CELEBRITY LAWSUITS: Celebs Rumors

obtained by TMZ, the ex-wife of late crooner Elvis Presley has slapped four ex-business associates with a suit including 12 different complaints on Thursday.Presley, who is represented by attorney to the stars Marty Singer, claimed that Brigitte Kruse, Kevin Fialko, Vahe Sislyan and Lynn Walker Wright all planned to “drain her of every last penny she had.”Presley, 79, claims that the foursome “meticulously planned” a scheme against “an older woman by gaining her trust, isolating her from the most important people in her life, and duping her into believing that they would take care of her.”The lawsuit, which is also filed against Priscilla Presley Partners, LLC, further alleged that Kruse, Fialko, Sislyan and Walker Wright planned to take control of her finances.Presley claims they did so by “forcing her into a form of indentured servitude” after which they would “receive the lion’s share of any revenue that she was able to earn in the future.”Presley specifically singled out Kruse — whom she met in 2021 — in the suit by calling her a “con artist and pathological liar,” and adding that Fialko, “misappropriated, [embezzled] and converted” more than $1 million from her.

ITV’s Rebecca Barry as part of the network’s new documentary titled “Tabloids on Trial.”“But that’s a hard question to answer, because anything I say about my family results in a torrent of abuse from the press,” he added.The new hour-long documentary focuses on the 2011 phone hacking scandal, as well as the multiple lawsuits Harry has brought forward against publishers in recent years.“I’ve made it very clear that this is something that needs to be done, it would be nice if we did it as a family,” the father of two said. “I believe that from a service standpoint and when you’re in a public role, these are the things that we should be doing for the greater good.

sued four of her ex-business associates, including Brigitte Kruse, last week. She claimed they stole over $1 million from her and accused them of financial elder abuse.

she tried to burn down her Manhattan apartment in 2019 to land a gig on “The Real Housewives of New York.”Abitbol denied this and responded by suing Rice for defamation.However, in a decision on July 9, a New York County Supreme Court judge dismissed the case and ruled that Abitbol, 52, must pay all of Rice’s legal fees.“There is ample evidence of Plaintiff attempting to gain notoriety from the fire by talking about it on talk shows and publicizing the fire on her Instagram,” a ruling seen by The Post stated.“Plaintiff was also featured in a New York Page Six article just three months prior to the fire as being someone who was ‘obsessed’ with getting on ‘Real Housewives of New York’ and had apparently failed four auditions.”As Abitbol previously told The Post, on the morning of Nov. 9, 2019, she lit a sage candle for morning meditation in the dining room of her and Cone’s four-bedroom apartment in Lincoln Square.As she said her prayers, Abitbol explained, the candle went up in flames, setting off the building’s sprinklers.The NYPD and FDNY were called “immediately” to the incident, which was later ruled an accident, Abitbol said.

The Associated Press.Henley maintained the 100 pages were stolen from him, and vowed to pursue legal action in March when his criminal case against three men attempting to sell the developmental lyrics was dropped by a New York court.“These 100 pages of personal lyric sheets belong to Mr. Henley and his family, and he has never authorized defendants or anyone else to peddle them for profit,” Henley’s lawyer, Daniel Petrocelli, said.Glenn Horowitz, Craig Inciardi and Edward Kosinski, were initially charged with conspiracy in the fourth degree for allegedly attempting to sell manuscripts which included “developmental lyrics to the Eagles song ‘Hotel California,'” according to the original indictment filed by the New York District Attorney’s office in 2022.The handwritten pages remain in the custody of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office, according to the new lawsuit.In March, prosecutors dropped the criminal case mid-trial citing newly available emails that defense lawyers said raised questions about the trial’s fairness.

