In the final days of the Cold War, a young diplomat arrived at the Soviet Consulate in San Francisco. Agents in the FBI’s San Francisco field office kept a close eye on the personnel coming and going from the consulate. The six-story building in one of the city’s toniest neighborhoods …
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A former student of Agapé Boarding School who sued for alleged sexual abuse at the Christian reform school has settled his case for an undisclosed amount. The reform school accused of abusing dozens of former students, shuttered its doors in January. Yet while the news of the facility’s long-awaited closure …
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Nearly five years after XXXTentacion was shot and killed outside a motorcycle shop in Florida, the trial of his alleged murderers finally began last week. The first week alone featured a fair share of court drama, driven primarily by the testimony of Robert Allen — one of the four suspects …
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A judge dismissed a restraining order case against Armie Hammer on Wednesday after the actor and a 26-year-old woman, who accused him of choking her unconscious during a sexual encounter, both failed to appear for a court hearing in Aspen, Colorado. The woman, whom Rolling Stone is choosing not to …
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Drake and his lawyers are trying to quash an effort to subpoena him for a deposition in connection with the XXXTentacion murder trial. The deposition is being sought by Mauricio Padilla, a defense attorney for one of the three suspects, Dedrick Williams. Prosecutors have never claimed that Drake (real name …
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Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre filed three separate defamation lawsuits on Thursday against national sports commentators Shannon Sharpe and Pat McAfee as well as state auditor Shad White, ESPN reports. Favre is currently embroiled in a 2020 fraud case involving $77 million in welfare spending that was misappropriated …
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Trey Songz has been hit with a new $25 million lawsuit stemming from a previous sexual assault accusation, according to court documents obtained by Rolling Stone. The suit also names the R&B singer’s label Atlantic Records, manager Kevin Liles and 300 Entertainment as defendants, claiming the parties should be held …
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UPDATE 7/21/23: James Gordon Meekhas pleaded guilty to child pornography charges A federal judge has revoked former ABC News producer James Gordon Meek’s bail and ordered him held until his trial on child pornography charges, according to court documents filed on Monday. Meek was charged last week with transportation of …
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The director of Leaving Neverland, the 2019 documentary that accused Michael Jackson of child sexual abuse, has penned an op-ed slamming plans to make an authorized biopic about the King of Pop. Writing in the Guardian, filmmaker Dan Reed said that the movie “will glorify a man who raped children.” …
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Armie Hammer has broken his silence for the first time since alleged cannibalistic fantasies and sexual assault claims halted the actor’s career two years ago. Speaking to digital newsletter Air Mail, Hammer said, “I’m here to own my mistakes, take accountability for the fact that I was an asshole, that …
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