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Tiger Woods' ex-girlfriend, Erica Herman, filed a lawsuit against the golf star in an effort to nullify a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) she says Woods made her sign in August 2017 when they started dating.According to legal documents, obtained by ET, Herman filed the lawsuit against Woods on Monday in the Circuit Court of the 19th Judicial Circuit in Martin County, Florida, and cited the Speak Out Act as the reason the NDA should be voided, as the act protects victims of sexual assault or harassment.While Herman has not made any such claims against Woods, Herman says nullifying the NDA will clear things up for her.«Because of the aggressive use of the Woods NDA against her by [Woods] and the trust under his control, [Herman] is unsure whether she may disclose, among other things, facts giving rise to various legal claims she believes she has. She is also currently unsure what other information about her own life she may discuss or with whom.

Alex Murdaugh has been sentenced toto two life sentences without the possibility of parole for the murder of his wife, Maggie, and their son, Paul, Judge Clifton Newman ruled on Friday. «It was especially heartbreaking for me to see you go, in the media, as a grieving father who lost a wife and son to being the person indicted and convicted of killing them,» the judge said prior to making his decision. «You have engaged in duplicitous conduct here in the courtroom, here on the witness stand, and as established by the testimony, throughout the time leading from the time of the indictment and prior to the time of the indictment to this point in time.»Murdaugh was found guilty of the 2021 murders of his wife and son on Thursday, Mar. 2, when a jury returned with their verdict after three hours of deliberation.

O.J. Simpson is putting in his two cents regarding the ongoing Alex Murdaugh murder trial, after being repeatedly asked by followers to weigh in.Simpson — who was acquitted of the double murder of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, in 1995 — took to Twitter on Thursday to share his thoughts on the Murdaugh trial.«A whole lot of people are asking me what I think about this Alex Murdaugh trial.

Nick Carter's ongoing legal battle rages on as Shannon Ruth — one of the women who accused the singer of sexual battery — is now filing to dismiss a countersuit Carter filed against her earlier this month.In December, Ruth sued Carter for sexual battery over an alleged February 2001 incident she claims happened when she was 17. In response, Carter filed a counterclaim earlier this month against Ruth — as well as two other accusers — for $2.3 million, claiming these individuals have been trying to extort money from him for years.On Wednesday, Ruth filed an Anti-SLAPP motion with the court in Clark County, Nevada, seeking to have Carter's countersuit dismissed.«Carter’s Counterclaim is clearly intended for no other purpose than to harass, intimate, and potentially silence [Ruth],» the motion, obtained by ET on Thursday, claims.

Tyrese Gibson is looking to get a new judge in his divorce case with his ex, Samantha Lee Gibson.Following a heated exchange during two courtroom hearings in late August — in which Tyrese was ordered to pay $10,690 per month in child support for the former couple's 3-year-old daughter, Soraya — the actor filed a petition in Fulton County Superior Court in Georgia, seeking the recusal of Judge Kevin M. Farmer.According to the court docs filed on Tuesday, which were obtained by ET, Tyrese lays out a multitude of reasons he believes Judge Farmer was biased against him during the hearings.In the motion for recusal, Tyrese's attorneys allege that, at a pre-trial hearing in his chambers, Judge Farmer «stated that he already has reviewed the financial evidence in the case» and that $10,690 was «an appropriate amount» for the actor to pay.

NBC News.‘I am so grateful to my attorneys for working hard and smart on this,’ stated Weinstein through a spokesman. ‘Their hard work will help me prove my innocence in the end.’The judge’s decision ‘acknowledged the unique legal issues in this case’, Weinstein’s lawyer Arthur Aidala told NBC News.‘We are hopeful the entire court will find that Mr.

