Tag Archives: crime-and-courts

At least 15 people have died and dozens have been injured after a truck struck a crowd of revelers early on New Year’s Day in New Orleans. The suspect officials have described as “trying to run over as many people as he possibly could” after driving a vehicle into a …

Harvey Weinstein is back in the hospital after receiving an “alarming blood test result.” On Monday, Weinstein’s attorney confirmed that the disgraced mogul was receiving “emergent treatment” after it was determined that he needed “immediate” help. “Harvey Weinstein, who has been suffering from a lack of adequate medical care and …

Drake has accused Universal Music Group (UMG) of conspiring to inflate Kendrick Lamar‘s diss track about the rapper, “Not Like Us,” upon its release. In the Monday filing, Drake’s company Frozen Moments accused UMG of having a “scheme” with bots and payola to boost the song while the two artists …

Three people have been charged in connection to the death of Liam Payne. On Thursday, the local prosecutor’s office confirmed that it had charged a hotel worker, an alleged drug dealer, and a friend of Payne, accusing all three of supplying Payne with narcotics before his fatal fall at the …

New details are emerging about the substances present in Liam Payne‘s body at the time of his death last month. Payne had alcohol, cocaine, and a prescribed antidepressant in his system, according to a statement from the prosecutor’s office in Buenos Aires Thursday. “This conclusion was reached after complete toxicological …

Madlib has filed a lawsuit against his former manager Eothen “Egon” Alapatt on the fourth anniversary of MF Doom’s death. On Thursday, the rapper and producer accused Alapatt — who is in litigation with Doom’s widow over his rhyme books — of “pervasive management” of his businesses and funds. The …

Metro Boomin has been sued for sexual assault. A 38-year-old woman named Vanessa LeMaistre has filed a lawsuit in California against the producer, whose real name is Leland Wayne, claiming he raped her at his studio in 2016. A few weeks later, she discovered she was pregnant. The suit was …

Michael Jeffries, who served as CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch from 1992 to 2014, was arrested on Tuesday, and faces federal charges related to sex trafficking. Jeffries and his partner Matthew Smith were arrested in Florida and are expected to appear in court today, Oct. 22, The New York Times …

It’s been an “extremely heavy week” for Deryck Whibley after he alleged that Sum 41‘s former manager Greig Nori sexually abused and groomed him. On Tuesday, the Sum 41 frontman shared a video slamming Nori’s response that claimed that Whibley, a 16-year-old when he met Nori who was in his …

More than five years after she came out in support of R. Kelly’s survivors, the singer’s daughter Buku Abi has alleged that she, too, was sexually abused by her father. In the new documentary R. Kelly‘s Karma: A Daughter’s Journey on TVEI Streaming Network, Abi claims that she was abused …