“I’m not going to sit here and be called a liar!”
In what was one of a number of acidic exchanges today between lawyers, that’s what clearly heated Rust Special Prosecutor Kari Morrissey told a virtual hearing today on a motion by Alec Baldwin’s defense to see the involuntary manslaughter charges against their client dismissed
Despite his lawyers’ best efforts Friday over the long hearing, Baldwin will not know for several more days if he is still going to stand trial this summer on involuntary manslaughter charges for the fatal 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Late this morning, Judge Mary Marlowe Summer told the assembled attorneys that she will make public next week her decision on whether or not to dismiss the indictment. “I’ll put it in writing, look for that,” she said, wearily signing off.
The State v. Alexander Rae Baldwin trial is scheduled...
In what was one of a number of acidic exchanges today between lawyers, that’s what clearly heated Rust Special Prosecutor Kari Morrissey told a virtual hearing today on a motion by Alec Baldwin’s defense to see the involuntary manslaughter charges against their client dismissed
Despite his lawyers’ best efforts Friday over the long hearing, Baldwin will not know for several more days if he is still going to stand trial this summer on involuntary manslaughter charges for the fatal 2021 shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
Late this morning, Judge Mary Marlowe Summer told the assembled attorneys that she will make public next week her decision on whether or not to dismiss the indictment. “I’ll put it in writing, look for that,” she said, wearily signing off.
The State v. Alexander Rae Baldwin trial is scheduled...
- 5/17/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
A New Mexico judge on Friday asked a series of skeptical questions of the prosecutor in the Alec Baldwin manslaughter case, suggesting she might decide to throw out the indictment.
Baldwin is scheduled to face a trial in Santa Fe in July for negligently pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and pulling the trigger. In New Mexico, involuntary manslaughter carries a maximum sentence of 18 months in prison.
Baldwin’s defense has asked Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer to throw out the case, arguing that prosecutors failed to make defense witnesses available to the grand jury.
At a hearing on Friday, Marlowe Sommer asked the prosecutor, Kari Morrissey, why she had not made more of an effort to contact those witnesses before the grand jury proceeding.
“Common sense tells me you should have reached out ahead of time,” she said.
The judge also questioned why Morrissey had cut off a witness...
Baldwin is scheduled to face a trial in Santa Fe in July for negligently pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and pulling the trigger. In New Mexico, involuntary manslaughter carries a maximum sentence of 18 months in prison.
Baldwin’s defense has asked Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer to throw out the case, arguing that prosecutors failed to make defense witnesses available to the grand jury.
At a hearing on Friday, Marlowe Sommer asked the prosecutor, Kari Morrissey, why she had not made more of an effort to contact those witnesses before the grand jury proceeding.
“Common sense tells me you should have reached out ahead of time,” she said.
The judge also questioned why Morrissey had cut off a witness...
- 5/17/2024
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Update:
Today’s two-hour hearing regarding Alec Baldwin’s involvement in the fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins took a nasty turn toward the session’s end. After Judge Mary Marlowe Summer said she’d consider the motion to dismiss a grand jury indictment against Baldwin for involuntary manslaughter in the tragic shooting, Special Prosecutor Kari Morrissey shouted at defense attorney Alex Spiro, saying, “I’m not going to sit here and be called a liar!”
“I have no idea what Mr. Spiro is talking about,” the Special Prosecutor clapped back. “Everything he is saying to you right now is a complete misrepresentation of what has happened,” she told the Land of Enchantment judge about Spiro’s claims. “That’s what these people do,” Morrissey barked.
Regardless of the heated arguments presented by Baldwin’s lawyers, Morrissey rejected most of what was said. “The defense wants somehow to try...
Today’s two-hour hearing regarding Alec Baldwin’s involvement in the fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins took a nasty turn toward the session’s end. After Judge Mary Marlowe Summer said she’d consider the motion to dismiss a grand jury indictment against Baldwin for involuntary manslaughter in the tragic shooting, Special Prosecutor Kari Morrissey shouted at defense attorney Alex Spiro, saying, “I’m not going to sit here and be called a liar!”
“I have no idea what Mr. Spiro is talking about,” the Special Prosecutor clapped back. “Everything he is saying to you right now is a complete misrepresentation of what has happened,” she told the Land of Enchantment judge about Spiro’s claims. “That’s what these people do,” Morrissey barked.
Regardless of the heated arguments presented by Baldwin’s lawyers, Morrissey rejected most of what was said. “The defense wants somehow to try...
- 5/17/2024
- by Steve Seigh
- JoBlo.com
Elon Musk‘s erratic posting on X, formerly Twitter, has come back to haunt him once again as a 22-year-old Jewish man pursues a defamation case over tweets in which the tech mogul baselessly suggested the recent college graduate was an undercover federal agent posing as a neo-Nazi during a street fight between far-right groups. Musk’s excruciating March 27 deposition in the matter, which a judge ordered released to the public over the objections of the CEO’s lawyer, and was first obtained by HuffPost, reveals the extent to which...
