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Megan Thee Stallion may have to gear up for more legal battles. In the years since she publicly accused Tory Lanez of physical assault, Megan has been subjected to a wide range of criticism and nasty victim-blaming. Some have accused the Houston rapper of lying about the shooting, while others say she was the aggressor in the incident and, therefore, […]
Rapper Pardison Fontaine who is also Megan Thee Stallion’s boyfriend, is speaking out on her assault trial against Tory Lanez. “To any woman, especially ones of color, that has suffered an injustice, I feel for you …” Fontaine wrote on Instagram. “When you do find the courage to speak up it seems you will be ridiculed. Your credibility […]
Another plea deal has been reached in the sprawling YSL criminal case. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Antonio “Obama” Sumlin pleaded guilty Thursday to conspiracy to violate Georgia’s RICO Act, as well as participation in criminal street gang activity and two counts of conspiracy to commit a crime (murder). Prosecutors say co-defendant Cordarius Dorsey had ordered Sumlin to kill a fellow […]
FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried is set to be released on a $250 million bail package. According to the Associated Press, , a New York federal judge announced the decision on Thursday, less than two weeks after the disgraced cryptocurrency executive was arrested on fraud charges in the Bahamas. As part of the bail terms, Magistrate Judge Gabriel W. Gorenstein […]
Eight teenage girls have been charged with the second-degree murder of a 59-year-old man in downtown Toronto. On Sunday, Dec. 18, police reported the stabbing of a man on York Street and University Avenue around 12:17 a.m. Toronto police said the group consisted of three 13-year-olds, three 14-year-olds, and two 16-year-olds who allegedly assaulted and […]
Gunna is finally coming home. Gunna’s attorneys Steve Sadow and Don Samuel announced on Wednesday that the 29-year-old rapper—legal name Sergio Kitchens—entered into a plea deal in which he received a time-served, suspended sentence. The Georgia native has remained behind bars since mid-May, shortly after he and other YSL associates were listed in a sweeping RICO indictment. “When […]
J Alexander Kueng has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for his role in George Floyd’s death. The Minneapolis police officer is among the four cops who were charged in the murder of Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man who died in May 2020 while in police custody. Kueng is kneeled on Floyd’s back, while another officer—Derek […]
The man charged in the killing of Takeoff has been granted $5,000 by a judge to hire a private investigator to aid his defense, per NBC News. 33-year-old Patrick Xavier Clark, who was arrested earlier this month and charged with the murder of the Migos rapper, filed a motion this week asking for funds to […]
A Thai woman was arrested this month after she filmed herself devouring a bowl of bat soup. According to the Daily Mail, Phonchanok Srisunaklua posted the video to her YouTube channel titled “Gin Zap Bep Nua Nua,” which the outlet says translates to “eat spicy and delicious” in English. The one-minute and 40-second clip shows the vlogger sitting in front […]
Grandmaster Jay, the leader of a Black pro-gun activist group, will spend the rest of the decade behind bars. The 59-year-old Cincinnati man—legal name John Fitzgerald Johnson—was sentenced to 86 months in prison this week for his actions during a 2020 protest in Kentucky. Johnson, who founded the Not Fucking Around Coalition, was accused of pointing an AR-15 rifle at two federally deputized officers in […]
