Linkin Park‘s legal battle with former bassist Kyle Christner has ended. In a statement Friday, the band shared that it had reached “an amicable resolution” with the bass guitarist who claimed in a November lawsuit that he contributed to several demos and tracks that the group released on a reissue …
Read More »Netflix Loses Bid to Dismiss 'Inventing Anna' Defamation Lawsuit
A defamation lawsuit against Netflix over its miniseries Inventing Anna — about the “Soho grifter” Anna Delvey, a.k.a. Anna Sorokin — is set to go to trial after a judge rejected the streaming service’s bid to dismiss the case. In August 2022, six months after the Shonda Rhimes-produced miniseries debuted, …
Read More »Vin Diesel Denies 'Every Allegation' Made in Sexual Assault Lawsuit
Vin Diesel denied the sexual assault allegations brought against him late last year by a woman who briefly worked as the actor’s assistant in 2010. On Monday, March 25, Diesel’s lawyers answered the suit, saying the actor denied “generally and specifically, each and every allegation” leveled by the plaintiff, Asta …
Read More »James Dolan Seeks to Dismiss 'Completely Manufactured' Sexual Assault Lawsuit
Lawyers for James L. Dolan, the chairman and CEO behind Madison Square Garden and the Sphere, are seeking to dismiss the sexual assault lawsuit filed against him by a masseuse he hired while on tour with the Eagles. In the lawsuit filed in January, plaintiff Kellye Croft claimed that in …
Read More »Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie's Families Reach Settlement in Emotional Distress Lawsuit
The family of Gabby Petito has reached a settlement with the family of Brian Laundrie — who killed Gabby during a road trip in 2021 before dying by suicide weeks later — to avoid trial in the Petitos’ emotional distress lawsuit against Laundrie’s parents. The two families previously settled a …
Read More »Ex-DMB Member Boyd Tinsley Sued for Breaching Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit Settlement
Former Dave Matthews Band violinist Boyd Tinsley faces a new lawsuit alleging that he breached the terms of a 2019 settlement stemming from a sexual harassment lawsuit. In 2018, musician James Frost-Winn — a former member of Tinsley’s band Crystal Garden — sued Tinsley, alleging that in November 2015, Tinsley …
Read More »Jimmy Iovine Accuser Drops Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
The Jane Doe who filed a sexual abuse lawsuit against record executive Jimmy Iovine last year dropped her case last week, according to court documents obtained by Rolling Stone. The plaintiff’s attorney Doug Wigdor filed a notice of discontinuance with prejudice on Feb. 15, permanently dropping the suit. In a …
Read More »Sony Music Sues Whitney Houston Film Producers Over Failure to Pay for Music
Sony Music Entertainment sued the producers of the 2022 Whitney Houston biopic Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody this week, claiming the producers have yet to pay for the use of Houston’s music catalog in the film, over a year after the movie first came out. In the suit, …
Read More »Snoop Dogg Sues Post and Walmart for Conspiring Against His Cereal
Snoop Dogg and Master P have filed a lawsuit against Post Consumer Brands and Walmart, accusing both the packaged food giant and big box retailer of conspiring against the release of a Snoop-branded cereal line. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday by lawyer Ben Crump on behalf of the two rappers, claims …
Read More »Tesla Hit With Lawsuit for Allegedly Mishandling Hazardous Waste
Tesla has been sued by 25 counties across California accusing the electric car company of mishandling hazardous waste at its facilities. The lawsuit was filed in San Joaquin County Superior Court on Tuesday. Alameda, San Joaquin, San Francisco, and other counties are seeking civil penalties and an injunction that would …
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