Joshua Ritter

Courtroom Confidential

Courtroom Confidential, hosted by Joshua Ritter, is your weekly rendezvous with the latest updates in headline-making criminal cases nationwide. With his background as a former L.A. County prosecutor now practicing as a criminal defense attorney, Joshua brings a unique blend of professionalism and a personal touch to the table. Join Joshua every Friday to explore the ever-developing legal landscape and gain a deeper understanding of how the legal system operates.

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Joshua Ritter

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Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

CC True Crime Minute: Mother Handcuffed Son's Hands and Feet, Then Watched Pit Bull Tear Apart His Throat Like a 'Chew Toy' 17.07.2025

The mother of a 6-year-old boy who had his throat torn apart by a pit bull while he was restrained and unable to fight off the dog was sentenced to prison last week in Ohio. https://www.thecourtroomconfidential.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CRConfidential Instagram: instagram.com/thecourtroomconfidential X: twitter.com/crconfidential TikTok: tiktok.com/@joshuaritteresq https://buymeacoffe...

CC True Crime Minute: Woman Accused of Murder Allegedly Left Note on Victim's Body Explaining Motive 16.07.2025

A Florida woman has been accused by authorities of murder after they say she allegedly killed a man with a metal hammer and left a white sheet of paper on his chest that read “PEDO Touches Children” in green highlighter. https://www.thecourtroomconfidential.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CRConfidential Instagram: instagram.com/thecourtroomconfidential X: twitter.com/crconfidential TikTok:...

CC True Crime Minute: Wilderness Search for Man Suspected of Daughter’s Murders Called Off After Officials Locate Lookalike Hiker 15.07.2025

Federal authorities in Idaho say they have ended a search for a man suspected of killing his three young girls over a month ago, after determining it was all a case of mistaken identity. https://www.thecourtroomconfidential.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CRConfidential Instagram: instagram.com/thecourtroomconfidential X: twitter.com/crconfidential TikTok: tiktok.com/@joshuaritteresq https:...

CC True Crime Minute: Teenage Girl Accused of Fatally Shooting Mom and Stepdad, Whose Bodies Were Discovered by Her 6-Year-Old Sister 14.07.2025

A 17-year-old girl in Georgia has been arrested and charged on suspicion that she murdered her mother and stepfather. https://www.thecourtroomconfidential.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CRConfidential Instagram: instagram.com/thecourtroomconfidential X: twitter.com/crconfidential TikTok: tiktok.com/@joshuaritteresq https://buymeacoffee.com/courtroomconfidential   DISCLAIMER: The informatio...

Ep 70: Deadly Dentist James Craig Heads to Trial, Raul Valle Not Guilty of House Party Murder, Crystal Rogers Finds Justice Ten Years Later and More! 12.07.2025

Welcome back to another Courtroom Confidential Weekly Roundup! This week, host Joshua Ritter shares his insights on some of this week’s updates in the true crime world, including:  - Connecticut man Raul Valle walks free for a high school fight that ended in the deadly stabbing of James ‘Jimmy’ McGrath. - 10 years after the disappearance of Crystal Rogers, a Kentucky mother of five, her killer, Br...

CC True Crime Minute: Pediatrician Mom Accused of Staging Daughter's Accidental Drowning 11.07.2025

An Oklahoma pediatrician has been arrested and will be extradited to Florida on suspicions that she is responsible for the murder of her 4-year-old daughter. https://www.thecourtroomconfidential.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CRConfidential Instagram: instagram.com/thecourtroomconfidential X: twitter.com/crconfidential TikTok: tiktok.com/@joshuaritteresq https://buymeacoffee.com/courtroomc...

CC True Crime Minute: Remains of Missing Mom Found Stuffed in Metal Box on Husband's Property 10.07.2025

The body of a missing Pennsylvania woman was located last week, nine days after she went missing from her home. https://www.thecourtroomconfidential.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CRConfidential Instagram: instagram.com/thecourtroomconfidential X: twitter.com/crconfidential TikTok: tiktok.com/@joshuaritteresq https://buymeacoffee.com/courtroomconfidential   DISCLAIMER: The information in t...

