Lizzo's former backup dancers are hitting the appeals court to revive their sexual harassment lawsuit after arguing the singer can't use First Amendment protection to dodge allegations about being forced to interact with nude performers and participate in explicit acts during international trips. The plaintiffs claim that what went down wasn't artistic expression but straight misconduct that shouldn't get legal cover as free speech.
A judge already let most of the case survive back when the fat-shaming angle got tossed, and the court said the remaining accusations were serious enough for trial. The dancers want the appeals panel to confirm that a jury gets to weigh their experiences instead of letting Lizzo's lawyers decide what counts...
About half the country says holiday gift buying hits different this year because inflation keeps wrecking household budgets, and most people think present prices jumped compared to what things used to cost. Economic vibes remain terrible across the board, with two-thirds calling the national economy straight up bad, and affordability stress is starting to mess with how voters feel about Trump's second-term performance on money issues.
Only 31 percent approve of how the president handles economic stuff right now, which marks his worst rating across both terms. Trump keeps blaming the previous administration and claims he walked into a disaster with sky-high prices that are supposedly dropping, but poll respondents aren't buying it since...
Sherrone Moore got hit with home invasion, stalking, and breaking-and-entering charges after Michigan fired him mid-week for having an inappropriate relationship with his executive assistant, Paige Shiver. Police say the former head coach showed up at her place hours after losing his job, and dispatch recordings mention him carrying a knife while threatening self-harm before he bolted on foot and got arrested near a church.
The 39-year-old was apparently calling himself suicidal during the whole mess, and prosecutors laid out the stalking pattern during his arraignment. Moore had been prepping the Wolverines for a bowl game just days earlier, which makes the timing extra wild for college football people watching this unfold.
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Cassie Ventura finally got legal representation after a judge warned her about facing a potential $20 million default judgment in the Clayton Howard lawsuit. Her attorney, Melodie Han from Wigdor LLP, filed paperwork confirming she's officially on the case, but there's still no actual response to the allegations yet.
Howard claims Cassie actively helped organize freak-off sessions, recruited escorts, and transmitted an STI to him during unprotected encounters. He also alleges she got pregnant and terminated without telling him. The former escort tried serving her papers nine times at different addresses before the judge approved alternative methods, and he's pushing to get recognized as a crime victim under federal trafficking charges...
Dame Dash went on the POV Podcast and said he genuinely thought 50 Cent would never actually drop The Reckoning documentary about Diddy because it crosses a line for how Black men from the streets should handle business. Dame explained he refuses to publicly destroy another Black man on platforms that white people control, especially when there's money involved, and he thinks real violations should get handled face-to-face instead of getting packaged for Netflix.
He also questioned whether parts of the doc were just hearsay and mentioned how Black men with wealth constantly get targeted, adding that being broke sometimes feels safer because nobody tries to take anything from you. When clips hit social media, 50 fired back immediately...
Tatted Up Holly jumped online to ask everyone to leave her alone after old abuse allegations against 50 Cent started making the rounds again because of the Diddy documentary drama. She posted that whatever went down was her personal experience and she healed from it already, plus she wants zero involvement in beefs or negativity while focusing on her kid and peace.
Holly accused 50 of beating her back in 2015, and he dropped an apology on Instagram before deleting it. Daphne Joy also hit him with domestic violence accusations that ended in a plea deal for vandalism, and Shaniqua Tompkins recently went public, saying he abused her when she was around her daughter years ago.
People are calling 50 a hypocrite for going after Diddy while...
Chelley Bissainthe and Ace Greene from Love Island USA Season 7 officially called it quits, and she broke the news during a radio interview. The split happened after weeks of back-and-forth talks between the two, and Chelley made it clear the decision was mutual, even though it sucked. She said letting someone go can be the most loving choice when things stop working, and some relationship details are gonna stay private forever.
The couple almost reached the finale but got booted on Day 30, and people kept accusing them of scheming since they knew each other before filming started. Chelley shut that down by explaining they only met once at a club years earlier and followed each other online without any game plan. Season winners Amaya...
Hot 97 apparently axed Ebro In The Morning after over a decade on air, and the hosts basically confirmed it through cryptic social media posts instead of getting any real announcement. Ebro Darden, Peter Rosenberg, and Laura Stylez all dropped hints that the show wrapped up, with Rosenberg saying he lived out a childhood dream and teasing what comes next.
The program kicked off back in 2012 when Darden returned to morning radio at the station. Rosenberg does double duty with ESPN radio and WWE stuff, while Stylez has worked across multiple stations and platforms. Nobody knows what Hot 97 plans to do with the slot yet, but the crew seems chill about whatever move they make next.
21 Savage says he warned Drake before the Kendrick Lamar beef got out of hand, and he basically told him the whole thing was rigged against him from the start. The Atlanta rapper explained on Big Bank's show that he reached out after the Metro Boomin track dropped, and his message was blunt: this was an unwinnable situation, no matter how fire the bars were.
According to 21, the internet had already picked its winner before anyone even heard the disses, and nothing Drake could spit was gonna change that. He pointed out that even if Kendrick never responded at all, Drake still wouldn't have won because public opinion was locked in. The whole spectacle showed that his talent gets overshadowed when online bias and fan expectations decide...
