The rights holders of funk legends Earth, Wind & Fire have sued the company behind a competing Earth, Wind & Fire act, accusing them of copyright infringement and trademark dilution that they claims has resulted in overall confusion and disappointed fans. Earth Wind & Fire IP, LLC — the rights …
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Los Angeles County agreed to pay Vanessa Bryant and her three daughters a $28.85million settlement in exchange for ending a lawsuit over the sharing of graphic photos of the Jan. 2020 helicopter crash that killed her husband, NBA star Kobe Bryant, their 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others, according to …
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A woman who accused Nick Carter of raping her back in 2001 when she was 17 claims in a new legal filing that the Backstreet Boy singer’s countersuit is an attempt to “silence” her. The new filing from Shannon “Shay” Ruth, who alleged Carter raped her during the boy band’s …
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Disgraced former YouTube star Onision has been accused of using his popular YouTube channel to “recruit, solicit, and groom” underaged children into having sex with him, according to a civil lawsuit filed in federal court Wednesday. Wednesday’s case is the first known legal action to be taken against the YouTuber …
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The parents and sister of Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer killed in the tragic Rust on-set accidental shooting, have filed a lawsuit against Alec Baldwin as well as the film’s producers and armorer. The lawsuit — filed at the Los Angeles County Superior Court and announced at a press conference by …
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Rick Astley, whose 1987 hit song “Never Gonna Give You Up” is embedded in Americana and meme history, is suing rapper Yung Gravy for impersonating his voice, Billboard reports. Astley alleges that Gravy’s 2022 breakout hit, “Betty (Get Money),” imitated his voice without legal authorization. The lawsuit was filed Thursday …
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A group of New York lawmakers and privacy experts gathered outside of Madison Square Garden on Sunday to protest the venue’s controversial use of facial recognition technology to kick out lawyers whose firms are suing MSG, calling the practice a violation of privacy and suggesting that its continued use could …
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Harry Styles has filed a lawsuit against online sellers in an attempt to stop the sale of unauthorized merchandise proliferating on the internet. Billboard Pro reports that lawyers for the Harry’s House singer filed the legal action Tuesday in a Chicago federal court, the latest in a series of lawsuits …
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The son of Romeo and Juliet director Franco Zeffirelli has criticized that film’s stars Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting after the actors filed a sexual exploitation and child abuse lawsuit against Paramount Pictures over a nude scene in the 1968 big screen adaptation. Earlier this week, Hussey and Whiting, now …
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Bill Cosby is facing a new sexual abuse lawsuit, with five women accusing him of groping, raping, and drugging them in separate instances as far back as 1969, as well as during the Eighties and Nineties. The suit, obtained by Rolling Stone, was filed by Lili Bernard, Eden Tirl, Jewel …
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