Tag Archives: courts-and-crime

French Montana can’t shake off a six-figure court judgment owed to a landscaper who claims the musician’s Tibetan mountain dog, also known as a Tibetan mastiff, “viciously” mauled him while the rapper-producer watched in horror, a Los Angeles judge has ruled. The ruling came after the “Unforgettable” rapper failed to …

Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared in court Friday to plead not guilty to two new superseding indictments that were unveiled against him in January and earlier this month. The 55-year-old’s normally dark hair was fully grey alongside a greying cropped beard he had grown since his arrest last September. As he …

While Live Nation-Ticketmaster may have entered the year, as they called it, “hopeful” that Donald Trump’s presidency would bode well for its fight against the massive antitrust lawsuit filed by federal prosecutors last May, the company took a hit Friday when a Biden-appointed judge rejected its bid to dismiss a …

The former Def Jam executive who claimsRussell Simmonspinned her down andraped her inside his Manhattan apartmentin the mid-1990s has revived her lawsuit against the music mogul after it was derailed by a federal judge last month. The Jane Doe plaintiff refiled her complaint today in New York state court. A …

Ahead of Sean Combs’ arraignment on two superseding indictments Friday, federal prosecutors and Combs’ defense attorneys are proposing vastly different timelines for a jury selection as both parties gear up for the May trial. The government is seeking to start jury selection on Monday, April 21, with the hope the …

Soulja Boy, the Grammy-nominated rapper, appeared in a California courtroom Thursday for the first day of his civil trial involving allegations he beat and raped a woman while she was working as his personal assistant for nearly two years, ending in late 2020. The “Crank That” artist, whose real name …

The Jane Doe who recently dismissed a lawsuit claiming Jay-Z raped her alongside Sean Combs when she was 13 years old was captured on an audio recording agreeing with private investigators that Jay-Z did not assault her. In the recording, first reported by ABC News and independently obtained by Rolling …

A federal judge appears poised to take a wrecking ball to Miley Cyrus’ motion to dismiss the copyright infringement lawsuit filed over her Grammy-winning hit “Flowers.” At a court hearing in downtown Los Angeles today, U.S. District Judge Dean D. Pregerson repeatedly indicated he believes plaintiff Tempo Music Investments has …

Reggaetón star Daddy Yankee reportedly has filed a $250 million financial mismanagement and defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife and her sister after he regained control of his music companies, El Cartel Records and Los Cangris, amid the couple’s divorce. In the new lawsuit filed Tuesday in Puerto Rico and obtained …

A month before Kanye West was set to head to trial to face teachers from his failed Donda Academy, the controversial rapper settled some of the lawsuits he was facing, according to court documents obtained by Rolling Stone. The 47-year-old, who changed his name to Ye, has agreed to conditional …