Rapper Yo Gotti and Jay-Z’s Roc Nation have officially filed their lawsuit against the state of Mississippi over the state of its prison system. The federal lawsuit alleges inmates are being kept in unconstitutional and inhumane conditions. “Plaintiffs’ lives are in peril,” the lawsuit begins. “Individuals held in Mississippi’s prisons are dying because Mississippi has […]
Tag Archives: Lawsuit
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Exclusive TMZ.com Boxer Sergey Kovalev agreed to a $650k settlement with the woman he allegedly beat up in 2018 — but the woman claims he failed to come up with the cash … and now she’s suing. TMZ Sports broke the story … the 36-year-old Russian superstar was accused of bashing Jamie Frontz in the […]
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Exclusive Details TMZ.com Yo Gotti is a man of his word, following through with a lawsuit on behalf of nearly 30 Mississippi state prisoners enduring nightmarish, sometimes deadly conditions. TMZ broke the story, Gotti enlisted Team Roc — the philanthropic arm of Jay-Z‘s Roc Nation — and its high-powered attorney, Alex Spiro, to rep the […]
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Exclusive TMZ Composite O.J. Simpson‘s hell-bent on going to trial with The Cosmopolitan, and he’s evoking the name of Meek Mill to plead his case … according to new legal docs. Juice is trying to avoid arbitration in his lawsuit against the Las Vegas hotel — in which he claims he was defamed — because […]
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Exclusive TMZ.com Tekashi 6ix9ine is hard to reach these days, which is why a Danish rapper who sued him 8 months ago wants a judge to help him do just that to close the book on a legal matter. The artist, Sleiman, just filed new court docs ahead of the new year — asking for […]
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Exclusive TMZ.com Kanye West‘s legal drama with EMI is NOT going away … cause the once close-to-being-done case over a contract dispute is suddenly and officially back on. According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ … the judge in the case has signed off on EMI’s request to officially reopen the case. EMI — […]
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Exclusive TMZ.com Too Short‘s rape accuser has officially dropped her lawsuit against the rap legend … TMZ has learned. Teana Louis had sued Too Short claiming he sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions in Los Angeles between June and October of 2016. In her lawsuit, Teana claimed the attacks included forced oral sex, vaginal sex […]
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Exclusive Details Russell Westbrook isn’t fazed by the $100 MILLION lawsuit filed against him over an incident with a heckler … we’re told his camp strongly feels the suit is “meritless.” Westbrook is being sued by Shane Keisel — a U.S. Army vet who got into it with the Houston Rockets player during a March […]
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A video of Dame Dash flipping out on a lawyer during a lawsuit deposition is making the rounds on Twitter. In the video, Dame is seen blasting a lawyer named Chris Brown, who he called a “culture vulture.” “This doesn’t give you control,” a frustrated Dash told Brown. “It gives you no power, it just […]
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Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Damon Dash wasn’t done getting stuff off his chest after his deposition … and took the opportunity to spell out all the ways he thinks the lawsuit filed against him is BS. We got the Roc-A-Fella cofounder the day after he sat for a 50-minute depo in the case, and […]