Every week, two hosts pick apart a celebrity scandal that changed the conversation, tracing how fame, power, and public opinion collided. Star Witness treats each case like a hearing: what happened, who was involved, what evidence exists, and what the fallout tells us about the culture that created it. Built for pop culture fans who want more than gossip. If you follow the headlines but want the full story behind a public reckoning, this is your show.
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Signup to Generate a PitchEvery week, two hosts pick apart a celebrity scandal that changed the conversation, tracing how fame, power, and public opinion collided. Star Witness treats each case like a hearing: what happened, who was involved, what evidence exists, and what the fallout tells us about the culture that created it. Built for pop culture fans who want more than gossip.
Recent episodes include "Matthew Perry: Who Was Accountable?" (21 October 2026, 19 minutes), "Russell Brand: Can a Jury Forget the Exposé?" (14 October 2026, 19 minutes), and "Tyra Banks v. Netflix: Who Owns the Edit?" (7 October 2026, 19 minutes).
Star Witness publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 14 minutes across 36 episodes.
Booking probability for Star Witness is 40%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Star Witness requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Star Witness's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Star Witness are Law & Legal Services and Artists, Writers & Performers.
Star Witness is a general show with 36 episodes published.
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Episode #28
Matthew Perry's death is back in the spotlight as Netflix prepares to release the three-part documentary The One About Matthew Perry on October 27, 2026, one day before the anniversary of his death. In this episode of...
Episode #27
Russell Brand is on trial at Southwark Crown Court in 2026 on seven charges involving six women, and he has pleaded not guilty to all of them. This episode of Star Witness follows how a case that began with a 2023...
Episode #26
Tyra Banks is suing Netflix, claiming a docuseries edit made her look like she dismissed a contestant's sexual assault allegation, and a federal judge must now decide whether the case moves forward in 2026. This episode...
Episode #25
Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in New York on September 23, 2026, for the Miriam Haley assault, but with more than six years already served and a California resentencing still pending, the real number is...
Episode #24
Jay-Z sued the lawyer holding a rape allegation against him and lost, with a California appeals court tossing his extortion and defamation case against attorney Tony Buzbee. This episode looks at how a demand letter...
Episode #23
Taylor Swift, Scarlett Johansson, and Ashley St Clair are all trending for the same disturbing reason: Elon Musk's chatbot Grok has been generating sexualized deepfakes of them, and now California Attorney General Rob...
Episode #22
Sean Combs was acquitted of racketeering and sex trafficking charges, yet still faces fifty months in prison — and his lawyers say that's unconstitutional. Hosts Becca and Miles look at the December 2025 appeal filing...
Episode #21
Two lawsuits, one summer, and two very different outcomes for Lizzo. On September 1, a federal judge dismissed wardrobe stylist Asha Daniels' harassment and discrimination case, ruling the conduct fell within "the...
Episode #20
Blake Lively’s 2024 legal fight with Justin Baldoni takes a turn when a friend, not a lawyer, becomes the source of the texts at the center of the scandal. This episode walks through how Ashley Avignone and a network of...
Episode #19
The BBC documentary Jared Leto: Hollywood's Dark Secret puts ten women's accounts back in the spotlight, four of them describing criminal sexual conduct between 2002 and 2016, while Leto issues a flat denial to ABC...
Episode #18
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni are back in the news, not for a trial verdict, but for a legal fee fight worth $8.04 million. Their case settled in May 2026 with zero damages paid, so why is Lively's team billing for...
Episode #17
Justin Baldoni breaks nearly two years of silence with a July 8, 2026 video, and the timing raises questions about whether it's real healing or a calculated legal move just days before a fight over Blake Lively's $8...
Episode #13
Armie Hammer's banned film "Citizen Vigilante" became a No. 1 seller within 48 hours after Elon Musk shared it with his 240 million followers on X, and Becca and Miles ask how an actor who nearly vanished after the 2021...
Episode #34
This episode examines a wave of major spending decisions across AI, gaming, and space, starting with Microsoft's $2.5 billion investment in a new AI deployment company and Sam Altman's reported proposal to give a US...
Episode #33
Alex and Jordan dig into a packed tech news week, starting with AI's shifting competitive landscape: Claude is pulling paid subscribers away from ChatGPT, and Anthropic's Mythos platform has been cleared for use by over...
Episode #31
This episode covers eight stories across AI hardware, venture capital, labor markets, transportation, cybersecurity, politics, gaming, and consumer tech. From OpenAI's first custom chip to a $27 million super PAC...
Episode #11
Armie Hammer is back in theaters, and the question this episode asks is whether that return means accountability happened — or that it simply didn't have to. Hosts Becca and Miles trace the full arc from the 2021...
Episode #30
This episode covers a wide range of developments across AI infrastructure, energy policy, market dynamics, hardware, entertainment, and consumer electronics. Alex and Jordan work through the stories shaping the...
Episode #29
This episode covers a wide range of developments across AI hardware, autonomous vehicles, space exploration, consumer software, corporate acquisitions, regulation, and public trust in AI. From chip rivalries to robotaxi...
Episode #28
This episode covers one of the most consequential weeks in tech finance in recent memory, from SpaceX's record-breaking IPO to a government ban on Anthropic AI models, rising iPhone prices, and an AI-powered cybercrime...
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