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Jurnee Smollett is shedding more light on Hollywood’s long-standing problem of sexual misconduct. During a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the 33-year-old actress candidly spoke about the hurdles she’s faced as a Black woman working in entertainment. She spoke about pay disparities, the subliminal and overt efforts to erase Blackness, and the sexual harassment she’s experienced […]
A cache of court files related to Ghislaine Maxwell were unsealed Thursday night, despite her legal team’s objections. The 80-plus documents stem from a 2015 civil lawsuit filed by Virginia Giuffre, who accused Maxwell of recruiting her into Jeffrey Epstein‘s underage sex trafficking ring. Almost 2,000 documents from Giuffre’s defamation suit were released nearly a year ago as prosecutors were preparing a […]
Chrystul Kizer, a 19-year-old survivor of sexual violence who’s been incarcerated for nearly two years in connection with a killing widely believed to have been done in self-defense, has been released from jail. The Chicago Community Bond Fund announced the release in an extended public statement this week, confirming that the $400,000 bond (reduced from […]
San Antonio Spurs shooting guard Lonnie Walker IV has revealed the real reason why he cut his trademark hair, saying in an Instagram post that it became a “cloaking device” after he endured abuse and rape as a kid. Now, he finally feels like he can move on. The 21-year-old began growing his hair in […]
R. Kelly’s ex-girlfriend Azriel Clary has opened up about her abusive relationship with the disgraced singer in the past, and now she’s making it clear she’s not stopping until something is done about his alleged crimes. Clary has revealed that she will tell “everything” about her time with Kelly in a new YouTube series, while she’s […]
Yung Berg, the ex-star of Love & Hip Hop who also goes by Hitmaka, has been accused of pistol-whipping his girlfriend this past weekend. As a result of this alleged assault, she suffered a broken nose and was hospitalized. The case is now being investigated by the Los Angeles Police Department. Police reports of the […]
The estate of Rick James has been sued by an anonymous woman who has alleged the R&B and soul singer raped her in 1979 when she was 15. The Associated Press reports the woman says she was assaulted by James when he visited the youth detention center she lived at in Buffalo, New York. She said that […]
R. Kelly has been hit with a new indictment in Chicago that includes even more sexual abuse allegations against him. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that federal prosecutors filed the indictment against the disgraced R&B singer on Thursday, adding a new victim to the case and removing another. As a result of the new charges, Kelly has […]
The father of a former student at New York‘s Sarah Lawrence College has been arrested for allegedly sex-trafficking his daughter’s classmates. On Tuesday, a federal indictment was released detailing how Lawrence Ray (also known as Lawrence Grecco) physically, sexually, and psychologically abused students on the campus. Per BuzzFeed, the 60-year-old Brooklyn native moved into his daughter’s residence on […]
Kesha has been ordered to pay over $373,000 as part of her ongoing legal battle with her former producer Dr. Luke. Court documents reveal that New York State Supreme Court Judge Jennifer G. Schecter made the ruling on Thursday, asserting that a text message the High Road musician sent to Lady Gaga in 2016 was defamation. The message saw Kesha claim […]
