A simple favor. Blake Lively’s lead attorney, Mike Gottlieb, allegedly threatened to release Taylor Swift’s private text messages if the singer didn’t publicly support the star in her “It Ends With Us” legal battle. Justin Baldoni’s legal team laid bare the bombshell allegations in a shocking new court filing obtained by The Post; however, Gottlieb shot … Read more
Smokey Robinson has addressed the shocking sexual assault allegations leveled against him. The Motown legend, 85, broke his silence after four women, who claim to be his former employees, filed a $50 million lawsuit Tuesday with numerous disturbing allegations, including sexual battery and assault. “I am appalled,” Robinson told the Daily Mail on the phone … Read more
Burger King must face a lawsuit claiming it misleads customers with advertisements that make its Whopper sandwich and other products appear larger than they are. In a decision on Monday, US District Judge Roy Altman in Miami found it plausible that “some” reasonable consumers in the proposed class action could be deceived by Burger King’s … Read more
Beyoncé got slapped with a cease-and-desist letter from attorneys for Madison Square Garden boss James Dolan — demanding that she ditch a video for her new global concert tour that depicts her picking up and toying with the Las Vegas Sphere, The Post has learned. In a sharply worded letter to the diva’s production company … Read more
Less than two weeks after Shannon Sharpe stepped away from ESPN over rape accusations, Stephen A. Smith is already wishing for his return. “He is emphatic that he is innocent of those things,” Smith said this week on Big Boy TV. “But the court of public opinion is what the Disneys of the world and … Read more
The Steve Smith Sr. saga has taken another step. Anthony Martinez, who accused Smith of having a monthslong affair with his wife Nicole, has filed a lawsuit against the former NFL star. Martinez is asking for over $100,000 from Smith in a civil lawsuit in North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County Superior Court, according to the Charlotte … Read more
The lawyer for the woman suing Shannon Sharpe released a second audio clip in which you can hear what he says is the ex-NFL star threatening to “choke” the woman in public. The clip, obtained by TMZ and released by attorney Tony Buzbee, is purportedly a phone conversation between Sharpe and the Jane Doe who filed … Read more
A New York jury on Wednesday awarded $1.68 billion in damages to 40 women who accused writer and director James Toback of sexual abuse and other crimes over a span of 35 years, according to lawyers representing the plaintiffs. The decision stems from a lawsuit filed in Manhattan in 2022 after New York state instituted a one-year window for … Read more
She didn’t leave on a high note. The Metropolitan Opera booted the best mezzo soprano “on the planet” once she struggled to hit her high notes, the singer claims in a Manhattan Federal Court lawsuit. Anita Rachvelishvili was contracted to perform various shows at the legendary Manhattan opera, including “Aida,” “La Gioconda,” “Carmen” and “Don … Read more
It was a Swift reconciliation. Taylor Swift has made amends with Blake Lively and the pair is reportedly talking again after reports that the songstress was bothered by being dragged into the actress’ legal battle with her co-star Justin Baldoni. “[Swift and Lively] have worked everything out,” a source told Paula Froelich of NewsNation. “Blake apologized and … Read more
NEW YORK — Paul Schrader, the writer of “Taxi Driver” and director of “American Gigolo,” has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting his former personal assistant, firing her when she wouldn’t acquiesce to advances and reneging on a settlement that was meant to keep the allegations confidential. The former assistant, identified in court … Read more
It’s the Case of the Battling Buena Vistas. A lawsuit in Los Angeles Federal Court seeks to ban the hit Broadway musical “The Buena Vista Social Club” from using the name, The Post has learned. The suit, filed Thursday by touring company Jesus “Aguaje” Ramos & His Buena Vista Orchestra, was a counter-attack to cease-and-desist warnings by … Read more
Joe Rogan has picked a side. The famous podcaster, 57, showed support for Justin Baldoni over Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds as he gave his take on the “It Ends With Us” legal battle on Saturday’s episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience.” “They f–ked up,” Rogan said about Lively, 37, and Reynolds, 48. Joe Rogan … Read more
Pop singer Mariah Carey defeated a lawsuit claiming she illegally copied elements of her holiday megahit “All I Want for Christmas Is You” from a country song of the same name. U.S. District Judge Monica Almadani in Los Angeles in a ruling on Wednesday said the writers of Vince Vance and the Valiants’ “All I Want for … Read more
Pop star Miley Cyrus lost an early bid to dismiss a lawsuit in California federal court that accused her of unlawfully copying Bruno Mars’ song “When I Was Your Man” for her number-one hit “Flowers.” On Tuesday, US District Judge Dean Pregerson rejected Cyrus’ argument that Tempo Music Investments, which said it owns a share of … Read more
It ended already for Jenny Slate. While promoting her new FX miniseries “Dying for Sex,” the 42-year-old actress told the Hollywood Reporter that she won’t discuss the legal war between her “It Ends With Us” co-stars Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. Jenny Slate at the Chanel Tribeca Festival Women’s Lunch in NYC in June. WireImage … Read more
Ryan Reynolds has filed a motion to dismiss Justin Baldoni’s $400 million defamation lawsuit against him stemming from the “It Ends With Us” director’s feud with Blake Lively. Baldoni, 41, sued Reynolds, 48, and Reynolds’ wife, Lively, 37, in January following the actress’ own legal action against the “Jane the Virgin” alum, in which she … Read more
Blake Lively scored a win in her ongoing legal battle with Justin Baldoni — at least “in part.” On Thursday, a federal judge granted the “Another Simple Favor” actress, 37, and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, 48, a modified protective order she requested to keep sensitive communications and documents out of the public eye and deemed … Read more
The Girl Scouts have been sued by consumers over the alleged presence of “heavy metals” and pesticides in its popular Thin Mints and other cookies. A proposed class action was filed on Monday night in the Brooklyn, NY, federal court against the 113-year-old nonprofit and the cookies’ licensed producers, ABC Bakers and Ferrero USA’s Little … Read more
When James Norris, a 56-year-old mechanic from Roxbury, New Jersey, went on a low dose of Mounjaro, a GLP-1 medication similar to Ozempic, to lose weight in March 2023, he thought it would be a miracle drug. At 289 pounds, he had struggled to lose weight for years with diet and exercise. His wife had … Read more