'Leaving Neverland' Michael Jackson Sexual Abuse Accuser Lawsuit Dismissed

Prince Jackson, 23, showed his support and care for the Los Angeles community on Nov. 21 when he spent part of his Saturday volunteering at a local church to hand out turkeys, pies, and other holiday essentials less than a week before Thanksgiving.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerThe Fox NFL Sunday cast has been removed from its usual studio pregame show today over COVID-19 concerns, Fox Sports announced.Curt Menefee, Terry Bradshaw and Michael Strahan were swapped for Chris Myers, Charles Woodson and Reggie Bush.

Broadcaster HBO yesterday urged the Ninth Circuit appeals court in the US to overturn a lower court judgement that would force its ongoing dispute with the Michael Jackson estate into arbitration.

An anonymous woman has filed a restraining order against Diplo in a Los Angeles County Court, according to a report in The Daily Beast. The woman's attorney Lisa Bloom said the order was filed in order “to block Diplo from distributing revenge porn” that is allegedly “designed to humiliate her and to scare other women out of coming forward.” The woman, whose name is being withheld for privacy concerns, posted a Twitter thread in October containing numerous allegations against Diplo.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterHBO urged an appeals court on Thursday to throw out a lawsuit brought by the Michael Jackson estate over the “Leaving Neverland” documentary.The estate sued HBO for $100 million, arguing that the network broke a 27-year-old promise not to disparage the late pop star by accusing him of child sexual abuse.The estate has also argued that the subjects of the documentary — Wade Robson and James Safechuck — had a financial incentive to fabricate their allegations.

Michael Jackson‘s long term engineer, has died.The 86-year-old passed away “peacefully” last night (November 16), according to his daughter Roberta Swedien.In a post on Facebook, she wrote: “My dad, Bruce Swedien, passed away peacefully last night, November 16th. He was 86.

Speaking to The Daily Beast, he says that withdrawing the episode “wasn’t something that makes me happy” but “it’s something I agree with completely”. He then adds: “What saddens me is, if you watch that documentary – which I did, and several of us here did – and you watch that [Simpsons] episode, honestly, it looks like the episode was used by Michael Jackson for something other than what we’d intended it.

Los Angeles County prosecutors declined to bring charges against the mother of a teen who used a gun assembled at home to shoot five high school students -- in which two died -- before fatally shooting himself.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterPorn actor Ron Jeremy, who is facing 35 criminal sex counts, was sued on Thursday for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman at a Los Angeles hotel in May.Charity Carson filed the complaint in Los Angeles County Superior Court.

Michael Cieply Executive EditorIn a little-noticed court filing last week, producer Michael Shamberg amended his existing complaint against the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, arguing that Academy governors improperly deprived members of rights in June by restricting their ability to propose bylaws changes.Shamberg had earlier sued the Academy and its governing board, asking the Los Angeles County Superior Court to compel a vote on his own proposed bylaws amendments.