A woman who alleges the Recording Academy’s former chief executive, Michael Greene, drugged and sexually assaulted her in the 1990s received a trial date Monday after her lawyer said it was too soon to consider settlement talks. Plaintiff Terri McIntyre is now scheduled to begin a 15-day jury trial against …
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Kanye West and his Yeezy company have been accused of mistreating several staff members — including bullying and not paying a number of them while they worked on developing a streaming app earlier this year — in a new lawsuit filed Saturday, The Washington Post reports. Eight employees, including some …
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A California judge has dismissed Nigel Lythgoe as a defendant in the sexual assault lawsuit by two All American Girl contestants. At a Friday afternoon hearing, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Shirley K. Watkins ruled that the two Jane Doe plaintiffs who brought a joint lawsuit in January do …
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The movie armorer who loaded the live round into Alec Baldwin’s gun before it fired the fatal shot that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins wants a new trial based on “revelations” that prosecutors failed to hand over “bombshell exculpatory evidence” before she faced the jury that convicted her last March. In …
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Alec Baldwin lost his bid to dismiss his involuntary manslaughter indictment Friday when a New Mexico judge ruled he still must face trial even though the FBI damaged the gun involved in the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. In an 18-page ruling issued Friday, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer wrote …
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FKA Twigs‘ lawyers denounced Shia LaBeouf‘s request for her “highly private” records. The news arrives ahead of the October trial for Twigs‘“relentless abuse” lawsuitagainst LaBeouf. The singer, whose real name is Tahliah Debrett Barnett, accused LaBeouf of sexual battery, assault, and infliction of emotional distress during their relationship. The suit …
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A New York woman has filed a revenge porn lawsuit against Diplo, claiming the DJ and producer sent sexually explicit videos and photos of her to another woman, according to court papers obtained by Rolling Stone. The woman, who filed under a Jane Doe pseudonym in California District Court on …
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The self-described Crips “street legend” charged with the 1996 murder of hip-hop superstar Tupac Shakur was denied release to house arrest on Wednesday after a judge reviewed banking records and remained concerned that the six-figure down payment being used to secure his $750,000 bond was tied to a deal to …
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Former pop singer Melissa Schuman says in a new court filing that the recently released docuseries Fallen Idols: Nick and Aaron Carter – which features Schuman describing her alleged 2003 rape at the hands of Nick Carter – led another accuser to reach out to her with claims that the …
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A federal judge is giving a massage therapist two weeks to adequately allege a commercial sex act in her sex trafficking lawsuit naming entertainment mogul James Dolan and disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein — or face permanent dismissal of her claims in federal court. In a new ruling obtained by …
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