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TMZ reports Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary and his wife Linda are being sued by the parents of Susanne Brito, the woman who was killed in a boating accident in Lake Joseph in Ontario, Canada in late August. Rosa and Antonio Ragone explained the reasoning behind their lawsuit on behalf of their daughter through their attorney Patrick Brown. “For this grieving family, it is about obtaining civil justice so […]
A teenager that was punched by a New York City police officer during a fight in the subway filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against the city, the local NBC-affiliate reports. Attorney Sanford Rubenstein, who represents 15-year-old Benjamin Marshall and his parents, says that a $5 million lawsuit was filed at the Family Court in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Marshall was punched […]
On Monday a federal appellate court revived a lawsuit against Taylor Swift that had been brought about by a pair of songwriters who had alleged that she lifted lyrics from their 2001 song for 3LW, “Playas Gon’ Play,” for the chorus of her 2014 No. 1 single “Shake It Off.” As you maybe know, prior […]
Daniel Pantaleo, the former New York cop who was fired earlier this year for his use of a chokehold on Eric Garner, is now suing the New York City Police Department to get his job back. A suit was filed Wednesday in which Pantaleo and his lawyer call the firing decision “arbitrary and capricious,” according to […]
Actress Rosario Dawson and her family are being sued by a transgender man who claims they discriminated against him because of his gender and violently assaulted him. Dedrek Finley, a former employee of the Dawson family, filed a suit that alleges the actress and three of her family members violated his civil rights by “discriminating […]
Juice WRLD has been sued by Yellowcard for copyright infringement over his 2017 single “Lucid Dreams.” Billboard reports that a complaint was filed in U.S. District Court in California Monday by Yellowcard’s William Ryan Key, Peter Michael Mosely, Longineu Warren Parsons, and Sean Michael Wellman-Mackin alleging that the song copies “melodic elements” from the song off their […]
A police interrogation company is suing director Ava DuVernay and Netflix over a scene on the streaming service’s miniseries on the Central Park Five case, When They See Us. John E. Reid & Associates is known for creating and popularizing the “Reid Technique,” a controversial police interrogation method that critics say produces false confessions. The federal […]
Liza Womack, Lil Peep‘s mother, has sued First Access Entertainment. Per a TMZ report, the suit was filed Monday against First Access “and people associated with” the entertainment company. In the suit, Womack argues that the use of drugs was “allowed, normalized, and even encouraged” by management. The suit also references specific moments during Peep’s final […]
Antonio Brown‘s legal troubles continue. The currently ex-NFL receiver was forced to sit for a deposition in a case between himself and the owners of his Miami Beach condo. An attorney told TMZ that rather than go along with the proceedings, Brown was “belligerent” and generally uncooperative before storming out of the meeting early. A bit […]
TMZ is reporting that Joe Carlini has filed a lawsuit against Paramount, BET, Will Packer, and most of the screenwriters for the 2019 film What Men Want, alleging that some ideas were stolen from a script he wrote and shopped around a few years ago. Carlini claims that after completing his screenplay titled What the F Is […]
