After a judge warned they might have something to lose after all, Kiss frontmen Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley have settled the wrongful termination lawsuit brought by the iconic band’s longtime hairstylist. The “Nothin’ to Lose” musicians were speeding toward a Jan. 22 trial when lawyers on both sides informed the judge early Monday that […]
A California judge has rejected Danny Elfman’s attempt to dismiss the defamation lawsuit filed against him by Nomi Abadi, the Los Angeles composer who alleges Elfman exposed himself and sexually harassed her in 2016 before entering into a settlement and nondisclosure agreement with her a year later. In a Christmas Eve ruling, Los Angeles County […]
Lawyers for DJ and producer Diplo announced that they’ve reached a global “resolution in principle” on Monday to end his tangled legal dispute with Shelly Auguste, a woman he had a sexual relationship with in 2019. The last-minute deal averted a trial set to begin next Monday. If the trial had proceeded, it would have […]
Nicki Minaj is facing a new lawsuit from a former assistant who claims the “Super Bass” artist smacked him in the face at a concert venue in Detroit last April. In his 10-page complaint filed Friday in Los Angeles, plaintiff Brandon Jovan Garrett claims he was working for Minaj as a “day to day manager,” […]
A New York woman who claims Diplo shared sexually explicit videos of her without her consent must use her real name instead of a Jane Doe pseudonym if she wants to proceed with the “revenge porn” lawsuit she filed against the famous DJ last June. In a ruling this week, U.S. District Court Judge Mónica […]
Fable, a popular social media app that describes itself as a haven for “bookworms and bingewatchers,” created an AI-powered end-of-year summary feature recapping what books users read in 2024. It was meant to be playful and fun, but some of the recaps took on an oddly combative tone. Writer Danny Groves’ summary for example, asked […]
Jay-Z is opening yet another new front in his all-out attack on the Jane Doe accuser who alleges he sexually assaulted her with Sean Combs when she was a minor in September 2000. After suing the woman’s lawyer for extortion, vehemently denying the woman’s claims in a lengthy X postand asking for expedited orders unmasking […]
Jay-Z was hit with a warning in his fight against a Jane Doe’s sexual assault lawsuit, as a judge ruled the woman can proceed anonymously and blasted the rapper’s lawyer for “relentless filing of combative motions.” The Roc Nation founder, whose real name is Shawn Carter, has vehemently denied the claims from the Jane Doe […]
A man who says he worked for Sean Combs from 2019 through 2021 has sued the disgraced music mogul with claims he was ordered to coordinate drug-fueled evenings called “Wild King Nights” and forced to perform a sex act in front of Combs to “prove his loyalty.” In a new 32-page lawsuit filed Monday and […]
If we scroll back just a few weeks — prior to the accusations — Djerf’s reputation was relatively spotless. She’s been on our Instagram feeds for less than a decade, and in that time has amassed three million followers (1.5m on TikTok) and a fanbase that hails her as a quasi god in delectably oversized, […]