- 4/9/2024
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
A cascade of “misleading statements” and “false” claims by Alec Baldwin’s lawyers in the Rust star’s involuntary manslaughter case for the 2021 shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins will do nothing to erase the actor’s “complete lack of concern for the safety of those around him,” declares the prosecution.
Set to go on trial on July 9 in Santa Fe on charges re-filed in late January, Baldwin is facing up to 18 months behind bars if found guilty in the killing of Hutchins. With Baldwin pleading not guilty and always proclaiming he never pulled the trigger on the Colt .45 that fired live rounds at Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza, his lawyers have slammed the case as an “abuse of the system, and an abuse of an innocent person.” They want it dismissed Asap
Fresh of their successful involuntary manslaughter conviction of Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed on March 6, one of...
Set to go on trial on July 9 in Santa Fe on charges re-filed in late January, Baldwin is facing up to 18 months behind bars if found guilty in the killing of Hutchins. With Baldwin pleading not guilty and always proclaiming he never pulled the trigger on the Colt .45 that fired live rounds at Hutchins and wounded director Joel Souza, his lawyers have slammed the case as an “abuse of the system, and an abuse of an innocent person.” They want it dismissed Asap
Fresh of their successful involuntary manslaughter conviction of Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed on March 6, one of...
- 4/8/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
The trial of Alec Baldwin on involuntary manslaughter in the accidental shooting on the set of “Rust” will begin on July 9, a judge in Santa Fe, N.M., ruled on Monday.
Jury selection is scheduled to begin that day. Testimony will begin July 10, and the trial is scheduled to last eight days, concluding on July 19.
Baldwin’s attorneys, led by Alex Spiro, had wanted the trial to start a month earlier, on June 13, indicating at a hearing last week that the actor is eager to have the case heard as soon as possible.
“Mr. Baldwin has been dealing with this for several years,” Spiro said at the hearing. “We’re asking for a speedy trial.”
Prosecutor Kari Morrissey told the court that she would be busy in June with another trial, and asked for a date in July or August.
Baldwin is accused of firing a live bullet from a...
Jury selection is scheduled to begin that day. Testimony will begin July 10, and the trial is scheduled to last eight days, concluding on July 19.
Baldwin’s attorneys, led by Alex Spiro, had wanted the trial to start a month earlier, on June 13, indicating at a hearing last week that the actor is eager to have the case heard as soon as possible.
“Mr. Baldwin has been dealing with this for several years,” Spiro said at the hearing. “We’re asking for a speedy trial.”
Prosecutor Kari Morrissey told the court that she would be busy in June with another trial, and asked for a date in July or August.
Baldwin is accused of firing a live bullet from a...
- 2/26/2024
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Alec Baldwin will face a New Mexico jury this summer on involuntary manslaughter stemming from the 2021 fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
As promised last week, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer today set a date for the start of the multiple Emmy winner’s trial in the Land of Enchantment. Baldwin faces a prison sentence of 18 months to three years and around $5,000 in fines if found guilty.
“Jury selection is scheduled for July 9, 2024” wrote Judge Sommer in an order made public Monday morning (read the Baldwin trial scheduling order here). With Baldwin present in the Santa Fe courtroom, the trial is expected to run from July 10 to July 19, 2024.
Aways denying he pulled the trigger, Baldwin shot Hutchins on October 21, 2021 on Rust‘s Bonanza Creek Ranch set just outside Santa Fe after a gun he was holding during a rehearsal discharged a live round. The actor/producer wounded Rust director Joel Souza in the shooting too,...
As promised last week, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer today set a date for the start of the multiple Emmy winner’s trial in the Land of Enchantment. Baldwin faces a prison sentence of 18 months to three years and around $5,000 in fines if found guilty.
“Jury selection is scheduled for July 9, 2024” wrote Judge Sommer in an order made public Monday morning (read the Baldwin trial scheduling order here). With Baldwin present in the Santa Fe courtroom, the trial is expected to run from July 10 to July 19, 2024.
Aways denying he pulled the trigger, Baldwin shot Hutchins on October 21, 2021 on Rust‘s Bonanza Creek Ranch set just outside Santa Fe after a gun he was holding during a rehearsal discharged a live round. The actor/producer wounded Rust director Joel Souza in the shooting too,...
- 2/26/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Santa Fe, N.M. — A jury was selected Wednesday in the trial of Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the film armorer charged with involuntary manslaughter in the 2021 fatal accident on the set of “Rust.”
Twelve jurors were chosen — seven men and five women — along with four alternates, all men. The opening statements will be held Thursday.
Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer began the questioning by asking the pool of 70 potential jurors to raise their hands if they had seen media coverage of the case. Most hands went up.
Kari Morrissey, one of two special prosecutors, also focused on media coverage in her opening question.
“Because of all the press coverage, that makes it difficult to get a fair and impartial jury,” Morrissey said. “All of us can agree that frequently the press gets it wrong.”
Gutierrez Reed faces up to three years in prison if convicted of involuntary manslaughter and evidence tampering. She...
Twelve jurors were chosen — seven men and five women — along with four alternates, all men. The opening statements will be held Thursday.
Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer began the questioning by asking the pool of 70 potential jurors to raise their hands if they had seen media coverage of the case. Most hands went up.
