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Attorneys for rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs have asked a court to dismiss one of the counts in his criminal trial, arguing that the charge is based on a racist statute that was originally used to target Black men. Combs was charged in September with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution for allegedly forcing women to participate in days-long sex parties he called “freak offs.” Transportation to engage in prostitution was outlawed under the 1910 Mann Act, which was passed in response to a wave of anti-immigrant sentiment and fears about “white slavery”—a muckraking term for prostitution, according to PBS. “What was racist and its inception has often been racist in its operation,” Combs’ attorneys wrote in a filing submitted on Tuesday night, arguing that the statute had only been used to prosecute people of color. The law was used to “target Black men and supposedly protect White women from them,” they wrote. According to PBS, the law’s wording was so vague that prosecutors successfully used it to target Black men in interracial relationships. But prosecutors also went after White men—particularly political “undesirables”—who were having extramarital affairs. The statute was updated in 1978 and 1986. “This case is unprecedented in many ways, but perhaps most notably, and most disturbingly, no White person has ever been the target of a remotely similar prosecution,” Diddy’s lawyers wrote in their latest filing.
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A$AP Rocky dove headfirst into Rihanna’s arms Tuesday after a jury found him not guilty of shooting a handgun at a former friend in 2021. The Los Angeles courtroom erupted in cheers when the clerk announced that the jury found the rapper, whose legal name is Rakim Mayers, not guilty of two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm. As the rest of the verdict was being read, Rocky spun around from the defense table and lunged into the gallery where Rihanna was seated with his mother and his sister. The couple, who share two toddlers, sobbed as they embraced. Rocky was facing up to 24 years in prison over a November 2021 scuffle with former friend, A$AP Relli. Rocky’s counsel argued that the rapper only fired a prop gun and not a real firearm during the altercation. Rocky thanked the jury for “saving” his life as he left the courtroom: “This whole experience has been crazy for the past four years. I’m thankful and it’s blessed to be here right now to be a free man talking to y’all.” His lawyer Joe Tacopina said the jury “saw through this mirage of a case.”
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Former Playboy model and actress Ariane Bellamar died last year at the age of 46, according to a report from TMZ. The news was confirmed to the outlet by Nevada’s Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner, which said it filed a report of death for the TV personality–who also featured in cameos in Beverly Hills Nannies and The Millionaire Matchmaker–on Dec. 20, 2024. Details of her death were not provided by the coroner, but a GoFundMe page setup by Bellamar’s ex-husband, Tanner Slaught, claims she died of a heart attack. “While this unbelievable news is shocking because she was only 46, I can assure you that I have verified this truth,” Slaught writes. Slaught also confirmed the death on Bellamar’s Facebook page last month. According to her IMDb page, Bellamar appeared in 2016’s Suicide Squad, and 2013’s The Hangover Part III. In 2017, Entourage actor Jeremy Piven “unequivocally” denied sexual harassment allegations made against him by Bellamar, who alleged Piven had groped her on set.
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Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was charged on Tuesday with a wild plot to poison his rival and stay in office after his 2022 election loss. Included in the alleged plan was a murder spree that involved poisoning the current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who beat Bolsonaro in 2022 and faced a raft of protests from his far-right supporters. A Supreme Court judge was also on the kill list, according to the Associated Press, though Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet alleged Alexandre de Moraes’ murder was planned as a shooting death. Dozens of others—33 in all—were also charged in connection with the coup plot. “The members of the criminal organization structured a plan at the presidential palace to attack institutions, aiming to bring down the system of the powers and the democratic order, which received the sinister name of ‘Green and Yellow Dagger,’” Gonet wrote in a 272-page indictment. “The plan was conceived and taken to the knowledge of the president, and he agreed to it.” Speaking to reporters about the accusations Tuesday, Bolsonaro said, “I have no concerns about the accusations, zero.”
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The U.S. hockey team said they would “love it” if President Donald Trump cheered them on at their match this week against Canada. Speaking to Fox News on Monday, Team USA’s General Manager Bill Geurin invited the president to attend their game in Boston on Thursday. “We would love it if President Trump was in attendance,” Geurin said. “We have a room full of proud American players and coaches and staff and listen, we’re just trying to represent our country the best way we can.” He also credited Trump’s recent jabs at Canada and calls to turn it into the 51st state with helping improve his team’s game. He said the two countries have always had “political flare” and that “our guys used that as an inspiration.” Trump has been on the sporting event circuit in recent weeks, attending major functions such as the Super Bowl in New Orleans and the Daytona 500.
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British actor Julian Holloway has died at the age of 80. In a statement to The Guardian, the actor’s agents confirmed that he died in hospital on Feb. 16 after dealing with a “brief illness.” Holloway was largely known for his work and comedic prowess in the British film franchise Carry On, appearing in eight of the series’ films in the late 1960s and 1970s. He also starred in a handful of beloved TV shows including Doctor Who and The Sweeney, and dabbled in voice acting for classics like Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the Regular Show. He’s survived by his daughter, author and former fashion model Sophie Dahl, whom he welcomed with British author Tessa Dahl—herself the daughter of beloved children’s author Roald Dahl.
