Crime

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Music Diddy's Defense Accuses Dawn Richard Of Changing Her Story In Trial Testimony Dawn Richard took the stand in Diddy's trial and alleged she saw him allegedly abuse Cassie on multiple occasions. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 19, 2025
Life Soulja Boy's Ex Wins $10M In Damages From Assault Lawsuit Against Rapper The harrowing case claims that Soulja once beat his pregnant girlfriend, causing her to miscarry. By Hayley Hynes March 21, 2024
Sports Kevin Ware Jr. Pleads Guilty To Drug & Weapon Charges Ware still faces charges stemming from his girlfriend's 2021 murder. By Isaac Fontes December 14, 2022
Music Florida Rapper Arrested After Bragging About Murder In Music Video While the music video wasn't the factor that led to his arrest, his boasting led to more information concerning his committed crime. By Gabriel Bras Nevares March 05, 2023
Pop Culture Fousey Shown Being Uncooperative And Inappropriate During Arrest Telling the cops how big your junk is doesn't usually help you during your arrest. By Ben Mock September 20, 2023
Music 6ix9ine Home Invasion Suspect Has Been Arrested Before going to jail soon for probation violations, 6ix9ine might have more developments to consider when it comes to his home's invasion. By Gabriel Bras Nevares December 21, 2025
Sports Shannon Sharpe Reveals House Burglary The NFL Hall of Famer had some domestic misfortunate last week. By Ben Mock May 26, 2023
Pop Culture Bishop Lamor Whitehead Receives 9-Year Prison Sentence For Extortion & Fraud Bishop Whitehead apparently scammed a parishioner's mother out of $90K of her life savings and spent the money for himself. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 17, 2024
Crime Kanye West Subpoenaed To Testify In Fired Employee's Fraud Trial A subpoena has been issued for Kanye West to testify in the trial of Arjun Dhillon, a former employee accused of committing wire fraud. By Aron A. March 11, 2022
Crime Shots Fired Outside Of Nike Facility In Memphis There was a shooting outside of Nike's distribution center in Memphis, Tennessee. By Cole Blake December 29, 2020
Music Sex Worker Sues Diddy & Hotels For Alleged Exploitation & Sexual Battery Michael Ejiawoko accused various hotels of facilitating Diddy's allegedly coercive encounters and failing to disclose important information. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 26, 2025
Music Foolio Murder Suspect Claims Diss Tracks Caused Grandmother's Heart Attack Davion Murphy was reportedly interrogated by law enforcement investigators about Foolio's diss tracks towards him and others. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 01, 2026