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As Antonio Brown prepares to make his debut as a Patriot on Sunday, more details about the sexual assault allegations against him have emerged. Sources tell ESPN’s Jeff Darlington that the wide receiver rejected signing a $2 million-plus settlement with his alleged victim, Britney Taylor. Settlement talks reportedly began in April of this year, leading to a mediation that took […]
Purdue Pharma has reached a tentative deal to settle 2,000-plus federal lawsuits over its alleged role in the opioid crisis, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. Sources with knowledge of the negotiations said the OxyContin maker has agreed to pay between $10 billion to $12 billion over time; that sum includes a $3 billion payout from the Sackler family, who own Purdue Pharma. As […]
Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are reportedly being sued over 2018 car accident—despite the fact that neither of them were behind the wheel. According to legal documents obtained by TMZ, Liyanage Perera has filed a lawsuit against the couple, claiming he sustained serious injuries when their driver hit him with a SUV last October. Perera says the […]
Drake is being sued over the song “In My Feelings,” TMZ reports. Samuel Nicholas III, a musician who goes by the name Sam Skully, is alleging that a beat of his was sampled on the popular track. Skully claims that the sample in question was taken from his song “Roll Call,” which he says was originally released back in […]
Eminem‘s music publisher is taking Spotify to court. According to legal documents obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Eight Mile Style is suing the streaming giant for alleged copyright infringement by reproducing approximately 250 Eminem records on the platform without the required license. The suit claims that although Shady’s music has garnered billions of streams on the service, Spotify has failed […]
A former In-N-Out employee is suing the West Coast burger chain over the requirement that employees must purchase their uniforms. In-N-Out’s dress code for employees requires them to wear white on white with black shoes. Because many employees for the chain work at near minimum wage, Tom Piplack argues that the required purchase forces employees […]
Last year, a video surfaced of XO Records rapper Belly getting punched by security as he attempted to get backstage at Coachella. He later addressed the incident, tweeting, “20 of you pussies couldn’t take me off my feet.” Now TMZ reports that Belly is suing Coachella, blaming the festival for an attack that saw around 25 security […]
Kevin Spacey has one less legal battle on his hands. According to the New York Times, a man who previously accused Spacey of sexual assault has decided to drop his civil lawsuit against the actor. The accuser’s attorney, Mitchell Garabedian, confirmed the news in an email to the media Friday, about a week after the complaint […]
Three different Michael Jackson fan groups have filed a lawsuit in France against the two accusers featured in the HBO documentary Leaving Neverland, Reuters reports. The Michael Jackson Community, MJ Street, and On the Line groups are accusing Wade Robson and James Safechuck of defamation, claiming that the two are “sullying his image” through their […]
On Monday, a jury awarded $59+ million in damages to an ex-Manhattan high school student, Alonzo Yanes, who was suffered severe burns after a chemistry class experiment went wrong back in January 2014. Yanes is now 21-years-old, and he is set to have that judgment paid out by the city of New York. His attorney, Ben […]
