Sean Combs, his longtime lieutenant Harve Pierre, and a third unidentified man allegedly “gang raped” a 17-year-old girl inside Combs’ recording studio in Manhattan in 2003, after the high school student was trafficked across state lines and plied with “copious amounts of drugs and alcohol,” an explosive new lawsuit filed …
Read More »Former Grammys CEO Mike Greene Sued for Sexual Assault
A former Recording Academy executive filed a lawsuit against former Grammys CEO Mike Greene as well as the organization itself, accusing Greene of sexually assaulting her multiple times when she was his employee. Terri McIntyre, who served as the Recording Academy’s Los Angeles chapter executive director from 1994 to 1996, …
Read More »'Help Me, Please': Jonathan Majors' Ex Testifies She Sought Safety, But Was 'Scared'
Jonathan Majors’ ex-girlfriend said she wanted “help” in safely exiting her relationship with Majors, but also wanted to protect the Marvel actor when police showed up to their apartment in March following the actor allegedly attacking her in a car the night before. “I wanted to say: ‘help me, please,’” …
Read More »Jonathan Majors Threw Glass Objects and Had 'Violent Temper,' Ex Testifies
The ex-girlfriend of Jonathan Majors teared up several times and needed to take a break when she spoke of Majors’ “violent temper” during her testimony on Tuesday in the Marvel actor’s domestic violence trial, detailing past instances where she allegedly had to run and hide as Majors yelled at her …
Read More »Jonathan Majors: Opening Statements Begin in Domestic Violence Trial
Opening statements in Jonathan Majors’ criminal domestic violence trial began Monday morning, with prosecutors claiming that Majors used physical violence to manipulate, control, and physically hurt his former girlfriend, whom he allegedly attacked in March in New York. However, lawyers for Majors —who has maintained his innocence since his arrest …
Read More »Inmate Who Stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 Times Charged With Attempted Murder, Say Prosecutors
The federal inmate who allegedly stabbed Derek Chauvin — the former police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd — has been charged with attempted murder, the U.S. District Attorney’s Office District of Arizona said on Friday. Prosecutors said that the inmate, 52-year-old John Turscak, stabbed Chauvin “approximately 22 times with …
Read More »Jussie Smollett Loses Conviction Appeal
Jussie Smollett has lost his conviction appeal, the Appellate Court of Illinois decided Friday. Two of the three Appeals Court judges ruled to uphold the conviction. The decision comes after the actor sought out a new trial in the case, in which he was found guilty on five counts of …
Read More »The Music Industry's #MeToo Wave Is Just Getting Started
The surge of sexual-abuse lawsuits that hit some of the music industry’s most powerful figures last week isn’t over yet, several lawyers tell Rolling Stone. Last week, as the window for New York’s Adult Survivors Act (ASA) was nearing a close, it brought forward one of the widest sets of …
Read More »Axl Rose Accused of 1989 Sexual Assault in New Lawsuit
A former model has accused Axl Rose of sexually assaulting her in New York more than 30 years ago, according to a lawsuit filed in New York Supreme Court on Wednesday and obtained by Rolling Stone. Sheila Kennedy, a former Penthouse model and Pet of the Year in 1983, claimed …
Read More »Jimmy Iovine 'Shocked and Baffled' by New Sexual Abuse Accusation
A woman is filing a lawsuit against music executive Jimmy Iovine, alleging the Interscope Records co-founder sexually abused her and forcibly touched her, according to court documents. Iovine tellsRolling Stonehe’s “shocked and baffled” by the claim. A Jane Doe plaintiff filed a summons and notice on Wednesday in New York …
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