Drake and his lawyers are trying to quash an effort to subpoena him for a deposition in connection with the XXXTentacion murder trial. The deposition is being sought by Mauricio Padilla, a defense attorney for one of the three suspects, Dedrick Williams. Prosecutors have never claimed that Drake (real name …
Read More »Trey Songz, Atlantic Records, Kevin Liles Sued Over Rape Claim
Trey Songz has been hit with a new $25 million lawsuit stemming from a previous sexual assault accusation, according to court documents obtained by Rolling Stone. The suit also names the R&B singer’s label Atlantic Records, manager Kevin Liles and 300 Entertainment as defendants, claiming the parties should be held …
Read More »Sexual Assault Survivors Call Out Music Industry Ahead of Grammys
Nomi Abadi has been a piano prodigy since she was three years old and has toured around the world as a classical pianist, releasing numerous albums and EPs. But as she stood at a podium in a downtown Los Angeles hotel conference room Friday afternoon, she wasn’t there to talk …
Read More »Juno Awards Rationalizes Arcade Fire Nomination: 'Honouring the Rest of the Band for Their Success'
The Canadian Academy Of Recording Arts And Sciences announced this week the nominations for the 52nd Annual Juno Awards. Among the nominees to be awarded in March were Arcade Fire in the Group of the Year category. The nomination follows accusations of sexual misconduct against Win Butler, who co-founded the …
Read More »Jon Stewart Slams Media for 'Salivating' Over Tyre Nichols Bodycam Footage
Jon Stewart and writer/comedian Kasaun Wilson railed against the sensationalized way news networks have been broadcasting the bodycam footage of the police killing of Tyre Nichols on the latest installment of The Problem With Jon Stewart podcast. The discussion began as Wilson — who works as a writer on the …
Read More »Ashton Kutcher Says He Still Talks to Danny Masterson, Wants to Believe He's Innocent
Ashton Kutcher has addressed the rape allegations against his friend and former co-star Danny Masterson for the first time. In a new interview with Esquire, Kutcher was upfront about the contradictory feelings he’s been grappling with since Masterson was charged with forcibly raping three women at his home in the …
Read More »Marilyn Manson Sued for Sexual Assault of a Minor
Marilyn Manson allegedly groomed and sexually assaulted an underage girl multiple times in the 1990s, according to a new lawsuit. This is the first suit to focus on sex crimes that allegedly took place in the beginning of Manson’s career, while those who have previously sued the singer all accused …
Read More »Kevin Spacey Pleads Not Guilty to Additional Sexual Assault Charges Ahead of London Trial
Kevin Spacey pleaded not guilty to seven additional charges of sexual assault Friday ahead of the actor’s trial in London this summer. In May 2022, Spacey was hit with five sexual assault charges tied toaccusations that he assaultedthree men between 2005 and 2013. Although Spacey pleaded not guilty to those …
Read More »Police Body Cam Footage Shows L.A. Teacher Who Died After Being Tased Multiple Times
The death of Keenan Anderson, 31, is causing an outcry among activists and his family after the Black high school teacher’s fatal interaction with the Los Angeles Police Department. On Jan. 3, LAPD used a taser on Anderson during the aftermath of a traffic accident, which later resulted in his …
Read More »Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and His League of Extraordinary Anti-Vaxxers Sue Media Outlets Over Conspiracy 'Boycott'
Anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists have joined forces in a bizarre lawsuit that accuses The Washington Post, the BBC, the Associated Press, and Reuters of violating 19th-century antitrust laws by refusing to credit bogus COVID-19 conspiracy theories and anti-vaccine misinformation. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., one of the most prominent anti-vaxxers and the …
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