Kari Morrissey, one of two special prosecutors, also focused on media coverage in her opening question.
“Because of all the press coverage, that makes it difficult to get a fair and impartial jury,” Morrissey said. “All of us can agree that frequently the press gets it wrong.”
Gutierrez Reed faces up to three years in prison if convicted of involuntary manslaughter and evidence tampering. She...
- 2/21/2024
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
Over two years after the on-set shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, Alec Baldwin could finally be going to trial for the fatal tragedy early this summer.
“So, what I’m going to do is I’m going to look at my schedule, and check the jury selection. I’m going to get going to see if we can’t compromise between the July trial dates and the June trial dates,” declared Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer today at a virtual hearing for the involuntary manslaughter case. “I’ll put that order out to you …Monday,” the New Mexico official added of a February 26 date.
Baldwin shot Hutchins on October 21, 2021 on the Indie Western’s Bonanza Creek Ranch set just outside Santa Fe after a gun he was holding during a rehearsal discharged a live round. Rust director Joel Souza was wounded in the shooting, but recovered soon afterwards.
Facing a...
“So, what I’m going to do is I’m going to look at my schedule, and check the jury selection. I’m going to get going to see if we can’t compromise between the July trial dates and the June trial dates,” declared Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer today at a virtual hearing for the involuntary manslaughter case. “I’ll put that order out to you …Monday,” the New Mexico official added of a February 26 date.
Baldwin shot Hutchins on October 21, 2021 on the Indie Western’s Bonanza Creek Ranch set just outside Santa Fe after a gun he was holding during a rehearsal discharged a live round. Rust director Joel Souza was wounded in the shooting, but recovered soon afterwards.
Facing a...
- 2/20/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Est Gee and Yo Gotti have collaborated on a new single, “A Moment With Gotti.” In a music video for the track, the pair appear in front of high-end cars, as Gotti raps, “I ain’t payin’ no plugs/ I got more free bands than Scooter.”
The song teases Est Gee’s forthcoming album, El Toro 2, a continuation of Gee’s 2019 debut mixtape, El Toro. The rapper previously shared single “Turn the Streets Up,” which will also appear on the new album.
Est Gee has released several albums since El Toro,...
The song teases Est Gee’s forthcoming album, El Toro 2, a continuation of Gee’s 2019 debut mixtape, El Toro. The rapper previously shared single “Turn the Streets Up,” which will also appear on the new album.
Est Gee has released several albums since El Toro,...
- 8/11/2023
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
X Corp., the parent company of the platform formerly known as Twitter, has followed through on a threat to sue a nonprofit whose research has documented a rise in hate speech on the social media service, alleging the organization has “embarked on a scare campaign to drive away advertisers.”
The suit filed in federal court in California on Tuesday accuses the Center for Countering Digital Hate of violating X’s terms of service by illegally obtaining the data that was used to conduct its research. Ccdh “convinced an unknown third party — in violation of that third party’s contractual obligations — to improperly share login credentials to a secured database that Ccdh then accessed, and retrieved information from, on multiple occasions without authorization,” states the complaint.
X faults Ccdh for companies pausing their advertising spend on the platform. It seeks tens of millions of dollars in lost ad revenue and a...
The suit filed in federal court in California on Tuesday accuses the Center for Countering Digital Hate of violating X’s terms of service by illegally obtaining the data that was used to conduct its research. Ccdh “convinced an unknown third party — in violation of that third party’s contractual obligations — to improperly share login credentials to a secured database that Ccdh then accessed, and retrieved information from, on multiple occasions without authorization,” states the complaint.
X faults Ccdh for companies pausing their advertising spend on the platform. It seeks tens of millions of dollars in lost ad revenue and a...
- 8/2/2023
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Since taking the helm at Twitter, Elon Musk has suspended journalists, reinstated extremist accounts and changed platform policies to ban a user he holds a personal grudge against for tracking his private jet. His attention has now turned to a nonprofit whose research has blamed him for a rise in hate speech on the platform.
X Corp., the parent company of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, on July 20 wrote to the Center for Countering Digital Hate threatening legal action for making a “series of troubling and baseless claims that appear calculated to harm Twitter generally, and its digital advertising business specifically.”
The letter concerns research the organization released last month examining posts that contain content that violates Twitter’s policies. It claimed that the platform “fails to act on 99% of hate posted by Twitter Blue subscribers,” suggesting that the company is allowing them to break its rules...
X Corp., the parent company of the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, on July 20 wrote to the Center for Countering Digital Hate threatening legal action for making a “series of troubling and baseless claims that appear calculated to harm Twitter generally, and its digital advertising business specifically.”
The letter concerns research the organization released last month examining posts that contain content that violates Twitter’s policies. It claimed that the platform “fails to act on 99% of hate posted by Twitter Blue subscribers,” suggesting that the company is allowing them to break its rules...
- 7/31/2023
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Update, 4:35 Pm: Alec Baldwin’s defense team are wrong that the gun that killed Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has been destroyed, says the Santa Fe District Attorney’s office.
