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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
Music Diddy Faces More Obstacles In His Bid For Bail Thanks To Scathing Filing From Prosecutors Diddy continues to face major pushback in court. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 18, 2024
Crime R. Kelly's Lawyers Claim He's Unfairly Targeted, Cite Elvis Presley Dating 14-Year-Old Wife The disgraced singer's legal team also brought up David Bowie in their argument and asked for a sentence of 11 years in his Chicago case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 10, 2023
Music Young Thug Supported By "Free Jeffery" Billboard In Times Square Fans are supporting Young Thug in Times Square. By Cole Blake December 19, 2023
Music Did YNW Melly Reveal His Jail Release Date? YNW Melly shared a cryptic post with Friday's date, leading many of his fans to believe he's getting out of jail. By Alex Zidel March 10, 2020
TV Netflix's "Don't F**k With Cats" Killer Denied Early Release Amid Coronavirus Luka Magnotta, the convicted murderer from Netflix's "Don't F**k With Cats" series, will not be released from prison despite risk of contracting coronavirus. By Lynn S. May 14, 2020
Music Woman Who Allegedly Facilitated Project Pat's Son's Murder Gets Arrested Project Pat's son Patrick Houston Jr. was fatally shot in Memphis earlier this year, which remains a very vague case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares July 17, 2025
Gossip Chrisean Rock Arrest: Karlissa Saffold Puts Blueface's Dad On Blast After Being Caught On Camera Refusing To Take Chrisean Jr. Karlissa Saffold and Blueface's father could be seen arguing about the child. By Alexander Cole June 11, 2024
Music Diddy Finds New Legal Defense That Might Dismiss Some Of His Civil Lawsuits Will this work for Sean Combs? By Gabriel Bras Nevares January 28, 2025
Music Fetty Wap Prison Update: "679" Rapper Remains Positive In Tell-All Interview While speaking with "XXL," Fetty said he's been keeping his mind occupied with plenty of writing – and not just music. By Hayley Hynes November 21, 2023
Music Diddy Victim Accuses Maurene Comey Of Silencing Him To Protect Cassie Clayton Howard recently discussed his allegations against Diddy and Cassie during "Sean Combs: The Reckoning." By Cole Blake December 15, 2025
Music Tupac's Former Collaborator Says He Wouldn't Want Keefe D In Jail Napoleon spoke on what he thinks Tupac would want for Keefe D. By Lavender Alexandria October 04, 2023