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Paris Hilton wants you to unwrap her, but she didnât leave much to take off in a cheeky holiday video set to Ariana Grandeâs âSanta Tell Meâ on Christmas Day. In an NSFW clip posted to Instagram on Wednesday (Dec. 25), the businesswoman leaves little to the imagination while wearing red pumps and matching fingerless […]
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Jay-Zâs lawyer, Alex Spiro, expects the rap mogul to be cleared of any wrongdoing in the coming days in the lawsuit filed earlier this month accusing him and Sean âDiddyâ Combs of raping a 13-year-old girl at a 2000 MTV Video Music Awards afterparty.
Spiro hosted a press conference at Roc Nationâs headquarters in New York City on Monday afternoon (Dec. 16) where he defended his clientâs innocence in the case while laying out a slideshow aiming to poke holes in the apparent inconsistencies of Jane Doeâs filing made by attorney Tony Buzbee.
Spiro chose not to unmask the now 38-year-old woman from Alabama who filed the complaint but chose to sharply criticize her case and her attorney. âThis is not for truth and justice,â Spiro said. âThis is for money.â
He continued: âWhen something isnât real, when something doesnât happen, youâre going to get the details wrong because you werenât really there. [Itâs] not possible. Itâs because this never happened.â
According to her complaint earlier this month, the accuser got a ride from Rochester, N.Y. to New York City as a 13-year-old in 2000 to attend the MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall, where she remained outside and later came into contact with Diddyâs limousine driver.
Doe claims she was taken to a âlarge white residenceâ about 20 minutes from the award show venue where she was served a drink and then repeatedly sexually assaulted by Diddy and Jay-Z (born Shawn Carter) while another unnamed celebrity watched the rape take place. She says she then escaped the afterparty and made it to a gas station where she allegedly called her father to pick her up.
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But in an interview with NBC News on Friday, the accuser admitted to multiple inconsistencies in her story. And in the same story, her father admitted he canât recall picking up his daughter following the alleged traumatic events 24 years ago. âI feel like I would remember that, and I donât,â he said. âI have a lot going on, but I mean, thatâs something that would definitely stick in my mind.â
At Mondayâs event, Spiro focused on those seeming shortcomings in the story: â[Jane Doe] said sheâs at the party alone, this 13-year-old girl, and she finds herself in the room with the three most famous people at the party â just think about how unnatural, how little common sense that makes. And according to her, one of the witnesses is a female celebrity whoâs just standing there watching the repetitive rape of a child,â Spiro added. âThereâs an adult female in the room watching the rape of a child. Afterward, she says she runs out of the house naked â none of them notice that? None of them pay any notice? For 24 years, none of them has said anything?â
While Jay-Z is named alongside Diddy, who will remain behind bars until his trial in May, Spiro attempted to distance Hov from the embattled Bad Boy CEO.
âMr. Carter has nothing to do with Mr. Combsâ case or Mr. Combs,â he stated. âThey knew each other professionally for a number of years. Just like in all professions, people know each other. At music awards, they support each other. They go to the NBA All-Star Game, they support each other. Thatâs just how professions work. There is no closer association between any of them â thatâs also a matter of fiction.â
According to Spiro, Jay is âupsetâ about what he views as a baseless lawsuit. âHeâs upset that somebody would be allowed to do this, would be allowed to make a mockery of the system like this,â he continued. âHeâs upset that this distracts and dissuades real victims from coming forward. Heâs upset that his kids and family have to deal with this. And he should be upset.â
In an earlier response statement, Jay-Z denied the allegations against him and called Buzbee a âdeplorable human.â At Mondayâs event, Spiro hinted at further legal action being taken against Buzbee, who he said âwill be dealt withâ separately following the lawsuit.
In an exclusive statement to Billboard on Tuesday (Dec. 17), Buzbee claimed that âMr. Spiro has a history of making threats against opposing lawyers.â
Buzzbee continued: âWe wonât be intimidated and will raise his conduct with the relevant entities. As for us, we will continue to conduct ourselves professionally. The only reason this dispute is in the public sphere is that Mr. Spiro filed a frivolous case against my firm and claimed extortion with absolutely no support for such an outlandish claim. We will file the appropriate paperwork in due course.â
Lily Allen has long been an open book about her mental and physical health, but in a new chat on her and Miquita Oliverâs Miss Me? podcast, the âLDNâ singer said that sheâs currently going through a rough patch that she was initially reluctant to discuss with her therapist.
âI donât think that I lie in therapy, but I do often not talk about things I should be talking about,â the singer said in this weekâs episode. âItâs not intentional. Iâve been going through a tough time over the last few months and my eating has become a real issue.â Allen said her eating issues have been going on for almost three years, but she only recently opened up about them to her therapist.
