Erik and Lyle Menendez appeared by video in a California courtroom Friday and scored a legal victory when a judge said their resentencing hearing will move forward as planned next week, despite fierce opposition from Los Angeles County’s recently elected district attorney, Nathan Hochman. At a lengthy court hearing in …
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After a seven-day trial in New York, James Toback was ordered on Wednesday to pay $1.68 billion to 40 women who accused the disgraced director of sexual harassment. The jury awarded the plaintiffs a total of $280 million in compensatory damages and $1.4 billion for punitive damages. “We asked the …
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A California jury found Grammy-nominated rapper Soulja Boy liable for claims he assaulted, sexually battered and harassed a Jane Doe plaintiff while she worked as his personal assistant, lived with him and entered into a sometimes-consensual intimate relationship with him in 2019 and 2020. After two days of deliberations, the …
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Lawyers for Jay-Z and Tony Buzbee traded scathing barbs in a California courtroom Tuesday as a judge said he likely won’t rule on a key dismissal motion in the legal war until he hears the recording of Jay-Z’s rape accuser allegedly claiming Buzbee “pushed” her to make a false claim …
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Author and wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, Jillian Lauren, who is identified as Jillian Shriner in a police news release, was shot by police on Tuesday and booked for attempted murder. According to the news release from the Los Angeles Police Department, the incident occurred Tuesday afternoon after California …
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Former Def Jam President Kevin Liles says the sexual assault allegations leveled against him by a Jane Doe plaintiff are “patently false” and asked the court for permission to file a motion to permanently dismiss the woman’s lawsuit. In a letter to a federal judge filed Tuesday, Liles’ lawyer says …
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The lawyer of a woman accusing Soulja Boy of rape portrayed him as a brutal boss who repeatedly beat and sexually assaulted the Jane Doe and then dressed up in “fake glasses” and a suit to lie to jurors about the alleged abuse. In the rapper’s defense, his lawyer painted …
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Bill Murray opened up in a new interview about the incident that led to Being Mortal, Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut, being shut down in what was described at the time as Murray’s “inappropriate behavior.” In a conversation discussing his new movie The Friend with The New York Times, Murray was …
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Suge Knight appeared remotely from a San Diego prison Thursday and told a judge he was surprised to hear his longtime lawyer, David Kenner, had asked to withdraw as his attorney just weeks before a major civil trial. Speaking over a phone line from his detention center, Knight told the …
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A Los Angeles County judge has sided with Priscilla Presley and ruled California is the best venue to hear her elder abuse lawsuit against the group of ex-associates she claims duped her out of more than $1 million. That means the case can proceed with its next hearing in a …
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