The marketing executive who oversaw Bud Light’s collaboration with trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney has taken a “leave of absence” from Anheuser-Busch following the company’s partnership that drew the ire of Kid Rock and conservatives. USA Today reports that Alissa Heinerscheid, Bud Light’s vice president of marketing at the time of …
Read More »Man in Custody for Shooting of Black Teen Ralph Yarl
Andrew Lester turned himself in to authorities a day after being charged with armed assault in the shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, the sheriff’s department in Clay County, Missouri, announced Tuesday. Prosecuting Attorney Zachary Thompson first announced the arrest at a news conference on Monday, The Washington Post reported. Yarl, …
Read More »Court Requests Deposition From Prince Andrew's Ex-Assistant in Virginia Giuffre Suit
A federal judge in New York has filed letters asking law enforcement in the United Kingdom and Australia to help collect testimonies from four international witnesses in Prince Andrew‘s civil sexual assault case brought by Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre. Giuffre has alleged that the royal sexually assaulted her when …
Read More »Rumble Mixes Cat Videos With Covid Misinformation — and the Right Is Loving It
One day after Georgia representative Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Twitter account was suspended over Covid-19 misinformation, Rand Paul announced that he’s fed up with Big Tech. To emphasize his fist-shaking, he declared he’d be joining a Donald Trump-backed video-streaming platform called Rumble. Why Rumble? Adored by the far-right, Rumble is a …
Read More »Rose McGowan's Racketeering Lawsuit Against Harvey Weinstein Dismissed
Rose McGowan’s racketeering case against Harvey Weinstein and his lawyers was fully dismissed after McGowan fired her attorneys and missed a court-ordered filing deadline. McGowan filed the RICO suit against Weinstein and his attorneys, David Boies and Lisa Bloom, in 2019. She accused them of a “pattern of racketeering,” spying …
Read More »Assistant Director Who Gave Alec Baldwin Loaded Pistol Was Fired From 2019 Film Over Gun Incident
Dave Halls, the Rust assistant director who handed actor Alec Baldwin the loaded gun that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins last week, had been fired from a movie set in 2019 over what producers are characterizing as the negligent discharge of a firearm. A producer for the film Freedom’s Path confirmed …
Read More »Robert Durst Sentenced To Life Without Parole in Susan Berman Murder
Robert Durst, the eccentric outcast of a powerful New York real-estate dynasty, was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole Thursday for the execution-style murder of his best friend Susan Berman more than two decades ago. “There is sufficient evidence, indeed overwhelming evidence, of guilt,” Los Angeles County Superior …
Read More »'Not My Job': LeBron James Says He's Vaccinated But Won't Try to Sway Others
LeBron James had been pretty tight-lipped about his vaccination status prior to this week, but during the Los Angeles Lakers‘ media day on Tuesday, the four-time MVP confirmed that he has indeed been vaccinated against Covid-19. As for the league’s anti-vaxxers? It’s up to them, he says. “I know I …
Read More »NXIVM Co-Founder Nancy Salzman Sentenced: 'I Am Horrified and Ashamed'
Nancy Salzman, the co-founder of the controversial self-improvement group, multi-level marketing organization, and alleged sex cult NXIVM, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison. Salzman, 66, pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy back in 2019. Prosecutors recommended that Salzman serve about three and a …
Read More »Proud Boys Leader Sentenced to Jail for Burning Church's Black Lives Matter Flag
Enrique Tarrio, leader of the far-right extremist group the Proud Boys and a known federal informant, was sentenced to over five months in jail after pleading guilty to burning a Black Lives Matter banner in Washington, D.C., The Associated Press reports. Tarrio pleaded guilty to the destruction of property charge …
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