant developments. We will be there.” In other Making A Murderer news, Dean Strang, one of Avery’s defense lawyers, admitted during an appearance on CBS This Morning this past Friday that he has some doubts about the convict’s innocence. When asked if he felt his client could possibly be guilty he responded, “Sure, absolutely.” He then added, “And if it was OK to convict people on maybes, I wouldn’t be worried about this, but it’s not.” On the flip side, Strang said he was still not convinced of Avery’s guilt, stating, “I’m not at all convinced of his guilt, never have been.” It would be interesting to see how a sequel would handle all of the recent evidence, especially the details coming in about the vial of Avery’s blood that seemed to be the defense’s “smoking gun.” Photo credit: Getty Images, Netflix