“The gun Alec Baldwin used in the shooting that killed Halyna Hutchins has not been destroyed by the state,” asserts New Mexico First Judicial D.A. spokesperson Heather Brewer to Deadline today. “The gun is in evidence and is available for the defense to review,” she adds.
Earlier Thursday, Baldwin attorney Alex Spiro announced in a virtual hearing in the criminal case that the 1880s prop gun that contained the live ammo that Hutchins and wounded Rust director Joel Souza was “destroyed by the state.” The shocker of a statement went unchallenged and basically unacknowledged by Judge Mary Marlow Sommer, D.A. Mary Carmack-Altwies and others.
Now the D.A.’s office is attempting to clarify, with a little tea leave reading of their own.
“The gun Alec Baldwin used in the shooting that killed Halyna Hutchins has not been destroyed by the state,” asserts New Mexico First Judicial D.A. spokesperson Heather Brewer to Deadline today. “The gun is in evidence and is available for the defense to review,” she adds.
Earlier Thursday, Baldwin attorney Alex Spiro announced in a virtual hearing in the criminal case that the 1880s prop gun that contained the live ammo that Hutchins and wounded Rust director Joel Souza was “destroyed by the state.” The shocker of a statement went unchallenged and basically unacknowledged by Judge Mary Marlow Sommer, D.A. Mary Carmack-Altwies and others.
Now the D.A.’s office is attempting to clarify, with a little tea leave reading of their own.
- 3/10/2023
- by Dominic Patten and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Alec Baldwin will face a two-week evidentiary hearing in a Santa Fe courtroom in May, as prosecutors seek to show there is enough evidence to try him for the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
At a brief status conference on Thursday, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer scheduled the preliminary hearing to begin on May 3.
Baldwin’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, said that the actor “wants his day in court,” and would not agree to delay the hearing much beyond the 60-day statutory deadline.
Baldwin and “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed were charged in January with involuntary manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of 18 months in prison.
Both are alleged to have acted with “criminal negligence” in the shooting, in which Hutchins was killed and director Joel Souza was wounded. Both defendants have denied the charges.
Spiro said the defense wants access to the remnants of Baldwin’s Colt .45, which he said has been “destroyed by the state.
At a brief status conference on Thursday, Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer scheduled the preliminary hearing to begin on May 3.
Baldwin’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, said that the actor “wants his day in court,” and would not agree to delay the hearing much beyond the 60-day statutory deadline.
Baldwin and “Rust” armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed were charged in January with involuntary manslaughter, which carries a maximum sentence of 18 months in prison.
Both are alleged to have acted with “criminal negligence” in the shooting, in which Hutchins was killed and director Joel Souza was wounded. Both defendants have denied the charges.
Spiro said the defense wants access to the remnants of Baldwin’s Colt .45, which he said has been “destroyed by the state.
- 3/9/2023
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
San Francisco, Feb 4 (Ians) A court in the US has cleared Elon Musk in a class-action securities fraud over his tweets about taking Tesla private.
The jurors deliberated for about two hours before reaching the verdict, called a “disappointed” one by Nicholas Porritt, partner at Levi & Korsinsky, the firm representing the Tesla shareholders in the class action, reports CNBC.
Musk tweeted that he is “deeply appreciative of the jury’s unanimous finding”.
His lead counsel Alex Spiro argued before the jury on Friday, saying “fraud cannot be built on the back of a consideration”.
The controversial 2018 tweets by Musk on taking Tesla private has come back to haunt him and he stands to lose billions.
The plaintiffs have argued that Musk’s tweets about taking Tesla private, in which he said he had “funding secured”, led them to lose millions of dollars.
Musk had earlier admitted in a US court...
The jurors deliberated for about two hours before reaching the verdict, called a “disappointed” one by Nicholas Porritt, partner at Levi & Korsinsky, the firm representing the Tesla shareholders in the class action, reports CNBC.
Musk tweeted that he is “deeply appreciative of the jury’s unanimous finding”.
His lead counsel Alex Spiro argued before the jury on Friday, saying “fraud cannot be built on the back of a consideration”.
The controversial 2018 tweets by Musk on taking Tesla private has come back to haunt him and he stands to lose billions.
The plaintiffs have argued that Musk’s tweets about taking Tesla private, in which he said he had “funding secured”, led them to lose millions of dollars.
Musk had earlier admitted in a US court...
- 2/4/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
Attorneys hired by Jay-Z and Yo Gotti have dropped two lawsuits filed in Mississippi against prison officials for “inhumane” prison conditions.
The lawsuits were dismissed after the attorneys and the state’s Department of Corrections said that improvements were made at the facilities, including adding air conditioning, bathroom renovations, and updated electrical systems.
“We’re pleased that Parchman has started to address the cruel and inhumane prison conditions after the Department of Justice’s investigation, but we aren’t satisfied with short-term improvements,” Yo Gotti said in a statement to Billboard Monday.
The lawsuits were dismissed after the attorneys and the state’s Department of Corrections said that improvements were made at the facilities, including adding air conditioning, bathroom renovations, and updated electrical systems.
