A California jury found Grammy-nominated rapper Soulja Boy liable for claims he assaulted, sexually battered and harassed a Jane Doe plaintiff while she worked as his personal assistant, lived with him and entered into a sometimes-consensual intimate relationship with him in 2019 and 2020. After two days of deliberations, the …
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Author and wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, Jillian Lauren, who is identified as Jillian Shriner in a police news release, was shot by police on Tuesday and booked for attempted murder. According to the news release from the Los Angeles Police Department, the incident occurred Tuesday afternoon after California …
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Former Def Jam President Kevin Liles says the sexual assault allegations leveled against him by a Jane Doe plaintiff are “patently false” and asked the court for permission to file a motion to permanently dismiss the woman’s lawsuit. In a letter to a federal judge filed Tuesday, Liles’ lawyer says …
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Lawyers for Jay-Z and Tony Buzbee traded scathing barbs in a California courtroom Tuesday as a judge said he likely won’t rule on a key dismissal motion in the legal war until he hears the recording of Jay-Z’s rape accuser allegedly claiming Buzbee “pushed” her to make a false claim …
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The lawyer of a woman accusing Soulja Boy of rape portrayed him as a brutal boss who repeatedly beat and sexually assaulted the Jane Doe and then dressed up in “fake glasses” and a suit to lie to jurors about the alleged abuse. In the rapper’s defense, his lawyer painted …
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Suge Knight appeared remotely from a San Diego prison Thursday and told a judge he was surprised to hear his longtime lawyer, David Kenner, had asked to withdraw as his attorney just weeks before a major civil trial. Speaking over a phone line from his detention center, Knight told the …
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A Los Angeles County judge has sided with Priscilla Presley and ruled California is the best venue to hear her elder abuse lawsuit against the group of ex-associates she claims duped her out of more than $1 million. That means the case can proceed with its next hearing in a …
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Mariah Carey wants the legal fees from a recently dismissed copyright lawsuit over “All I Want for Christmas” returned to her with a big red bow on top. The musician reportedly spent more than $180,000 fighting the case in which singer-songwriter Vince Vance alleged that she ripped off his Christmas …
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An Atlanta judge declined to revoke Young Thug’s probation after prosecutors pushed to send the rapper back to prison for re-sharing a viral tweet criticizing an investigator in the district attorney’s office. In an order Thursday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Paige Reese Whitaker cautioned the artist, born Jeffery Williams, …
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Soulja Boy testified in his own defense Tuesday at a civil trial in California, telling jurors he “never” assaulted the woman who claims he beat, raped, and held her against her will while she lived with him as a personal assistant starting in 2019. The rapper, whose real name is …
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