Vanessa Bryant's lawyer, during closing arguments on Tuesday, implored the jury in the Kobe Bryant crash photos lawsuit against Los Angeles County to award her and a co-plaintiff millions of dollars in damages for emotional distress.The lawsuit claims that emergency personnel — sheriff's deputies and fire personnel — snapped and shared graphic photos taken from the helicopter crash site that killed the NBA legend, the couple's 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others.Craig Lavoie addressed the nine-member jury Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court and said Vanessa and family friend Christopher Chester — a co-plaintiff who lost his wife and daughter in the crash — will have to live in fear that one day those photos will surface in public or online and cause irreparable harm.«Either the photos will surface and their worst fears will have been realized or they will live in fear that day will come,» Lavoie said via Bloomberg.Vanessa's attorney also evoked what would have been Kobe's 44th birthday and asked the jury for «justice and accountability on his behalf.»According to the news outlet, Chester's attorney, Jerome Jackson, proposed that the jury award each plaintiff $2.5 million for their suffering over the last two years, and as much as $1 million a year for the rest of their lives. Going by those numbers, Jackson said Chester, 48, should get $30 million and Vanessa, 40, should get $40 million in future damages.Attorneys representing Los Angeles County will offer rebuttals on Wednesday on what will be the 11th day of the trial. According to multiple reports, a sheriff's deputy admitted to sharing the gruesome photos with another sheriff's deputy while they played.

Vanessa Bryant's lawyer, during closing arguments on Tuesday, implored the jury in the Kobe Bryant crash photos lawsuit against Los Angeles County to award her and a co-plaintiff millions of dollars in damages for emotional distress.The lawsuit claims that emergency personnel — sheriff's deputies and fire personnel — snapped and shared graphic photos taken from the helicopter crash site that killed the NBA legend, the couple's 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others.Craig Lavoie addressed the nine-member jury Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court and said Vanessa and family friend Christopher Chester — a co-plaintiff who lost his wife and daughter in the crash — will have to live in fear that one day those photos will surface in public or online and cause irreparable harm.«Either the photos will surface and their worst fears will have been realized or they will live in fear that day will come,» Lavoie said via Bloomberg.Vanessa's attorney also evoked what would have been Kobe's 44th birthday and asked the jury for «justice and accountability on his behalf.»According to the news outlet, Chester's attorney, Jerome Jackson, proposed that the jury award each plaintiff $2.5 million for their suffering over the last two years, and as much as $1 million a year for the rest of their lives. Going by those numbers, Jackson said Chester, 48, should get $30 million and Vanessa, 40, should get $40 million in future damages.Attorneys representing Los Angeles County will offer rebuttals on Wednesday on what will be the 11th day of the trial. According to multiple reports, a sheriff's deputy admitted to sharing the gruesome photos with another sheriff's deputy while they played.

Vanessa Bryant's lawyer, during closing arguments on Tuesday, implored the jury in the Kobe Bryant crash photos lawsuit against Los Angeles County to award her and a co-plaintiff $75 million in damages for emotional distress.The lawsuit claims that emergency personnel — sheriff's deputies and fire personnel — snapped and shared graphic photos taken from the helicopter crash site that killed the NBA legend, the couple's 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others.Craig Lavoie addressed the nine-member jury Tuesday in Los Angeles federal court and said Vanessa and family friend Christopher Chester — a co-plaintiff who lost his wife and daughter in the crash — will have to live in fear that one day those photos will surface in public or online and cause irreparable harm.«Either the photos will surface and their worst fears will have been realized or they will live in fear that day will come,» Lavoie said via Bloomberg.Vanessa's attorney also evoked what would have been Kobe's 44th birthday and asked the jury for «justice and accountability on his behalf.»According to the news outlet, Chester's attorney, Jerome Jackson, proposed that the jury award each plaintiff $2.5 million for their suffering over the last two years, and as much as $1 million a year for the rest of their lives. Going by those numbers, Jackson said Chester, 48, should get $30 million and Vanessa, 40, should get $40 million in future damages.Attorneys representing Los Angeles County will offer rebuttals on Wednesday on what will be the 11th day of the trial.

