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More than a year after 6ix9ine was sued by Beatdemons over his 2020 single “Gooba,” the Brooklyn rapper has reached a settlement with the Texas-based production group. According to court documents obtained by Complex, 6ix9ine and his legal team have decided to settle the legal battle. In addition to 6ix9ine and Beatdemons, the parties involved […]
Less than 48 hours after Will Smith smacked Chris Rock at Sunday’s Oscars, a Virginia lawyer referenced the slap heard around the world while defending his client in court on Tuesday. As reported by the Roanoke Times, attorney Dirk Padgett brought up the infamous slap while speaking to jurors during closing arguments in the murder case of 25-year-old William […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jussie Smollett’s legal team filed an emergency motion on Monday requesting that the former Empire actor be released from Chicago’s Cook County Jail, according to TMZ. Smollett was sentenced to serve 5 months behind bars by Judge James Linn last week after being found guilty on five felony counts he was charged with in connection to staging a hate crime […]
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” […]
The artist formerly known as Kanye West may soon take the witness stand. According to the Chicago Tribune, the 44-year-old artist has been subpoenaed to testify in the upcoming trial of Arjun Dhillon, a former employee of West who is facing federal fraud charges. West—who legally changed his name to Ye in 2021—was initially identified as “Musician A” in […]
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 […]
A South Florida day care center is facing a lawsuit after a mother found her two-year-old daughter locked inside the facility by herself. Fox affiliate WSVN reports Stephanie Martinez arrived at the KinderCare Learning Center in Plantation around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and discovered her daughter was locked in. “They know I get here around 6, 6:15 because I have […]
Wendy Williams has filed a restraining order against Wells Fargo in an effort to access her bank accounts. Fox News reports Williams is asking the court to “reopen any frozen accounts or assets” and grant her “access to any and all accompanying statements.” The TV personality also requests the bank to be barred “from freezing any and all […]
