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accused her of sexual harassment, body-shaming and creating a hostile work environment in a lawsuit.The 35-year-old “Truth Hurts” singer posted a statement to her Instagram on Friday, telling her 12.1 million followers, “I’m getting tired of putting up with being dragged by everyone in my life and on the internet.”“All I want is to make music and make people happy and help the world be a little better than how I found it. But I’m starting to feel like the world doesn’t want me in it,” she wrote.

decision to strip him and his family of taxpayer-funded UK security protection.The Duke of Sussex, 39, has now been ordered to pay 90% of the UK Home Office’s legal costs for defending the court’s initial ruling.In February, Sir Peter Lane, the judge of the High Court, ruled that there was no unlawfulness in stripping the Sussexes of their security in Feb. 2020.The court found that any departure from the policy was justified and that the decision was not influenced by unfairness.This now means that Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, must pay out of pocket for their family’s security when visiting the UK.On Monday, Judge Lane said Harry should pay most of the Home Office’s legal costs, but noted that the government had committed “breaches” during proceedings which were “sanctionable.”“They have resulted in the case being largely contested by reference to new grounds, which have not been subjected to the normal permission process,” he said in an official order Monday.“The breaches resulted from misapprehensions on the part of the defendant as to the duty of disclosure, which this decision has had to address at some length.

she sued singer Joey Ramone’s brother Mitchel Hyman and his manager David Frey for allegedly trying to cut her out of the film and the band’s merchandising deals.But Hyman — who countersued last month — told The Post the movie isn’t a band biopic.“It’s not a book about the Ramones,” Hyman told The Post of his 2009 memoir “I Slept with Joey Ramone,” which the movie is set to be based on.“It’s not a Ramones story,” he said of the book, which outlines growing up with the singer who battled debilatating OCD before his 2000 death. “It’s a story about growing up with a guy … who defeated the odds and became an inspiration to millions.

LA County District Attorney George Gascón with a lawsuit over dismissed pedophile charges from a 2022 arrest.Gatt, 52, is seeking $40 million in damages after he was charged with engaging in “online sexually explicit communication with a minor across state lines” in a now-dismissed suit.In court documents filed in federal court in California on Thursday, Gatt claims the defendants “publicly branded him as a serial pedophile,” which had a negative knock-on effect on his career. “Gatt was immediately cancelled and what had previously been a burgeoning acting career was destroyed,” the lawsuit alleges. “Gatt’s agent and PR representatives dropped him immediately, he was fired from two different movies in which he had already been cast, and he was also recast in a third movie in which he had been hired to play the lead role.”The “Thor” actor also alleges Deputy District Attorney Angela Brunson held “personal bias and animosity” towards him — claiming she tried to “suborn perjury” to have Gatt’s $5,000 bail revoked.

Sean “Diddy” Combs has muted the comments section of his X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram accounts after the rapper returned to social media following the raid on both his LA and Florida homes. In an Instagram post that marked his return to the platform, Combs posted various photos of his 1-year-old daughter, Love, dressed in a floral dress and pink coat with a matching floral bag. “HAPPY EASTER from Baby Love,” he wrote on Sunday to mark the holiday.

filed by music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones in February was amended this week with blockbuster allegations about Combs paying women cash for sex and having people on payroll carry drugs for him.Jones, who previously worked with Combs, alleged last month that the rapper sexually harassed, drugged and threatened him for over a year. This all comes as he hip-hop mogul’s Miami and Los Angeles homes were raided by Homeland Security on Monday.Law-enforcement sources previously told The Post that the raids were in connection with a federal sex-trafficking investigation.Rapper Mark Curry, who was signed to Combs’ Bad Boy Records in the aughts, said of Diddy: “He’s surrounded by movers and shakers.

