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Irv Gotti, who cofounded Murder Inc. Records and has delivered hits for rappers Ja-Rule and Jay-Z, is being sued by an ex-companion for alleged sexual assault and battery. In a lawsuit filed in Miami-Dade on July 11, a woman identified only as Jane Doe accuses 54-year-old Gotti (born Irving Domingo…

UPDATED, 2:15 PM: A Manhattan judge today set a tentative start date of the rape retrial of convicted sex offender Harvey Weinstein. With the disgraced former movie mogul in the courtroom briefly, Judge Curtis Farber penciled in November 12 but said he was open to earlier trial date depending on how…

EXCLUSIVE: Rebel Wilson has enlisted one of Hollywood's most pugilistic attorneys to take on the producers of her directorial debut. Fresh off locking down The Deb's spot as the closer of the Toronto International Film Festival, the Pitch Perfect star has hired Bryan Freedman, I've learned. A…

German police detained a U.S. man Wednesday suspected of stalking Taylor Swift and making threats against her and Travis Kelce on social media. The man, who has not been identified, was trying to attend Swift’s concert in Gelsenirchen. He had a ticket for the show and was taken into custody at the…

UPDATE, 3:40 PM: Tom Sandoval isn’t suing Ariana Madix after all in the fallout of Rachel Leviss’ revenge porn lawsuit against her ex-Vanderpump Rules co-stars. In a shift that would be both stupid and surprising in any situation not connected to the sordid Scandoval, the so-called “most hated man…

Almost immediately after Alec Baldwin's involuntary manslaughter trial over the 2021 death of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was tossed out last week, the lawyer for the troubled film's incarcerated armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed vowed to make a move to free her. Today, he has. Based on the…

A jury in federal court in Brooklyn on Tuesday found Ozy Media founder and CEO Carlos Watson guilty of securities fraud, identity fraud and other charges that carry a penalty of up to 37 years in prison. Sentencing is in November. The verdict marks the end of a two-month trial for Watson, who…

UPDATE: Special Counsel Jack Smith will appeal a judge’s order dismissing the classified documents case against Donald Trump. Peter Carr, a spokesman for Smith, said in a statement to reporters, “The dismissal of the case deviates from the uniform conclusion of all previous courts to have considered…

Wiz Khalifa was charged with illegal drug possession after using marijuana while performing at the Beach Please! Festival in Romania on Saturday night. "The prosecutors of the Directorate for the Investigation of Organized Crime and Terrorism – Constanța Territorial Service ordered the initiation of…

Prosecutor Erlinda Ocampo Johnson, who stepped down just before the charges against actor Alec Baldwin were thrown out, claims in an interview Baldwin engaged in “horseplay” with the gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.  The alleged horseplay saw Baldwin using another person as a target…

Trainer Cara Castronuova, who appeared on Season 11 of the The Biggest Loser, is suing the New York State Board of Elections for allegedly preventing her and others from writing her name in as a Republican challenger to incumbent Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. Castronuova was initially kept off the GOP…

Mario Gabelli, a major shareholder of Paramount and its predecessor companies for decades, is pressing for more information about the company’s pending merger with Skydance. Specifically, the investor and fund manager wants to get more financial data and better clarity on the valuation of National…