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Music Diddy Turns To The Bible As Sex Trafficking Trial Begins Opening Statements Diddy's defense as well as the prosecution gave their opening statements in the courtroom on Monday morning. By Cole Blake May 12, 2025
Music Mark Geragos Avoids Questions About Judge In Diddy's Case Calling Him Out In Court Mark Geragos had previously criticized Diddy's prosecution team outside of the court, something Judge Arun Subramanian did not like. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 11, 2025
Music Diddy Fails To Exclude His iCloud Searches And Other Queries From Trial's Evidence Pool Diddy's legal team called the government's applications for phone and home warrants "Intentionally misleading" and "grossly distorted." By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 10, 2025
Music Judge In Diddy Trial Delays Jury Selection Due To Fear That Jurors Will Get "Cold Feet" According to Judge Arun Subramanian's latest ruling, opening statements in the Diddy trial will immediately follow this jury selection phase. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 09, 2025
Music Lil Durk Offered Strict Security Plan To The Court Before His Judge Denied Bond Lil Durk's proposed bail release in his murder-for-hire case included 24/7 private security, $2 million, and direct reports to the court. By Gabriel Bras Nevares May 08, 2025
Music Diddy's Legal Team Argues With Prosecutors About Controversial Jury Questionnaire Diddy's defense team reportedly proposed a questionnaire for jurors to determine their comfort with viewing sexually explicit content. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 13, 2025
Music Nelly Wants Court To Impose Sanctions On Ali Jones For Dropped St. Lunatics Lawsuit Ali Jones accused Nelly of unjust enrichment and copyright infringement, but the rest of the St. Lunatics distanced themselves from the suit. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 11, 2025
Music Taylor Swift Reportedly Takes Legal Action Against Kanye West Following His Wild Allegations Kanye West's obsession with Taylor Swift dates all the way back to the infamous 2009 VMAs, and has only gotten more complex since. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 11, 2025
Pop Culture Stephen Jackson Makes His Stance On "Checking In" Clear Amid Big U Controversy Stephen Jackson recounted the story of him visiting O'Block amid many debates around the Eugene "Big U" Henley RICO case. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 10, 2025
Music Young Buck Hit With 30 Day Prison Sentence Ahead Of Looming Trial Young Buck is facing several charges, including domestic assault, vandalism, possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, and more. By Cole Blake April 10, 2025
Music Tay-K's Ex-Girlfriend Gives Harrowing Testimony During Rapper's Murder Trial The latest murder trial comes as Tay-K is already serving a 55-year prison sentence in connection with the 2016 killing of Ethan Walker. By Cole Blake April 08, 2025
Music Ralo Calls Out Alleged Informants Snitching On Him And Leaks Paperwork Of His Accusations This might be a claim of double standards in response to people criticizing Ralo for recently linking up with Lil Woody. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 07, 2025