CC True Crime Minute: Nudist Kills Neighbors over Hot Dog Insult 09.07.2025

A California nudist is accused of killing his neighbors, chopping them up and drowning their Shih Tzu after they allegedly mocked him with a $1 hot dog. https://www.thecourtroomconfidential.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CRConfidential Instagram: instagram.com/thecourtroomconfidential X: twitter.com/crconfidential TikTok: tiktok.com/@joshuaritteresq https://buymeacoffee.com/courtroomconfid...

CC True Crime Minute: Man Shoots Wife, Kills Infant Daughter with Crossbow 08.07.2025

A New York State man will spend 25 years behind bars for the 2023 murder of his infant daughter, whom he killed using a crossbow.  https://www.thecourtroomconfidential.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CRConfidential Instagram: instagram.com/thecourtroomconfidential X: twitter.com/crconfidential TikTok: tiktok.com/@joshuaritteresq https://buymeacoffee.com/courtroomconfidential   DISCLAIMER: T...

CC True Crime Minute: Woman Killed By Ex-Husband at Their Son's Gravesite 07.07.2025

Last week a British man admitted to killing his ex-wife in 2023.  The murder taking place at the cemetery where their son was buried exactly 20 years earlier.  https://www.thecourtroomconfidential.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CRConfidential Instagram: instagram.com/thecourtroomconfidential X: twitter.com/crconfidential TikTok: tiktok.com/@joshuaritteresq https://buymeacoffee.com/courtroo...

Ep 69: Kohberger Guilty of Idaho 4 Murders, Diddy Defense Victory, Kouri Richins Hit with 26 New Charges and More! 05.07.2025

*Holiday Special* Welcome back to another Courtroom Confidential Weekly Roundup! This week, host Joshua Ritter shares his insights on some of this week’s updates in the true crime world, including:  - Bryan Kohberger pleads guilty to the Idaho 4 murders inside of a Boise courtroom.  - The New York jury finds music mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs not guilty on 3 of the lesser charges.  -Kouri Richins hit...

True Crime Minute: Man Murders Fiancee for "Driving a Wedge Between Him and His Roommate" 04.07.2025

Authorities in Michigan arrested a 25-year-old man after he allegedly stabbed his fiancee to death because she was "driving a wedge between him and his roommate." https://www.thecourtroomconfidential.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CRConfidential Instagram: instagram.com/thecourtroomconfidential X: twitter.com/crconfidential TikTok: tiktok.com/@joshuaritteresq https://buymeacoffee...

CC True Crime Minute: Teen Murders Grandparents Because "She Wanted Them Dead" 03.07.2025

A 19-year-old Oklahoma woman could spend the rest of her life in prison after she and her boyfriend murdered her grandparents because quote “she wanted them dead." https://www.thecourtroomconfidential.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CRConfidential Instagram: instagram.com/thecourtroomconfidential X: twitter.com/crconfidential TikTok: tiktok.com/@joshuaritteresq https://buymeacoffee.com...

Breaking News Special: Bryan Kohberger to Plead Guilty! Everything You Need to Know 02.07.2025

Bryan Kohberger, the suspect in the University of Idaho murders that shocked the nation, has agreed to plead guilty in the killings of four college students in Moscow, Idaho. The plea deal will spare him the death penalty. A change of plea hearing is scheduled for today, July 2, at 11 a.m. MT. You can watch it with the Courtroom Confidential community here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PAKglf-...

CC True Crime Minute: "Liver King" Arrested for Threats Against Star Podcaster Joe Rogan 01.07.2025

A social media fitness influencer known as the "Liver King" was arrested last week in Texas after he posted threatening messages directed at popular podcaster Joe Rogan on social media. https://www.thecourtroomconfidential.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CRConfidential Instagram: instagram.com/thecourtroomconfidential X: twitter.com/crconfidential TikTok: tiktok.com/@joshuarittere...

CC True Crime Minute: Fitness Influencer Gunned Down by Estranged Husband 30.06.2025

Three people are dead in San Bernardino County after authorities say a man gunned down his estranged wife and her date outside a restaurant before he was confronted and fatally shot by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy. https://www.thecourtroomconfidential.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CRConfidential Instagram: instagram.com/thecourtroomconfidential X: twitter.com/crconfidential TikTok: tiktok...