“We’re pleased that Parchman has started to address the cruel and inhumane prison conditions after the Department of Justice’s investigation, but we aren’t satisfied with short-term improvements,” Yo Gotti said in a statement to Billboard Monday.
- 1/24/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Adele is sending Megan Thee Stallion nothing but love this holiday season. During her "Weekends With Adele" Las Vegas residency show on Friday, the "Hello" singer paused during a story to give the Grammy-winning rapper a shout-out just hours after Tory Lanez's conviction.
In a video from the concert shared by Pop Crave on Twitter, Adele can be heard answering a question about why she doesn't have backup dancers, which reminded her of the time Megan danced to her song "Water Under the Bridge." She then paused for a moment to wish Megan a Merry Christmas. "I want to wish Meg Thee Stallion a very, very, Merry, Merry Christmas," she said. "Girl, get your peace. Do what you want now, baby. Love you!"
On Friday, Dec. 23, the Lanez shooting trial finally reached its conclusion with Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, being found guilty of three felony counts: assault with a semiautomatic firearm,...
In a video from the concert shared by Pop Crave on Twitter, Adele can be heard answering a question about why she doesn't have backup dancers, which reminded her of the time Megan danced to her song "Water Under the Bridge." She then paused for a moment to wish Megan a Merry Christmas. "I want to wish Meg Thee Stallion a very, very, Merry, Merry Christmas," she said. "Girl, get your peace. Do what you want now, baby. Love you!"
On Friday, Dec. 23, the Lanez shooting trial finally reached its conclusion with Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, being found guilty of three felony counts: assault with a semiautomatic firearm,...
- 12/25/2022
- by Sabienna Bowman
- Popsugar.com
A bodyguard for Megan Thee Stallion is purportedly missing amid Torey Lanez’s felony assault trial in Los Angeles after he provided a witness statement implicating the rapper.
“He was set to testify. He’s somebody who’s always plugged-in, on the grid, responsive, and as he’s set to testify in a violent crimes case, he goes missing,” Megan’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, tells Rolling Stone.
In his opening statement Monday, Deputy District Attorney Alexander Bott told jurors that the bodyguard, Justin Edison, was expected to take the stand...
“He was set to testify. He’s somebody who’s always plugged-in, on the grid, responsive, and as he’s set to testify in a violent crimes case, he goes missing,” Megan’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, tells Rolling Stone.
In his opening statement Monday, Deputy District Attorney Alexander Bott told jurors that the bodyguard, Justin Edison, was expected to take the stand...
- 12/18/2022
- by Nancy Dillon
- Rollingstone.com
The trial of rapper Tory Lanez over the alleged shooting of Megan Thee Stallion has commenced this week (5 December).
Lanez has been released from house arrest at a judge’s discretion in order to prepare for a trial over an allegation that he shot Megan Thee Stallion in 2020.
The 10-day assault trial has now started with jury selection starting on Monday, with opening statements to begin on Monday 12 December, reports NME.
“I will terminate the house arrest at this point. The main reason is that during trial, it’s difficult to have a client who’s not accessible. I’m doing this mainly for the trial preparation aspect,” Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Herriford ruled.
Texas-born Megan alleged she was injured when Lanez shot at her feet after a Hollywood party in 2020.
The Canadian rapper denies the charges.
Both artists went on to reference the dispute in their...
Lanez has been released from house arrest at a judge’s discretion in order to prepare for a trial over an allegation that he shot Megan Thee Stallion in 2020.
The 10-day assault trial has now started with jury selection starting on Monday, with opening statements to begin on Monday 12 December, reports NME.
“I will terminate the house arrest at this point. The main reason is that during trial, it’s difficult to have a client who’s not accessible. I’m doing this mainly for the trial preparation aspect,” Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Herriford ruled.
Texas-born Megan alleged she was injured when Lanez shot at her feet after a Hollywood party in 2020.
The Canadian rapper denies the charges.
Both artists went on to reference the dispute in their...
- 12/6/2022
- by Ellie Muir
- The Independent - Music
San Francisco, Oct 20 (Ians) Admitting that he is “obviously” overpaying to acquire Twitter, Elon Musk has said that the micro-blogging platform has great potential in the long term.
In an earnings call after posting strong Tesla quarterly results, Musk said late on Wednesday that Twitter has “incredible potential”.
“The long-term potential for Twitter, in my view, is an order of magnitude greater than its current value,” he told analysts.
“I am excited about the Twitter situation because obviously, I know that part incredibly well. And I think it’s massive and has sort of languished for a long time but has incredible potential,” the world’s richest man noted.
“Although obviously, myself and the other investors are obviously overpaying for it with Twitter right now,” Musk added.
Musk is paying 44 billion for Twitter if the deal goes through after dramatic twists and turns which has resulted in Musk and Twitter reaching the court.
In an earnings call after posting strong Tesla quarterly results, Musk said late on Wednesday that Twitter has “incredible potential”.
“The long-term potential for Twitter, in my view, is an order of magnitude greater than its current value,” he told analysts.
“I am excited about the Twitter situation because obviously, I know that part incredibly well. And I think it’s massive and has sort of languished for a long time but has incredible potential,” the world’s richest man noted.
