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 »
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 »
Cardi B’s legal team is pushing back against an effort to reopen her recently settled civil case, calling the move “absurd” and “entirely frivolous.” The security guard who accused the rapper of assaulting her outside a Beverly Hills doctor’s office has requested a new trial, but Cardi B’s attorneys say... Read More »
Spotify has been hit with another class action lawsuit now accusing the streaming giant of operating what plaintiffs call a “modern form of payola” through its Discovery Mode feature, a tool Spotify markets as a way to personalize listening recommendations for users. Filed Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan and... Read More »
Alan Niven, the former manager of Guns N’ Roses, has filed a lawsuit against the band, alleging that they attempted to block the publication of his forthcoming memoir, Sound N’ Fury: Rock N’ Roll Stories. The book, which recounts Niven’s time managing the group during their early rise to global... Read More »
Offset is facing a new lawsuit alleging that he physically assaulted a security guard during an altercation at a Los Angeles cannabis dispensary earlier this year. The complaint, filed Oct. 29 in Los Angeles County Superior Court, claims the Migos rapper struck a guard in the face without provocation outside... Read More »
Drake has formally launched an appeal to overturn the dismissal of his defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group, escalating his legal battle over the distribution of Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-winning diss track “Not Like Us.” The rapper’s legal team filed the notice of appeal on Wednesday in Manhattan federal court, confirming... Read More »
Singer and actress Halle Bailey and rapper DDG, whose legal name is Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr., have officially dropped their respective domestic violence complaints against one another after months of legal disputes. The former couple, who share a two-year-old son, reached a temporary settlement that includes a custody and visitation... Read More »
A new class-action lawsuit was filed Monday in Jackson County Circuit Court against Grammy-winning artist Drake, social-media star Adin Ross, and the online casino platform Stake.us, alleging that these parties collaborated in the design and promotion of a “deceptive” gambling scheme marketed to Missouri consumers. According to a 34-page complaint,... Read More »
Federal authorities have projected that Sean “Diddy” Combs will complete his prison term in the spring of 2028, marking the first official estimate of when the 55-year-old music executive could regain his freedom. According to Bureau of Prisons records reviewed this week, Combs is on track to finish his 50-month... Read More »
Lizzo is once again facing a legal challenge over her music, this time, for a track that hasn’t even been released. A Georgia-based entity known as the GRC Trust has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against the singer, claiming that a snippet of her unreleased song “I’m Goin’ in Till... Read More »