Combs’ former girlfriend Yung Miami, also known as Caresha Rameka Brownlee, and 50 Cent’s ex Daphne Joy as the alleged recipients of the cash-for-sex payouts. The trio of women “were paid a monthly fee to work as Mr.

swarming Combs’ homes in Los Angeles and Miami Monday in a TV thriller-style surprise raid. The cross-country invasion was reportedly related to sex-trafficking allegations, law enforcement sources told The Post.Meanwhile, a dazed-looking Combs, 54, was seen at the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport Monday afternoon after his private jet was stopped by feds on the tarmac — apparently bound for a Caribbean spring break with some of his seven kids.Around the same time, the entrepreneur’s alleged “drug mule,” Brendan Paul, 25, was arrested on suspicion of cocaine and marijuana possession in Miami.It all happened almost one day to the month since Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones — a former producer and videographer for Diddy — filed an explosive lawsuit claiming the music mogul repeatedly sexually assaulted him from September 2022 to November 2023.Jones accused Combs of groping his genitals and grooming him into having sex.Diddy’s attorney Shawn Holley previously told Page Six that “Lil Rod is nothing more than a liar” who filed the $30 million lawsuit “shamelessly looking for an undeserved payday.”After news of the raid broke, old videos and interviews resurfaced online — some showing Usher, who was only 13 when he was sent to Diddy’s “Puffy Flavor Camp” at the impresario’s luxe Scarsdale mansion.Usher, now 45, told Howard Stern in 2016that he had seen “very curious things taking place” at the “camp” and that he would never send a child of his somewhere like that.“It was pretty wild.

his homes in Los Angeles and Miami raided as part of a federal sex trafficking investigation, according to law enforcement.Although this is one of his most dramatic incidents, this isn’t his first brush with the law. His various legal woes have included numerous arrests and assault allegations, and an infamous incident involving his ex-girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez. Here’s a history.

name has appeared in court documents against Bad Boys Records founder Sean “Diddy” Combs.Producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones recently filed a $30 million lawsuit against the music mogul, 54, citing that he participated in acts such as sexual misconduct, grooming and sex trafficking.According to the docs, Jones claimed that the Duke of Sussex, 39, and other A-listers’ “affiliation” added to Diddy’s “legitimacy.”The update comes amid the Diddy Dirty Money member’s Miami and Los Angeles mansions being raided. The homes were ambushed by federal agents and Homeland Security on Monday in a possible connection with the sex-trafficking investigation. The court papers do not suggest that Harry was involved in any wrongdoing or criminal activity in conjunction with Diddy.

sell nearly half of Michael’s music catalog for $600 million.But this month, the judge sided with the executors and allowed them to use the late star’s money for the deal.According to TMZ, Katherine wants to appeal this decision, but Bigi doesn’t because he reportedly believes that she’ll lose. Bigi is the heir of his father’s money, and also does not want Michael’s estate paying for Katherine’s legal bills.Bigi, who arrived via surrogate in 2002, is one of the “Thriller” singer’s three children. Michael also shared son Prince, 27, and daughter Paris, 25, with his ex-wife, Debbie Rowe, 65.

lost his bid for taxpayer-funded UK security protection for his family and will now have to pay out of pocket for his family’s security when visiting the UK.Court documents have revealed that Harry even asked for the identity of who demoted the level of his personal protection on home soil.“I would like that person’s name,” Harry said, according to the 52-page ruling published Wednesday.Sir Peter Lane, the judge of the High Court in London, ruled that there was no unlawfulness in the initial decision to strip the Sussexes of their security.Harry could now potentially be made to foot a large bill to reimburse taxpayers’ legal costs after he was unable to prove that he had been treated “unfairly.”The exiled royal argued that he was not given the “same degree” of protection after quitting royal life, and even compared his situation to the dangers his late mother, Princess Diana, faced before her tragic death in 1997.Harry told a hearing that security concerns were preventing him from visiting his home turf.However, Judge Lane said that “there is no merit in this contention.”“The UK is my home. The UK is central to the heritage of my children,” Harry last year told the court in a written statement read out by his lawyers.

last dance.Kanye West was sued by the estate of the late singer Donna Summer after the rapper used a sample of the late Queen of Disco’s 1977 hit “I Feel Love” without permission. According to court documents obtained by The Post, West, 46, approached the Summer estate and requested to use the sample for his track “Good (Don’t Die)” but was denied.

