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Dina Manzo's ex gets racketeering case dismissed after allegedly hiring mobster to beat up 'RHONJ' alum's husband
The judge dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning prosecutors can reindict the New Jersey resident on new charges — and are hoping to do so by April.
Sex predator R. Kelly placed on suicide watch at NYC jail: lawyer
Lawyer Jennifer Bonjean claimed Kelly was placed on suicide watch as punishment by guards at the Brooklyn lockup — which she said was run like a “gulag.”
Georgia teen allegedly threatens to kill sheriff over rapper Young Thug's arrest
Officials said that Mender wrote that he was going to kill Labat, his wife, and Atlanta Public Schools Police Chief Ronald Applin if one of the defendants wasn't released from...
R. Kelly had 'rules' to control nearly everything girls did, ex-assistant testifies
R. Kelly had a list of "Rob's rules" that dictated what his young girlfriends could only do — and were forbidden from leaving certain rooms in his Chicago mansion, his...
Allison Mack sentenced for role in Nxivm sex cult
"Smallville’’ actress Allison Mack was sentenced to 3 years in prison Wednesday for serving as a Nxivm "slave master" that brainwashed women into becoming sex slaves for the group's twisted...
How Allison Mack went from cutie-pie TV star to twisted sex slave 'master'
Former TV actress Allison Mack played Chloe Sullivan on the hit series “Smallville." Then the fresh-faced Teen Choice Award winner was introduced to the supposed self-help group Nxivm.
Three R. Kelly associates busted trying to bribe, threaten his victims: feds
Three men were busted in different states for trying to intimidate and bribe alleged victims in R. Kelly's sex-trafficking case, prosecutors said..
Judge won't drop charge against R. Kelly that alleges he gave woman herpes
The indictment alleges that Kelly, 53, transported one of his victims across state lines to engage in sexual activity in violation of a 1943 New York Public Health Law, which...
Bloods leader, who threatened Tekashi 6ix9ine, gets 11 years in prison
Jamel "Mel Murda" Jones pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit racketeering and conspiracy to distribute narcotics in April.
Tekashi 6ix9ine associate gets lighter sentence after renouncing gang, being stabbed
"You have now been on both sides of violence," Manhattan federal court Judge Paul Engelmayer told Roland "Ro Murda" Martin before sentencing him to 5 1/2 years in prison for...
Tekashi 6ix9ine to learn his fate at December sentencing
Turncoat rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine will learn how much his government cooperation paid off when he returns to court for sentencing on Dec. 18.
Tekashi 6ix9ine accused of faking kidnapping for new album 'buzz'
"That's how he makes money," the defense attorney said.
Ex-Tekashi 6ix9ine bodyguard gets light sentence thanks to colostomy bag
Justice is dung. A Manhattan federal court judge handed a former Tekashi 6ix 9ine guard a low-ball sentence for gun possession on Wednesday, arguing that a colostomy bag the man...
Feds hit Tekashi 6ix9ine 'kidnapper' with gun, racketeering charges
Aljeremiah Mack has been hit with racketeering, gun and narcotics charges related to his association with the violent and drug-slinging Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods
Another ex-pal of Tekashi 6ix9ine pleads guilty to racketeering
Denard Butler pleaded guilty before a federal judge in Manhattan to a racketeering charge.
Coach who got Lori Loughlin's daughter into college to plead guilty
A University of Southern California coach accused of helping Lori Loughlin’s social media-star daughter get into the school as a bogus athletic recruit as part of the nationwide college admissions...
Seagram’s heiress Clare Bronfman pleads guilty in Nxivm sex cult case
Seagram's liquor heiress Clare Bronfman on Friday pleaded guilty for her role in the suspected upstate sex-slave cult Nxivm.
Seagram's heiress Clare Bronfman to plead guilty in Nxivm sex cult case
It's unclear what charges the liquor scion will be pleading guilty to.