James Brown’s dying wish to help kids gets boost from court ruling

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerAmber Heard, the ex-wife of actor Johnny Depp, can watch him testify in a libel case over allegations of domestic abuse, a court has ruled.Depp is suing the publisher of the Sun, News Group Newspapers (NGN), and its executive editor, Dan Wootton, over a 2018 article which described Depp as a “wife beater.” The article cited claims by Heard that Depp was physically abusive during their marriage, a charge he has denied.The case is planned to be heard in a UK court

Johnny Depp’s lawyers have failed in a bid to stop his ex-wife Amber Heard attending his High Court libel trial against The Sun until she is called to give evidence.

Byron Bernstein, a gamer and popular streamer on video platform Twitch, has died. He was 31.

Johnny Depp is in breach of a court order for failing to disclose texts, which apparently show him trying to obtain drugs, to The Sun’s lawyers ahead of his libel trial against the newspaper.

Justin Bieber and his wife, Hailey Bieber (née Baldwin), may be getting closer to expanding their family.“Justin and Hailey have been talking more and more about wanting to start a family together,” a source exclusively tells Us Weekly.

Judges at South Carolina’s Supreme Court have ruled James Brown’s final partner is not entitled to a share of his fortune because their marriage was not legally binding.Tomi Rae Hynie has been fighting for a cut of the Godfather of Soul’s estate ever since his death on Christmas Day in 2006, even though it was his dying wish to leave nearly all of his assets to a children’s education foundation to fund scholarships.Hynie, who had a son with Brown, maintained the couple’s 2001 nuptials were

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The  South Carolina Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Wednesday (June 17) that James Brown’s last partner, Tommie Rae Hynie, was not his legal wife and therefore has no claim to over 1,200 compositions in the King of Soul’s catalogue.

Judges at South Carolina’s Supreme Court have ruled James Brown’s final partner is not entitled to a share of his fortune because their marriage was not legally binding.

The Godfather of Soul’s dying wish to help educate needy children is a big step closer to being fulfilled, now that South Carolina’s Supreme Court — wading into a 14-year-old legal saga yet again — has ruled that James Brown’s last partner was not legally married to him.

unanimous ruling on Wednesday, the state's justices wrote that Tomi Rae Hynie, a former partner of Brown's who claimed to be his wife, failed to annul a previous marriage, and therefore did not have a right to his multimillion-dollar estate.Brown's union with Hynie has long been the center of the evolving legal troubles following his death at the age of 73 on Christmas Day 2006.

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The Godfather of Soul's dying wish to help educate needy children is a big step closer to being fulfilled, now that South Carolina's Supreme Court -- weighing into a 14-year-old legal saga yet again — has ruled that James Brown's last partner was not legally married to him.

Funk legend Bootsy Collins was fired from James Brown’s backing band when his guitar turned into a snake during an acid trip before a show.

Ted Johnson A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the White House wrongly suspended the hard pass of Playboy’s correspondent Brian Karem after a raucous incident in July in which he got in argument with Donald Trump’s former aide Sebastian Gorka following a Rose Garden ceremony.A three judge panel the D.C.