âShe was like, âWhy havenât you mentioned it before?’â said Allen, who tagged her creative pursuits as a form of âperformative therapy,â because she finds it easier to sing about those things than to have âhonest, vulnerableâ conversations with people she cares about. âItâs not because I have been lying about it. Itâs just because it hasnât seemed at the top of the list of important things that I needed to talk about. But obviously it is.â
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Acknowledging that she sometimes struggles to paint the âbig pictureâ when looking at her mental health â which, she noted, might have to do with her ADHD diagnosis â Allen said, âMy body and my brain are two very separate things to me. I know a lot of people feel those two things are very connected to each other, but for me, itâs very different. I spend a lot of time in my head, and not a lot of time thinking about my body.â
Allen then got very candid about her current state of mind and the ways that has manifested physically. âIâm really not in a great place mentally at the moment, and Iâm not eating. But Iâm not hungry,â she said. â I obviously am hungry, but my body and brain are so disconnected from each other that my body⌠the messages of hunger are not going from my body to my brain. Iâm not avoiding food, Iâm just not thinking about it because Iâm so in my head. My bodyâs like, a few steps behind me.â
Allen, 39, married Stranger Things actor David Harbour in 2020 and has two daughters, ages 13 and 10, with her ex-husband Sam Cooper.
Oliver reminded her pod partner and lifelong friend Allen â who said that she did family therapy when she was young when her mom went tor rehab and then returned to therapy as an adult to deal with the initial rush of fame âthat her awareness of whatâs going on in her body is one step toward healing, a message the singer appreciated. In 2021, Allen opened up about her long battle with addiction, which she said started in school whens she turned to drugs and alcohol to deal with the resentment she felt from her classmates when she dropped out to pursue music.
Allen revealed her ADHD diagnosis in 2023, saying it âsort of runs in my family,â after sharing that she was suffering from PTSD after a stillbirth in 2010.
In July, Allen revealed that she had begun selling pictures and videos of her feet on OnlyFans, later saying that just a few months in she was earning more with her toes than her music streams. âimagine being and artist and having nearly 8 million monthly listeners on spotify but earning more money from having 1000 people subscribe to pictures of your feet,â she wrote in October.
Listen to the episode below (food discussion begins at 9:55 mark).
If you or someone you know are struggling with disordered eating or an eating disorder you can contact the ANAD helpline at 1 (888) 375-7767 or the National Alliance for Eating Disorders at 1 (866) 662-1235.
The Spanish flamenco singer Diego âEl Cigalaâ was sentenced to two years and one month in prison for abuse committed against his ex-partner, flamenco singer Kina MĂŠndez, according to Spanish media including newspapers El PaĂs, El Mundo and El Diario de Jerez. The sentence, which can be appealed, was announced on Tuesday (Dec. 17) by the press office of the High Court of Justice of AndalusĂa (Tribunal Superior de Justicia de AndalucĂa).
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âThe judge imposes the sentence for three crimes in the field of violence against women committed in Jerez de la Frontera and a hotel in Palafrugell (Girona), and also finds him guilty of another minor and continuous offense of harassment in the domestic sphere, imposing 25 days of a permanent location, always in a different residence and away from the victimâs residence, in addition to the prohibition of communication and approaching within 200 meters of the victim for six months, a measure common to the rest of the other crimes,â according to El PaĂs.
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The conviction would correspond to three specific episodes of abuse, El PaĂs reports. The first, dating from the summer of 2017, was in a hotel in Jerez de la Frontera, where he âslapped her in the faceâ during a discussion on âthe common areasâ because she had asked him to stay with her son instead of going out. The second, two years later in another hotel in Palafrugell (Girona), was âin the context of a heated verbal confrontation,â when the singer âgave her a push that made her fall to the ground, and while [she was] lying on the ground, continued hitting and kicking her body,â according to El Mundo. The third case of abuse occurred in November 2020, when, while at the house in Jerez de la Frontera, he âgrabbed MĂŠndez by the neck,â shouting, âIâll sât on your ancestorsâ because she had reproached him for using drugs in front of their children, El PaĂs reports.
Billboard EspaĂąol has reached out to Diego El Cigala for comment.
During the trial in Jerez, Diego âEl Cigalaâ declared Nov. 7, âI have never laid a hand on a woman,â according to El Diario de Jerez. MĂŠndez, whose real name is Dolores Ruiz MĂŠndez, said at the same hearing that she never went to the doctor with her injuries because she wanted to patch things up with her partner, with whom she said she was always âvery much in love,â and that she did not report him before âout of shame.â
Diego âEl Cigala,â 55, is one of the most recognized flamenco singers of recent years in Spain and abroad. Winner of five Latin Grammys, his hits include âSi TĂş Me Dices Ven,â âMoreno Soyâ and âLĂĄgrimas Negras.â
In 2021, the artist, whose real name is RamĂłn JimĂŠnez Salazar, was already under investigation for alleged gender violence following accusations made by MĂŠndez, who, according to El PaĂs, had been in a relationship with El Cigala since 2014.
