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*On April 4, we reported on the abuse that former Rutgers’ basketball coach Mike Rice, was doling out to the Scarlet Knights basketball team. But when Athletic Director Tim Pernetti, saw Rice hurling anti-gay slurs, kicking, punching, and throwing things at his players, he only slapped him on the wrist with a $50,000 fine and [...]
*Allen Iverson is looking all kinds of bad with this whole divorce situation. Not only is he trying to get out of giving all his money to his ex-wife, and isn’t a good parent, but he’s also a cheap client. TMZ reports that the washed up ex-NBA star racked up a hefty attorney bill and [...]
*Florida A&M University has offered $300,000 – the maximum it says it can offer without state legislative action – as a settlement to the family of Robert Champion Jr., the drum major who died after a hazing ritual last year, a university attorney said Thursday. However, the family’s attorney, Chris Chestnut, said that the offer [...]
**The injustice and brutal force from inner city police against African Americans is unrelenting. Anytime the age and gender of a suspect has no bearing on how they will be treated, there is a serious problem. The state of Maryland is in the middle of a heated debate over the issue of arresting and handcuffing [...]
*A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit that was pending against the owner of a defunct charter jet company that secretly recorded celebrity attorney Mark Geragos, his partner and Michael Jackson while aboard a flight to Santa Barbara. The Pop star was planning to turn himself in for child molestation charges. (Are you a [...]
*Rihanna has settled her legal battle with photographer David LaChapelle after he accused her of copying his work in scenes for her “S&M” music video. The photographer sued the pop star earlier this year alleging her controversial video featured scenes which were “directly derived” from some of his images. In July, a judge in New [...]
*After famed photographer David LaChapelle won round one of a lawsuit accusing Rihanna of copying his photographs in the music video “S&M,” the singer has replaced her lawyer in the case, and there are indications that the dispute may be on a track towards settlement, according to the Hollywood Reporter. In February, LaChapelle sued alleging [...]
*The New York Post is reporting that earlier this year, Sean “Diddy” Combs quietly settled all of the civil lawsuits stemming from the infamous 1999 shooting at Club New York. Diddy, his former protégé Jamal “Shyne” Barrow and the now-defunct Times Square nightclub struck a deal earlier this year with three club-goers shot by Barrow [...]
*A settlement was reached between the tattoo artist who inked Mike Tyson’s face and Warner Bros, which featured a similar tatt on Ed Helms’ face in “The Hangover Part II.” Warner Bros. spokesman Paul McGuire said Monday that the movie studio and S. Victor Whitmill amicably resolved their dispute. No further details were given. Whitmill [...]
*Just a few days ago, Atlanta megachurch pastor Creflo Dollar was speaking out for Bishop Eddie Long. Rather than gossiping, he said, prayer and forgiveness is in order. Now, according to Charisma Magazine, Lerone Martin, an assistant professor of American Religious History at Eden Theological Seminar in St. Louis is speaking out against Dollar for [...]
*New Birth Missionary Baptist Church just can’t get enough drama! Rumors recently spread that Bishop Eddie Long’s wife, Vanessa, moved out their home, but the church released a statement denying the misinformation. “Recently, some blog entries have surfaced claiming to have anonymous sources stating that New Birth First Lady Elder Vanessa Long has moved out [...]
*Citing an unnamed source, the web site reddingnewsreview.com is reporting that New Birth Missionary Baptist Church pastor Bishop Eddie Long is paying nearly $25 million to settle claims he had sexual relationships with four young male parishioners, and has also given an apology to the accusers. The source, who claims to be familiar with the [...]
*NewsOne is reporting that after settling his sexual misconduct case out of court in order to avoid trial, one source says Eddie Long’s New Birth Missionary Baptist Church may be at its wits end with the embattled bishop. The source in the site’s investigation cites three proofs (“strikes”) as to why New Birth may soon find itself in [...]
*The settlement negotiations in lawsuits against Bishop Eddie Long were moving along smoothly, but may have hit some bumps, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The judge in the case said he is scheduling trial for late summer, according to Atlanta’s Channel 2 Action News. The threat of a trial appears to conflict with an earlier statement [...]
*A new National Enquirer report says Eddie Murphy’s ex-wife blew her lump sum $15 million settlement in just four years. But that’s not all. Supposedly Nicole Murphy not only blew more money than many of us will ever see in a lifetime, but she is also in debt and owes a total of $846,630. Oh [...]
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