Crime

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Crime R. Kelly's Attorney Backtracks After Being Asked About Singer's Marriage To Aaliyah An attorney for R. Kelly was pressed about whether the singer had "sexual contact" with Aaliyah. By Aron A. August 03, 2021
Crime Hurricane Chris Found Not Guilty Of Second-Degree Murder A Lousiana jury acquitted Hurricane Chris on all charges in connection to the shooting death of 32-year-old Danzeria Farris Jr. By Aron A. March 15, 2023
Crime Trippie Redd Reportedly Won't Be Prosecuted For Alleged Assault Despite probable cause, prosecutors have decided not to prosecute Trippie for his alleged assault case. By Kevin Goddard August 17, 2021
Crime Young Thug Seeks Bond As Concerns For His Health Continue To Grow Young Thug and his lawyer are seeking bond for the fourth time. By Alexander Cole April 27, 2023
Pop Culture Suge Knight Empathizes With Megan Thee Stallion, Speaks On Tory Lanez Conviction Tory hired Suge's former attorney and now the Death Row boss is chiming in about the case. By Erika Marie January 19, 2023
Music Kodak Black Admits Guilt & Apologizes To Victim In South Carolina Sexual Assault Case Kodak Black reportedly pleaded guilty in his sexual assault case in South Carolina, and instead of jail time, the artist was sentenced to 18 months of probation and court-ordered counseling. By Joshua Robinson April 28, 2021
Crime Kodak Black's Prison Guard Attack: Rapper Was High & Grabbed His Testicles Kodak Black was recently sentenced to forty-six months in prison. By Alex Zidel November 14, 2019
Pop Culture Dave Chappelle's Netflix Show Security Also Worked Travis Scott's Tragic Astroworld Festival: Report CSC was also involved with the Once Upon a Time in LA Festival, where Drakeo the Ruler was tragically stabbed to death. By Hayley Hynes May 09, 2022
Music DJ Akademiks Flabbergasted By Being Mentioned During Young Thug YSL Trial DJ Ak has been vocal about the case in the past, but has never been name dropped in the case before. By Zachary Horvath May 01, 2024
Music NBA YoungBoy Alleged House Arrest Rules Surface: Report As he awaits trial, YoungBoy will reportedly be hunkered down in Utah with a mentor. By Erika Marie October 27, 2021
Pop Culture Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein Confidante, Arrested By FBI Ghislaine Maxwell, a close confidante and associate of Jeffrey Epstein, has been arrested by the FBI in connection to his sex trafficking scandal. By Alex Zidel July 02, 2020
Crime YNW Melly Co-Defendant YNW Bortlen Arrested For Violating Bond Release: Report The co-defendant in the rapper's upcoming double murder case has been arrested after violating the terms of his pre-trial release. By Madusa S. April 13, 2021