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Gabrielle Union Sues BET
Lights, camera, faction. Actress Gabrielle Union fired off a lawsuit against BET, claiming the network tried to short-change her by stuffing more episodes into a single season of her show “Being Mary Jane” than she agreed upon, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The 42-year-old star contends producers for the hit series vowed that seasons would never run more than 13 episodes, but they’re now trying to jam 20 shows into Season 4. Union is slated for a raise from $150,000 per episode to $165,000 in Season 5 and believes the network is attempting to “fraudulently extend” the terms of her contract, according to the lawsuit. The contract she signed, however,…
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[Sports] CAM NEWTON BEING SUED FOR $270K
Cam Newton rented an $11 million mansion back in March after the Carolina Panthers’ Super Bowl loss to the Denver Broncos. He reportedly paid $123,000 to rent the mansion for 61 days and agreed there would be no parties, no smoking, and no more than eight guests. Newton allegedly didn’t adhere to the agreement. The housekeeper snitched, telling the rental company Newton had been throwing multiple parties and leaving cigarette ashes all over the house. Newton was reportedly warned to cut it out, but he allegedly responded by telling the housekeeper to stop telling on him. The Panthers’ quarterback is now being sued by Jared Pobre, the husband of…
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Lawsuit Filed Against Fetty Wap
Rapper Fetty Wap is reportedly being sued by a Danish songwriter for beats used in “Trap Queen,” according to TMZ. Lazar Lakic claims in his lawsuit that he bought exclusive rights to “Hello” from producer Tony Fadd. Those beats then showed up as a sample in Fetty Wap’s April 2014 single from his self-titled debut album. The songwriter said in the suit that Fadd tried to buy back the beats in January 2015 but Lakic refused to do so, according to TMZ. Lakic says he never got a dime for “Trap Queen,” which spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Top 10 and was nominated for two Grammy awards in February.…
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SWIZZ BEATZ SUED FOR $42 MILLION
Swizz Beatz is in legal trouble over an alleged leasing luxury car scheme in New York. According to the New York Post, Swizz Beatz was served with a $42 million civil racketeering lawsuit, which was filed in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Wednesday (Sept. 21). According to TMZ, Beatz formed a car leasing company years ago and used another company Metro-Gem to fund venture by paying for expensive whips ranging from Bentleys to Ferraris. Now, the company is suing Swizz Beatz for allegedly not living up to his word and taking money from them over a three year period. The suit alleges that Long Island car dealership owner Macky Dancy leased cars…
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Judge Orders Birdman to Show Cash Money Receipts in Lil Wayne Lawsuit
Lil Wayne was granted a breakthrough in his legal battle over unpaid royalties this week. A judge has ordered Birdman to open up his books to provide a record of what a $100 million advance Cash Money received from Universal Music Group, has gone towards. Disputed in the case is $70 million of those $100 million dollars, which Wayne was supposed to get a split of for marketing and recording expenses, in addition to the royalties he claims to have never received. Lil Wayne’s legal team recently demanded a more comprehensive money trial, after his attorneys dismissed the 22,015 pages of legal documents provided by Birdman’s accountant as useless. Lawyers…
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YUNG JOC TAKES MANAGER ON JUDGE FAITH JENKINS
In a video clip for a new episode of Judge Faith Jenkin’s court show, the ATL rapper is suing his booking manager, Polo Hammond for $6,000 for a booking deposit and defamation of character. He argues that he never received the full amount owed to him for doing the event. “I’mma keep it all the way 100,”Joc says in a clip for the upcoming episode. “I had to come here today in front of the honorable Judge Faith Jenkins because my supposed-to-be manager back here done took this money, but I came here today to get it back.” Welp, Polo is countersuing Joc for $1,000 because apparently he forgot to pay…
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Nick Gordon Legally Responsible for Bobbi Kristina Brown’s Death
Bobbi Kristina Brown‘s boyfriend, Nick Gordon, has been found “legally responsible” for her death after failing to attend the wrongful death and lawsuit hearings. Friday [September 16], Fulton County Superior Court Judge T. Jackson Bedford said Gordon has “admitted through omission” allegations Brown’s estate have raised, according to Atlanta’s 11 Alive. In the $50 million lawsuit filed in 2015, Brown’s estate accused Gordon of assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress and transferring unauthorized money from his former girlfriend’s account to his own. Now there will be a jury trial to determine what Gordon has to pay back. SOURCE: VLADTV
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FOX Network And Empire Hit With Class Action Lawsuit
Viewers might’ve been glued to their screens during the first two episodes of Empire for season 2 after its remarkable success the previous season, concluding with a jaw dropping, two-hour finale. Little did they know what actually took place in order to film the scenes. In season 2’s first two episodes, Lucious (Terrance Howard) was in a juvenile detention center, wearing an orange jumpsuit to match the other inmates and his role. But according to inmates who were serving time at Chicago’s Cook County Juvenile Detention Center, they were treated below standards while FOX took over their facility to shoot the show for three days, Deadline reports. “The Fox Defendants…
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Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Sued Over Fence Collapse
Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa are being sued for egging on concert-goers just before a railing collapsed at one of their concerts. The two artists are being sued by 17 attendees, who claim they were injured when the fencing collapsed during “The High Road” tour in Camden, New Jersey, on Aug. 5, according to TMZ. Snoop and Wiz reportedly yelled “Everybody in the motherf——g grass, bring your a– down here,” just before the fencing broke, according to the lawsuit. The victims claim that by shouting that line, the pair ignited the stampede, which caused concert-goers to fall about 10 feet onto a slab of concrete. Nearly 40 people were hurt…
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BIRDMAN SUED FOR SAMPLING MUSIC
We all know Cash Money CEO Birdman is no stranger to lawsuits or paying them in that matter. Well today he got hit hard by some writers in the tune of a few million dollars. Lil Wayne & Cash Money sampled some tracks for their song “You” and “Certified” and well apparently Birdman doesn’t want to pay up. What is ironic is Lil Wayne claims Birdman did the same thing to him as well which has a current separate lawsuit. Birdman and Cash Money now have to pay the veteran writers a sum of $3.3 Million although Lil Wayne is still suing Birdman for $51 Million. We’re told Birdman will…
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