“Although obviously, myself and the other investors are obviously overpaying for it with Twitter right now,” Musk added.
Musk is paying 44 billion for Twitter if the deal goes through after dramatic twists and turns which has resulted in Musk and Twitter reaching the court.
- 10/20/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
San Francisco, Oct 14 (Ians) Tesla CEO Elon Musk is being investigated by federal authorities over his 44 billion takeover deal of Twitter, the micro-blogging platform revealed in a court filing.
The court filing, submitted at the Delaware Chancery Court in the US late on Thursday, however did not reveal which federal agencies are probing Musk in connection with the deal, reports the CNN.
Twitter’s filing said US federal authorities are looking into Musk’s “conduct” linked to the deal.
Twitter also accused Musk’s legal team of “failing to produce draft communications with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and a slide presentation to the Federal Trade Commission as part of the two sides’ ongoing litigation over whether Musk can walk away from the deal”, the report mentioned.
In response to Twitter’s filing, Musk’s attorney Alex Spiro was quoted as saying that it is a move to “distract...
The court filing, submitted at the Delaware Chancery Court in the US late on Thursday, however did not reveal which federal agencies are probing Musk in connection with the deal, reports the CNN.
Twitter’s filing said US federal authorities are looking into Musk’s “conduct” linked to the deal.
Twitter also accused Musk’s legal team of “failing to produce draft communications with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and a slide presentation to the Federal Trade Commission as part of the two sides’ ongoing litigation over whether Musk can walk away from the deal”, the report mentioned.
In response to Twitter’s filing, Musk’s attorney Alex Spiro was quoted as saying that it is a move to “distract...
- 10/16/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
San Francisco, Oct 14 (Ians) Tesla CEO Elon Musk is being investigated by federal authorities over his 44 billion takeover deal of Twitter, the micro-blogging platform revealed in a court filing.
The court filing, submitted at the Delaware Chancery Court in the US late on Thursday, however did not reveal which federal agencies are probing Musk in connection with the deal, reports the CNN.
Twitter’s filing said US federal authorities are looking into Musk’s “conduct” linked to the deal.
Twitter also accused Musk’s legal team of “failing to produce draft communications with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and a slide presentation to the Federal Trade Commission as part of the two sides’ ongoing litigation over whether Musk can walk away from the deal”, the report mentioned.
In response to Twitter’s filing, Musk’s attorney Alex Spiro was quoted as saying that it is a move to “distract...
The court filing, submitted at the Delaware Chancery Court in the US late on Thursday, however did not reveal which federal agencies are probing Musk in connection with the deal, reports the CNN.
Twitter’s filing said US federal authorities are looking into Musk’s “conduct” linked to the deal.
Twitter also accused Musk’s legal team of “failing to produce draft communications with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and a slide presentation to the Federal Trade Commission as part of the two sides’ ongoing litigation over whether Musk can walk away from the deal”, the report mentioned.
In response to Twitter’s filing, Musk’s attorney Alex Spiro was quoted as saying that it is a move to “distract...
- 10/16/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Twitter has asked a judge to compel Elon Musk to produce documents from a federal investigation in connection with his long-aborning deal to buy Twitter.
“Elon Musk is presently under investigation by federal authorities for his conduct in connection with the acquisition of Twitter. Through counsel, he has exchanged substantive correspondence with those authorities concerning their investigations. Twitter wants those documents, because they bear upon key issues in this litigation,” the company said in a court filing Thursday, noting that it first requested the documents back in July.
After much legal arm twisting, Musk agreed earlier this month to buy Twitter for 44 billion. That’s the price he signed his name to back in April, pending financing. In the interim, the richest man in the world has complained about the proportion of the platform’s accounts comprised by bots, placed the deal on hold then two hours later said he...
“Elon Musk is presently under investigation by federal authorities for his conduct in connection with the acquisition of Twitter. Through counsel, he has exchanged substantive correspondence with those authorities concerning their investigations. Twitter wants those documents, because they bear upon key issues in this litigation,” the company said in a court filing Thursday, noting that it first requested the documents back in July.
After much legal arm twisting, Musk agreed earlier this month to buy Twitter for 44 billion. That’s the price he signed his name to back in April, pending financing. In the interim, the richest man in the world has complained about the proportion of the platform’s accounts comprised by bots, placed the deal on hold then two hours later said he...
- 10/14/2022
- by Tom Tapp
- Deadline Film + TV
Damon Dash has filed a lawsuit against Jay-Z over Reasonable Doubt streaming rights, as The Hollywood Reporter reports. The new suit follows a separate one filed by Roc-a-Fella Records last month which accused Dash of allegedly trying to mint and sell the copyright for Jay-Z’s Reasonable Doubt as a non-fungible token (Nft).
According to THR, a summons filed on Tuesday in New York Supreme Court claims Jay-Z, whose given name is Shawn Carter, transferred streaming rights to Reasonable Doubt to S. Carter Enterprises LLC without authorization. Dash is suing over unjust enrichment,...
