Crime

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Crime Pop Smoke May Have Been Targeted, Not A Robbery: Report As more news of Pop Smoke's callous murder is shared, TMZ claims that surveillance footage shows this wasn't a robbery. By Erika Marie February 20, 2020
Pop Culture YSL RICO Public Defender Receives Pay Raise After Considering OnlyFans Career Angela D'Williams and her fellow employees were going to be paid a $15K salary for the trial, which is expected to last for a year. By Hayley Hynes May 16, 2023
Movies Alec Baldwin Pleads Not Guilty In "Rust" Case Alec Baldwin has pleaded not guilty in the "Rust" case, thus waiving his mandated court appearance on Friday. By Emily Burr February 23, 2023
Pop Culture Bill Cosby Faces Allegations From 5 Women In New Sexual Assault Lawsuit The embattled star’s accusers were all previously involved with production on “The Cosby Show.” By Isaac Fontes December 06, 2022
Music J. Prince Shows Love To Takeoff On Livestream, Calls Out Haters "I want all y'all to know, none of y'all love him no more than I do," said Prince. By Erika Marie January 03, 2023
Music Megan Thee Stallion Wants Tory Lanez Case To End, D.A. Claims After various delays in the Canadian rapper's sentencing and retrial appeals, a deputy District Attorney expressed that Megan just wants to close this chapter of her life. By Gabriel Bras Nevares April 17, 2023
Life Highland Park Shooting Update: 22-Year-Old Robert E. Crimo III Named As Person Of Interest The tragedy marks the 308th mass shooting in the U.S. this year. By Hayley Hynes July 04, 2022
Crime Chris Brown Rape Case Dropped By Alleged Victim Chris Brown's alleged rape case, in which a woman filed a $17 million lawsuit against him for a sexual assault that took place at his house, has been dropped. By Lynn S. April 18, 2020
Crime Don Lemon Denies Sexually Assaulting Man At New York Bar Dustin Hice is alleging that the news anchor put his hand in his pants and "continued to shove his fingers in [Hice's) face with aggression and hostility." By Erika Marie September 30, 2021
Pop Culture Amber Heard Testifies That Johnny Depp Executed Cavity Search On Her The actress claimed while vacationing in Joshua Tree, Depp accused her of hiding cocaine and "shoved his fingers inside" her. By Erika Marie May 05, 2022
Crime R. Kelly Moved To Solitary Confinement After Attack R. Kelly has been moved to solitary confinement after he was beaten up in his cell by a fellow inmate. By Alex Zidel August 27, 2020
Crime R. Kelly's Physician Says Singer Has Knowingly Infected People With Herpes Since 2007 R. Kelly's longtime physician testifies that he's been knowingly infecting people with genital herpes since 2007. By Cole Blake August 21, 2021