Katy Perry is poised to recoup $1.8 million in damages following a years-long dispute over a $15 million Montecito estate, marking one of the most closely watched celebrity real-estate cases in recent years. The order, signed Tuesday by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Joseph Lipner, will take effect unless... Read More »
The estate of Johnny Cash has filed a federal lawsuit against Coca-Cola, alleging the company used an unauthorized imitation of the late singer’s voice in a national advertising campaign. The suit, filed Tuesday in Nashville, marks one of the first major legal actions to invoke Tennessee’s newly enacted Ensuring Likeness... Read More »
Pras Michél, founding member of the Fugees, has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison following his conviction on charges that included conspiracy, money laundering, and illegal lobbying. The sentence was handed down Thursday by Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in Washington, D.C. Michél will also serve three years of supervised... Read More »
Smokey Robinson is facing new sexual battery allegations as two additional former domestic employees move to join an existing lawsuit accusing the Motown singer of years of misconduct inside his homes in Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The new claims, one from a male former worker and another from a... Read More »
A Suffolk County police officer and Marine Corps veteran, Matias Ferreira, has sued Delta Air Lines, alleging the carrier’s crew discriminated against him by forcing him to give up his emergency exit-row seat because he wears prosthetic legs. The lawsuit, filed November 10 in Queens County Supreme Court, accuses the... Read More »
Visa and Mastercard have reached a revised settlement in a federal antitrust lawsuit brought by U.S. merchants, announced earlier this month, that would reduce certain credit card fees and adjust longstanding card acceptance rules. The agreement, which a federal judge must review before it can take effect, would give retailers... Read More »
As jury selection opened this week in Megan Thee Stallion’s defamation and cyberstalking lawsuit against blogger Milagro Gramz, the case took an immediate turn: Tory Lanez, whose 2022 criminal conviction underpins much of the civil dispute, was held in contempt of court. A federal magistrate judge ruled that Lanez’s repeated... Read More »
Lil Nas X returned to a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday, marking his first public appearance since completing an inpatient treatment program following his August arrest. The musician, born Montero Hill, kept a low profile during the brief proceeding, offering no statements as he entered the courtroom surrounded by his... Read More »
A North Carolina jury has ordered social media influencer Brenay Kennard to pay $1.75 million to a Durham woman who accused her of breaking up her marriage through an affair with her husband. The verdict, reached this week in Durham County Court, found Kennard liable for alienation of affection and... Read More »
A new lawsuit accuses an Army doctor at Fort Hood of secretly recording women during medical exams and claims military officials ignored earlier warnings about his conduct. The complaint, filed in Bell County District Court, names Army Maj. Blaine McGraw and the United States Army as the defendants. Attorneys say... Read More »
