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A Michigan man is being accused of killing his longtime boyfriend during an argument about the video game Overwatch, NBC News reports. The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office announced on Monday that 31-year-old Docquen Jovo Watkins allegedly choked his boyfriend, Rory Teasley, 28, while they argued over the video game. He’s now been hit with second-degree murder charges and is bieng […]
Pete Rock is preparing to file a lawsuit against Nas over unpaid royalties related to his production work on Illmatic. Page Six reports the legendary producer claims he hasn’t been for his work on the Queens rapper’s 1994 debut album. Along with producing one of the LP’s most iconic cuts, “The World Is Yours,” Pete Rock also has a writing credit on […]
Kim Kardashian, Floyd Mayweather, and Paul Pierce are among those being sued over their promotion of cryptocurrency EthereumMax, per the Hollywood Reporter. The class action lawsuit, filed on Friday in California federal court, accuses the stars of colluding with EMAX co-founders Steve Gentile and Giovanni Perone as part of an organized pump-and-dump scheme, “causing investors to purchase these losing investments at inflated prices.” […]
A Pennsylvania woman has been charged for forcing her then-8-year-old son to undergo a series of medical procedures, even after physicians repeatedly told her that he was developing normally, PennLive.com reports. Christine Marie Maxwell, 48, was reported in 2019 as a suspected case of Caregiver Fabricated Illness, also known as Munchausen’s by Proxy. Maxwell would allegedly […]
A former member of the Sicilian mafia group known as Stidda was arrested last month after he was found living in Spain on Google Maps, nearly two decades after escaping prison, Reuters reports. Gioacchino Gammino, 61, had been living in the town of Galapagar where he owned a fruit and vegetable shop called El Huerto de Manu, or Manu’s Garden, a possible […]
Nicki Minaj has denied bribery claims against her and her husband and says she “never offered any money in return for a statement,” according to AllHipHop. As previously reported, Minaj’s husband Kenneth “Zoo” Petty is being sued by Nicole Hough—and has avoided a $20 million default judgment alongside Nicki—after she claimed that he and Minaj tried to intimidate her into silencing rape […]
A man in Florida is accused of fraudulently obtaining millions of dollars through the Paycheck Protection Program, and using that money to buy a Lamborghini, in addition to other luxury items and designer clothing. The U.S. Department of Justice said Valesky Barosy, 27, sought more than $4.2 million in PPP loans by submitting an application […]
A member of the jury for the trial of former Minnesota police officer Kim Potter says they believed the cop “made a mistake” when she fatally shot Daunte Wright. In an anonymous interview with with KARE-TV, the juror said that while they ultimately convicted Potter of manslaughter they do not feel as though she’s a racist. […]
After months of proceedings, Dr. Dre has agreed to pay his ex-wife Nicole Young $100 million as part of a divorce settlement that was reached between the two parties, TMZ reports. The famed producer and rapper will pay his ex-wife $50 million now and the remaining $50 million next year. Also part of the settlement, Dre will […]
Netflix and the producers behind Tiger King have been hit with a copyright infringement lawsuit from Morgan Creek Productions over the popular docuseries’ use of clips from Ace Ventura 2, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The suit claims that two clips from the movie were used in the series “without permission or license.” “Leaving no room for doubt as […]