A federal judge says Sean âDiddyâ Combs canât prove that prosecutors leaked the infamous 2016 surveillance video of him assaulting his former girlfriend Cassie â and is refusing to launch an investigation into his claims that the government is waging a âcampaignâ of such leaks.
In an order issued Monday, Judge Arun Subramanian denied Combsâ request for discovery and an evidentiary hearing into those allegations. Combs had argued that prosecutors were using media coverage to âtaint the jury poolâ and deprive him of a fair trial.
Most notably, the judge said that Combs had failed to show that government agents leaked the Cassie video, saying the accused mogul âdoesnât point to any sound basis for this conclusion.â
âCombs never considers the possibility that many people beyond Victim-1 and government agents likely had access to the video, including Combsâs team (who paid security officers at the Intercontinental Hotel â$100,000 in cash to destroyâ the video) and hotel employees and contractors,â the judge wrote.
Though he denied the request from Combsâ legal team, the judge also reiterated previous warnings to prosecutors to closely safeguard grand jury materials and avoid sharing other improper information with the press.
âThe court is sensitive to Combsâs concern about the publication of stories claiming to disclose inside information about this case from unnamed âfederal law enforcement sources who are involved in the investigation,ââ the judge wrote.
âThe court has already taken steps in this regard, and it is open to tailored applications for relief as this case continues,â the judge added. âThe court once again reminds the government and its agents that if specific information comes to light showing that they leaked prohibited information, action will be taken.â
Combs was indicted in September, charged with running a sprawling criminal operation aimed at satisfying his need for âsexual gratification.â The case centers on elaborate âfreak offâ parties in which Combs and others would allegedly ply victims with drugs and then coerce them into having sex, as well as on alleged acts of violence to keep victims silent.
A trial is currently set to start on May 5. If convicted on all of the charges, Combs faces a potential life prison sentence.
The starâs legal team has spent months seeking to have him released on bail until the start of the trial. But after multiple failed attempts, his attorneys on Friday dropped their appeal of the bail issue, meaning the hip-hop mogul will remain behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn until the trial kicks off.
In October, Combsâ attorneys warned the judge that there had been âa series of unlawful government leaksâ in the case, leading to âdamaging, highly prejudicial pre-trial publicity that can only taint the jury pool and deprive Mr. Combs of his right to a fair trial.â
The filing called the Cassie video â a clip that made headlines when CNN first aired in May â the âmost egregious exampleâ of such leaks, arguing it had been done in order to âmortally wound the reputation and the prospect of Sean Combs successfully defending himself.â
âRather than using the videotape as trial evidence, alongside other evidence that gives it context and meaning, the agents misused it in the most prejudicial and damaging way possible,â Diddyâs lawyers wrote at the time. âThe government knew what it had: a frankly deplorable video recording of Sean Combs in a towel hitting, kicking and dragging a woman in full view of a camera in the hallway of the hotel.â
In a response weeks later, the government sharply denied those claims â and accused Combsâ lawyers of using such allegations as a ploy to âsuppress a damning piece of evidence.â
âWithout any factual basis, the leak motion seeks to suppress highly probative evidence ⌠by claiming that it was grand jury material leaked by government agents,â prosecutors write. âBut, as the defendant is fully aware, the video was not in the Governmentâs possession at the time of CNNâs publication and the Government has never, at any point, obtained the video through grand jury process.â
Sure, the sun will come out tomorrow, but for right now, viral comedian Randy Rainbow isnât looking forward to a new day dawning on Donald Trumpâs presidency. In his latest parody video, Rainbow sits down for another faux interview with the president-elect, this time mocking Trump for his widely criticized cabinet picks, specifically calling out […]
Northampton rapper Slowthai has been cleared of raping two women after one of his shows. The 29-year-old (real name Tyler Frampton) had previously been accused of sexually assaulting them following his performance at The Bullingdon in Oxford in September 2021.
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Frampton and his co-accused, Alex Blake-Walker, were both found not guilty on three joint counts of rape following a trial at Oxford Crown Court. Blake-Walker was also cleared on one count of sexual assault. The not guilty verdict was announced Monday (Dec. 16) following 10 hours of deliberation by the jury.
The BBC reports that Frampton broke down in tears when the verdict was announced, and that there were gasps in the public gallery.
The trial heard that Frampton and his friends were invited to a party in Oxford following the conclusion of his show. The prosecution alleged that Blake-Walker had raped one woman at the encouragement of Frampton, who was then accused of twice raping a second complainant.