According to THR, a summons filed on Tuesday in New York Supreme Court claims Jay-Z, whose given name is Shawn Carter, transferred streaming rights to Reasonable Doubt to S. Carter Enterprises LLC without authorization. Dash is suing over unjust enrichment,...
- 7/15/2021
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Yo Gotti and Jay-Z’s Team Roc are suing Mississippi prison officials over “inhumane” prison conditions, Clarion Ledger reports. The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday against Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Pelicia Hall and Superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary of Parchman Marshal Turner on behalf of 29 inmates.
“Plaintiffs’ lives are in peril,” the lawsuit states per the Clarion Ledger. “Individuals held in Mississippi’s prisons are dying because Mississippi has failed to fund its prisons, resulting in prisons where violence reigns because prisons are understaffed. In the past two weeks alone,...
“Plaintiffs’ lives are in peril,” the lawsuit states per the Clarion Ledger. “Individuals held in Mississippi’s prisons are dying because Mississippi has failed to fund its prisons, resulting in prisons where violence reigns because prisons are understaffed. In the past two weeks alone,...
- 1/15/2020
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Alec Baldwin's foe in a bitter battle over a parking spot lied when he said Alec punched him ... and the actor says he has video to prove it. In new legal docs obtained by TMZ ... Baldwin's attorneys, Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro, say there's video surveillance footage proving he didn't punch or attempt to punch Wojciech Cieszkowski during their parking squabble in November ... squarely contradicting the man's story. Instead, Baldwin claims the footage shows...
- 5/15/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Elon Musk says the British diver he referred to as "pedo guy" already got an apology and wasn't harmed by the comment ... but he claims the guy's still milking it for a payday. According to new legal docs ... Musk's attorney, Alex Spiro, says Vernon Unsworth was a nobody until he got himself involved in the effort to save the 12 boys and their soccer coach who were trapped in a Thailand cave last year. He adds...
- 5/14/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The Robert Kraft case is now at the profanity-laced, name-calling stage ... at least according to a prosecutor who's clearly pissed off at one of Kraft's attorneys. There's a pretty heated hearing going down Friday in South Florida ... and so far, Kraft's lawyer, Alex Spiro, has been grilling a Jupiter Pd detective like a cheeseburger. This afternoon, an Assistant State Attorney got so annoyed, she stood up and voiced her displeasure with a line of questioning.
- 4/26/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
10:30 Am Pt -- Prosecutors admitted during the hearing that despite their initial thoughts ... they have No evidence of human trafficking at the Orchids of Asia spa. They also said there is no longer an ongoing investigation for any such evidence. Kraft's attorneys have long argued cops knew all along there was no evidence of human trafficking. The hearing is getting heated ... with Kraft's team insisting prosecutors are holding the threat of releasing the...
- 4/12/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Rihanna's dad is facing more legal blowback for allegedly pretending to rep her ... but this time, it's a social media star threatening to sue. First, a little background ... you'll recall back in January, RiRi sued her pops, Ronald Fenty, claiming he's fraudulently profiting off her brand by falsely advertising himself as her rep through a talent development company called Fenty Entertainment. That case is ongoing, but it appears to just be the tip of the iceberg.
- 4/5/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
12:16 Pm Pt -- Osaka has lawyered up with attorney to the stars Alex Spiro and he's attacking Jean's claim as straight-up "absurd." "While it comes as no surprise that Naomi's meteoric rise as an international icon and inspiration would lead to some false claim, this silly 'contract' that Naomi never saw or signed -- which purports to give away part of herself at the age of 14 -- is particularly absurd," Spiro says. "This case...
- 3/18/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
On Feb. 3, rapper 21 Savage was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, who claimed the 26-year-old - originally born in the United Kingdom - had overstayed his visa that expired in 2006. A little over a week later, he was released on bond and spoke out about the occurrence for the first time in an interview with Good Morning America.
The entertainer - whose real name is Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph - recalled the moment he was apprehended by law enforcement. "I was just driving, and I see guns and blue lights," he said. "And then I was in the back of a car and I was gone." He also noted that they hadn't explained what was going on, saying, "They didn't say nothing. They just said, 'We got Savage.'" He then added, "It was definitely targeted."
Following his experience, 21 Savage also expressed some concern over whether or not he'll be deported,...
The entertainer - whose real name is Shayaa Bin Abraham-Joseph - recalled the moment he was apprehended by law enforcement. "I was just driving, and I see guns and blue lights," he said. "And then I was in the back of a car and I was gone." He also noted that they hadn't explained what was going on, saying, "They didn't say nothing. They just said, 'We got Savage.'" He then added, "It was definitely targeted."
Following his experience, 21 Savage also expressed some concern over whether or not he'll be deported,...
- 2/17/2019
- by Brea Cubit
- Popsugar.com
Three days after 21 Savage was released on bond from one of the worst Ice detention centers in the country, he sat down for his first interview. During a brief conversation on Good Morning America, Savage (real name She’yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph) admitted that he felt his arrest “was definitely targeted.”
“I don’t think the policy is broken. I feel like the way that they enforce the policy is broken,” Abraham-Joseph said.
He described what he witnessed during the arrest. “I was just driving and I just seen guns and blue lights.
