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The mother of Kodak Black has lawyered up. On Wednesday, Marlene Simmons conducted a news conference alongside famed attorney Benjamin Crump, the lawyer who represented Trayvon Martin’s family in their case against murderer George Zimmerman. Simmons told reporters she had become increasingly concerned about Kodak’s safety, as he claims to have endured continuous abuse while behind bars. The […]
Less than a week after she was placed on administrative leave, the Recording Academy CEO/president has filed an EEOC complaint against the organization over alleged discrimination and sexual harassment. Billboard reports Deborah Dugan filed the complaint this week, just days before the 62nd annual Grammy Awards, and nearly six months after she was appointed the first […]
Director Francesca Gregorini is reportedly suing M. Night Shyamalan (and several others) after she claims that her 2013 film was stolen from for the AppleTV+ series Servant. Apple is also named in the suit. Gregorini contends that the 2013 psychological film she wrote and directed, The Truth About Emanuel, has been ripped off for the AppleTV+ […]
Kylie and Kendall Jenner‘s underwear designs may land them in court. According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, the celebrity sisters are being sued over lace patterns featured in their popular lingerie line. The plaintiff is Klauber Bros., Inc.—a 161-year-old company that specializes in original art design for lace production. Per the company’s website: […]
CNN has reportedly reached a settlement with Nick Sandmann, the Kentucky high schooler who sued the network for defamation nearly one year ago. The complaint stemmed from a January 2019 incident in Washington, D.C., where the student was filmed face-to-face with an Omaha Tribe elder named Nathan Phillips. Sandmann and his classmates were in the nation’s capital for March For Life, while Phillips […]
A lawsuit between the estate of Michael Jackson and The Walt Disney Company has been settled. The suit, which Deadline points out was centered on the ABC TV special The Last Days of Michael Jackson, was said to have been settled via an agreement approved by both parties after the estate initially took issue with […]
A 79-year old ex-Delta Air Lines flight attendant has filed a lawsuit against the airline after being accused of stealing a carton of milk, amongst other things. Ida Gomez Llanos has worked for Delta for over 50 years and she claims she was wrongfully terminated. She says her fellow flight attendants were jealous of her seniority and […]
Kim Kardashian is suing an Alabama doctor for using her name and likeness to promote the “vampire facial” that the star helped popularize back in 2013. She filed the lawsuit against Charles Runels and Cellular Medicine Association and it hits the doctor for “copyright infringement, infringement of registered mark, false association, violation of the right […]
For more than three years Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (which is now under Disney ownership) has maintained in court that Netflix has been poaching employees from them. And, on Monday, Judge Marc Gross agreed enough to grant Fox’s request for an injunction against the streamer, with a tentative ruling that’s set to be finalized […]
Mixing business and pleasure isn’t always the best idea. A woman was fired from her job after her co-worker shared their sexts with four colleagues. Now, the woman’s former employer is hitting her with $25,000 in legal fees, The New York Post reports. Jennifer Ricketts sent explicit text messages, “including intimate images and videos” of herself, to co-worker Stephen […]
