Lil Durk was acquitted Friday in the federal murder-for-hire case accusing him of ordering a revenge attack on rapper Quando Rondo, a major courtroom victory for the Grammy winner after prosecutors spent weeks trying to tie him to a 2022 Los Angeles shooting that killed Rondo’s cousin.The rapper, whose legal... Read More »
Jay-Z has lost an appeal seeking to revive his extortion and defamation claims against attorney Tony Buzbee over a since-withdrawn lawsuit that accused the rapper of raping a 13-year-old girl with Sean “Diddy” Combs.A three-judge panel of California’s Second District Court of Appeal upheld the dismissal of claims brought by... Read More »
A new documentary about Alec Baldwin offers a behind-the-scenes look at the actor’s prosecution over the fatal “Rust” shooting, including the moment he learned he had been indicted and the turmoil surrounding a manslaughter case that was ultimately dismissed during trial.The trailer for “The Trial of Alec Baldwin,” directed by... Read More »
Kid Cudi says the First Amendment gave him the right to remove M.I.A. from his Rebel Ragers Tour and is asking a federal judge to throw out her lawsuit seeking more than $2.8 million over the firing.M.I.A. says her contract allowed her to say what she wanted onstage. Cudi is... Read More »
Chris Hansen has retained lawyers to examine whether he has legal options over “Primetime,” the new A24 film starring Robert Pattinson as a fictionalized version of the former “Dateline” correspondent behind “To Catch a Predator.”No lawsuit has been filed, and Hansen has yet to see the finished movie, but he... Read More »
Jimmy Kimmel is pulling his interview with Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico from ABC television and putting it on YouTube instead, saying FCC pressure over political guest bookings has made broadcasting the conversation too risky for the network and its affiliates.The interview is scheduled to appear online Thursday, bypassing... Read More »
Weeks before the $1 billion Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens in Los Angeles, an electrical contractor seeking $1.9 million in allegedly unpaid bills is challenging how the project was classified under California law.J.E. Snyder Electric argues the museum’s 99-year lease of state-owned land for $30 a year made the... Read More »
AMC has agreed to pay “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman and four producers $120 million to settle a breach of contract lawsuit over profits from the hit franchise, bringing the network’s two major settlements tied to the series to $320 million.Kirkman, Glen Mazzara, David Alpert, Charles Eglee and Gale... Read More »
Former Turnstile guitarist Brady Ebert has been ordered to undergo a competency evaluation after his own attorney raised concerns about whether he can stand trial on attempted murder charges tied to an alleged attack on the father of Turnstile frontman Brendan Yates.Ebert sharply rejected that assessment during a September 3... Read More »
A federal jury in Los Angeles began deliberating Wednesday in Lil Durk’s murder-for-hire trial after prosecutors accused the Chicago rapper of financing a deadly revenge plot and his attorneys argued the government built its case around cooperating witnesses seeking lighter sentences.Durk, whose legal name is Durk Banks, has pleaded not... Read More »
Paramount Skydance says California Attorney General Rob Bonta contradicted his own legal position in television interviews as the company seeks a $1.88 billion bond in the fight over its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery.In a court filing Tuesday, Paramount pointed to interviews in which Bonta described the companies’... Read More »
D4vd has been hit with a wrongful death lawsuit from the family of Celeste Rivas Hernández, opening a new legal front against the singer and several people and companies tied to him as he awaits trial on murder and child sexual abuse charges.Celeste’s parents, Mercedes Martinez and Jesus Rivas, filed... Read More »
Bravo has dropped “Below Deck Mediterranean” star Nathan Gallagher after he was convicted of three domestic violence offenses involving former partner and castmate Gael Cameron, while an arrest warrant remains active after he failed to appear in court in Australia.A Bravo spokesperson confirmed the decision to Rolling Stone, saying, “Bravo... Read More »
Duane “Keffe D” Davis is maintaining his innocence days after being convicted of first-degree murder in the 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur, challenging the memoir, interviews, and other statements prosecutors used to help secure the guilty verdict.Davis told The Hollywood Reporter that he had nothing to do with Shakur’s death... Read More »
The parents of Celeste Rivas Hernandez are urging Los Angeles County prosecutors to seek the death penalty against singer D4vd as District Attorney Nathan Hochman weighs whether to pursue capital punishment in the 14-year-old girl’s killing.D4vd, whose legal name is David Anthony Burke, has pleaded not guilty to murder and... Read More »
