Image Credit: Chicago Police Department via CNN Yesterday, a special Cook County grand jury indicted Jussie Smollett, an actor formerly on Fox's hit television show, "Empire." This will be the second time that he has faced charges for allegedly staging a hate crime against himself. As the events that transpired leading to Smollett's indictment took... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Jefferson Siegel / NY Times This is an update from a previous post regarding Harvey Weinstein's ongoing criminal trial. Mr. Weinstein's defense team rested its case in Mr. Weinstein's criminal sexual assault trial on Tuesday, February 12. The disgraced film mogul did not take the stand, as his defense attorneys convinced him against... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Mark Lennihan / AP Today, in the highly-publicized Harvey Weinstein trial, Mr. Weinstein's sixth accuser testified. Lauren Young, a model and actress, is one of three witness-accusers whose claims are not being prosecuted in the Manhattan trial. The prosecution called these women as Molineux witnesses, also known as "prior bad acts" witnesses, in... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Jon Kopaloff / FilmMagic This Sunday, November 24, Taylor Swift will be honored with an Artist of the Decade award at the American Music Awards ("AMAs"). As part of accepting this award, Swift was set to perform a medley of her hits. On November 14, Swift took to social media to post to... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Katherine Tyler / iHeart Radio A Florida man, Nate Hollander, has filed a class-action lawsuit against Madonna and concert promoter, Live Nation, for breach of contract. Hollander bought $1,024.95 worth of tickets for Madonna's Madam X Tour show taking place on Tuesday, December 17 at the Fillmore Miami Beach concert venue. Initially, the... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Michael Rozman / Warner Bros. Ellen DeGeneres and Sandra Bullock filed a lawsuit this week in Los Angeles Superior Court over false advertising and unauthorized use of their names and likenesses to endorse products. Due to their uncertainty as to who is behind the fraud, DeGeneres and Bullock filed the suit against unnamed... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Katherine Taylor / EPA via Shutterstock Friday, actress Lori Loughlin and her husband, fashion designer Mossimo Giannulli, pleaded not guilty to new charges in the ongoing college admissions fraud case. Image Credit: John Tlumacki / Boston Globe The 2018 college admissions scandal, referred to as "Varsity Blues," involved dozens of wealthy parents, including... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Ben Hassett / ELLE Despite the success of Taylor Swift's latest album, Lover, she has not been able to successfully "shake off" a copyright infringement suit against her. Monday, a Ninth Circuit three-judge panel remanded a copyright suit regarding lyrics in Taylor Swift's "Shake it Off" back to the district court for further... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Disney Disney is actively trying to prevent class action certification of a suit brought by a group of ten female employees who allege that Disney has been violating California's Fair Pay Act by paying its male employees more than its female employees, despite the fact that these employees are performing the same or... Continue Reading →
Image Credit: Richard Drew / AP The Weinstein Company has just made huge progress in its pursuit of legal action against its former co-chairmen Harvey and Bob Weinstein and other former company officers and directors. Image Credit: KMAZUR / WIREIMAGE After the many allegations of sexual misconduct against disgraced film mogul, Harvey Weinstein, and his... Continue Reading →