Vanessa Bryant and daughter Natalia Bryant showed their love and solidarity as they stepped into court in Los Angeles on Monday.Vanessa, 40, and Natalia, 19, held hands as they arrived at the courthouse, surrounded by photographers, for the start of the third week of trial in Vanessa's lawsuit against Los Angeles County, regarding graphic photos taken and shared by officers from the helicopter crash site that killed her husband, Kobe Bryant, and the couple's 13-year-old daughter, Gianna Bryant.Vanessa wore a white button-down blouse and black skirt with dark glasses, while Natalia donned an all-black suit ensemble for the ongoing courtroom battle.Monday's arrival to court marks the first day of the trial after Vanessa took the witness stand on Friday and emotionally recalled the moment she found out the graphic photos from the crash scene — including photos of Kobe and Gianna — had been leaked.She said she was at home breastfeeding her then 7-month-old daughter, Capri, when she was alerted to a  report about sheriff's deputies sharing the photos.Vanessa also shared that, to this day, she experiences panic attacks and anxiety over the possibility of seeing the photos from the devastating 2020 helicopter crash.In May 2020, Vanessa filed a claim against the L.A. County Sheriff's Department for sharing private photos of the Jan.

Star Jones has moved behind the bench to preside over “Divorce Court,” which kicks off its new season Aug. 22 (2-3 p.m.

defamation trial win against ex-wife Amber Heard. His longtime friend of two decades and past co-star Greg Ellis has shed some light on the 59-year-old’s current state of mind.Ellis, 54, and Depp starred in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise together and first crossed paths at a table read at Los Angeles’ Viper Room 20 years prior.Ellis noted to Fox News recently that he spoke to the “Edward Scissorhands” star since the trial ended last month.The “Days of Our Lives” actor shared that Depp is “in good spirits” and claimed that “the weight of the world has been lifted off his shoulders.” Ellis explained that he thinks that Depp is trying to focus on his music and other film projects, as the latter has recently been seen in the United Kingdom playing concerts alongside Jeff Beck.

Amber Heard's attorneys are asking a judge to toss out the $10.35 million verdict against her in ex-husband Johnny Depp's defamation lawsuit.According to court documents obtained by ET, Heard's lawyers filed a post-trial motion on Friday claiming that the evidence presented in the case didn't support the verdict and raising concerns that one of the jurors had not been properly vetted.In the motion, Heard's lawyers slammed the jury's decision to award Depp $10 million in compensatory damages and $5 million in punitive damages, calling the amount "«excessive» and «indefensible.» It should be noted that the judge in the case reduced the compensatory damages awards to $350,000, per a legal state cap.Heard, for her part, was awarded $2 million by the jury in compensatory damages for her counterclaim but nothing in punitive damages. The jury found Depp liable after his attorney referred to Heard's claims as a «hoax.»The lawsuit, originally filed in 2019, stemmed from a December 2018 op-ed she wrote in, where she claimed to have been the victim of domestic violence, among other allegations.

Kim Kardashian is facing a lawsuit over her new skincare lines, SKKN and SKKN BY Kim. The reality star and cosmetics mogul is accused of «willful infringement» of an allegedly pre-existing brand name and logo, in a lawsuit filed by Beauty Concepts, a small, Brooklyn-based cosmetics company.In the lawsuit, filed on Tuesday and obtained by ET, Beauty Concepts -- owned by esthetician Cydnie Lunsford — claims that they have used the brand name SKKN+ since August 2018.The lawsuit alleges that Beauty Concepts got in touch with Kardashian and Coty — the cosmetics company working with Kardashian on the line, and claims that Kardashian and Coty «did not cease and desist but, to the contrary, upon information and belief, willfully and deliberately chose to proceed with their plans to use the SKKN and SKKN BY KIM brand in total disregard of Beauty Concepts’ superior trademark rights.»Kardashian's lawyer, Michael Rhodes, denied the allegations made in the lawsuit, telling ET on Wednesday, «This lawsuit is not what it seems.

sexually abuse underage girls for at least a decade between the 1990s and 2000s. The British former socialite, whose late father rose to prominence in the U.K.

Farrah Abraham, a former star, has been charged with battery after she was arrested in January.According to the Los Angeles Superior Court, Abraham will be arraigned on Thursday at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center.Abraham, 31, was arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor assault in January, following an incident at a Hollywood nightclub. The reality star was detained after allegedly slapping a security guard at the club and restaurant Grandmaster Recorders in Hollywood.Despite the arraignment on the court calendar, Abraham's attorney released a statement on Wednesday claiming that no charges have been brought against her.«The Law Office of Dario C. Gomez, Esq., on behalf of our client, Ms.

