After speaking with his lawyer — and likely keeping prosecutors up late preparing for his potential cross-examination — A$AP Rocky decided not to testify in his own defense at his firearm assault trial in downtown Los Angeles. He confirmed the decision today before jurors were seated for the morning session. …
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Kanye West was dropped by his talent agency following the controversial rapper’s meltdown on social media over the weekend, which included selling a swastika T-shirt, making a string of antisemitic remarks, and posting several pornographic videos to his feed. Daniel McCartney, who works as a talent agent at 33&West, said …
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A$AP Rocky kicked off the long-awaited defense in his gun assault trial Friday with a star witness who says the alleged victim in the case, fellow A$AP Mob member A$AP Relli, was the repeated aggressor during the November 2021 shooting at the center of the case. Harlem rapper A$AP Twelvyy, …
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Last week, federal authorities in California’s Central District unsealed an indictment filed Jan. 17 accusing three American men and one French man of participating in a “neo-Nazi child exploitation enterprise” that “groomed and then coerced minors to produce child sexual abuse material and images of self-harm.” The online network, which …
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An adult male entertainer has sued Sean “Diddy” Combs, alleging the Bad Boy Records founder sexually assaulted, drugged, and “coerced” him into commercial sex acts with various women over the course of five years, all the while dangling the promise of a potential music career. The Las Vegas man, who …
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The only adult charged with the 2020 murder of rising rapper Pop Smoke accepted a plea deal from prosecutors Wednesday, capping a nearly five-year prosecution of predominantly juvenile defendants in the deadly home-invasion robbery that shocked the hip-hop industry. Corey Walker, accused of leading three juveniles to the rented Airbnb …
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Killer Mike is suing a security company over his citizen’s arrest at the 66th Grammy Awards last year, a high-profile spectacle that caused him to be led away in handcuffs though no criminal charges were ever filed. In a new lawsuit obtained by Rolling Stone, the rapper claims S & …
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The man who claims A$AP Rocky shot live 9 mm bullets at him on a Hollywood street corner three years ago finished his potentially pivotal testimony today with the surprise admission he was at a Los Angeles gun range, firing a semi-automatic pistol, just two weeks before the incident at …
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Author Neil Gaiman and his estranged wife Amanda Palmer were sued in federal cases filed in New York, Wisconsin, and Massachusetts on Monday by their former nanny, who accused the author of rape and sexual assault. The suits also accused Palmer of “procuring and presenting the Plaintiff to Gaiman for …
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Pre-trial proceedings have begun in the legal fight between Blake Lively and her It Ends With Us co-star Justin Baldoni. In December, the actress accused Baldoni — who also directed the film — of sexual harassment on set and coordinating a smear campaign against her during the press cycle for …
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