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WNBA star Brittney Griner pulled out of a speaking engagement after finding a three-word note taped near the entryway of her hotel room, according to a report. It read, “Gay Baby Jail.” Griner, who is gay, interpreted the note as a threat and promptly departed the Maryland hotel and convention center where she was staying, TMZ reported. She had been scheduled to address women in the cannabis industry at the Women Grow Leadership Summit on Monday. It would have been one of her first public speaking engagements since being freed from imprisonment in Russia—where she was held for possessing marijuana—in Dec. 2022. However, after investigating, local police believe the note was not a threat—or even targeted at Griner. Police told TMZ they learned that “gay baby jail” is a “video game reference,” and noted that a video game and anime convention was taking place at the hotel. “At this time, detectives have uncovered no link to or threat against the guest who located the tape,” the police told TMZ. In online slang, the term “gay baby jail” is used to describe situations where a character in a video game is unable to move.
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Market Basket employees were in for a shock on Saturday when they discovered a scaly surprise nestled in a bunch of bananas. A venomous, 1.5-foot long snake was hiding within the produce and hitched a ride from Ecuador to Manchester, New Hampshire. The serpent—an ornate cat-eyed snake—typically eats frogs and lizards, so humans are generally safe. While a bite can cause pain and swelling, it isn’t fatal, and the employee who found it was unscathed. Rainforest Reptile Shows, an organization committed to rescuing and rehabilitating reptiles, has taken on the fanged friend. Today, it slithers safely in a temporary habitat. It may soon become a species ambassador and teach officers on how to safely handle others of its kind. On Facebook, fans can vote on its new name, where some have suggested “Chiquita” and “Anna Banana.”
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A woman has filed a lawsuit against a fertility clinic in Georgia after she was mistakenly artificially inseminated with another couple’s embryo, Business Insider reported. Krystena Murray, a white woman who chose to use a white sperm donor for her IVF procedure, knew something was up the moment she saw the baby she gave birth to in late Dec. 2023. Her baby boy was Black, according to the complaint filed in the State Court of Chatham County. A DNA test and clarification from her fertility clinic proved that another couple’s embryo had been transferred into her uterus. Coastal Fertility allegedly told the other couple, who sued Murray in family court for custody of the child. Although Murray had bonded with her newborn, she voluntarily gave up the child during a family court hearing in May 2024, and she lost custody to the child’s legal parents within five months. “This has destroyed me,” Murray said in a press release. “Nothing can express the shock and violation upon learning that your doctor put a stranger’s embryo into your body.” Murray, who described herself as “heartsick” and “emotionally broken” after having to give up the baby, is now suing Coastal Fertility Specialists in Savannah, Georgia.
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Congratulations are in order for model Winnie Harlow. Harlow, 30, announced her engagement to NBA star Kyle Kuzma, 29, in an Instagram post on Tuesday alongside images of her 8.5 carat ring. The couple, who quietly started dating in April 2020, told Vogue that Kuzma chartered a plane for the surprise proposal and filled it with red roses, balloons, chocolate, and champagne. Harlow simply assumed the grand gesture was to celebrate Valentine’s Day, but after they boarded the plane, the Milwaukee Bucks small forward asked the model to sit down next to him and started to read her a poem he had written. “For a split second in my head I thought, ‘This would be so cute if this was an engagement,’” Harlow told Vogue. “But I’m also not the type of person who wants to guess or wants to spoil a surprise. So it just was a fleeting thought in my head.” Turns out Harlow’s suspicions were spot on, as Kuzma ended his poem with the question: “Will you marry me?” and an oval-cut diamond ring. The athlete had spent three months designing the ring himself and said: “I never really asked her what type of ring she liked or anything. I just wanted to draw a picture of what I felt resembled her — something that was elegant, but very timeless and simplistic at the same time.”
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Playboy star who filmed alongside Hugh Hefner dead at 46 as fundraiser launched
A top Playboy model died from a heart attack aged 46, a coroner has ruled. A GoFundMe has been launched to cover funeral costs of Ariane Bellamar, with a ex-husband Tanner Slaught claiming she was “not prepared” when it came to having money to cover her own funeral.
She was found dead on December 20, 2024, with Nevada’s Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical Examiner only now ruling on what the cause was.
In a fundraiser, which only raised around £1,000 since launching last month before being disabled for unknown reasons, Tanner said: “While this unbelievable news is shocking because she was only 46, I can assure you that I have verified this truth.
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“Unfortunately, Ariane, and the rest of us, were not prepared for this sudden turn of events. Therefore, the financial responsibility of putting on Ari’s funeral has become Scott and my financial weight to bear.”
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As well as her work with Playboy, which involved filming alongside Hugh Hefner, she also appeared on Beverly Hills Nannies, The Millionaire Matchmaker and had smaller roles in DC’s Suicide Squad and The Hangover.
In 2012, Bellamar told WeLoveSoaps about what a normal day at the office is like at Playboy.
She said: “Well, my office is more of a mansion. My day at work’s more like hosting huge parties. But it gets a little stressful. “I was a very unattractive child, and there’s always a part of me that feels like that gangly 15 year-old again walking into those situations.
“It’s hard to keep your confidence up and to be who you’re hired to be. You’re hired to be a beautiful, glamorous hostess and sometimes it can be a little unnerving.
Several on X, formerly Twitter, commented on the sad news of Ariane’s passing.
“Very sad. Many women do not know the signs of a heart attack,” one X user shared. Another shared, “May God rest her soul,” while a third noted, “Awww so sad RIP.”
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