Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage One day after a prosecutor calledSean Combsthe “vicious” leader of a criminal enterprise, the music mogul’s lead attorney, Marc Agnifilo, stood before a jury in lower Manhattan Friday and said his client was simply living a colorful “lifestyle” filled with swinger relationships …
Read More »Feds Scale Back Attempted Arson, Kidnapping Allegations of Sean Combs Racketeering Conspiracy
Hours after prosecutors rested their sprawling sex-trafficking and racketeering conspiracy case against Sean Combs on Tuesday, prosecutors filed a late-night letter to the court saying they would no longer be pursuing theories that the Bad Boy Records founder was involved in attempted arson, attempted kidnapping, and aiding and abetting sex …
Read More »Sean Combs' Longtime 'Right Hand' Looms Large at Trial Despite Absence
Her name has come up so often at Sean Combs’ sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial, a defense lawyer suggested Tuesday that the government’s case appears to “hinge largely” on her alleged actions behind the scenes. She’s Combs’ former chief of staff, the woman the music mogul called his most …
Read More »Prosecution Rests Case in Sean Combs Trial as Defense Plans No Witnesses
Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage After six weeks, more than 30 witnesses, several days of tearful testimony from three alleged sexual-abuse victims, sealed “freak-off” videos, testimony from Kid Cudi, and a courthouse cameo from Kanye West, the Southern District of New York rested its sprawling sex-trafficking and …
Read More »Sean Combs Doesn't Testify, Rests Case in Under 30 Minutes
Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage After telling the court they decided not to call any witnesses, Sean Combs’ lawyers took around 25 minutes to present their case at the mogul’s sex trafficking and racketeering trial Tuesday. Instead of calling anyone to the stand, Combs’ defense team read …
Read More »Sean Combs Trial: Crass Texts and Destroyed Hotel Rooms as Case Winds Down
Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage Prosecutors from the Southern District of New York began winding down their sprawling case against Sean Combs in the sixth week of the hip-hop mogul’s sex trafficking and racketeering trial, showing the jury several charts that tied elements of their case together. …
Read More »Sean Combs' Ex-Assistant Testifies on Drug Buys, 'Wild King Nights'
Follow all of our Sean Combs trial coverage Sean Combs‘ former personal assistant, Brendan Paul, took the witness stand Friday as prosecutors’ penultimate witness at the music mogul’s sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy trial in New York. The ex-staffer, described in multiple civil lawsuits as Combs’ drug “mule,” worked for …
Read More »Kneecap's Mo Chara Granted Unconditional Bail at First Hearing on Terror Charge
Kneecap’s Mo Chara was released on unconditional bail at his first court appearance in London on terror charges tied to an incident where he allegedly displayed a Hezbollah flag at a concert. The preliminary hearing at the Westminster Magistrates’ Court Wednesday June 18 was largely procedural. The Belfast rapper, real …
Read More »Wife of Weezer Bassist Appears in Court, Wins Delay in LAPD Shooting Case
Jillian Lauren, the bestselling author and wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, has been granted more time to review the “voluminous” video showing the bizarre LAPD shooting that left her wounded in her own backyard. Officials say she fired first. Lauren, 51, has pleaded not guilty to charges she willfully …
Read More »Tyler Perry Sued for Alleged Sexual Assault, Battery by 'The Oval' Actor
Tyler Perry has been sued for sexual harassment and assault by Derek Dixon, an actor on the Perry-directed series The Oval and Ruthless, on which Dixon played a character named Dale. According to the lawsuit filed on Friday in Los Angeles, which was obtained by Rolling Stone, Dixon accused Perry …
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