Wendy Williams Hunter — filed the court documents this week in New York. Morrissey filed the lawsuit under a seal, which means the details are under wraps.However, the docs do mention that Morrissey is seeking a temporary restraining order, which is often requested when someone wants a judge to halt the release of a film or television project.The two-part documentary “Who is Wendy Williams?” is set to premiere Saturday and Sunday on Lifetime.

original “Top Gun” film as Wolfman, filed a lawsuit against Paramount+ claiming that the streaming giant used a photo of him without his permission in the 2022 sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick.” Tubb’s lawsuit refers to a scene when Hangman (Glen Powell) and Coyote (Greg Tarzan Davis) discover that Rooster Bradshaw (Miles Teller) is actually the late Goose’s (Anthony Edwards) son. In the scene, Bradshaw points out a tarnished photo of the Top Gun Class of 1986, which features Wolfman, Goose, Maverick (Tom Cruise) and Iceman (Val Kilmer).Tubb, 61, argues that his permission to use his likeness “did not include the use of his image in the sequel,” court documents obtained by The Post state.“When the plaintiff entered into his contract with Paramount movie sequels were virtually nonexistent,” the documents read.

infamous 2023 ski trial is coming to America. “Gwyneth Goes Skiing” creators Linus Karp and Joseph Martin will reprise their roles as the Goop founder and retired optometrist Terry Sanderson at Utah’s Egyptian Theatre in Park City, Awkward Productions announced Monday. The company did not reveal what dates the show would start in Park City.

Russell Simmons, 66, alleging that he raped her while she working for the label in the 1990s.In a lawsuit filed in New York on Tuesday and obtained by The Post, the woman, who identifies herself as Jane Doe, claims that she went over to Simmons’ Manhattan apartment to get his approval for a rough cut of a video.There, he allegedly began to “wrestle” her, before pinning her to the bed and raping her. “Ms. Doe rejected his advance and told him to ‘get off’ and ‘stop’ several times,” the suit states.

phone hacking was “widespread and habitual” at Mirror Group Newspapers in the late 1990s, went on for more than a decade and that executives at the papers covered it up. Judge Timothy Fancourt found that Harry’s phone was hacked “to a modest extent.”Mirror Group said in a statement that it was “pleased to have reached this agreement, which gives our business further clarity to move forward from events that took place many years ago and for which we have apologized.”Harry’s case against the publisher of the Daily Mirror and two other tabloids is one of several that he has launched in a campaign against the British media, which he blames for blighting his life and hounding both his late mother Princess Diana and his wife Meghan.“Our mission continues,” Harry said in a statement read outside court by his lawyer.In June, he became the first senior member of the royal family to testify in court in more than a century during the trial of his case against the Mirror.Harry, also known as the Duke of Sussex, was not in court for Friday’s ruling.

The Colombian actress, 51, stars as the drug queenpin in the Netflix series “Griselda,” and is nearly unrecognizable in the role.But according to Blanco’s son, Michael Corleone Blanco, the “Modern Family” alum’s interpretation of his late mother is nothing short of “disrespectful.”“Sofía Vergara did not consult with any members of the Blanco family as a sign of respect or elicit family details in portraying my mother,” Blanco, 45, told Fox News.“When I learned of the ‘Griselda’ project, my team reached out to Sofia’s camp and offered my consultation services.”He claimed that Vergara, who serves as Executive Producer on the show, and her team told him that there was “no room on the project” to consult with him or any other members of his family.“Sofia’s camp and the Netflix creators were disrespectful and ultimately produced the ‘Griselda’ project on their own for commercial gain, without key details from the Blanco family,” he told the outlet. “After the sit-down at the table, my lawyers formally sent a cease-and-desist letter to Netflix and Sofia’s camp.

