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🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In this episode of True Crime News The Sidebar Podcast: Imran Ansari joins host Joshua Ritter to break down the biggest cases making headlines across the nation. They discuss a jury acquitting Stefon Diggs of assault charges in a short-lived criminal trial, a prosecutor’s problematic use of AI potentially allowing Hannah Payne a pathway to a new trial after she was convicted of murder, and why authorities haven’t charged suspected child killer Christian Brueckner in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance. Tweet your questions for future episodes to Joshua Ritter using the hashtag #TCNSidebar. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the sidebar, presented by True Crime News, taking you inside the
0:15.2	courtrooms of high profile and notorious cases from across the country.
0:18.8	I'm your host, Joshua Ritter.
0:20.4	I'm a criminal defense
0:21.1	lawyer based in Los Angeles and previously in L.A. County prosecutor for over a decade. We're
0:26.2	recording this on Wednesday, May 6, 2026. In this week's episode, the woman at the center of a
0:32.1	vigilante murder gets another chance at a new trial after the prosecution's problematic use of AI.
0:39.6	Plus, the unsolved mystery of a missing child may be coming to an end as authorities say
0:45.9	they're close to filing charges.
0:47.7	But first, the acquittal of Stefan Diggs on assault charges after an incident with his
0:53.8	live-in chef. Today, we are joined by Imran
0:56.6	Ansari, an attorney and legal analysts you can catch on Fox, News Nation, and many other media
1:02.5	outlets. Imran, welcome back, my friend. How are you? I'm doing great jobs. Thanks for having me.
1:07.9	No, absolutely. I always enjoy our conversations, and I know that these are
1:12.3	cases that you've been following closely. I've seen some of your coverage on them. So let's
1:17.2	jump right in. First out of Norfolk County, Massachusetts, NFL receiver Stefan Diggs,
1:23.2	caught a major win in court this week after jurors found him not guilty of an alleged assault
1:28.7	against a former live-in chef. Jamila Adams claimed that the former NFL star slapped and
1:34.0	choked her in an argument regarding money she believed that she was owed. Diggs defense maintained
1:40.5	that the assault never happened, challenging Adams' credibility in a high-stakes
1:45.4	game of he said she said. Most of the state's case hinged on Adams' testimony, which did not
1:51.1	hold up well under the scrutiny of cross-examination, with the judge even striking portions of
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