Jack Barakat and his band All Time Low say their investigation of anonymous allegations they engaged in sexual misconduct has proven the claims were “false and damaging online rumors.” Now they’re requesting dismissal of the defamation and libel lawsuit they filed two years ago. In a new court filing obtained …
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Priscilla Presley is sharing new details about what she claims was an “abhorrent” elder abuse scheme that allegedly conned her out of more than $1 million. In a new sworn statement filed on Thursday in Los Angeles, the writer, actress, and ex-wife of Elvis Presley claims Florida-based memorabilia dealer Brigitte …
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A bodyguard at the center of a sexual assault lawsuit against Sean “Diddy” Combs has sued the accuser and her attorney, Gloria Allred, for defamation, denying that he was the man who allegedly assaulted her and filmed the alleged attack. Joseph Sherman sued Thalia Graves in New York federal court …
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Grammy-winning Chicago rapper Lil Durk has been charged with two additional felonies in a new superseding indictment that alleges he used “coded language” to set in motion a murder-for-hire plot that resulted in the shooting death of Georgia rapper Quando Rondo’s cousin in Los Angeles. Lil Durk, born Durk Banks, …
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A lawsuit claiming Mariah Carey’s inescapable holiday hit “All I Want for Christmas Is You” infringed on a prior song is unfounded and should be dismissed, the star’s lawyer argued Thursday in a California courtroom. The federal judge overseeing the case said she was “inclined” to side with the Queen …
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Country music star Garth Brooks has filed a motion to dismiss the Oct. 3 sexual assault lawsuit brought against him in California, calling it “duplicative” of a prior lawsuit claiming defamation and extortion that he filed against his accuser in Mississippi in September. In the new motion filed Friday, Brooks’ …
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Dr. Dre is no longer required to keep his distance from the divorce therapist suing him for $10 million over alleged harassment. A California judge ruled Tuesday that Dr. Charles Sophy failed to prove that Dre, born Andre Young, poses a threat to his physical safety. The finding meant that …
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Sean “Diddy” Combs’ attorneys have ramped up their efforts to have a federal judge issue an immediate widespread gag order in the Bad Boy mogul’s sex trafficking and racketeering case after an alleged grand jury witness claimed to possess incriminating sexual videos of Combs. Combs’ attorneys Marc Agnifilo and Teny …
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A former Def Jam employee who says Russell Simmons pulled a “wrestling move” and raped her in his New York apartment in the mid-1990s is asking a judge to reject the hip-hop mogul’s claims he can’t be sued in federal court in New York because he’s now a “stateless” U.S. …
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When Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug stepped up to a courtroom podium Thursday to give a non-negotiated plea in his gang and racketeering conspiracy case in Atlanta, it was a gamble that paid off. Without any safety net in the form of a signed deal with prosecutors, the artist born Jeffery …
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