hung up on a recent lawsuit filed by two fans after she took to the stage at her Dec. 13 “Celebration” tour concert not 4 minutes but closer to two hours after the promised start time printed on their tickets.The “Material Girl” and tour company Live Nation issued a statement following the complaint from Michael Fellows of Brooklyn and Jonathan Hadden of The Bronx, who were livid at her tardiness because they had to report to work early the next day.“Madonna’s just completed, sold-out 2023 Celebration Tour in Europe received rave reviews.

control the life of Allman, 47, would seriously “jeopardize” his ongoing recovery. “[Cher] is not capable of managing her own affairs — let alone those of Elijah,” King, 36, stated in the document.

domestic violence trial has been delayed following reports that the actor was admitted to the hospital “in critical condition.” According to TMZ, the 47-year-old’s family member confirmed that Ratray, best known for his role as the evil older brother of Kevin McCallister (Macauley Culkin) in the hit 1990 film, was released from the hospital in New York City and is now, on doctor’s orders, home and resting. Details surrounding Ratray’s hospitalization are scarce, and there are no details regarding why Ratray was admitted and when, but the actor’s medical emergency caused the jury selection in his upcoming trial to be delayed.Jury selection for the Oklahoma set trial , which was scheduled to begin on Monday, has now been pushed back to February.

according to TMZ.Blanco’s children, led by her son, Michael, are trying to get a judge to grant an injunction preventing the release of the six-part series, premiering Jan. 25 on the streaming platform.The Colombian actress, 51, stars as Blanco in the series and is nearly unrecognizable in the role, which forced her to hide her famous curvy figure.

express themselves. Michael Fellows of Brooklyn and Jonathan Hadden of the Bronx are suing Madonna for starting her Brooklyn concert two hours later than advertised because they had to report to work early the next day.The two men filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court, which states their tickets for the Material Girl’s Dec. 13 “Celebration Tour” concert at Barclays Center said the show would start at 8:30 p.m.

Jeffrey Epstein document dump, and it seems as though there’s “not much” his brother, King Charles, can do about it.The royal family is now facing “unprecedented” pressure, according to a royal commentator, who says the monarch made a “mistake” by inviting the disgraced Duke of York to Sandringham for Christmas.“We’re only six days into it and the pressure on Prince Andrew and the royal family is now mounting to a level which is almost unprecedented,” royal expert and commentator Charles Rae told GB News.“We have a King who is now under great pressure to do something about Andrew. There is not much he can do.

2024 Golden Globes Sunday sporting a cane after the “Succession” star was involved in a car accident in October 2023. Ruck, sporting an all-black ensemble with the dark-brown cane, attended the awards ceremony with his wife, Mireille Enos.

“So You Think You Can Dance” producer Nigel Lythgoe has stepped down from the competition dance show amid Paula Abdul suing him for alleged sexual assault. “I have informed the producers of ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ of my decision to step back from participating in this year’s series,” Lythgoe, 74, told The Post in a statement on Friday.

Los Angeles court filed Thursday, per Page Six. She claims if he got his hands on his money, “Such funds will be immediately spent on drugs, leaving Elijah with no assets to provide for himself and putting his life at risk.”This is the latest development in an ongoing contentious relationship between Cher and her daughter-in-law Marieangela King. Musician Allman, 47, is Cher’s son with her second husband, Gregg Allman, who Cher was married to from 1975 to 1979.

Tom Girardi is competent enough to stand trial on embezzlement charges despite his Alzheimer’s diagnosis.The decision was announced on Tuesday and filed by U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton.

to TMZ, Christmas Day is still special for some of the most infamous faces behind bars, including reality stars, musicians and one disgraced former producer. From Cornish hens to pies, here’s a run down of what some celebrity inmates had on Christmas Day 2023. Kelly, 56, was found guilty of sex trafficking, racketeering, and in 2022, the “I Believe I Can Fly” singer was convicted of three child pornography charges and three charges of enticing a minor.

told ET on Thursday. “We’ve done something over a 50-year period of time that not many people ever can say they’ve done in their lives or careers.”“It’s been a great thing for me to do, I’m really proud of it, and I’m really happy about it,” he continued. “And I know that those songs are going to live forever.”However, Oates went on to make it clear that the group appears to be far behind him.

