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Earnest Williams, the husband of Shirley Strawberry, co-host of the Steve Harvey Morning Show, is facing 39 charges under Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (RICO). The indictment suggests that Williams’ marriage to Strawberry played a role in facilitating his alleged criminal activities. According to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, Williams’ illicit activities…
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A U.S. appeals court refused to automatically approve a $667 million fee award for attorneys behind a $2.7 billion antitrust class action settlement with Blue Cross Blue Shield. On Wednesday, class lawyers urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a challenge to the legal fees and the broader merits of the 2020 settlement. Last year,…
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A Michigan man found himself at the center of embarrassment after a video of his Zoom court appearance went viral on social media. Corey Harris, 44, expressed deep humiliation after his courtroom blunder captured widespread attention online, admitting: “What was I thinking?” In an interview with WXYZ in Ann Arbor, Harris acknowledged feeling ashamed of…
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Former executives of Epsilon Data Management LLC, Robert Reger and David Lytle, were found guilty of federal criminal charges related to mass-mailing fraud schemes targeting millions of U.S. consumers, announced the Justice Department today. After a two-week trial, the jury convicted Reger, 57, of Boulder, Colorado, and Lytle, 64, of Leawood, Kansas, of conspiracy to…
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U.S. consumers suing French luxury house Hermes have expanded their lawsuit, accusing the company of forcing buyers to spend thousands of dollars on other products before allowing them to purchase one of its famed Birkin bags. On Thursday, another California resident joined the lawsuit in San Francisco federal court, becoming the third named plaintiff in…
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Remember last week when we reported about Kelly Rowland’s unpleasant encounter with a security guard at the Cannes Film Festival? Well, it turns out that the same guard is now being sued by Miss Europe 2023, Sawa Pontyjska, for harassment. According to BBC News, the incident occurred during the premiere of the French film “Marcello…
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Chief Justice John Roberts rejected a request by two Democratic senators for a meeting to urge him to ensure that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito recuses himself from pending cases related to the 2020 election. Alito has faced scrutiny following reports that flags associated with former President Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn his 2020 election…
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A black woman and her daughters are currently detained in Turks and Caicos after she unintentionally traveled to the island with ammunition in her duffel bag. Sharitta Grier admitted that the duffel bag in question is typically used for storing her firearm and bullets. She had cleaned out the bag for their trip to Turks…
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A Tesla shareholder has filed a lawsuit accusing CEO Elon Musk of insider trading, alleging that Musk sold over $7.5 billion of Tesla shares in late 2022 before the company revealed potentially disappointing production and delivery numbers. The lawsuit, filed by shareholder Michael Perry in Delaware Chancery Court, claims that Tesla’s share price plummeted after…
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The Justice Department informed a judge that Alphabet’s Google cannot avoid a jury trial over its alleged digital advertising dominance by unilaterally paying the government. In a court filing on Thursday, the Justice Department and a coalition of states responded to Google’s argument that only a judge, not a jury, should hear the government’s lawsuit…
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