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Mexico filed a lawsuit against a number of U.S.-based gun manufacturers on Wednesday, accusing them of “actively facilitating the unlawful trafficking of their guns to drug cartels,” NBC News reports. The suit alleges that over 500,000 firearms are smuggled from the United States into Mexico every year, with more than 340,000 belonging to U.S. companies such […]
Kendall Jenner is facing a new lawsuit from the Italian fashion brand Liu Jo after allegedly not fulfilling her end of their contract by modeling in two photoshoots. According to the Fashion Law, court papers detail how Jenner was contractually bound to do one photoshoot for Liu Jo’s Spring/Summer 2020 campaign and another for its Fall/Winter 2020 campaign, among […]
The Department of Justice announced Wednesday an indictment charging nine individuals in an interstate gun trafficking operation that allegedly included firearms used in Blixky Gang music videos. Between August 2020 and April of this year, defendants are alleged to have used a Georgia resident as a “straw purchaser” in the purchasing of at least 87 firearms […]
R. Kelly’s lawyers are arguing against federal prosecutors’ request to use additional allegations in the singer’s upcoming sex trafficking trial in Brooklyn. The new allegations that prosecutors are requesting a judge’s permission to discuss in court include the sexual abuse of minors, unlawful imprisonment, bribery and physical abuse. The new allegations reportedly include those of Kelly sexually abusing a 17-year-old […]
A Pennsylvania woman was arrested last week after authorities responded to a complaint about her playing an uncensored version of the Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion collab “WAP” way too loud on a Bluetooth speaker, Republican Herald reports. When police arrived at the Tamaqua Bungalow Pool Friday afternoon, Stephanie Crute and her two daughters were asked to leave, but she refused. Crute then allegedly pushed an officer […]
A South Carolina man has been handed a life sentence after being found guilty of killing a 21-year-old college student who mistook his vehicle for an Uber ride she had ordered. In March 2019, per Michelle Liu for the Associated Press, University of South Carolina student Samantha Josephson disappeared from the Five Points entertainment district […]
A woman who was accused of violently shaking a 5-month-old baby has been charged with his murder nearly four decades later. According to the Associated Press, former babysitter Terry McKirchy was previously convicted of shaking Benjamin Dowling so severely that it caused him permanent brain damage. Dowling, who suffered mental and physical disabilities throughout his life, died in […]
YoungBoy Never Broke Again will remain behind bars until his court trial. A United States Magistrate Judge determined last week that YoungBoy—legal name Kentrell Gaulden—was simply too dangerous to be released jail as he awaits trial for multiple gun possession charges in Louisiana. Judge Scott D. Johnson pointed to the 21-year-old’s history of crime, including his alleged efforts […]
Britney Spears’ attorney Mathew Rosengart filed a petition on Monday requesting that Jason Rubin replace her father, Jamie, as conservator of her estate, NPR reports. The filing also seeks to grant Rubin with powers of attorney over her career and health care decisions. Rubin is described on his website as a Certified Public Accountant who has been practicing as a Forensic Accountant since 1993, […]
Autumn Knepper and Adam Marsh, a couple living in Vancouver, Washington, say that they’re being sued for $112,000 over a pair of one-star reviews they left a local roofing company. The saga started when the couple’s roof began leaking a few months ago. According to KGW, their landlord had Executive Roof Services (ERS) do an inspection, with the […]
