One of two men accused in New York City of fencing luxury goods stolen from homes across the country has been linked to a theft at the residence of a “high-profile athlete in Ohio.” That is according to federal court documents released Tuesday. Federal grand jury indictments accuse Dimitriy Nezhinskiy and Juan Villar of buying stolen watches, jewelry and other expensive items from burglary crews and re-selling them at their Manhattan store. The Dec. 9 burglary at the athlete's house in Ohio was on the same day of a break-in at the home of Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow. But authorities have not specifically named Burrow as a victim. Prosecutors say evidence links Nezhinskiy to the December burglary.

A police officer says he felt “belittled and upset” following an incident involving Chelsea forward Samantha Kerr, a court has heard. Australia captain Kerr is on trial charged with causing racially aggravated harassment to Metropolitan police officer Stephen Lovell in London in the early hours of Jan. 30, 2023. It is alleged that Kerr and her partner, West Ham midfielder Kristie Mewis, had been out drinking when they were driven to Twickenham Police Station by a taxi driver who complained that they had refused to pay clean-up costs after one of them was sick, and that one of them smashed the vehicle’s rear window.

Madison Square Garden says in a court filing that Charles Oakley’s attorney rewrote portions of the manuscript of the former Knicks star’s book to “tell a fundamentally different story from the truth” about the night he was arrested after an altercation at the arena. The filing in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York was the latest step in the dispute between the player and the organization that began Feb. 9, 2017, when Oakley began scuffling with arena security not far from Madison Square Garden executive chairman James Dolan and was eventually led out in handcuffs. The filing contains passages where Oakley's thoughts were crossed out and changed by attorney Douglas Wigdor before being sent back to the publisher.

Spain's women’s World Cup winner Jenni Hermoso has testified against the former Spanish soccer federation president. She said she did not consent to a kiss from Luis Rubiales in 2023 that triggered widespread outrage in Spain and beyond about sexism in sports. Rubiales is accused of sexual assault and of trying to coerce Hermoso to publicly support him after the incident. The 47-year-old has denied the charges, but was forced to resign and was banned by FIFA for three years. The trial in Madrid's High Court is expected to last at least 10 days. Court officials say Rubiales could face a fine or a prison sentence of one to four years if found guilty.

North Carolina’s highest court has upheld a law that gave adult victims of child sexual abuse two additional years to seek civil damages. The state Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the General Assembly could enact a key provision within the 2019 SAFE Child Act that was also signed by then-Gov. Roy Cooper. Such victims used to have until age 21 to sue. The law raised that age but also gave other victims whose time period still had expired to file lawsuits in 2020 or 2021. All six justices hearing the case backed the law. Opponents said it violated constitutional protections for those facing such abuse claims.