Crime

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Music Diddy's Defense Team May Relate His Case To The Conflict In Iran With Closing Arguments Diddy's long-standing criminal trial appears to finally be nearing an end after the prosecution confirmed it will rest its case on Tuesday. By Cole Blake June 23, 2025 1477 Views
Music Diddy Allegedly Tried To Haggle Over Escort Rates For "Freak-Offs" The prosecution has finally called its final witness to the stand in Diddy's long-running sex trafficking and racketeering trial. By Cole Blake June 23, 2025 2.7K Views
Music Joycelyn Savage's Parents Believe Her Video Defending R Kelly Was A.I. Joycelyn Savage finally broke her silence on her relationship with R Kelly by coming to the singer's defense. By Cole Blake June 23, 2025 616 Views
Music Diddy Will Not Call Any Witnesses To Testify In His Defense At Trial Diddy's highly-publicized trial is nearing an end as the prosecution plans to rest its case later this week. By Cole Blake June 23, 2025 1489 Views
Music R Kelly Fights To Remove Chicago Prosecutors From His Case Due To Alleged Corruption This move from R Kelly's legal team comes shortly after their demand for a new trial and the denial of his home detention request. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 23, 2025 796 Views
Music Diddy Trial's Verdict Sheet For Jurors Releases To The Public The Diddy trial's jury will unpack five weeks of testimony, evidence, and arguments, and their decision could send Puff to jail for life. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 23, 2025 5.4K Views
Music R Kelly's Fiancée Joycelyn Savage Shuts Down Disturbing “Sex Slave” Rumors Joycelyn Savage has finally spoken out about R Kelly as the disgraced singer is trying to get out of prison. By Cole Blake June 23, 2025 797 Views
Music R Kelly's Lawyer Explains Why More Celebrities Haven't Testified In Diddy Trial The Diddy trial has featured a few high-profile names on the stand, namely Kid Cudi and Sean Combs' former partner Cassie Ventura. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2025 5.2K Views
Music YNW Melly's Family Shows Up To Support Him At Court Hearing YNW Melly was recently denied bond ahead of his double murder retrial, for which he's been in prison since 2019. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2025 3.1K Views
Music R Kelly Seeks New Trial Due To Alleged Murder Plot, Witness Tampering, And More R Kelly and his legal team alleged they have evidence of witness tampering and obstruction of justice, and want his bond secured as well. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 22, 2025 1366 Views
Crime Diddy Allegedly Demanded $50K Back From Cassie & Alex Fine After Hearing Of Their Affair Cassie Ventura married Alex Fine, her former trainer, following the end of her and Diddy’s relationship in 2018. By Bryson "Boom" Paul June 21, 2025 17.1K Views
Music Ja Rule Reveals Fat Joe's Mindset Amid Massive Lawsuit Fat Joe and Ja Rule have a long hip-hop history together for their iconic 1990s and 2000s output, a bond that continues to this day. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 21, 2025 2.0K Views