Speaking directly to the judge for the first time during his felony assault trial in Los Angeles, Tory Lanez declined to testify in his own defense on Wednesday. The move followed after prosecutors said they had a stockpile of possible impeachment evidence lined up against the rapper charged with shooting …
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Scott Peterson was denied a new trial in the 2002 murder of his pregnant wife, Laci, on Tuesday, CBS News reports. He will remain in jail to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole. Laci Peterson went missing on Christmas Eve 2002 while she was eight months pregnant …
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A rapper who posed at the Capitol riots for an album cover will spend five months behind bars. On Monday, a federal judge sentenced Antionne Brodnax, who performs as Bugzie the Don, to five months in prison after he entered the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and used a …
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Prosecutors attempted to add two new witness tampering charges to Tory Lanez’s felony assault trial on Monday but were shut down by the judge who said they waited too long. Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Kathy Ta entered her motion for the new charges on Monday, citing California Penal Code …
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Three women who have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct and assault expressed relief, and some disappointment, after the disgraced producer was hit with three guilty verdicts, but also an acquittal and two mistrials in a Los Angeles court yesterday. One of the women to speak up was Jane Doe …
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An open letter demanding that the Juilliard School take immediate action against composer Robert Beaser, the former chair of the institution’s composition department, for alleged “decades-long abuse of women and power” has been signed by more than 500 musicians and leaders in the classical music community. The letter was first …
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A bodyguard for Megan Thee Stallion is purportedly missing amid Torey Lanez’s felony assault trial in Los Angeles after he provided a witness statement implicating the rapper. “He was set to testify. He’s somebody who’s always plugged-in, on the grid, responsive, and as he’s set to testify in a violent …
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In a damaging day for Tory Lanez’s defense, jurors heard audio Friday from the lengthy interview that Megan Thee Stallion’s former friend Kelsey Harris gave to prosecutors in September where she vividly recalled Lanez firing five shots, leaving Megan wounded on the ground. The recording was played at Lanez’s felony …
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Surviving R. Kelly, the Lifetime documentary series, premiered in 2019 with its first set of episodes detailing decades of alleged sexual assault, abuse, and misconduct at the hands of one of R&B’s biggest stars. With the second set of episodes, released in 2020, the creators put a spotlight on the …
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It’s been more than a month since North Carolina braider Shanquella Robinson died under mysterious circumstances while on a trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Her family says they’re still waiting for justice— and won’t be quiet until they get it. On Saturday, Dec. 10 family members and friends of …
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