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Cardi B’s winning streak in court continues. The Bronx rapper and her sister, reality star Hennessy Carolina, this week beat a defamation case brought against them by three Suffolk County beachgoers who got into a confrontation with Carolina back in September 2020. The three plaintiffs sued for defamation as well as assault and battery, claiming that […]
An unarmed Black man who last month was shot and paralyzed by police officers in Trenton, New Jersey, is suing the city and its police department. NBC News reports Jajuan R. Henderson, 29, went to his car to retrieve an iced tea shortly after midnight on Feb. 12, when he was allegedly ambushed by a group of plain-clothed police officers. “In […]
A former employee at Google sued the tech giant on Friday, claiming it engages in systemic bias against Black workers. Reuters reports the lawsuit, filed on Friday in a San Jose, California federal court, accuses Google of maintaining a “racially biased corporate culture” by placing Black employees in lower-level jobs, paying them less and denying them opportunities to advance because of […]
The U.S. House of Representatives has officially passed the CROWN Act, legislation that seeks to prohibit race-based hair discrimination. According NBC News, lawmakers approved the bill Friday with a vote of 235-189 largely along party lines. Proponents of the CROWN (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) Act say the move will provide more protections for those […]
A Florida judge has ruled that photos and videos taken of Bob Saget following his death will be permanently blocked from being released to the public, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The ruling took place on Monday during a virtual hearing for the lawsuit filed by Saget’s family, who last month requested that the court block the release of medical […]
An Instagram influencer is suing the New York Police Department for causing her “emotional distress” after they mistakenly used a photo of her on a wanted poster for a thieving hooker. The New York Post reports Eva Lopez, 31, has filed a $30 million lawsuit against the NYPD “for defamation, libel, slander, intentional infliction of emotional distress” […]
Back in December, 6ix9ine was hit with a civil lawsuit for his involvement in a 2018 armed robbery. The plaintiffs, Seketha Wonzer and Kevin Dozier, say the 25-year-old rapper was present when his Trey Nine Bloods associates ambushed them on April 3, 2018 in Manhattan. The victims, who also work as publicists, say they were the studio […]
Kim Kardashian is legally single. TMZ reports that Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Steve Cochran on Wednesday approved Kardashian’s request to be granted single status in the eyes of the law amid her divorce proceedings with Kanye West. As a result, Kim will be dropping West from her last name. Although the couple hasn’t completely settled their […]
Dua Lipa is facing a copyright infringement lawsuit over her hit song “Levitating.” Released in 2020, the single peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100, spending 41 weeks on the chart en route to becoming the longest-running top-10 hit by a lead female artist. TMZ reports a reggae band from Florida called Artikal Sound System has sued […]
The so-called “stand your ground” laws may be doing more harm than good. According to a new study, researchers confirmed a notable link between the self-defense statutes and a significant rise in U.S. firearm homicides. The peer-review report, published in the JAMA Network Open on Monday, found states that enacted SYG laws experienced an average increase of 8-10 percent in […]