LA Times.The lawsuit, filed with the LA County Superior Court by the victim’s daughter, Ashley Sanchez, claims the guitarist had “thrown and/or dragged” her father “across the asphalt” upon impact, where “he sustained blunt force trauma to the head, and lay on the pavement until medical transport arrived.”Video of the alleged accident, obtained by TMZ, shows the black SUV making a left turn at the intersection of West Main Street and Meridian Avenue in Alhambra, Cali. — a neighborhood of Los Angeles — and then striking Sanchez.

Beastie Boys are suing the owner of Chili’s for using their song “Sabotage” in social media ads.The hip-hop and rock group filed a complaint in Manhattan federal court accusing Chili’s owner Brinker of copyright infringement and unfair competition from using significant portions of the 1994 track without a license.“Use of the ‘Sabotage’ sound recording, music composition and video was all without permission,” the group’s attorneys wrote in the lawsuit on Wednesday, obtained by the Post. “The plaintiffs do not license ‘Sabotage’ or any of their other intellectual property for third-party product advertising purposes, and deceased Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch included a provision in his will prohibiting such uses.”Yauch’s estate, Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz are all listed as plaintiffs in the suit.

obtained by People show.“At the time of Michael Jackson’s death, Michael Jackson’s most significant assets were subject to more than $500 million of debt and creditors’ claims, with some of the debt accruing interest at extremely high interest rates, and some debt in default,” the filing said.Before his death, Jackson had been in the middle of preparing for his “This Is It” residency, which added some strain on his finances.He died on June 25, 2009 — close to the tour’s inception — which left his estate financially liable for $40 million to the tour promoter, AEG.The petition requests that money from the “Smooth Criminal” hitmaker’s estate be used for reimbursement stemming from 2018.The reimbursement includes “legal, negotiating and various other operating expenses,” per the filing.Jackson had “more than half a dozen lawsuits pending worldwide” at the time of his death, the petition reads.“The Executors were able to renegotiate and restructure financing arrangements that existed at the time of Michael’s death, at substantially reduced interest rates, enabling the Estate to avoid the loss of any assets to the lenders and ultimately to satisfy the encumbrances that existed at the time of Michael’s death,” court documents read.From July to December 2018, several firms are seeking over $3.5 million in legal fees for services rendered during that time.“Although the Executors have eliminated the Estate’s debt, have resolved virtually all of the creditors’ claims and litigation, and have successfully solidified the MJJ business as a significant entity in the music industry, there remain challenging business, tax and legal issues that the Executors and their counsel continue to deal with,” the filing reads.“The Executors have

was awarded $180,700 in December after London’s High Court ruled he had been the victim of “modest” phone-hacking and other unlawful information gathering by journalists on British newspapers.But now, more than six months after the ruling, an attorney for the publisher of the British tabloid has accused Harry of engaging in “shocking” and “extraordinary” obfuscation.Attorney Anthony Hudson said at High Court that Harry had deliberately destroyed text messages with the ghostwriter who penned his bombshell memoir, “Spare,” released in Jan. 2023.The Duke’s lawyer has denied the claims, saying News Group Newspapers was engaging in a “classic fishing expedition” by requesting documents so late in the case.“NGN’s tactical and sluggish approach to disclosure wholly undermines the deliberately sensational assertion that the claimant [Harry] has not properly carried out the disclosure exercise,” Harry’s attorney, David Sherborne, said in court papers.

pop, jazz and big-band music legend died July 21, 2023 at the age of 96 in his hometown of New York.The 20-time Grammy Award winner’s family revealed in Feb. 2021 that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2016.“Life is a gift, even with Alzheimer’s,” he wrote on X at the time.Bennett officially retired from singing live just a few months later.“There won’t be any additional concerts,” his son Danny told Variety.

