Crime

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Music Joe Tacopina Blasts Prosecutors After Diddy's Not Guilty Verdict The jury in Diddy's highly-publicized trial found him not guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering on Wednesday. By Cole Blake July 02, 2025
Crime Liver King Arrested In Austin For Allegedly Threatening Joe Rogan Social media influencer Liver King, born Brian Johnson, recently hopped online to challenge Joe Rogan to a fight. By Caroline Fisher June 25, 2025
Music YNW Melly Trial: Rapper Blows Kiss In Courtroom The Florida native's behavior is erratic, to say the least. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 14, 2023
Music Perez Hilton Claims Diddy Paid Hotel $50K To Withhold Assault Footage Perez Hilton has insider info on the incident. By Elias Andrews May 17, 2024
Crime YNW Melly Asks Kanye West For Help YNW Melly puts out a public call to his collaborator Kanye West for help. By Alex Zidel April 17, 2020
Gram Skinnyfromthe9 Speaks On His Shooting: "Someone Made An Attempt On My Life" Skinnyfromthe9 issues a statement on his shooting, speaking out against people saying he shot himself for clout. By Alex Zidel August 04, 2020
Crime NBA Youngboy's GF Yaya Mayweather's Mugshot Goes Viral Yaya Mayweather looks a little out of sorts in her mugshot after she stabbed one of Youngboy Never Broke Again's baby mamas. By Alex Zidel April 08, 2020
Crime Elderly Buffalo Protester Has A Fractured Skull, Unable To Walk Martin Gugino's attorney shared an update on how he's doing. By Aron A. June 16, 2020
Crime R. Kelly Nearly Stabbed With Pen During Recent Attack R. Kelly was attacked by a fellow inmate last week, who nearly stabbed him with an ink pen. By Alex Zidel September 01, 2020
Crime "L&HH: ATL"'s Sas DeLeon Arrested For Allegedly Attempting To Pimp Out Underage Girls He was taken into custody with another man. By Erika Marie October 17, 2019
Pop Culture Nicki Minaj Seemingly Doubles Down On Kenneth Petty's Innocence After Footage Of Accuser Leaks A video of Jennifer Hough detailing her case against Kenneth Petty circulates online. By Aron A. August 25, 2022
Gossip Young Thug & Gunna Look Positive In New Photos The case against the two rappers is set to begin in less than two months. It's reported that 300 witnesses will be called by the prosecution. By Erika Marie November 17, 2022