Lizzo has been slapped with a defamation lawsuit from the Postmates courier she falsely accused on Twitter of stealing her food. In a since-deleted tweet posted in September, the singer wrote: “Hey @Postmates this girl Tiffany W. stole my food. she lucky I don’t fight no more.” Her post included the driver’s first name and photo, and […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The widow of a passenger who died in a fiery dive boat disaster that killed 34 people in the waters off California sued the vessel’s owners Monday. Christine Dignam, whose husband, Justin Dignam, died when the Conception caught fire Sept. 2 off the Santa Barbara coast, claimed that the boat was […]
Birdman hopes a judge will block one of his creditors from seizing his income in an ongoing $20M lawsuit that dates back to 2017. According to court documents obtained by The Blast, the lawsuit in question was filed in 2017 by a company named EMG Transfer Agent. The lender accused Birdman of borrowing $12 million and using […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson is suing a Las Vegas hotel-casino that banned him in November 2017, alleging that unnamed employees defamed him by telling a celebrity news site he had been drunk, disruptive and unruly. Simpson, on parole in Nevada for a 2008 conviction for armed robbery and assault with a weapon, filed […]
Legendary singer Dionne Warwick is breathing a sigh of relief after her $7 million legal battle with the IRS was recently dismissed. According to The Blast, court documents show Warwick and the IRS informed the court that they’re dropping their respective lawsuits. Warwick and the government have been battling for years over millions of debt owed that she […]
PHOENIX (AP) — A lawsuit filed against Southwest Airlines by a flight attendant alleges pilots on a 2017 flight had an iPad streaming video from a hidden camera in a bathroom in one of the airline’s jets. Southwest responded Saturday by denying it places cameras in aircraft lavatories and by calling the 2017 incident an […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss Chicago’s lawsuit against former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett. U.S. District Virginia Kendall’s ruling means that Chicago’s suit that seeks to recoup $130,000 that city officials say the police department spent investigating Smollett’s claim that he was a victim of a racist and homophobic attack […]
Public Enemy frontman Chuck D is suing a music publisher alleging he fraudulently took copyright ownership of 28 of the rapper’s recent songs without his authorization. According to Billboard, those include Common’s “Black America Again” and Prophets of Rage’s eponymous single, “Counteroffensive” and “Fired a Shot.” Chuck D (born Carlton Ridenhour) filed a lawsuit Oct. 15 asking a federal […]
Despite being a box office smash, Jennifer Lopez’s “Hustlers“ has failed to impress the real-life stripper whose life inspired the story — and she’s suing mad! Samantha Barbash is threatening a lawsuit for use of her likeness in “Hustlers.” TMZ reports. Her legal team has fired off a letter to STX Entertainment, the studio behind the film, demanding payment for using […]
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is suing T-Mobile for what it calls “abusive sales tactics” at Metro by T-Mobile stores, the wireless carrier’s prepaid phone brand. The city’s lawsuit says dozens of stores sold used phones to customers as new, charged fake taxes and unexpected fees and offered financing for phones that resulted […]
A bartender has slapped CNN anchor Don Lemon with a lawsuit, accusing him of a “demeaning, unprovoked and offensive assault” that allegedly took place at Murf’s Backstreet Tavern in Sag Harbor in July 2018. In the lawsuit, Dustin Hice said he encountered Lemon at the tavern and offered to buy him a vodka drink. Hice claims Lemon […]
Cardi B is concerned her testimony in upcoming depositions in her ongoing battle with a former manager could be mocked on the internet, which is why her legal team wants the records sealed because they might be used to make viral videos and memes. Klenord “Shaft” Raphael, the former manager of the hip-hop star (born Belcalis Almanzar), hit Cardi with […]