Page Six.Pisciotta reportedly claims in the lawsuit filed June 3 that West owes her $3 million in severance, as well as an additional $1 million that he allegedly promised her for deleting her OnlyFans account.Per Page Six, she worked for West in 2021 and 2022 and was paid an annual wage of $1 million “to be at his beck and call 24/7.”The lawsuit also features alleged text messages that West sent to Pisciotta about his sex life. One message reportedly reads: “One time I took Viagra and f**ked [name removed] for three hours.

obtained by TMZ, Crystal, who was married to the Playboy magazine publisher from 2012 until his death in 2017, said Madison, 44, caused her “serious harm.”The 38-year-old claimed the comments Madison made on the “Girls Next Level” podcast last month were “malicious and intentionally misleading,” and claimed they were damaging to her reputation.During the May 12 podcast episode, Madison and her co-host Bridget Marquardt spoke to Hefner’s son Marston Hefner.Madison and Marquardt both dated the late mogul and were considered to be his “main girlfriends,” alongside Kendra Wilkinson.Among the myriad of Hefner-related topics covered, the trip discussed Crystal’s book “Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself,” released in January.Madison implied that Crystal kept the late Playboy editor “doped up” in his final years in a bid to exploit him financially.Responding to the allegations, Crystal’s legal team told the outlet that “nothing could be further from the truth,” calling the claim “entirely false.”“As we understand it, Ms. Hefner was steadfast in her commitment to Mr.

$170 million lawsuit over the hit series.The streamer has flown show creator and star Richard Gadd and co-star Jessica Gunning over to the US from the UK for a softball-question promotional tour.The co-stars made their US morning TV debut on the “Today” show last week, when they were interviewed by Hoda Kotb and made no mention of the real-life drama that has been bubbling up behind the scenes.That same day, the two took part in a SAG-AFTRA panel. But hours later.

her complaint reads, adding, “Defendants told these lies, and never stopped, because it was a better story than the truth, and better stories made money.”Series creator and star Richard Gadd isn’t named in the suit. Harvey is alleging defamation, intentional infliction of emotional distress, negligence and violations of her right of publicity.Based on events from creator-star Richard Gadd’s life, “Baby Reindeer” (now streaming, with nearly 60 million viewers tuning in for its first month) is a thriller following Donny (Gadd), a struggling comedian who meets Martha (Jessica Gunning) while he’s working as a bartender. When he shows her a moment of kindness, that backfires.

estranged wife Friday to remove an Instagram post from her account, claiming the post has severely damaged his reputation, according to a report. Brown, 45, alleges that a post on 33-year-old model Kelly Yazdi’s Instagram account violated a confidentiality agreement she had signed with him, court documents obtained by TMZ showed.The “Chicken Fried” singer is hoping a judge will prevent Yazdi from making false, harmful, or defamatory remarksThe “Colder Weather” artist is seeking emergency injunctive relief in the shape of a temporary restraining order that will force her to remove the post.The court has yet to make a ruling on the matter, the outlet added.In one of her posts on Instagram, before the lawsuit was filed, Yazdi was captured walking into a pool with a lengthy caption discussing an abusive relationship.“Projections.

outstanding debts, meaning it cannot be closed until the balance has been settled.The “Another World” actress, 53, died following a fiery car crash in Los Angeles, Calif., on Aug. 5, 2022.

decision to strip him and his family of taxpayer-funded UK security protection.The Duke of Sussex, 39, has now been ordered to pay 90% of the UK Home Office’s legal costs for defending the court’s initial ruling.In February, Sir Peter Lane, the judge of the High Court, ruled that there was no unlawfulness in stripping the Sussexes of their security in Feb. 2020.The court found that any departure from the policy was justified and that the decision was not influenced by unfairness.This now means that Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, must pay out of pocket for their family’s security when visiting the UK.On Monday, Judge Lane said Harry should pay most of the Home Office’s legal costs, but noted that the government had committed “breaches” during proceedings which were “sanctionable.”“They have resulted in the case being largely contested by reference to new grounds, which have not been subjected to the normal permission process,” he said in an official order Monday.“The breaches resulted from misapprehensions on the part of the defendant as to the duty of disclosure, which this decision has had to address at some length.

