Two conflicting narratives have emerged following the April 3 stabbing death of Christian “Toby” Obumseli in the luxury Miami apartment he shared with his girlfriend, OnlyFans model Courtney Clenney. While Clenney’s lawyer said she was a “victim of domestic violence” and acted in self-defense, Obumseli’s family and friends have publicly …
Read More »Accused Subway Shooter Held Without Bail Following First Court Appearance
Accused subway shooter Frank Robert James made his first court appearance Thursday in Brooklyn federal court. He did not enter a plea and the judge determined he’d be held without bail. James was arrested Wednesday afternoon after an attack during the Tuesday morning commute on a Subway train in Brooklyn …
Read More »Subway Shooting Suspect Called Vegas Shooting 'a Cautionary Tale'
In a video from one of his now-deleted Facebook accounts, Frank R. James — the suspect in the Brooklyn subway shooting, who was taken into custody April 13 — called the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting a “cautionary tale” and admitted, “I’ve had those thoughts and feelings.” Rolling Stone reviewed …
Read More »'They Made Me More Dangerous Than Anyone Could Ever F-cking Imagine'
Racist. Anti-Semitic. Unhinged. The suspect in Tuesday’s shooting on the New York City subway is a prolific user of social media, regularly uploading lengthy, often racist diatribes to both YouTube and Facebook in which he addresses a range of topics from the state of race relations in the United States …
Read More »Long Island Woman Known as 'La Diablita' Convicted of Luring Young Men Into Deadly MS-13 Ambush
Leniz Escobar — a Long Island woman who earned the nickname “La Diablita” after luring several young men into a deadly MS-13 ambush — was convicted on all charges against her on Monday, April 11. Escobar was charged with multiple counts of racketeering tied to predicate acts of murder, conspiracy …
Read More »A Massive New Basquiat Exhibit Gets Told by the People That Knew Him Best
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s youngest sister still vividly remembers the day her brother appeared outside her family’s Brooklyn home in a limousine. The artist had been telling his family for years that he was going to make it as a painter, but his father, Gérard, a Haitian immigrant, was worried about his …
Read More »'We're Being Bled Dry': Furries Aren't Going to Roll Over for Etsy
On April 11, Kabber Seifert changed his status to “vacation mode” on Etsy, the hugely popular online marketplace for homemade and resold goods. Seifert is a digital artist and also a member of the furry fandom, the subculture in which members enjoy making art and dressing up as anthropomorphized characters. …
Read More »Texas DA to Drop Murder Charge Against Woman Accused of 'Self-Induced Abortion'
A Texas district attorney said he will not prosecute a 26-year-old woman arrested in the state for an alleged “self-induced abortion.” Starr County District Attorney Gocha Allen Ramirez said in a statement Sunday that he filed a motion to dismiss a murder charge against Lizette Herrera. Herrera was arrested last …
Read More »Texas Woman Charged With Murder for 'Self-Induced Abortion'
A 26-year-old Texas woman was arrested and charged with murder Thursday after allegedly performing a “self-induced abortion.” Lizelle Herrera remained in custody with a bond set at $500,000 after “intentionally and knowingly cause[d] the death of an individual by self-induced abortion,” the Starr County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement …
Read More »Model and Friend Dumped at L.A. Hospitals Died in 'Homicides' Linked to Fentanyl, Coroner Says
UPDATE (4/6/2022):Instagram model Christy Giles, 24, and her friend Hilda Marcela Cabrales Arzola both had fentanyl in their systems when their bodies were dumped at separate hospitals in Los Angeles amid suspected homicides last November, final autopsy reports obtained by Rolling Stone confirm. Cabrales’ initial toxicology screening based on blood …
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