Crime

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Music Diddy Reveals Where He Wants To Go To Prison And The Jokes Write Themselves Diddy was convicted on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution in his high-profile criminal trial, earlier this year. By Cole Blake October 07, 2025
Music Diddy Reportedly Looked Sad During His Trial's Explosive Closing Arguments Prosecutors in the Diddy trial laid out their allegations for four long hours, whereas the defense will have their turn today. By Gabriel Bras Nevares June 27, 2025
Crime 50 Cent Reacts To Kyle Rittenhouse Trial: "Self Defense, Nah" 50 Cent comments on the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, saying that the American justice system "doesn't work without good people." By Alex Zidel November 11, 2021
Music XXXTentacion Killers Hit With Life In Prison We now know the sentence for XXXTentacion's killers. By Ben Mock April 06, 2023
Crime Gorilla Zoe Arrested For Domestic Violence, Woman Came To His Defense: Report She reportedly said he's never gotten physical with her. By Erika Marie November 05, 2019
Life Jhené Aiko's 2020 Range Rover Stolen From Valet At LA Restaurant The R&B songstress was dining at Tasty Noodle House with her family as she watched a stranger pull out of the parking lot in her luxury whip. By Hayley Hynes March 26, 2023
Sports Jaylen Brown's Dad Arrested For Attempted Murder After Alleged Stabbing The victim of Jaylen Brown's father's alleged stabbing, Cross Tupuola, remains in critical condition at the ICU. By Cole Blake August 21, 2025
Music King Harris Arrested On Drug Charge In Pikachu Onesie King Harris got pulled over in Georgia over the weekend and ended up documenting his own arrest on his Instagram Story. By Caroline Fisher April 14, 2026
Pop Culture Chicago Judge Orders Google To Turnover Jussie Smollett Data in Court Case The judge in Jussie Smollett's hoax case is turning up the heat and gathering evidence from Google in their latest development. By Dominiq R. January 09, 2020
Crime Louisville Police Chief Fired After David McAtee Killing Louisville police chief Steve Conrad has been fired after the fatal shooting of David McAtee during the city's protests. By Alex Zidel June 02, 2020
Music Drake Doubles Down On UMG Payola Claims With New Motion For Discovery Drake may have played nice with iHeartMedia, but the rapper is adamant about learning the truth with UMG's marketing tactics. By Elias Andrews March 03, 2025
Crime Chico DeBarge Arrested On Drug Possession Charges: Report The acclaimed DeBarge singer has long struggled with substance abuse and was reportedly living in a motorhome when arrested. By Erika Marie November 15, 2021