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A former Def Jam employee who says Russell Simmons pulled a “wrestling move” and raped her in his New York apartment in the mid-1990s is asking a judge to reject the hip-hop mogul’s claims he can’t be sued in federal court in New York because he’s now a “stateless” U.S. …

When Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug stepped up to a courtroom podium Thursday to give a non-negotiated plea in his gang and racketeering conspiracy case in Atlanta, it was a gamble that paid off. Without any safety net in the form of a signed deal with prosecutors, the artist born Jeffery …

Prosecutors are pushing back hard against Sean Combs’ claims they leaked the bombshell video showing his brutal beating of his ex-girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura in a hotel hallway in March 2016. In a lengthy rebuke filed late Wednesday night, the prosecutors said their copy of the surveillance video is still …

Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug pleaded out of his long-running racketeering conspiracy case Thursday and was sentenced on the spot to time served, 15 years of probation, and a “backloaded” consecutive sentence of 20 years that only kicks in if he violates probation. The dramatic development led to his immediate release …

Two more co-defendants accepted mid-trial plea deals Wednesday in Young Thug’s long-running gang and racketeering conspiracy prosecution in Georgia. Rodalius Ryan, 20, and Marquavius Huey, 28, each pleaded guilty under separate agreements that required no signed statement of facts and no agreement to testify against others. The new deals mean …

Tekashi 6ix9inewas arrested on Tuesday for allegedly violating conditions of his supervised release, which was part of his probation related to a federal racketeering and firearms case plea deal. His attorney Lance Lazzaro tells Rolling Stone that Hernández was arrested on Tuesday on a violation of supervised release for three …

One of the five co-defendants standing trial alongside Young Thug in the Grammy-winning rapper’s racketeering conspiracy case accepted a plea deal Tuesday that could alter the course of the problem-plagued proceeding that’s become the longest trial in Georgia state history. Quamarvious Nichols, 29, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy …

When authorities arrested Sean “Diddy” Combs and unsealed their sex trafficking and racketeering indictment against him in mid-September, it was the culmination of a vast federal criminal investigation. After countless hours spent combing through evidence, interviewing 50 witnesses, and presenting to a grand jury, prosecutors finally unveiled the case they …

Sean “Diddy” Combs was hit with another round of disturbing lawsuits Monday as he sits in a federal jail in Brooklyn awaiting trial on racketeering and sex trafficking charges. One of the new plaintiffs says he was a 10-year-old aspiring rapper when Combs allegedly drugged and raped him in a …

The man who says Kevin Hart falsely implicated him in a sex tape extortion plot and then failed to “publicly exonerate” him as promised in a settlement agreement can no longer pursue his $12 million breach of contract lawsuit against Hart in open court, at least for now, a judge …