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Crime Ex-Turkey Leg Hut Owner Accused Of Selling Weed Out Of Restaurant Former Turkey Leg Hut owner Lyndell “Lynn” Price is also accused of conspiring to set fire to Houston's bar 5015 in 2020. By Caroline Fisher May 02, 2025 2.4K Views
Music Lil Durk's Lawyer Believes Only "Weak-Legged" Prosecutors Take Hip-Hop RICO Cases Lil Durk is the subject of a federal murder-for-hire case, which doesn't actually have any racketeering charges to make it a RICO. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2025 2.4K Views
Music Lil Durk Faces New Criminal Charge Due To Superseding Federal Indictment Lil Durk and his legal team have denied the prosecution's accusations, citing an alleged targeted attack on his lyrical content. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2025 3.9K Views
Music Diddy Adds One More Lawyer To His Legal Team Mere Days Before Trial's Start Date Other last-minute efforts from Diddy's attorneys include gag order requests, evidence removals, and jury-related concerns. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2025 2.5K Views
Music Diddy's Attorneys Call Out "Disturbing" Documentary Interview With A Witness' Lawyer This concern from the legal defense team is similar to Diddy's efforts to place a gag order on Cassie's attorney. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 02, 2025 840 Views
Sports Shannon Sharpe's Former Stylist Insinuates He Covered Up The NFL Star's Allegations Shannon Sharpe has spoken on his former stylist Hollywood before, explaining why he decided to part ways with him. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2025 12.6K Views
Music Diddy Reportedly Confirms He Rejected A Plea Deal From The Feds Diddy has tried to make some last-minute changes to his federal criminal trial before it begins next week, such as a gag order request. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2025 1240 Views
Music Top5 Asks Kanye West To Chime In On Jay-Z's Alleged Involvement In The Diddy Case Kanye West has blasted Jay-Z and defended Diddy on multiple occasions, so Top5 had no idea which side Ye would take here. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2025 2.6K Views
Music Kanye West's Former Manager Refuses To Back Down In Legal Dispute Over His Producers Free Maiden accused Kanye West of stealing various productions for "Donda 2" and his "VULTURES" album series. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2025 1204 Views
Music Suge Knight Agrees To $1.5 Million Settlement To Avoid Hit-&-Run Trial Suge Knight says that he doesn't want to put the Carter family "through more pain." but maintains he didn't do "anything wrong" By Cole Blake April 30, 2025 5.5K Views
Music Diddy Wants To Silence Cassie‘s Lawyer With A Gag Order Just Days Before Trial Jury selection in Diddy's case is set to begin on Monday, May 5th, with opening statements coming in the following week. By Cole Blake April 30, 2025 2.1K Views
Music Lil Durk Asks Fans For Help As His Lyrics Come Under Scrutiny In Murder-For-Hire Case Lil Durk is attempting to get out on bond ahead of his trial, which is scheduled to begin on October 14th. By Cole Blake April 30, 2025 2.4K Views