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Politics Congresswoman Demands Tory Lanez's Freedom In Scathing Message To California Governor Representative Anna Paulina Luna alleged to Gavin Newsom that Tory Lanez is behind bars due to "flawed evidence" and "prosecutorial bias." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 19, 2025
Music Aubrey O'Day Reveals She Won't Provide Witness Testimony During The Diddy Trial Previous reports suggested Aubrey O'Day would take the stand in the Diddy trial alongside her Danity Kane partner Dawn Richard. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2025
Music Fans Debunk Fake Tweet Alleging That Nicki Minaj Told Cassie To Stay With Diddy Despite Abuse Journalist Matthew Russell Lee has been covering the Diddy trial extensively, and clarified Cassie didn't mention Nicki Minaj in this way. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2025
Music Drake Posts Tory Lanez Petition Demanding His Freedom Drake's support for Tory Lanez comes amid the incarcerated MC's prison stabbing and alleged new evidence supposedly proving his innocence. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 17, 2025
Music Diddy Turns To The Bible As Sex Trafficking Trial Begins Opening Statements Diddy's defense as well as the prosecution gave their opening statements in the courtroom on Monday morning. By Cole Blake May 12, 2025
Music Diddy Admits To Being "Nervous" While Addressing The Judge On Day 1 Of His Trial Diddy has officially begun his trail for numerous alleged sex crimes and for now, they are simply looking for jurors. By Alexander Cole May 06, 2025
Music Diddy's Prospective Jury Pool Faces Questions About Sexual Violence Ahead Of Trial Jury selection will be continuing in Diddy's trial throughout the week with opening statements to follow on May 12th. By Cole Blake May 05, 2025
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
Sports Shannon Sharpe's Legal Team Explains Why He Wanted To Settle With Accuser For $10 Million Shannon Sharpe clarified that this $10 million settlement offer to his sexual assault accuser was not an admission of wrongdoing. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 25, 2025
Music Tay-K Found Guilty Of Murder, Acquitted On Capital Murder Charge Tay-K has officially been found guilty of the murder of photographer Anthony Saldivar back in 2017. By Alexander Cole April 14, 2025
Music Diddy's Legal Team Argues With Prosecutors About Controversial Jury Questionnaire Diddy's defense team reportedly proposed a questionnaire for jurors to determine their comfort with viewing sexually explicit content. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 13, 2025
Music Dr. Phil Explains Why Diddy's Defense Is Greatly Dependent On Trial's Jury Selection This appeared in TMZ's "The Downfall Of Diddy" documentary, which also commented on racial factors and assembled a mock jury with a verdict. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 29, 2025