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obtained by TMZ.Nores argued in the court filing that he was “dear friends” with Payne — but “never agreed to be and was never the caretaker of Liam.”He also denied giving the star “any recreational drugs” or “controlled any prescribed medications” before his fatal fall.Nores and four others were hit with manslaughter and drug-related charges last month after Argentine authorities accused them of knowing Payne was extremely intoxicated the night he died — but failed to intervene and keep him away from the balcony of his CasaSur hotel room back on Oct. 16.Payne’s autopsy later determined the singer had a toxic mixture of drugs in his system, including crack and so-called “pink cocaine” — a mix of ketamine and other drugs.The energy tycoon argued in his suit that Payne struggled for years with addiction, and claimed to have repeatedly warned the star’s dad that he couldn’t “support” the crooner in the way he needed in the months before his death.Nores allegedly sent an email to the Payne’s father last August, saying he “could not further as a friend devote the same time to support Liam,” according to the filing.

the accused sexual predator is allegedly branded a “monster” with “a lot of similarities” to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.The defamation suit claims that NBC’s parent company and the production company Ample “shamelessly” capitalized on the public’s “insatiable appetite” for Combs content by airing alleged “conspiracy theories” about the fallen rap kingpin in its “Diddy: The Making of a Bad Boy” film released on Peacock last month.The doc “falsely, recklessly, and maliciously” accuses Combs, 55, of “murdering” his ex-girlfriend Kimberly Porter, Brooklyn hip-hop legend Christopher Wallace — also known as “Biggie Smalls” or “The Notorious B.I.G.” — and others, the suit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court alleges.The flick “assumes that Mr. Combs has committed numerous heinous crimes, including serial murder, rape of minors, and sex trafficking of minors, and attempts to crudely psychologize him,” Combs’ lawyers wrote.“It maliciously and baselessly jumps to the conclusion that Mr.

his “It Ends With Us” co-star Blake Lively has left him “devastated financially and emotionally,” his lawyer Bryan Freedman said Monday at a pre-trial conference in Manhattan.Speaking in front of a judge assigned to oversee the stars’ warring lawsuits, Freedman added that the accusations Lively leveled against the “Jane the Virgin” alum and his co-defendants — “It Ends With Us” producers Jamey Heath and Steve Sarowitz, their production company Wayfarer Studios and publicists Melissa Nathan and Jennifer Abel — have allegedly amounted to “hundreds of millions of dollars of prejudice.”“My grave concern is that my clients suffered hundreds of millions of dollars of prejudice as a result of actions they were blindsided by,” he said.Freedman also pleaded with the judge to fast-track the case, claiming his clients were “suffering greatly.”Michael Gottlieb, attorney for Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, insisted they were not dragging their heels.In her lawsuit filed in New York on New Year’s Eve, Lively accused Baldoni of sexual harassment and, along with his associates, orchestrating a public smear campaign against her. The claims, which the “Gossip Girl” veteran first made in an interview with The New York Times, mirrored those included in the her California Civil Rights Department Complaint against Baldoni.He denied her accusations.

a press conference at the San Sebastián Film Festival for his new movie, “Modì – Three Days on the Wing of Madness,” and said he could relate to the film’s subject, Italian painter and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani, because of the media frenzy that surrounded his and Heard’s 2022 trial that ended in his favor.“Each [character] has their story, because I’m sure we can say that I’ve been through a number of things here and there,” Depp said.“But you know, I’m all right,” he added with a chuckle, as the audience also laughed.Depp went on, “And I think we’ve all been through a number of things, ultimately. Maybe yours didn’t turn into a soap opera.

dismissed with prejudice by Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell in March. The dismissal with prejudice means Samantha cannot file the claims again.“[Samantha’s] claims will be dismissed with prejudice, as she has failed to identify any statements that could support a claim for defamation or defamation-by-implication by this point, her third try at amending her complaint, in either the book ‘Finding Freedom,’ the Netflix series ‘Harry & Meghan,’ or [Meghan] and her husband’s hour-long televised CBS Interview,” Honeywell wrote in court documents obtained by Fox News Digital.

