meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
True Crime News: The Podcast

Cosby guilty in civil court; Theranos fraud trial; Andrew Gillum’s federal indictment - TCD Sidebar

True Crime News: The Podcast

True Crime News

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.31.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this episode of True Crime Daily The Sidebar Podcast: Christopher C. Melcher joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss Bill Cosby’s verdict in civil court, Gabby Petito’s parents suing the parents of Brian Laundrie, the ongoing fraud trial for Theranos co-founder Ramesh Balwani, and Andrew Gillum facing federal charges of conspiracy and fraud.

Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCDSidebar.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Hello and welcome to True Crime Dailies, the sidebar taking you inside the courtrooms of

0:15.4

high profile and notorious cases from across the country.

0:19.4

I'm your host Joshua Ritter, I'm a criminal defense lawyer based here in Los Angeles

0:23.0

and previously an LA County prosecutor for nearly a decade.

0:26.8

We are recording this on Friday, June 24th, 2022 and today we are excited to be joined

0:32.7

by Christopher Melcher, a celebrity divorce attorney, family law consultant and legal

0:37.1

analyst with deep experience in complex financial and family law litigation.

0:41.9

Chris, welcome.

0:42.9

Well, thanks for having me.

0:44.8

It's really cool that some of the shows that are cases that we're going to be discussing

0:49.6

on the show today and look forward to it.

0:52.2

Absolutely.

0:53.2

Before we jump in, Chris, a lot to discuss, but tell us a little bit about your practice

0:57.2

and your background.

0:58.9

Well, I actually started in criminal defense and that was fun.

1:02.8

My dad was a prosecutor and so that's what I wanted to do.

1:06.2

But when I got out in 93, 94, there was just no hiring.

1:09.7

So I was doing criminal defense and I had a lot of fun with it.

1:13.2

I felt like a real lawyer like yourself, you know, being in the courtroom, doing jury

1:17.3

trials, you know, and in representing the underdog.

1:21.2

So that's the beginning of my career and then I shifted over to family law.

1:26.2

I had no idea what this practice area was about, but I'm so happy I did it because we're

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from True Crime News, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of True Crime News and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.