The TOP FIVE HOT TOPICS of the week all in one PLACE!!! In case you missed it… let’s WRAP the WEEK up NICELY!
5. OUTkast and Salt & Pepa to be INDUCTED into the ROCK & ROLL Hall of Fame!!
Salt & Pepa & Spinderella are ROCK & ROLL Hall of FAMERS!
The rest of the 2025 class are:
4. #Married2Med cast SHAKE-UP!? Sweet Tea & Gregory Lunceford FIRED ahead of the new season!
That’s right, Sweet Tea and her Hubby, Dr. Gregory Lunceford will NOT be a part of the UPCOMING season of ‘Married To Medicine’!
3. CHRIS BROWN ARRESTED in Manchester! Denied bail!
International superstar has been ARRESTED in Manchester!
Chris Brown is back behind bars. The 36-year-old singer/songwriter was arrested on an outstanding warrant in Manchester, England.
Brown was arrested early Thursday at a 5-star hotel in Manchester. Metropolitan police stormed The Lowry Hotel and arrested the American superstar without incident.
Police were armed with a warrant stemming from a violent incident in a nightclub in February 2023.
The UK Sun reported Brown was arrested hours after he flew into Manchester on a private jet.
Brown was planning to perform a huge concert in London, the UK Sun reports.
The violent incident reportedly took place at Tape nightclub in London, England on February 19, 2023. Brown is accused of assaulting music producer Abe Diaw by smashing a Tequila bottle over his head. He then allegedly punched and kicked Diaw.
On Friday, a judge in the Manchester Magistrates’ Court denied bond and remanded the 36-year-old singer into custody until June 13.
Judge Joanne Hirst rejected Brown’s bail request after prosecutor Hannah Nicholls said that the crime was “extremely serious.”
Brown was supposed to head out on a stadium world tour with Summer Walker and Bryson Tiller, kicking off June 15 and 16 in Manchester, England. But Brown’s legal troubles means he will most likely miss the 1st leg of his European and UK tour.
2. NEW EVIDENCE surfaces in the Tory Lanez/Meg Thee Stallion case that IMPLICATES another SHOOTER!
It seems some NEW evidence has come out that may point the finger at another SHOOTER in the Meg/Tory Lanez case!
Tory Lanez’s defense team uncovered new evidence that might free him from prison. Tory’s lawyers held a press conference on Wednesday to discuss their new evidence, days after the rapper was shanked by an inmate in a California prison.
Tory, 32, was airlifted to a hospital in Bakersfield with 14 stab wounds and 2 collapsed lungs. His father said Tory is recovering “remarkably well” from his injuries.
Tory, real name Daystar Peterson, is currently serving a 10-year sentence for shooting ex-girlfriend Megan Thee Stallion in the feet after they attended a holiday party in Calabasas, California in 2020.
In a press conference held on Wednesday, Tory’s lawyers said Megan’s best friend, Kelsey Harris, is the person who pulled the trigger and shot Megan that night.
After Tory was stabbed in prison on Monday, Kelsey’s bodyguard told his lawyers he heard Kelsey say she pulled the trigger back in 2020.
Attorney Walter Roberts said, “Mr. Peterson never shot anybody. Never even touched the gun.” He explained that Kelsey shot at Megan three times, and that gunshot residue was found on Kelsey’s hand.
Let’s see just what becomes of this new ‘evidence’….
Lanez does have a lot of support for him and a PETITION for pardon has been filed and is gaining alot of TRACTION:
- The DIDDY TRIAL is just a few days in and SO MANY EXPLOSIVE bombs have been dropped so far. Some SALACIOUS text messages, Cassie takes the stand and MORE!
- Let’s wrap up the case thus far:
Here are five key moments from the trial, which resumes Monday:
Lawyer Teny Geragos took a novel approach to defending Combs in her opening statement.
She conceded the hip-hop impresario has a “bad temper” and is prone to violent outbursts that are often fueled by alcohol, jealousy and drugs.
But she maintained that while his actions might have warranted domestic violence charges, they aren’t proof he engaged in sex trafficking and racketeering — the charges he faces.
Geragos argued that Combs’ sexual habits were part of a swinger lifestyle involving consenting adults and reminded jurors that “kinky” sexual predilections don’t equate to sex trafficking.
“Sean Combs is a complicated man. But this is not a complicated case,” she said. “This case is about love, jealousy, infidelity and money.”
The packed courtroom fell silent when jurors were shown security camera video of Combs assaulting Cassie in a Los Angeles hotel in 2016.
The video depicts Cassie, an R&B singer, headed down a hallway toward the hotel’s elevators just before Combs rounds a corner, strikes her and throws her to the ground before kicking her and then dragging her back toward their hotel room.
Jurors also viewed photographs of damage in the hotel hallway, including flowers strewn on the floor and soil spattered against a wall. Later, as Cassie testified about the attack, they were shown photos of the musician’s swollen lip.
The trial’s first witness was a former security guard at the hotel. Israel Florez testified Combs attempted to bribe him, holding out a stack of money with a $100 on top, telling him: “Don’t tell nobody.”
Florez said he responded: “I don’t want your money. Just go back into your room.”
The “Me & U” singer, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, testified that Combs was into voyeurism and dictated every aspect of sex events he dubbed “freak-offs.”
The highly orchestrated affairs, which Combs also called “wild king nights” or “hotel nights,” involved male sex workers, heavy drug use and copious lubrication.
“It was his fantasy,” Cassie said.
Cassie said each “freak-off” involved about 10 large bottles of baby oil — heated up.
“It was such a mess,” she said. “It was like, ‘What are we doing?’”
She said Combs also asked her to perform degrading and painful sex acts with male sex workers.
Cassie said eventually she was doing “freak-offs” weekly for a decade, with the final one in 2017 or 2018.
“The freak-offs became a job,” Cassie recounted.
She said she felt she couldn’t refuse because she feared the videos would be made public.
Jurors also heard from Daniel Phillip, who said he was a professional stripper paid to have sex with Cassie while Combs gave instructions. He testified that he once saw Combs drag Cassie by her hair as she screamed.
Defense lawyers, during their cross examination of Cassie, sought to cast the musician as an enthusiastic participant in the sex marathons.
“I’m always ready to freak off,” she wrote in one 2009 message read in court.
Later that year, however, Cassie expressed frustration with the state of their relationship and told Combs she needed something more from him than sex.
In a 2017 text message, Cassie told Combs: “I love our FOs when we both want it,” using the initials of freak-off. On the stand, Cassie explained: “I would say loving FOs were just words at that point.”
The former cast member on Combs’ MTV reality show “Making the Band” testified that she saw Combs physically attack Cassie on multiple occasions.
During a 2009 incident in his home, Richard said Combs tried to strike Cassie in the head with a black skillet before he put his arm around her neck and dragged her up the stairs.
“I was scared for her and scared to do anything,” she said. “I had never seen anything like that before.”
Richard, who was later a member of the Combs’ band Diddy — Dirty Money, sued the producer last year, accusing him of physical abuse, groping, and psychological abuse during the years they worked together. His representative denied the claims at the time.
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