she sued singer Joey Ramone’s brother Mitchel Hyman and his manager David Frey for allegedly trying to cut her out of the film and the band’s merchandising deals.But Hyman — who countersued last month — told The Post the movie isn’t a band biopic.“It’s not a book about the Ramones,” Hyman told The Post of his 2009 memoir “I Slept with Joey Ramone,” which the movie is set to be based on.“It’s not a Ramones story,” he said of the book, which outlines growing up with the singer who battled debilatating OCD before his 2000 death. “It’s a story about growing up with a guy … who defeated the odds and became an inspiration to millions.

LA County District Attorney George Gascón with a lawsuit over dismissed pedophile charges from a 2022 arrest.Gatt, 52, is seeking $40 million in damages after he was charged with engaging in “online sexually explicit communication with a minor across state lines” in a now-dismissed suit.In court documents filed in federal court in California on Thursday, Gatt claims the defendants “publicly branded him as a serial pedophile,” which had a negative knock-on effect on his career. “Gatt was immediately cancelled and what had previously been a burgeoning acting career was destroyed,” the lawsuit alleges. “Gatt’s agent and PR representatives dropped him immediately, he was fired from two different movies in which he had already been cast, and he was also recast in a third movie in which he had been hired to play the lead role.”The “Thor” actor also alleges Deputy District Attorney Angela Brunson held “personal bias and animosity” towards him — claiming she tried to “suborn perjury” to have Gatt’s $5,000 bail revoked.

Sean “Diddy” Combs has muted the comments section of his X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram accounts after the rapper returned to social media following the raid on both his LA and Florida homes. In an Instagram post that marked his return to the platform, Combs posted various photos of his 1-year-old daughter, Love, dressed in a floral dress and pink coat with a matching floral bag. “HAPPY EASTER from Baby Love,” he wrote on Sunday to mark the holiday.

accused her of sexual harassment, body-shaming and creating a hostile work environment in a lawsuit.The 35-year-old “Truth Hurts” singer posted a statement to her Instagram on Friday, telling her 12.1 million followers, “I’m getting tired of putting up with being dragged by everyone in my life and on the internet.”“All I want is to make music and make people happy and help the world be a little better than how I found it. But I’m starting to feel like the world doesn’t want me in it,” she wrote.

filed by music producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones in February was amended this week with blockbuster allegations about Combs paying women cash for sex and having people on payroll carry drugs for him.Jones, who previously worked with Combs, alleged last month that the rapper sexually harassed, drugged and threatened him for over a year. This all comes as he hip-hop mogul’s Miami and Los Angeles homes were raided by Homeland Security on Monday.Law-enforcement sources previously told The Post that the raids were in connection with a federal sex-trafficking investigation.Rapper Mark Curry, who was signed to Combs’ Bad Boy Records in the aughts, said of Diddy: “He’s surrounded by movers and shakers.

Combs’ former girlfriend Yung Miami, also known as Caresha Rameka Brownlee, and 50 Cent’s ex Daphne Joy as the alleged recipients of the cash-for-sex payouts. The trio of women “were paid a monthly fee to work as Mr.

swarming Combs’ homes in Los Angeles and Miami Monday in a TV thriller-style surprise raid. The cross-country invasion was reportedly related to sex-trafficking allegations, law enforcement sources told The Post.Meanwhile, a dazed-looking Combs, 54, was seen at the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport Monday afternoon after his private jet was stopped by feds on the tarmac — apparently bound for a Caribbean spring break with some of his seven kids.Around the same time, the entrepreneur’s alleged “drug mule,” Brendan Paul, 25, was arrested on suspicion of cocaine and marijuana possession in Miami.It all happened almost one day to the month since Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones — a former producer and videographer for Diddy — filed an explosive lawsuit claiming the music mogul repeatedly sexually assaulted him from September 2022 to November 2023.Jones accused Combs of groping his genitals and grooming him into having sex.Diddy’s attorney Shawn Holley previously told Page Six that “Lil Rod is nothing more than a liar” who filed the $30 million lawsuit “shamelessly looking for an undeserved payday.”After news of the raid broke, old videos and interviews resurfaced online — some showing Usher, who was only 13 when he was sent to Diddy’s “Puffy Flavor Camp” at the impresario’s luxe Scarsdale mansion.Usher, now 45, told Howard Stern in 2016that he had seen “very curious things taking place” at the “camp” and that he would never send a child of his somewhere like that.“It was pretty wild.

