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An attorney for R. Kelly’s raised eyebrows this week when he likened the disgraced artist—legal name Robert Sylvester Kelly—to Martin Luther King Jr. According to TMZ, defense lawyer Deveraux Cannick made the comparison during Thursday’s closing arguments in Kelly’s sex-crimes trial. Cannick told the jury that MLK was labeled a “rabble-rouser” and was ultimately killed for trying to secure equality for […]
Philly police are searching for a woman shown in security footage pulling a gun on a Chipotle worker after they told her the restaurant was closing early. According to Philadelphia 10, the incident occurred on Saturday at the Chipotle inside the Roosevelt Mall. When the restaurant’s manager came out to alert guests that they should place their […]
The family of Gabby Petito, a “van life” influencer who disappeared last month, is rejecting reports that her fiancée Brian Laundrie is also missing. “All of Gabby’s family want the world to know that Brian is not missing, he is hiding,” the family said in a statement to CNN on Friday. “Gabby is missing.” It is believed that 22-year-old […]
Corey Walker, one of the four suspects charged in Pop Smoke’s murder, will remain behind bars indefinitely. According to the Shade Room’s reporting, a Los Angeles County judge denied the 20-year-old’s request for bail after prosecutors argued his case “was not applicable for bail based on the letter of the law.” Judge Curtis B. Rappe ultimately agreed, and […]
Joyner Lucas has shed more light on his longstanding beef with Karen Civil. The Massachusetts rapper took to Twitter on Saturday to reiterate his theft claims against Civil, a media marketing strategist who has worked with everyone from Nipsey Hussle and the Diplomats to Wale and Lil Wayne. Joyner says he hired Civil to handle his branding and marketing around […]
After many decades of evading criminal conviction, Robert Durst has been found guilty of first-degree murder. The verdict was announced in Los Angeles court on Friday, more than 20 years after the real estate heir allegedly killed his good friend Susan Berman. Durst is accused of fatally shooting the crime writer at her Beverly Hills home on Dec. […]
The South Carolina lawyer who survived a roadside shooting earlier this month has admitted he arranged for a hitman to kill him in a scheme to leave a $10 million life insurance policy to his son. NBC News reports Alex Murdaugh, 53, allegedly hired Curtis Edward Smith, 61, to shoot him in the head in order for Murdaugh’s son to to be paid out […]
It appears Pop Smoke’s Brooklyn gravesite has become a crime scene. As shown in photos obtained by TMZ, the rapper’s crypt at New York City’s Green-Wood Cemetery was found completely destroyed this weekend. The images include close-ups of the Pop Smoke’s broken marble plaque engraved with his full, birth-given name, Bashar Barakah Jackson. The other plaques on the outer wall of […]
Jaheim has been arrested on charges of animal cruelty. People reports the 44-year-old Grammy-nominated R&B singer has been charged with third-degree animal cruelty and failure to provide necessary care to an animal. His arrest came on Monday morning at his Hillsborough, New Jersey residence. Responding to a report of a “puppy in distress,” Hillsborough Township Police […]
A naked woman was arrested in Florida on Sunday for driving a golf cart through an active crime scene. NBC Miami reports Pinellas County deputies were in the middle of a six-hour standoff Sunday night with an armed teenager in Dunedin, Florida when Jessica Smith, 28, drove past police units into the crime scene. Smith, who authorities said had “a distinct […]
