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Lil Uzi Vert will avoid jail time after taking a plea deal in an assault case involving his ex-girlfriend and fellow rapper SAINt JHN. TMZ reports Uzi has been sentenced to three years of probation, one year in treatment for mental health and substance abuse, 52 weeks in domestic violence counseling, restitution, and 10 years under a criminal protective […]
A New York City judge has dismissed over 100 felony convictions tied to the testimony of former NYPD detective Joseph Franco, who in 2019 was charged with perjury. NBC News reports Bronx Supreme Court Justice David Lewis on Thursday granted prosecution requests to dismiss convictions against 133 dependents who were indicted between 2011 and 2015. “It […]
Former music mogul James “Jimmy Henchmen” Rosemond, who is currently serving multiple life sentences, could be released as early as next month after a potential legal win, per AllHipHop. The exec first filed a writ of habeas corpus in October—arguing that former President Donald Trump stated in public that he was willing to free him, so remaining in jail should […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A judge in Louisiana judge is facing widespread criticism after a racist video was circulated online following an attempted burglary at her home over the weekend. According to local news station KLFY, Lafayette City Court Judge Michelle Odinet addressed the video in a statement on Tuesday. “My children and I were the victim of an armed burglary […]
Several months after Pharrell Williams’ cousin Donovon Lynch was shot and killed by police in Virginia Beach, prosecutors announced Tuesday that a grand jury had found “no probable cause” to charge Officer Solomon D. Simmons in Lynch’s death. The Associated Press reports Virginia Beach Commonwealth’s Attorney Colin Stolle said Simmons was justified in protecting himself in the late March shooting. Simmons alleged that Lynch had a gun on him. […]
On the first day of Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial in connection with Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex-trafficking ring, federal prosecutors argued that the British socialite groomed teenage girls for him in “a pyramid scheme of abuse.” “She was in on it from the start,” Prosecutor Lara Pomerantz told jurors, per AP. “The defendant and Epstein lured their victims with a […]
