CELEBRITY LAWSUITS: Last News

accused Jay-Z of raping her when she was 13 years old nearly 25 years ago a secret for now — just weeks after the rap hip-hop mogul’s attorney pushed for her name to be revealed.In a new filing Thursday, Judge Analisa Torres scolded the rapper’s lawyer Alex Spiro for being combative and attempting to “fast-track” the judicial process after he made multiple requests that the court deny the alleged victim’s plea request to remain anonymous and dismiss the scathing lawsuit filed against Jay-Z — whose real name is Shawn Carter.“Carter’s lawyer’s relentless filing of combative motions containing inflammatory language and ad hominem attacks is inappropriate, a waste of judicial resources, and a tactic unlikely to benefit his client,” Torres said in the five-page filing.“The Court will not fast-track the judicial process merely because counsel demands it,” the judge added.

not a family affair!Jay-Z didn’t show up to support his wife on her home turf in the wake of his legal battle on Christmas Day. The Roc Nation founder, 55,wasn’t in attendance during Beyoncé’s halftime show at NRG Stadium in Houston on Wednesday, Dec.

to Variety, Steph Jones, who owns the public relations firm Jonesworks, has accused Baldoni of breaching their contract, which required him to pay her $25,000 per month. The Post reached out to Baldoni’s lawyer for comment.Baldoni parted ways with Jonesworks in August, after his Jonesworks publicist, Jennifer Abel, left the company to form her own firm.

Lively’s legal complaint against their “It Ends With Us” co-star and director Justin Baldoni, who was accused of sexual harassment and orchestrating a PR smear campaign against Lively, 37.“As Blake Lively’s castmate and friend, I voice my support as she takes action against those reported to have planned and carried out an attack on her reputation,” Slate told Today. “Blake is a leader, loyal friend and a trusted source of emotional support for me and so many who know and love her,” Slate continued.The actress added, “What has been revealed about the attack on Blake is terribly dark, disturbing and wholly threatening.

her bombshell complaint against Justin Baldoni, where she accused the actor of sexual harassment and mounting a smear campaign against her. Morrone, 34, and Lively filmed “A Simple Favor 2” together earlier this year, after she wrapped production on “It Ends With Us” with Baldoni, 40, who also directed the flick.“So it’s usually not my thing to make these types of videos, but I think it’s time to stand up for a person that I really love and this person is Blake Lively,” Morrone said in his video.“I personally met Blake during ‘A Simple Favor 2.’ We shot this incredible film together, and I felt something was wrong, and I felt the pain and then we had the opportunity to talk, me and her,” the Italian actor continued. “Blake was in pain,” Morrone said.

Blake’s bombshell lawsuit against her “It Ends With Us” co-star and director. Baldoni has been accused of sexually harassing Blake on the set of the film and formulating a smear campaign to “destroy” her reputation. Johnson, 54, called Baldoni “a fraud” in a scathing post shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday.“He puts on the ‘costume’ of a hero, man bun and all.

obtained by TMZ. He claims he had to set up parties his boss called “Wild King Nights,” which would involve multiple women and sometimes last for days.His duties included prepping the hotel rooms with red lights as well as red ones, as well as alcohol, marijuana, baby oil, towels and illegal drugs, according to the lawsuit. Pines claims he had to remove any evidence of drugs and sex toys, as well as clean up stains from bodily fluids.

to the Daily Mail, in the video, the “Jane the Virgin” star also proceeded to apologize to his new bride for his “faults, shortcomings, insecurities and my ego.”Emily shares two children with Justin, and she also made a cameo in “It Ends With Us,” as a nurse giving a scan to Lily (Lively) when Lily was pregnant. On Saturday, news broke that Lively, 37, had filed a lawsuit against Baldoni, who not only co-starred in “It Ends With Us” but also directed it.

claimed he orchestrated a smear campaign against her when “It Ends With Us” came out over the summer. The complaint states that Baldoni hired PR crisis manager Melissa Nathan — who worked with Johnny Depp during his defamation trial against Heard, 38 — in his efforts to allegedly “destroy” Lively’s reputation.

accused him of sexual harassment on the set of “It Ends With Us” — as well as mounting a smear campaign against her.Lively’s lawyers claimed that some of her professional commitments, including her planned “SNL” hosting gig, were impacted by Baldoni and his allies’ alleged attempts to “destroy” her reputation.“The effects on Ms. Lively’s professional life were immediate and substantial,” the complaint read. “Given the ongoing nature of the campaign and the associated negative public sentiment, Ms.

filed a legal complaint against Baldoni, 40, and accused him of sexual harassment and creating a smear campaign meant to “destroy” her reputation.The legal filing included a series of private text messages as evidence of Lively’s claims against Baldoni. One message from August 4 showed that Baldoni allegedly texted a screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) titled “Hailey Bieber’s history of bullying many women.”“This is what we would need,” Baldoni wrote in the text about Hailey, 28.

recently sued her co-star Justin Baldoni for sexual harassmentLively, 37, and Baldoni, 40, played the lead stars in the film adaptation of Hoover’s 2016 romance novel. Baldoni also directed the movie.On Friday, Lively filed a bombshell lawsuit against Baldoni where she accused him of harassing her on the set of the film — as well as ” a coordinated effort to destroy her reputation” following the movie’s release.Hoover backed Lively in the battle with a supportive message on her Instagram Stories on Saturday.“@blakelively, you have been nothing but honest, kind, supportive and patient since the day we met,” Hoover wrote alongside a photo of the pair hugging at a screening of the film.