appeared as the star witness at the trial in June – had sued Mirror Group Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday People.Harry and about 100 other claimants – including actors, sports stars, celebrities and people who simply had a connection to high-profile figures – have taken legal action over allegations of phone-hacking and unlawful information-gathering between 1991 and 2011.Harry said he was targeted by MGN for 15 years from 1996 and that more than 140 stories which appeared in its papers were the result of unlawful information gathering, though the trial only considered 33 of these.“I found that 15 out of the 33 articles that were tried were the product of phone hacking of his mobile phone or the mobile phones of his associates, or the product of other unlawful information gathering,” Judge Timothy Fancourt said.“I consider that his phone was only hacked to a modest extent, and that this was probably carefully controlled by certain people at each newspaper.”The judge concluded there had been widespread hacking and unlawful activities at the paper of which senior executives were aware, although nearly all those on the board of the company had not been told.MGN, owned by Reach had argued the accusations were not supported by the evidence.“We welcome today’s judgment that gives the business the necessary clarity to move forward from events that took place many years ago,” an MGN spokesperson said.“Where historical wrongdoing took place, we apologize unreservedly, have taken full responsibility and paid appropriate compensation.”

view includes litigation.Meghan McCain is slamming “The View” hosts for “slander” and threatening to take legal action after certain comments were made on Thursday morning’s episode. While discussing the recent authorization of the impeachment inquiry into President Biden, which allows House committee chairmen to build a case that he was improperly involved with his family’s foreign business dealings, the chat then focused on Hunter Biden.Earlier this month, Hunter was indicted on nine charges — including three felonies — partially for allegedly failing to pay more than $1 million in taxes while living an “extravagant” lifestyle over a four-year period, according to a 56-page indictment out of the Central District of California written by special counsel David Weiss.For their part, “The View” focused on Hunter’s penchant for influence peddling, or using his family name to gain power and earn favor especially in his business dealings.Co-host Ana Navarro then pointed out that influence peddling is the norm for prominent figures in D.C.“Look, did Hunter Biden influence-peddle on his last name? Yes, he did,” she said.

whisky business! “Yellowstone” star Cole Hauser announced his new brand of whisky Wednesday amid his coffee battle against the hit Paramount+ show’s creator, Taylor Sheridan.“I’m proud to announce that I have teamed up with some friends to start a whiskey brand inspired by the heritage and grit of the pioneers that built Montana,” Hauser wrote on Instagram. “The ranch, and namesake of our @lazykbarwhiskey, represents the long standing traditions and hard-fought history of ranchers in Montana.”Hauser continued that Lazy K Bar whiskey is an “8-year-old premium whiskey” now available exclusively in Montana and “was awarded 98 points by the Tasting Panel magazine.”“If you’re in big sky country, I hope you’ll grab a bottle,” he concluded.

John Oates is still performing amid his nasty court battle against former Hall & Oates music partner Daryl Hall — on “The Masked Singer.”Oates, 75, was revealed as the Anteater during the Fox show’s latest Season 10 episode on Wednesday. Although his name rhymed with his hit 1982 song “Maneater,” no one on the panel managed to guess his true identity.“That was the first thing I thought of. They were trying to make a connection between ‘Maneater’ and Anteater, but no one else seemed to get that for some reason, which I found kind of surprising,” he told Entertainment Weekly of the clue.

averages 5 million viewers per episode and saw 6.6 million viewers for its broadcast debut on CBS in September — follows Montana rancher John Dutton (Kevin Costner) and his adult children: Jamie (Wes Bentley), Beth (Kelly Reilly) and Kayce (Luke Grimes) – as well as peripheral family members such as Beth’s husband, Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser) and Kayce’s wife, Monica (Kelsey Asbille). “Yellowstone” will debut its final five-episode Season 5 next November and is set to film in the spring. After that, it will have a spinoff series starring Matthew McConaughey.Here’s everything you need to know about all the off-set drama.