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*First Pepsi, now another company has fallen into the, obviously, tempting world of racist ads. Uni-ball, known for their gel ink pens, thought it would be cute to take a punch at black prison inmates and their pen pal “homies” back home. The commercial for their pen makes little to no sense as they poke [...]
*In March, we reported that abortion doctor Kermit B. Gosnell, nicknamed “Dr. Death”, was finally headed to trial for the murders of three infants by severing their spinal cords with scissors after they were born. Now it’s time to pay the piper! In addition to the diabolical abortion practices he used, Nepalese refugee Karnamaya Mongar who had come [...]
*Bob Marley’s son Rohan has offered his support to ex-girlfriend Lauryn Hill as she prepares for her upcoming prison stint, reports TMZ. Rohan says he will step up his parenting duties for their five children, ages five to 15, while Hill is serving three months in prison for tax evasion. The singer has been given [...]
*George Zimmerman is preparing to have another status hearing tomorrow on his murder trial set to begin June 10. The state’s attorney requested Zimmerman’s presence so that the court can ensure he approves the defense waiving his right to an immunity hearing, but also so the prosecution can determine what he is planning to do [...]
*A judge sentenced a member of gospel music’s Winans family to nearly 14 years in prison Wednesday for an $8 million financial scam that was promoted in church pulpits, reports the Associated Press. Two of Michael Winans Jr.’s victims spoke in federal court, telling a judge that the scheme to sell Saudi Arabian oil bonds [...]
*Ja Rule left an upstate New York prison Thursday morning after serving most of his two-year sentence for illegal gun possession and headed straight into federal custody in a tax case. U.S. Marshals escorted the 36-year-old musician out of Mid-State Correctional Facility at 9:30 a.m. He was being held at the Oneida County Jail in [...]
*Damn, damn, damn… Katt Williams could be headed back to jail again. Why? Because he failed to show up for his arraignment in connection to his police chase back in November in Sacramento. The D.A. has charged the seemingly deranged comedian with evading the police and reckless driving, which happens to be a felony. Katt [...]
*Ja Rule is going to see the light soon. The rapper got locked up in June last year, but is scheduled to be released in a few months. According to his website, he’s supposed to leave his cell on Feb. 21, 2013 after serving time for rolling around with a loaded semi-automatic handgun found during [...]
*Dr. Conrad Murray is again complaining about his prison conditions, this time claiming he needs to leave immediately because he has deadly blood clots in his legs. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] TMZ has obtained a recording of a jailhouse phone call between Murray and a friend in which Murray says he was rushed to [...]
*Coolio’s eldest son was sentenced to between 42 and 120 months in jail for his part in an armed robbery, reports TMZ. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Grtis Ivey, who starred with his rapper father in the reality show “Coolio’s Rules,” was accused of breaking into an apartment in Las Vegas last October and threatening [...]
*Damion Hardy, whose claim to fame is being Lil Kim’s incarcerated ex-boyfriend, has made headlines because he allegedly attacked passing prison guards and has been transferred to a secure new cell. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Hardy, who used to share a New Jersey home with Lil’ Kim, was arrested in 2004 on suspicion of [...]
*Jennifer Hudson’s former brother-in-law William Balfour has received three life sentences for murdering her mother, brother and seven-year-old nephew. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The 31-year-old was found guilty of three counts of murder and four other counts related to the 2008 killings earlier this year and he has received the life sentences along with [...]
*Taking a page from Floyd Mayweather Jr., Dr. Conrad Murray is begging a judge to release him from L.A. County Jail because it’s taking an extreme physical toll on his body, adding if he doesn’t get help soon, he believes he’ll die behind bars. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] Unlike Mayweather, Murray is not asking [...]
*Former Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Nate Webster was sentenced to 12 years in prison for having sex with the underage teen daughter of a former assistant coach for the team. [SUBSCRIBE TO EURWEB's RSS FEED] The 34-year-old was sentenced Wednesday in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court in Cincinnati, reports the AP. A jury convicted him in [...]
*A prison break is near impossible, except when inmates get inside favors. Having that inside help might make it less difficult. In fact, that’s probably the only way the escape can be made possible. Officials are hinting at such “participation” in the latest successful escape. Two inmates in Texarkana, Arkansas, Cortez Rashod Hooper, 23, and [...]
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