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Just weeks after a federal judge ordered Taylor Swift to stand trial over a copyright infringement lawsuit for “Shake It Off,” the singer has requested that the court toss the ruling. The claim argues that Swift’s 2014 hit lifted elements from 3LW’s 2001 song “Playas Gon’ Play.” Rolling Stone reported on Monday that Swift filed a motion on […]
Inyoung You, a 23-year-old woman who was charged in connection to her boyfriend’s suicide, has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter. The former Boston College student was accused of physically and verbally abusing 22-year-old Alexander Urtula throughout their 18-month relationship. Prosecutors pointed to a series of text messages in which You had urged Urtula to take his own life. One of the […]
Shortly after word was made public that an “outcome” had been reached by a Minneapolis jury in the trial of Kim Potter on Thursday, Hennepin County Judge Regina M. Chu announced that the white former police officer is guilty on both charges, first-degree manslaughter and second-degree manslaughter. Potter will now face up to 15 years in prison, […]
A California woman who punched a Southwest Airlines flight attendant in the face pleaded guilty this week to a felony charge. Vyvianna M. Quinonez, of Sacramento, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to interfering with a Southwest Airlines flight attendant. Per plea agreement admissions cited in a DOJ-shared press release, Quinonez was a passenger on […]
A Colorado prosecutor is moving to reduce the controversial sentencing of Rogel Aguilera-Mederos—a 26-year-old truck driver was found guilty in a deadly vehicle crash. As pointed out by CNN, First Judicial District Attorney Alexis King filed a motion last Friday, requesting the courts to reconsider Aguilera-Mederos’ 110-year prison sentence. King filed another motion on Tuesday, asking for […]
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has been ordered by a court to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in a divorce settlement that’s among the largest in British history. Per an Associated Press report on the latest surrounding the divorce, a November ruling made public this week saw a High Court judge stating that […]
An Alabama man who was charged with manslaughter over his wife’s hit-and-run death is suing a local police officer for defamation. Al.com reports Jason Todd, 42, has filed a lawsuit against Clanton Police Department officer David Hicks, over the handling of the death of his wife, Tonya Anderson, who was fatally struck by a vehicle in August 2018 after her […]
Britney Spears’ father Jamie filed a petition last week requesting that his daughter continue to pay his legal fees, just months after he was suspended as the conservator of her estate, Variety reports. “Prompt payment on account of Jamie’s attorneys’ fees is necessary to ensure the Conservatorship can be wound up quickly and efficiently to allow Britney […]
Drake has beat a $4 billion lawsuit filed against him by a woman who allegedly broke into his home in 2017. The lawsuit claimed that the rapper publicly defamed her on Instagram. According to Billboard, the woman in question, Mesha Collins, filed the case this past summer, claiming that the artist later defamed her by sharing […]
TW: This story contains descriptions of sexual assault. A man who was previously reported to have been arrested in connection with the deaths of model Christy Giles and architect Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola has been charged with sexually assaulting four other women. Per a recent news release from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, David Brian […]