“I don’t think the policy is broken. I feel like the way that they enforce the policy is broken,” Abraham-Joseph said.
He described what he witnessed during the arrest. “I was just driving and I just seen guns and blue lights.
- 2/15/2019
- by Charles Holmes
- Rollingstone.com
21 Savage got his first taste of freedom in 10 days, and immediately hopped on a private jet to fly back home ... TMZ has learned. We got this shot of 21 and his mom boarding the plane at a landing strip near the immigration detention center in southern Georgia where he'd been held since Ice arrested him over Super Bowl weekend. For good reason ... the rapper had a huge grin on his face as he headed home.
- 2/13/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
21 Savage is once again a free man. It has been over a week since the artist, née She'yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was arrested by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for being an "unlawfully present United Kingdom national." Now, E! News can confirm that 21 Savage was released on bond from an Ice detainment center on Tuesday. In a statement from Charles H. Kuck, Dina Lapolt and Alex Spiro, the legal team representing 21 Savage, they stated, "For the past 9 long days, we, on behalf of She'yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, known to the world as 21 Savage, have been speaking with Ice to both clarify his actual legal standing, his eligibility for bond, and provide evidence...
- 2/12/2019
- E! Online
21 Savage is about to be a free man because he'll finally be released on bond pending a deportation hearing. 21's lawyers, Charles H. Kuck, Dina Lapolt and Alex Spiro tell TMZ, "21 Savage asked us to send a special message to his fans and supporters -- he says that while he wasn't present at the Grammy Awards, he was there in spirit and is grateful for the support from around the world and is more than ever,...
- 2/12/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
J.R. Smith just copped a sweet deal in his cell phone throwing incident back in July ... TMZ Sports has learned, and if he stays outta trouble for 6 months ... he's totally in the clear. Icymi -- Swish allegedly took a fan's cell phone and threw it into a construction site ... after the guy tried to snap a pic of the Cleveland Cavs star outside of The Park, an NYC hotspot. Smith -- who appeared before...
- 11/15/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
NBA star J.R. Smith has turned himself into police in New York -- and has been charged with a crime -- stemming from a July incident where he allegedly threw a cell phone, TMZ Sports has learned. TMZ Sports broke the story ... Smith was being investigated for allegedly stealing a cell phone from a person outside of The Park -- a hotspot in Chelsea. Officials believe Smith threw the phone into a nearby construction zone,...
- 8/31/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
A woman suing Harvey Weinstein for rape as part of a new class action lawsuit claims she has video evidence of the disgraced mogul harassing her during a business meeting.
Melissa Thompson claims that she had a meeting with Weinstein in September 2011 during which she pitched her tech company’s video platform, according to the class action complaint filed in the southern district of New York.
A spokesperson for Weinstein previously told People in a statement that “any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein. Mr. Weinstein has further confirmed that there were never any acts of...
Melissa Thompson claims that she had a meeting with Weinstein in September 2011 during which she pitched her tech company’s video platform, according to the class action complaint filed in the southern district of New York.
A spokesperson for Weinstein previously told People in a statement that “any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein. Mr. Weinstein has further confirmed that there were never any acts of...
- 6/1/2018
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
Attorneys for Harvey Weinstein “used deceptive tactics” to get hold of video footage that purportedly shows the much accused producer sexually harassing a woman he later is alleged to have raped in a New York hotel room, a class action suit filed today claims.
The sometime graphic suit filed Friday from Melissa Thompson, Larissa Gomes and Caitlin Dulany doesn’t name Weinstein’s lawyers as defendants. However, the potentially multimillion-dollar case does cite the producer himself, the now-sold The Weinstein Company, its board, co-founder Bob Weinstein, Miramax and the Walt Disney Company as responsible and complicit in the decades of misconduct by the now-disgraced Weinstein.
While much of the suit citing the Rico Act and seeking a jury trial resembles language that attorneys from New York and Chicago’s Hagens Berman Sobe Shapiro Llp and Manhattan Beach’s The Armenta Law Firm used in another class action in December last year,...
The sometime graphic suit filed Friday from Melissa Thompson, Larissa Gomes and Caitlin Dulany doesn’t name Weinstein’s lawyers as defendants. However, the potentially multimillion-dollar case does cite the producer himself, the now-sold The Weinstein Company, its board, co-founder Bob Weinstein, Miramax and the Walt Disney Company as responsible and complicit in the decades of misconduct by the now-disgraced Weinstein.
While much of the suit citing the Rico Act and seeking a jury trial resembles language that attorneys from New York and Chicago’s Hagens Berman Sobe Shapiro Llp and Manhattan Beach’s The Armenta Law Firm used in another class action in December last year,...
- 6/1/2018
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
11:25 Am Pt -- Benjamin Brafman tells TMZ ... neither he nor his firm ever met with Thompson or any of the other women named in the suit. He says if Alex Spiro met with any of the women he did so on his own time, and not while working with him. Brafman also says Spiro never met with Weinstein while at his firm and had no connection with their representation of Weinstein.Harvey Weinstein turned...
- 6/1/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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