“permanently incapacitated” due to early-onset dementia.The former daytime TV host, 60, was spotted smiling in the back seat of an SUV as she picked up a to-go order from Sho’nuff Oysters in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. on Sunday.

controversial Lifetime documentary about the former talk show host.In a new lawsuit, the cable network argued that it had the right to air the “Where Is Wendy Williams?” docuseries that Morrissey tried to get shut down when it premiered in February, according to TMZ.A&E said that Williams, 60, signed a talent agreement before she became mentally “incapacitated” from her dementia battle.Morrissey, meanwhile, is suing A&E for allegedly taking advantage of Williams and airing her personal struggles in the doc.A&E now countersued Morrissey for allegedly attempting to infringe upon the company’s First Amendment rights — specifically, when she took legal action earlier this year to plead with a judge to stop the docuseries from airing.According to TMZ, the network claimed that Morrissey is trying to deny Williams “one of her last chances to exercise her autonomy and honestly reach her fans in exactly the frank and unfiltered manner that was the hallmark of her career.”The Post has reached out to Williams’ rep for comment.Williams has been under a court-ordered guardianship that oversees her health and finances since she was diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia. The former radio host is allegedly in a care facility with limited contact with her family.In February, Morrissey launched a lawsuit against A&E.

he sexually and physically abused her during their relationship and encouraged other women to fabricate their own allegations.“After four years of fighting a battle where he was able to tell the truth, Brian is pleased to dismiss his still-pending claims and appeal in order to close the door on this chapter of his life,” Manson attorney Howard King said in a statement.Manson had been appealing the judge’s decision but his attorneys reached out to Wood’s seeking a settlement in the spring. Wood’s attorneys said Tuesday that she rejected requests that the terms be kept confidential.Manson “filed a lawsuit against Ms.

dementia battle.Morrissey is currently in a legal battle with Lifetime over the release of the documentary “Where Is Wendy Williams?,” which came out in February.The filing claimed the defendants — Lifetime’s parent company, A&E Television Networks, Lifetime Entertainment Services, EOne Productions, Creature Films and the doc’s executive producer Mark Ford — “cruelly took advantage of [Williams’] cognitive and physical decline by creating and publishing a documentary at a time when [Williams] was highly vulnerable and clearly incapable of consenting to be filmed.”Williams was diagnosed with primary aggressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia — the same medical issues that Bruce Willis is battling — in 2023.Since May 2022, she’s been been under a court ordered guardianship that oversees her health and finances after her bank, Wells Fargo, claimed she was “incapacitated.”Morrissey’s legal team said the defendants “intentionally manipulated and goaded” Williams “to trigger strong emotional reactions and acquire embarrassing footage.”In the filing, Morrissey’s attorneys pleaded to the court to redact aspects of Williams’ “health, familial relationships, and finances” that are outlined in the case to protect her privacy. The defendants’ defense was also listed in the filing.

Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s feud has reached the legal level. Drake, 38, filed a pre-action petition in a Manhattan court Monday against Universal Music Group and Spotify and alleged they created a “scheme” to boost the success of Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.”In court documents obtained by The Post, Drake’s Frozen Moments LLC said that UMG — which distributes both rappers’ music — used “bots” to “artificially inflate” the song’s streams, which “deceived consumers” into thinking Lamar’s track was more popular than it was in reality.UMG was also accused of paying influencers to boost the song on social media and paying Apple to have its Siri feature “purposely misdirect users” to Lamar’s song.

share a few chords, pitches, an abstract ‘overall melodic design,’ and words, none of which is protected by copyright. And Plaintiff’s transcriptions, even assuming they are correct, show striking differences in melody, chords, other musical elements, and words,” the document states.The Post has reached out to lawyers for Cyrus and Tempo.Tempo filed their suit against Cyrus on Sept.

locked in a trademark feud with the style guru by the same name since 2009. However, the Down Under couturier was born Katie Perry.

long-running rumors that she dated her A-list client — saying the Hollywood leading man is “not my type.”“I would never,” Vasquez told Extra, two years after feverish rumors abounded as she helped the actor win his highly publicized $100 million defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife, Amber Heard. “Let me just go on the record here: never dated Johnny Depp.

1-800-Flowers founder Carl Westcott owes her.Last year, Perry was officially ruled the owner of Westcott’s secluded estate nestled in affluent Montecito, home to celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and Gwyneth Paltrow. The “Roar” singer was embroiled in a years-long legal fight with Westcott after the entrepreneur — who suffers from the neurological disorder Huntington’s disease — inked a deal with Perry’s business manager, Bernie Gudvi, agreeing to sell his home to the superstar during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.