his homes in Los Angeles and Miami raided as part of a federal sex trafficking investigation, according to law enforcement.Although this is one of his most dramatic incidents, this isn’t his first brush with the law. His various legal woes have included numerous arrests and assault allegations, and an infamous incident involving his ex-girlfriend, Jennifer Lopez. Here’s a history.

name has appeared in court documents against Bad Boys Records founder Sean “Diddy” Combs.Producer Rodney “Lil Rod” Jones recently filed a $30 million lawsuit against the music mogul, 54, citing that he participated in acts such as sexual misconduct, grooming and sex trafficking.According to the docs, Jones claimed that the Duke of Sussex, 39, and other A-listers’ “affiliation” added to Diddy’s “legitimacy.”The update comes amid the Diddy Dirty Money member’s Miami and Los Angeles mansions being raided. The homes were ambushed by federal agents and Homeland Security on Monday in a possible connection with the sex-trafficking investigation. The court papers do not suggest that Harry was involved in any wrongdoing or criminal activity in conjunction with Diddy.

sell nearly half of Michael’s music catalog for $600 million.But this month, the judge sided with the executors and allowed them to use the late star’s money for the deal.According to TMZ, Katherine wants to appeal this decision, but Bigi doesn’t because he reportedly believes that she’ll lose. Bigi is the heir of his father’s money, and also does not want Michael’s estate paying for Katherine’s legal bills.Bigi, who arrived via surrogate in 2002, is one of the “Thriller” singer’s three children. Michael also shared son Prince, 27, and daughter Paris, 25, with his ex-wife, Debbie Rowe, 65.

lost his bid for taxpayer-funded UK security protection for his family and will now have to pay out of pocket for his family’s security when visiting the UK.Court documents have revealed that Harry even asked for the identity of who demoted the level of his personal protection on home soil.“I would like that person’s name,” Harry said, according to the 52-page ruling published Wednesday.Sir Peter Lane, the judge of the High Court in London, ruled that there was no unlawfulness in the initial decision to strip the Sussexes of their security.Harry could now potentially be made to foot a large bill to reimburse taxpayers’ legal costs after he was unable to prove that he had been treated “unfairly.”The exiled royal argued that he was not given the “same degree” of protection after quitting royal life, and even compared his situation to the dangers his late mother, Princess Diana, faced before her tragic death in 1997.Harry told a hearing that security concerns were preventing him from visiting his home turf.However, Judge Lane said that “there is no merit in this contention.”“The UK is my home. The UK is central to the heritage of my children,” Harry last year told the court in a written statement read out by his lawyers.

last dance.Kanye West was sued by the estate of the late singer Donna Summer after the rapper used a sample of the late Queen of Disco’s 1977 hit “I Feel Love” without permission. According to court documents obtained by The Post, West, 46, approached the Summer estate and requested to use the sample for his track “Good (Don’t Die)” but was denied.

