Rihanna's lawyer just said the D.A. told him his client will be subpoenaed at the next court hearing.
Donald Etra said Rihanna will be called to the stand to testify at Chris Brown's preliminary hearing on June 22.
Etra says his client will cooperate and take the stand. It's not at all unexpected that the alleged victim would be called to the stand in a prelim.
Also today, the judge rejected a…
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Swine flu fears led to another school closure and caused dozens of inmates from Rikers Island to miss court appearances Wednesday, officials said.
Correction Department staff kept the 68 inmates quarantined because someone from their housing unit had a confirmed case of the virus, correction officials said.
Twenty-six inmates from the complex have confirmed cases of H1N1 flu, up from 10 about a week…
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A Brooklyn tattoo artist Thursday will sue the NYPD and city for $220 million claiming a city cop sodomized him with a baton, the man's lawyers said.
Michael Mineo's civil rights were violated on a Prospect Park subway platform last October, one of his lawyers, Stephen Jackson, said.
"We are filing a formal lawsuit. It is another step towards justice," Jackson said last night.
NYPD Police Officer Richard Kern was…
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Jay-Z may be a free agent for now, but he's in talks to cut a deal with WMG/Atlantic that could make him one of the richest and most powerful men in music.
A well-placed industry source tells us that Jay - who recently left Def Jam as a recording artist (he served as its president from 2004-2007) - has been taking top-secret meetings with his old pals and former managers Lyor Cohen and Kevin Liles. Topics of the hush-hush conversations have…
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Diddy is a-twitter about the backlash he's receiving on the social-networking site. The mogul had released a video reveling in being the first rapper with a million followers - but now, an "unfollowdiddy" page has been started, and users are signing up in droves to drop His Diddyness' tweets. His charming response to dissenters? "They have no…
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“All The Above (Feat. T-Pain),” the breakthrough single from Hustle Hard Entertainment/Atlantic recording artist Maino, has been certified gold by the RIAA for digital sales in excess of 500,000. The track – which remains a Top 10 favorite on iTunes “Top Hip-Hop/Rap Songs” chart – is featured on the Brooklyn-based M.C.’s upcoming debut album, “IF TOMORROW COMES…,” due in stores and online on June 30th.
Produced by Just Blaze (T.I., Jamie…
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NEW YORK — Eminem's new album, "Relapse," has sold more copies in its first week of release than any other album this year.
Nielsen SoundScan says the Detroit rapper's first album in nearly five years sold 608,000 copies.
"Relapse" is Eminem's fifth straight No. 1 album. His last disc, 2004's "Encore," sold 711,000 in its first week _ though that was only across four days. It went on to sell 5.1 million copies.
Last…
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MediaTakeOut.com just got ahold of an EXPLOSIVE report. According to our peeps over at Star Magazine, Rihanna is convinced that it was Chris Brown who leaked the nude pics of her to the internet. And now she’s vowing to get even.
So what does she plan to do, you ask? Well here’s what they’re saying:
At first, Rihanna 21, was so furious, “she was saying crazy things like, ‘I’m going to burn down his house!’ … She [also] says she’s…
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Rick Ross' baby mother Tia Kemp's Tell All book aptly titled "Deeper Than Rap" same name of Ross' latest high charting album, has failed to sell over 200 copies in its first week.
The book self described as "She is not just Rick Ross baby mama, she is way more than that. Tiallondra Kemp is a dedicated, young, single mother from the streets of Florida who works hard to give her kids the life she didn t have growing up." is supposed to give…
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T.I. turned himself in Tuesday (May 26) at an Arkansas federal prison, where the rapper will begin serving a 366-day sentence stemming from his 2007 arrest for attempting to illegally attempting to purchase firearms in Atlanta.
According to several reports, Tip is now in custody at the low-security wing of the Forrest City Federal Correctional Complex, where the rapper will circulate with the rest of the inmates without preferential…
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NEW YORK — "Where amazing happens" doesn't just take place on the NBA courts — it also happens in Kanye West's studio. The Grammy winner says Jay-Z's long-percolating Blueprint 3 will be well worth the long wait the MC's fans have been enduring.
"Jay is in control of everything in his domain," Kanye, the album's producer, said last week during a promotional visit for his book, "Thank You and You're Welcome."
"He's just been…
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ALBANY - Nearly eight of 10 New Yorkers say the state Senate should put a bill legalizing gay marriage up for a vote regardless of whether there's enough support to pass it, a new poll released Tuesday shows.
The Siena College poll shows that 78% of those surveyed disagree with Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith, who said he would only bring the bill to the floor only if he has the 32 votes needed to pass it.
Just 15% said the…
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A day after she was badly injured in a treadmill accident, the 4-year-old daughter of Mike Tyson has died.
Multiple sources are reporting that Exodus Tyson was pronounced dead at 11:45 a.m. local time on Tuesday following a brief period on life support. The daughter of the former world boxing champion was injured on Monday at the family's home in Phoenix.
Tyson's daughter was discovered by her 7-year-old brother Monday with…
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NFLer Kerry Rhodes has been tied to the alleged rape of a Canadian tourist. While it’s not yet clear what part Kerry played in the attack, the NY Post is claiming that his name has come up in the course of the investigation.
Here’s how they’re reporting it:
The woman told police that she had gone out Friday night with a female friend to a Manhattan nightclub, where they met two men, one of whom was Rhodes, the sources said. The…
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The man attached to the gargantuan appendage is 2x Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler
and yesterday at the Wet Republic pool in Vegas, he proved that if you work hard enough, and put enough laboratory-enhanced substances into your system, you too could own a limb that's freakishly bigger than your head.
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Former New Jersey Nets star Jayson Williams is in trouble yet again -- he was arrested in North Carolina early this morning for allegedly serving a guy a knuckle sandwich in late night bar fight.
Cops say Williams was popped around 2 AM for assault after he allegedly socked some dude in the face in front of a nightclub in Raleigh. Williams was later released on $1,000 bond.
Go back to April, when the troubled former NBA star was…
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