Six months before three dancers sued Lizzo for sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment, 14 other dancers who worked with the singer received a separate settlement in connection to her 2022 documentary Love, Lizzo, the Los Angeles Times reports. At issue was a five-minute clip from the HBO …
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GiveSendGo bills itself as the Christian alternative to GoFundMe — a platform committed to sharing “the Hope of Jesus through crowdfunding.” In addition to typical crowdfunding campaigns for medical bills and memorial funds, the site has a right-wing political edge. GiveSendGo is the preferred platform of alleged co-conspirators in Donald …
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Two men who allege Michael Jackson sexually abused when they were children can resume their lawsuits against companies owned by the singer, a California appeals court ruled on Friday. The alleged victims featured in HBO’s two-part documentary,Leaving Neverland, and both claimed Jackson, who died in 2009, groomed and sexually abused …
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I N JULY 2014, the songwriter, producer, and mogul Lukasz Gottwald, a.k.a. Dr. Luke, paced the halls of one of his favorite workplaces, Conway Studios in Hollywood, and mused about thriving under pressure. The way he saw it, he faced more of it as a behind-the-scenes hitmaker than artists do. …
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Three white men have been charged with assaulting a Black riverboat captain in Montgomery, Alabama over the weekend. The attack sparked a fight that was captured on video and shared widely on social media. Montgomery Police Chief Darryl J. Albert announced the charges, and accompanying arrest warrants, at a press …
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Andrew Tate was released from house arrest but will remain under judicial control as he awaits trial on rape and human trafficking charges in Romania. The controversial, far-right influencer, his brother Tristan Tate, and two Romanian associates, Georgiana Naghel and Luaana Radu, had appealed the house arrest sentence, which was …
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A handful of reality TV stars are hitting back against what they allege to be unfair treatment after starring on NBC, Bravo, and E! shows. A letter sent by the stars’ lawyers accuses the networks of manipulative tactics, covering up instances of sexual violence, and refusing to let cast members …
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Three of Lizzo’s former dancers have filed a lawsuit against the singer, accusing her of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment stemming from incidents that allegedly took place beginning in 2021 and through 2023. The accusations follow the plaintiffs’ participation in a reality TV show contest for the …
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Lori Vallow, the Idaho mother convicted in May of the shocking murders of her 7-year-old son “JJ” Vallow and 16-year-old daughter Tylee Ryan, will spend the rest of her life in prison, with no possibility of parole, a judge ruled Monday. All told, Vallow received five life sentences — including …
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The jury in Kevin Spacey’s sexual assault trial in London began deliberations on Monday, July 24. As Variety reports, the jury retired after a brief morning session during which the judge presiding over the case reviewed the evidence with the jurors. The jury will now consider the 12 charges against …
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