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Music Young Dolph Murder Suspect Let Go After Clerical Error Leads To His Arrest The DA’s office says there was a mistake. By Cole Blake January 29, 2025
Relationships ASAP Rocky Assault Trial: Potential Jurors Peppered With Questions About Rihanna Rihanna was brought up in the court room. By Cole Blake January 23, 2025
Music Jay-Z Sues Former Assault Accuser And Lawyers For Defamation Jay-Z has maintained his innocence in the face of Jane Doe's allegations, and now the rapper claims that Doe admitted to lying. By Elias Andrews March 03, 2025
Music Tony Buzbee Reportedly Barred From Practicing Law In New York City After Jay-Z & Diddy Lawsuit Apart from the dropped sexual assault lawsuit against Jay-Z and Diddy, Tony Buzbee had filed over a dozen cases against Sean Combs in NYC. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 22, 2025
Music Jay-Z's Lawyer Issues Statement After Tony Buzbee Drops Hov's Sexual Assault Lawsuit Alex Spiro made it clear that they did not settle this out of court. By Gabriel Bras Nevares February 15, 2025
Music Big U Pleads Not Guilty To Massive List Of Alleged Crimes Big U's trial will be kicking off on May 20th as he faces life in prison for a number of alleged crimes. By Cole Blake April 09, 2025
Music Young Thug Trial: Ex-Detective Can’t Stop Laughing Over Strip Club Fight Footage The YSL RICO trial continues. By Caroline Fisher October 17, 2024
Music Diddy's Children And Mother Attend Court Hearing To Support Him The Combs family is united and supportive during this time. By Gabriel Bras Nevares October 11, 2024
Music Slim Thug Bashes Fans For Assuming Jay-Z Allegations Are True He's not sold on Hov's guilt. By Elias Andrews December 09, 2024
Life Steve Harvey's Co-Host Allegedly Facilitated Her Husband's $750K Fraud Scheme Shirley Strawberry is not connected to this case and might have been duped herself, but her celebrity status could've been a factor. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 31, 2024
Pop Culture Is Gunna A Crip Gang Member? YSL Co-Defendant Claims Yes Trontavious "Slug" Stephens hasn't been fully cooperative on the witness stand, but he did share some interesting allegations in court this week. By Hayley Hynes January 23, 2024
Gossip YNW Melly: New Evidence Reportedly Proves He Shot & Killed His 2 Friends The evidence presented reportedly proves that YNW Melly pulled the trigger and killed his two friends. By Alex Zidel February 21, 2022