Defense lawyers in the Young Thug racketeering conspiracy trial filed an emergency petition Thursday asking Georgia’s Supreme Court to step in and force Fulton County Chief Judge Ural Glanville to let an “unbiased judge” decide whether he should step down from the high-profile case now underway in Atlanta. Filed by …
Read More »Lawsuit Against Madonna Over Late Start Times Dismissed
The two concertgoers who attended Madonna‘s Brooklyn show for her Celebration Tour and subsequently sued over a delayed start time have voluntarily dismissed their lawsuit, according to court documents filed on Wednesday. According to the filing reviewed by Rolling Stone, plaintiffs Michael Fellows and Jason Alvarez gave notice of their …
Read More »Nigel Lythgoe Accuser Presses Judge for Trial Date: 'This Is a Very Simple Case'
The Jane Doe plaintiff suing Nigel Lythgoe for an alleged 2016 sexual assault in the backseat of his chauffeur-driven car is pushing for a trial as soon as possible after filing an amended complaint that revised the date of the purported incident by 24 hours. At a court hearing on …
Read More »All Time Low Still Seeking to Unmask Social Media User Who Alleged Sex Abuse
More than two years after filing a libel lawsuit over anonymous allegations of sexual misconduct, Jack Barakat and his band All Time Low are still working to unmask the accuser who went online in 2021 and claimed to be a former fan abused by Barakat as an underage girl, the …
Read More »Four Tops Singer Went to ER With Chest Pain. They Put Him in a Straitjacket
A singer in the Four Tops is suing a Michigan hospital with claims its staff dubbed him “delusional” and placed him in a restraining jacket instead of believing he was a member of Motown’s legendary vocal quartet seeking care for chest pains related to a “severe” heart condition. Alexander Morris, …
Read More »Judge Spikes Settlement Claim in Battle Over Late Madonna Concerts
A lawyer representing ticketholders suing Madonna for late concerts in Brooklyn and Washington D.C. stepped over the borderline when he prematurely announced a settlement in the legal battle last week, a judge ruled Monday. The federal judge struck down the settlement notice at an afternoon hearing after a lawyer representing …
Read More »Howard University Rescinds Sean Combs' Honorary Doctorate: 'No Longer Worthy'
Howard University is revoking the honorary doctorate it awarded Sean “Diddy” Combs in 2014 and returning his $1 million donation, saying its board of trustees made the unanimous decision Friday after Combs was captured on hotel surveillance video beating his former girlfriend Casandra “Cassie” Ventura. The move also comes after …
Read More »Bun B Describes Wife's Trauma Following Home Invasion: 'She Didn't Deserve This'
Rapper Bun B took the stand during a court hearing in Houston on Thursday, giving an emotional testimony detailing the armed home invasion he and his wife Queenie experienced at their house over five years ago. In a video captured by Houston’s ABC 13, Bun, whose real name is Bernard …
Read More »Kim Porter's Dad Breaks Silence After Sean Combs Attack Video: 'Despicable'
Kim Porter’s father is stepping forward to say he felt sickened when he saw Sean “Diddy” Combs shove, kick, stomp, and drag former partner Casandra “Cassie” Ventura in a brutal beating captured on recently unearthed hotel surveillance video. Speaking by phone on Friday, Jake Porter says the shocking video obtained …
Read More »The Young Thug Trial Just Went Off the Rails: Witness Arrested for Refusing to Testify
The interminable trial of Jeffery Williams — Young Thug — in Atlanta has again veered off the highway, after a high-profile witness at the center of the case was arrested on the stand after refusing to testify. Kenneth “Lil’ Woody” Copeland, a YSL associate whose leaked interrogation tape last year …
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