Nipsey Hussle in March 2019, is underway and Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney John McKinney claimed to the jury on Wednesday that the famed artist's shooting was premeditated and deliberate.In his opening statements, McKinney alleged, per  that there was «no doubt» Holder had thought out his actions and shot Hussle — whose real name was Ermias Asghedom — with the intention of killing him.McKinney opened his statements by showing the jury a video from the aftermath of the killing, as bystanders attempted to resuscitate Hussle after he was gunned down outside his clothing store in South Los Angeles.Hussle and Holder had publicly gotten into an argument several minutes before Holder returned to the store with a gun and opened fire. His actions were captured on several security cameras, and Holder's attorney, public defender Aaron Jansen, argued in his opening statements that «this is a case about the heat of passion.»According to Jansen, Hussle had accused Holder of «snitching» during their heated argument, and the remark made Holder «so enflamed and enraged» that he acted without thinking and without having time to «cool off.»McKinney rejected this assertion to the jury, telling them, «You’re going to hear and see evidence that he had plenty of opportunity to think about what he was going to do before he did it.

Britney Spears has been granted a three-year protective order against her ex-husband, Jason Alexander.The order comes following Alexander's arrest on Thursday after he tried to crash her wedding to Sam Asghari. Alexander appeared in Ventura County Superior Court at 1:30 pm via Zoom on Monday and pled not guilty to the charges against him — including felony stalking, misdemeanor trespassing and refusing to leave private property, misdemeanor vandalism-damage, and misdemeanor battery.The restraining order requires Alexander to stay at least 100-yards away from Spears and her new husband, Sam Asghari, and at least 100-yards away from their residence. Alexander must relinquish any firearms and not own or possess any firearms during the period of the protective order.Alexander was remanded to the custody of the Ventura County Sheriff with a bail amount of $100,000, which brings his total bail amount to $120,000.The development comes less than a week after Alexander barged his way into Spears' Thousand Oaks, California, home as crews put the finishing touches on the couple's intimate wedding set.According to video he posted on Instagram Live, Alexander wreaked havoc while demanding to see Spears before he was tackled by security and ultimately arrested by Ventura County Sheriff's deputies responding to a trespassing call.As for what happened, Ventura Sheriff’s Department Sergeant Cyrus Zadeh told ET on Thursday, «After 2 p.m.

won't be seeing the high-profile tax fraud trail play out in the show's forthcoming episodes.A source close to production tells ET that the show is not currently in production on season 10, meaning the trial — which began nearly three weeks ago — was not filmed as part of the series.The source tells ET that the episodes airing at the end of the month — which is the second half of season nine — were filmed before the trial began.Stars Todd and Julie Chrisley were found guilty in their tax fraud trial on Tuesday. The couple was convicted on all counts in a federal court in Georgia, reports.Todd was convicted of conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to defraud the United States and tax fraud, per .

Brad Pitt is accusing his ex of intentionally trying to «inflict harm» on him and his interests in their Chateau Miraval Winery. In new legal docs filed in Los Angeles on Friday, Pitt's lawyers claim Angelina Jolie sold her stake in their winery to Russian oligarch Yuri Shefler in an effort to damage Pitt's involvement in the company.Pitt first sued Jolie over the sale of her shares of Miraval back in February and was seeking monetary damages, legal fees and for Jolie's sale of Miraval to Shefler to be voided.In these latest docs, Pitt's attorneys claim that «Jolie sought to inflict harm on Pitt» and allege that she «knew and intended that Shefler and his affiliates would try to control the business Pitt had built and to undermine Pitt’s investment in Miraval.»«The vineyard became Pitt’s passion — and a profitable one, as Miraval, under Pitt’s stewardship, has grown into a multimillion-dollar global business and one of the world’s most highly regarded producers of rosé wine,» the docs claim.

reached a verdict in the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial Wednesday — with a unanimous verdict on all three counts in favor of Depp, while Heard also won for one of three claims in her own defamation countersuit — but the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star was not on deck to hear the results.Since closing arguments wrapped up on Friday, Depp, 58, jet-setted from the Fairfax, Virginia, courtroom to the United Kingdom.“Due to previously scheduled work commitments made before the trial, Mr. Depp will not be physically present for today’s 3 p.m.