Wendy Williams Hunter — filed the court documents this week in New York. Morrissey filed the lawsuit under a seal, which means the details are under wraps.However, the docs do mention that Morrissey is seeking a temporary restraining order, which is often requested when someone wants a judge to halt the release of a film or television project.The two-part documentary “Who is Wendy Williams?” is set to premiere Saturday and Sunday on Lifetime.

original “Top Gun” film as Wolfman, filed a lawsuit against Paramount+ claiming that the streaming giant used a photo of him without his permission in the 2022 sequel, “Top Gun: Maverick.” Tubb’s lawsuit refers to a scene when Hangman (Glen Powell) and Coyote (Greg Tarzan Davis) discover that Rooster Bradshaw (Miles Teller) is actually the late Goose’s (Anthony Edwards) son. In the scene, Bradshaw points out a tarnished photo of the Top Gun Class of 1986, which features Wolfman, Goose, Maverick (Tom Cruise) and Iceman (Val Kilmer).Tubb, 61, argues that his permission to use his likeness “did not include the use of his image in the sequel,” court documents obtained by The Post state.“When the plaintiff entered into his contract with Paramount movie sequels were virtually nonexistent,” the documents read.

infamous 2023 ski trial is coming to America. “Gwyneth Goes Skiing” creators Linus Karp and Joseph Martin will reprise their roles as the Goop founder and retired optometrist Terry Sanderson at Utah’s Egyptian Theatre in Park City, Awkward Productions announced Monday. The company did not reveal what dates the show would start in Park City.

Russell Simmons, 66, alleging that he raped her while she working for the label in the 1990s.In a lawsuit filed in New York on Tuesday and obtained by The Post, the woman, who identifies herself as Jane Doe, claims that she went over to Simmons’ Manhattan apartment to get his approval for a rough cut of a video.There, he allegedly began to “wrestle” her, before pinning her to the bed and raping her. “Ms. Doe rejected his advance and told him to ‘get off’ and ‘stop’ several times,” the suit states.

phone hacking was “widespread and habitual” at Mirror Group Newspapers in the late 1990s, went on for more than a decade and that executives at the papers covered it up. Judge Timothy Fancourt found that Harry’s phone was hacked “to a modest extent.”Mirror Group said in a statement that it was “pleased to have reached this agreement, which gives our business further clarity to move forward from events that took place many years ago and for which we have apologized.”Harry’s case against the publisher of the Daily Mirror and two other tabloids is one of several that he has launched in a campaign against the British media, which he blames for blighting his life and hounding both his late mother Princess Diana and his wife Meghan.“Our mission continues,” Harry said in a statement read outside court by his lawyer.In June, he became the first senior member of the royal family to testify in court in more than a century during the trial of his case against the Mirror.Harry, also known as the Duke of Sussex, was not in court for Friday’s ruling.

The Colombian actress, 51, stars as the drug queenpin in the Netflix series “Griselda,” and is nearly unrecognizable in the role.But according to Blanco’s son, Michael Corleone Blanco, the “Modern Family” alum’s interpretation of his late mother is nothing short of “disrespectful.”“Sofía Vergara did not consult with any members of the Blanco family as a sign of respect or elicit family details in portraying my mother,” Blanco, 45, told Fox News.“When I learned of the ‘Griselda’ project, my team reached out to Sofia’s camp and offered my consultation services.”He claimed that Vergara, who serves as Executive Producer on the show, and her team told him that there was “no room on the project” to consult with him or any other members of his family.“Sofia’s camp and the Netflix creators were disrespectful and ultimately produced the ‘Griselda’ project on their own for commercial gain, without key details from the Blanco family,” he told the outlet. “After the sit-down at the table, my lawyers formally sent a cease-and-desist letter to Netflix and Sofia’s camp.

hung up on a recent lawsuit filed by two fans after she took to the stage at her Dec. 13 “Celebration” tour concert not 4 minutes but closer to two hours after the promised start time printed on their tickets.The “Material Girl” and tour company Live Nation issued a statement following the complaint from Michael Fellows of Brooklyn and Jonathan Hadden of The Bronx, who were livid at her tardiness because they had to report to work early the next day.“Madonna’s just completed, sold-out 2023 Celebration Tour in Europe received rave reviews.