During the trial, Frampton said that sexual activity had taken place between him and the second complainant, but insisted that it had been consensual. âI know she was consenting, there wasnât a question,â the BBC reports that he said during the trial.
Frampton and Blake-Walker had previously denied all the charges, and said the two women consented to all sexual activity.
The updates came after prosecutor Heather Stangoe warned jurors in the closing argument not to be âWagatha Christiesâ in their deliberations, referencing the infamous legal battle between Rebekah Vardy and Coleen Rooney in their 2022 libel case in the U.K.
The presiding judge, Ian Pringle, asked jurors to âlay aside any feelings of sympathy or dislikeâ and make their decision in a âcalm and cool manner,â adding that they âmust be sure of guiltâ if they were to convict the two men.
Patrick Gibbs KC, the lawyer defending Frampton, said in court that there were a dozen âproblemsâ with accusations outlined. He added that Slowthai isnât âeverybodyâs stereotype of a rapper,â describing him as a âthoughtful and modestâ man who âthrows himself, sometimes recklessly, into life.â
Also in the court proceedings, Blake-Walkerâs lawyer Sheryl Nwosu, said that the evidence outlined âdoesnât fit with Mr Blake-Walker and his behaviour on the night,â while Judge Pringle said the case was a âquestion of consent.â
Frampton had been accompanied by his wife, pop star Anne-Marie, throughout the trial, which was held at Oxford Crown Court.
Frampton released his most recent album, Ugly, under his Slowthai moniker in 2023. Following the announcement of the charges that year, he was dropped from festival lineups for Glastonbury Festival and Reading & Leeds.
Jay-Zâs attorneys have written a letter to a New York courthouse revealing that the rapper intends to âimmediatelyâ file a motion to strike a recent complaint accusing him of raping a teenager 24 years ago.
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In the letter obtained by Billboard, the legal team cited a new NBC report on Friday night (Dec. 13), in which the accuser â identified as Jane Doe in the lawsuit filed against Jay-Z (real name Shawn Carter) and Diddy â recalled the âcatastrophic event,â while also acknowledging a number of inconsistencies in her original account. âI have made some mistakes,â she shared, noting that while she still stands by her accusations, there are a few details that are unclear.
One of the inconsistencies is that the woman originally said her father picked her up after the assault, but he denied that. She also claimed she spoke to singer Benji Madden at the event, though he wasnât in New York at the time of the party.
The letter from Jay-Zâs attorney took aim at Doeâs attorney Anthony Buzbee. âGiven todayâs relevations, Mr. Buzbee almost certainly failed to undertake a reasonable inquiry into the facts before filing the complaint,â the message reads. âHe should never have brought the claims.â
The letter concludes by noting that Jay âintends to file immediately a motion to strike the first amended complaint.â
In a press statement, Jay-Z echoed the sentiments of his attorney. âTodayâs investigative report proves this âattorneyâ Buzbee filed a false complaint against me in the pursuit of money and fame. This incident didnât happen and yet he filed it in court and doubled down in the press. True justice is coming. We fight FROM victory, not FOR victory. This was over before it began. This 1-800 lawyer doesnât realize it yet, but, soon.âÂ
His lawyer Alex Spiro added, âIt is stunning that a lawyer would not only file such a serious complaint without proper vetting, but would make things worse by further peddling this false story in the press. We are asking the Court to dismiss this frivolous case today, and will take up the matter of additional discipline for Mr. Buzbee and all the lawyers that filed the complaint.âÂ
Over the weekend, Jay-Z was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000 at an MTV Video Music Awards afterparty alongside Diddy. The shocking civil case was filed by an anonymous accuser and Texas attorney Tony Buzbee, whom Jay called a âdeplorable human.â
The rapper also denyied all of the allegations against him when news broke. âYou have made a terrible error in judgement thinking that all âcelebritiesâ are the same,â Jay-Z said. âIâm not from your world. Iâm a young man who made it out of the projects of Brooklyn. We donât play these types of games. We have very strict codes and honor. We protect children, you seem to exploit people for personal gain. Only your network of conspiracy theorists ⌠will believe the idiotic claims you have levied against me that, if not for the seriousness surrounding harm to kids, would be laughable. I look forward to showing you just how different I am.â
Jay-Z continued: âMy only heartbreak is for my family. My wife and I will have to sit our children down, one of whom is at the age where her friends will surely see the press and ask questions about the nature of these claims, and explain the cruelty and greed of people. I mourn yet another loss of innocence.â
Sean âDiddyâ Combs has dropped his appeal to be released on bail, according to court documents filed on Friday (Dec. 13). The voluntary dismissal means the hip-hop mogul will remain behind bars at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn until the start of his criminal trial in May. âMr. Combs does not seek to appeal […]
