Sam Lipman-Stern was 14, he’d just dropped out of ninth grade, and he needed a job stat. There wasn’t a host of options for an underage kid in New Jersey in terms of gainful employment, and his main interests at the time — skating, graffiti, filming his friends on his …
Read More »O'Shae Sibley Stabbing Death: Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in Hate Crime Charge
Dmitriy Popov, the 17-year-old charged with the stabbing death of a gay, Black man, O’Shae Sibley, has pleaded not guilty to murder as a hate crime. He entered the plea in Brooklyn’s State Supreme Court on Friday, according to The New York Times. Popov will be tried as an adult …
Read More »Three White Men Charged With Assaulting Black Boat Captain in Alabama Riverfront Brawl
Three white men have been charged with assaulting a Black riverboat captain in Montgomery, Alabama over the weekend. The attack sparked a fight that was captured on video and shared widely on social media. Montgomery Police Chief Darryl J. Albert announced the charges, and accompanying arrest warrants, at a press …
Read More »Suspect Charged With Murder in O'Shae Sibley Stabbing Death in Brooklyn
A 17-year-old has been charged with murder as a hate crime and criminal possession of a weapon following the July 29 stabbing of O’Shae Sibley. The individual, who authorities have not identified due to them being a minor, turned themself into the NYPD on Friday, Aug. 4. Joseph Kenny, assistant …
Read More »New Bill Cosby Accuser Files Lawsuit Alleging He Drugged, Sexually Assaulted Her
A new accuser has filed a lawsuit against Bill Cosby alleging he drugged and assaulted her in the late Eighties. She filed the paperwork, viewable via The Daily Beast, under the Adult Survivors Act, which offers victims a yearlong window to sue alleged abusers and the institutions that protected them, …
Read More »Did 'Poltergeist Girl' Christina Boyer Really Murder Her Three-Year-Old Daughter?
Two questions linger over the new ABC News Studios/Hulu limited docuseries Demons & Saviors. Did Christina Boyer possess some kind of telekinetic power? And, more pertinently, did she murder her three-year-old daughter, a crime for which she has been incarcerated in Georgia since 1992? Demons & Saviors does its best …
Read More »Beyoncé Honors Man Fatally Stabbed While Dancing to Her Music
O’Shae Sibley, 28, was vogueing and listening to Beyoncé when a group of men told him to stop, The New York Times reported. Following the news of his death, Beyoncé’s website paid tribute to Sibley, who was a professional dancer, sharing the words, “Rest in Power O’Shae Sibley” across the …
Read More »Former Lizzo Dancers Claim Sexual Harassment, Hostile Work Environment in New Lawsuit
Three of Lizzo’s former dancers have filed a lawsuit against the singer, accusing her of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment stemming from incidents that allegedly took place beginning in 2021 and through 2023. The accusations follow the plaintiffs’ participation in a reality TV show contest for the …
Read More »G Herbo Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud That Paid for Designer Puppies and Private Jets
G Herbo, born Herbert Wright, admitted to participating in a scheme that used stolen credit card information to fund private jet excursions, a trip to a villa in Jamaica, exotic car rentals, and “designer puppies.” On Friday, Wright pleaded guilty in federal court in Springfield, Massachusetts, to conspiracy to commit …
Read More »Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Connection to Overdose Death of Michael K. Williams
Carlos Macci was sentenced on Tuesday to 30 months in prison in connection with the death of The WireactorMichael K. Williams. Macci, 72, was part of a group of four men selling drugs out of a Williamsburg apartment and was with the man who sold the actor a bag of …
Read More »