Ep 68: Kohberger Defense Suffers Setbacks, Barry Morphew Re-Arrested for Wife’s Murder, Diddy Closing Arguments and More! 28.06.2025

Welcome back to another Courtroom Confidential Weekly Roundup! This week, host Joshua Ritter shares his insights on some of this week’s updates in the true crime world, including:  - The judge says time’s up for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of stabbing to death four Idaho college students as a last minute request to continue the trial is denied.  - Barry Morphew is once again indicted for his...

CC True Crime Minute: R. Kelly Rushed to Hospital Claiming Prison Officials Plotted to Overdose Him 27.06.2025

Days after filing an emergency request to be released to home detention, R. Kelly was allegedly rushed to the hospital in what the R&B singer says was an attack on his life. https://www.thecourtroomconfidential.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CRConfidential Instagram: instagram.com/thecourtroomconfidential X: twitter.com/crconfidential TikTok: tiktok.com/@joshuaritteresq https://buymeac...

CC True Crime Minute: Award-Winning Director Found Bound and Stabbed to Death 26.06.2025

A female film director has been found dead at her home in London, with police now searching for an expensive Rolex watch they believe is missing from her property. https://www.thecourtroomconfidential.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CRConfidential Instagram: instagram.com/thecourtroomconfidential X: twitter.com/crconfidential TikTok: tiktok.com/@joshuaritteresq https://buymeacoffee.com/cour...

CC True Crime Minute: Lowe's Employee Shoots Co-Worker During Shift 25.06.2025

An employee at a Lowe's near Scranton, Pennsylvania, walked up to a co-worker on a forklift and shot him dead, police allege. https://www.thecourtroomconfidential.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CRConfidential Instagram: instagram.com/thecourtroomconfidential X: twitter.com/crconfidential TikTok: tiktok.com/@joshuaritteresq https://buymeacoffee.com/courtroomconfidential   DISCLAIMER: T...

CC True Crime Minute: Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Involvement in Murder Plot 24.06.2025

The former lawyer and friend of the late, estranged husband of Jennifer Dulos, a Connecticut mother of five who went missing in 2019 and is now presumed dead, plead guilty to interfering with police in the case. https://www.thecourtroomconfidential.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CRConfidential Instagram: instagram.com/thecourtroomconfidential X: twitter.com/crconfidential TikTok: tiktok.co...

CC True Crime Minute: Actor Accuses Media Mogul Tyler Perry of Sexual Assault 23.06.2025

An actor who worked on the Tyler Perry-created TV drama “The Oval” has filed a lawsuit alleging Perry leveraged his industry power to repeatedly sexually assault and harass him while keeping him quiet. https://www.thecourtroomconfidential.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CRConfidential Instagram: instagram.com/thecourtroomconfidential X: twitter.com/crconfidential TikTok: tiktok.com/@joshuar...

Ep 67: Karen Read Not Guilty!, New Witness in Bryan Kohberger Case, Prosecution Nears End in Sean 'Diddy' Combs and More! 21.06.2025

Welcome back to another Courtroom Confidential Weekly Roundup! This week, host Joshua Ritter shares his insights on some of this week’s updates in the true crime world, including:  - The jury has spoken in the highly anticipated trial of Karen Read, a Massachusetts woman accused of killing her police officer boyfriend, John O’Keefe.  - More last ditch efforts to delay the trial for Bryan Kohberger...

CC True Crime Minute: Suspect Revealed in 40-Year-Old Cold Case Murder of a Teacher 20.06.2025

A teenager suspected of fatally stabbing a teacher in a California high school more than four decades ago was identified after a relative told authorities about a decades-old confession made immediately after the murder, officials now say. https://www.thecourtroomconfidential.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CRConfidential Instagram: instagram.com/thecourtroomconfidential X: twitter.com/crco...

CC True Crime Minute: Kidnapping Hoax Mom Sherri Papini is Sticking to Her Story 19.06.2025

Sherri Papini — the California mom who admitted to faking her 2016 kidnapping — is pushing back on how her mother was portrayed in a new docuseries, claiming a quote that made headlines was taken "wildly out of context." https://www.thecourtroomconfidential.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CRConfidential Instagram: instagram.com/thecourtroomconfidential X: twitter.com/crconfidentia...

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