Tag Archives: courts-and-crime

Film composer Danny Elfman was sued for defamation on Wednesday over statements he made to Rolling Stone last year in an article detailing sexual harassment allegations leveled against him and a subsequent settlement and nondisclosure agreement to keep the claims private. Los Angeles composer Nomi Abadi’s defamation suit — filed …

DaBaby accepted a misdemeanor, no-jail plea deal Thursday in his felony battery case involving a California homeowner who claims the “Suge” rapper sucker-punched him when he tried to break up an unauthorized video shoot at his rental property in December 2020. The rapper, who did not attend the court hearing …

Alec Baldwin failed Thursday to prevent jurors onhis involuntary manslaughter trialfrom hearing the possibly damaging private phone calls he made to his wife Hilaria and an assistant just hours after the accidental shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the western movie Rust. During the two calls recorded …

Young Thug’s lawyers are calling for the rapper’s immediate release from jail, a mistrial, and the disqualification of the Georgia judge overseeing the now-notorious YSL racketeering conspiracy trial, claiming a recently unsealed transcript from a secret meeting with a sworn witness shows Judge Ural Glanville has “morphed into an essential …

Alec Baldwin appeared in a New Mexico courtroom Monday and scored potentially pivotal rulings on the evidence that will be allowed at his looming trial over the deadly shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the ill-fated Western movie Rust. In two of her biggest decisions a day …

T.I. and Tiny are asking a federal judge in California to dismiss a sexual assault lawsuit filed against them by an Air Force veteran. The couple claim the Jane Doe plaintiff waited too long to sue and was not “restrained” from leaving the encounter described in the lawsuit. The Atlanta …

Since production resumed on Rust following the shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, getting the Alec Baldwin-led film back on track hasn’t been easy. Safety officer and consultant Paul Jordan believed the process would be “very straightforward” in the aftermath of the tragedy, but quickly learned otherwise as crew members …

Hunter Biden is suing Fox News for “revenge porn,” claiming the conservative news network featured several of his “intimate images” in a “politically motivated” six-part miniseries that was distributed on the Fox Nation streaming service in October 2022. The controversial miniseries, which is no longer available, was titled “The Trial …

The YSL racketeering conspiracy trial has hit another roadblock. The already tumultuous trial centered around rapper Young Thug — who has been accused of co-founding and overseeing a gang called “Young Slime Life” in Atlanta — has been paused while the court addresses requests from the defense to replace Fulton …

Kanye West and his Yeezy company have been accused of mistreating several staff members — including bullying and not paying a number of them while they worked on developing a streaming app earlier this year — in a new lawsuit filed Saturday, The Washington Post reports. Eight employees, including some …