the Telegraph reported.Harry now faces having to pay the newspaper’s $316,774.25 fees as well as his own attorneys – which could result in a bill totaling over $950,000.The California-based prince’s decision to drop the case was first reported by the Mail on Sunday’s sister publication, the Daily Mail.Harry had sued Associated Newspapers Limited over a February 2022 article that accused him of misleading the public about his willingness to pay for his personal security, the Telegraph explained.Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, famously lost their personal security when they stepped down from royal duties in 2020.In the article, the Mail on Sunday alleged that Harry only offered to pay for his own protection after he filed a legal complaint against the Home Office.In December, he lost his attempt to have the paper’s defense thrown out – meaning the litigation would proceed to the High Court, where Harry would have to prove that the story actually caused “serious harm,” the Telegraph said.The publisher, Mr.

failed court challenge in a libel lawsuit.The Duke of Sussex is suing Associated Newspapers Ltd. over an article that said Harry tried to hide his efforts to retain publicly funded protection in the UK after leaving his role as a working member of the royal family.Justice Matthew Nicklin ruled Friday in the High Court in London that the publisher has a “real prospect” of showing that statements issued on Harry’s behalf were misleading and that the February 2022 article reflected an “honest opinion” and wasn’t libelous.“The defendant may well submit that this was a masterclass in the art of ‘spinning,’” Nicklin wrote, in refusing to strike the honest opinion defense.Harry has claimed the article was “fundamentally inaccurate” and the newspaper defamed him when it suggested he lied in his initial public statements over efforts to challenge the government’s decision to strip him of his security detail after he and his family moved to the US in 2020.Harry, 39, the younger son of King Charles III, also has a lawsuit pending against the government’s decision to protect him on a case-by-case basis when he visits Britain.

defamation lawsuit by best-selling author and former Manhattan prosecutor Linda Fairstein over her portrayal in a 2019 crime drama about the Central Park Five case.US District Judge Kevin Castel on Tuesday said Fairstein plausibly alleged that Netflix, director Ava DuVernay and writer-producer Attica Locke acted with actual malice as to five scenes in “When They See Us.”The series dramatized the story of five black and Hispanic teenagers who spent five to 13 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted in the April 1989 rape of a white jogger in Central Park. Another man confessed in 2002.Castel in a 67-page decision found evidence that in depicting Fairstein as a villain emblematic of broader problems in criminal justice, the defendants “reverse-engineered plot points to attribute actions, responsibilities and viewpoints to Fairstein that were not hers and are unsupported in defendants’ substantial body of research materials.”The Manhattan judge said jurors should decide whether there was “clear and convincing evidence that defendants were recklessly indifferent to the truth.”Netflix, based in Los Gatos, Calif., and the defendants’ lawyers did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

groomer” on Twitter, prompting some users to threaten to harm or maim her or even kidnap her 13-year-old child.According to the complaint, filed in Douglas County District Court last week, the Nebraska Freedom Coalition slammed State Sen. Megan Hunt of Omaha, a progressive who was previously affiliated with the Democratic Party but has since become an independent, for opposing a proposed ban on gender-affirming care.Hunt was one of three lawmakers who mounted a several months-long filibuster that effectively slow-walked the legislative agenda for the state’s unicameral, technically nonpartisan, legislature for this year’s session.The filibuster ended after Republican-affiliated lawmakers found enough votes to overcome it by proposing a watered-down version of the ban, signed into law by Republican Gov.

reports Deadline. “Did I feel boycotted by Hollywood,” said Depp repeating the reporter’s question after being half an hour late to the panel and citing traffic issues for his delay.

highly publicized defamation trial.Allison wed the “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor in 1983 when she was 25 and he was 20, but the pair divorced just two years later citing “irreconcilable differences.”Appearing on the “Popcorned Planet” podcast, the 65-year-old was asked to give her take on the 36-year-old actress.Referring to Heard as “she who shall not be named” throughout her interview, Allison recalled really liking the “Aquaman” actress at the start of her romance with Depp.“I had met her before, I’d been to parties at his house,” Allison recalled. “She seemed really nice and she was gorgeous, and what’s not to love?“But as the time went by and I would hear things about her – she who shall not be named – he didn’t seem too happy all the time.

according to the official complaint. “The film is a thinly veiled account of the events surrounding the death by drowning of Ferreras’ wife, Audrey Anne Marie Mestre Ferreras,” reads the document.

now archived on his account under a Highlight titled “PSA” — the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star wrote, “I’ve been made aware that there are fake accounts pretending to be me or people working with me.“I do not have any private or side accounts on any platforms. These are the only pages run by me and my team where we share updates and communicate,” he added, listing his official accounts across several platforms. “I ask that you remain cautious as it seems these fake accounts can be relentless.

Kesha has filed an appeal after losing a defamation battle with her former music producer, Dr. Luke.