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Crime Judge In Amber Guyger Case Doesn't See What The Big Deal Is About Her Hug She defended her actions as showing "love and compassion." By Erika Marie October 07, 2019
Life Derrick Groves Finally Captured 5 Months After New Orleans Jailbreak Derrick Groves was serving a life sentence in New Orleans after being convicted on two counts of second-degree murder. By Cole Blake October 08, 2025
Music Kodak Black's Charitable Work Detailed In Letters Sent To Court Ahead Of Sentencing Is this why he only got 36 months? By Noah C November 13, 2019
Music Adin Ross Unsuccessfully Moves To Have Subpoena Dismissed In Megan Thee Stallion Defamation Case Adin Ross moved to have Megan Thee Stallion's subpoena dismissed, but it did not work. However, he'll have a chance to try it again. By Devin Morton September 21, 2025
Crime C-Murder Adds Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump To Legal Counsel C-Murder's legal team now includes Ben Crump and Ronald Haley Jr. By Milca P. August 07, 2021
Music Man Found Guilty In 2018 Killing Of Lil Lonnie The Mississippi rapper was only 22 when he was shot and killed in 2018. By Joe Abrams June 04, 2021
Music Sean Kingston Hit With Prison Sentence For Wire Fraud Conviction Sean Kingston's mother Janice Turner received a five-year prison sentence for her own wire fraud conviction in this case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares August 15, 2025
Life Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's Ex-Lover, Placed On Suicide Watch Days Before Sentencing Just two days before being sentenced, Ghislaine Maxwell was placed on suicide watch "without justification." By Lawrencia Grose June 26, 2022
Crime Brian Laundrie Update: Wanted Man’s Sister Begs Him To “Come Forward” In New Interview As the hunt for Laundrie continues, his sister, Cassie, is urging him to “come forward.” By Hayley Hynes October 05, 2021
Music Several Of Young Nudy's PDE Affiliates Arrested For Alleged Insurance Fraud Scheme Eight PDE-affiliated individuals have been indicted on RICO charges. By Caroline Fisher August 10, 2023
Music 6ix9ine GF's Assault Case Dismissed, Rapper Wouldn’t Cooperate With Police All charges against Jade have been dropped By Lamar Banks October 06, 2022
Music Sean Kingston Lands In Jail After Failing To Produce $100k For Bond Sean Kingston and his mother were found guilty on multiple counts of wire fraud in the highly publicized trial. By Cole Blake April 15, 2025