A jury in Los Angeles found the rapper Soulja Boy liable for sexual battery and assault, ordering him to pay $4 million to a woman who said that he became violent toward her as their once-professional relationship turned romantic, the woman’s lawyer said. The decision on Thursday, which was also…
Sean “Diddy” Combs pleaded not guilty Monday to new charges during an arraignment in his federal sex trafficking case. Diddy, 55, appeared in a Manhattan court looking stone-faced with mostly gray hair and a beard, but smiled upon seeing his two attorneys, Teny Geragos and Marc Agnifilo. His lawyers asked…
A$AP Rocky’s lawyer claims that the firearm involved in a November 2021 altercation with A$AP Relli was nothing more than a “prop gun” for the purpose of scaring off potential threats. On Friday, Jan. 24 opening statements began for A$AP Rocky’s trial. He faces two felony counts of assault with…
ATLANTA – Kenneth “Lil Woody” Copeland returned to the witness stand in the Young Thug and YSL racketeering trial in Fulton County on Tuesday morning. The following are notes from the proceedings: 3:30 P.M. UPDATE: Court has been dismissed for the day. Judge Whitaker told the court that she…
A judge declined on Thursday to revoke the probation of the Atlanta rapper Young Thug, born Jeffery Williams, after prosecutors moved to have him punished for a post on social media in which Mr. Williams referred to a local gang investigator as the “Biggest liar in the DA office.” In…
A jury found rapper A$AP Rocky not guilty of two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm Tuesday following a nearly month-long trial in Los Angeles. Screams were heard inside the courtroom upon the reading of the verdict as Rocky ran toward the back of the room to hug…
A Detroit-based rapper has filed a civil lawsuit against rideshare company Lyft, saying a driver refused her service because of her weight. In a complaint filed Monday in Wayne County Circuit Court, Dajua Blanding, who is known professionally as Dank Demoss, said that on Jan. 18, she had paid Lyft…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rihanna appeared for the first time at the trial of her longtime partner A$AP Rocky, on the day of its most important testimony — the description by a former friend of the moment Rocky allegedly fired a gun at him. The singer superstar, who has two toddler sons with…
BEXAR COUNTY, Texas – A jury is expected to begin deliberations Friday in the capital murder trial of Taymor McIntyre, who is also known as rapper Tay-K. McIntyre was charged in connection with the 2017 shooting death and robbery of photographer Mark Saldivar. The defense rested its case Thursday without…
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Rapper Taymor McIntyre, known as Tay K, appeared in court Tuesday as his trial for capital murder continues. McIntyre is accused of robbing and killing photographer Mark Anthony Saldivar in 2017. Joanna Reyes, the driver of the car involved in the incident, retook the stand to…