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Police Ain’t Isht: Woman Awarded $40,000 After Officer Tickets Her For Having HIV

Police ain’t isht ! State Of Michigan Awards Shalandra Jones $40,000 For HIV Ticket A Dearborn, Michigan officer’s discriminatory practices has cost the city $40,000 in damages. According to The Detroit Free Press , Shalandra Jones was berated by Officer David Lacey in January 2012 for not telling him early in a traffic stop that she had HIV. According to dash cam video Officer Lacey yelled at Jones, who was not legally required to tell him about her diagnosis, because he “wasn’t wearing any gloves” and worried he’d contract the disease.  Jones told the officer she had HIV after he asked her about medication in her car that she uses to treat HIV. He ended up ticketing her on a misdemeanor marijuana possession charge; she had a marijuana medical card, but it had expired. The charge was dismissed last year. […] After finding out Jones had HIV, Lacey said: “You just made me mad.” Lacey said he “did not want to take any diseases home to his family.” The officer added that “Dearborn does not have that many people living with HIV, and the police do not like people with HIV.” Lacey then said to Jones: “Honestly, if it wasn’t for that, I don’t think I would have wrote anybody for anything. But that kind of really aggravated me, you know what I mean? You got to tell me right away. … Because at that time, I wasn’t wearing any gloves.” He then seemed to hint at harming suspects who did not immediately disclose their medical history. “So that way we don’t get pissed. Cause otherwise we get pissed. Bad things happen,” he said. “I found a needle on a guy once and he didn’t tell me. … He’s not going to forget anymore.” SMH… Jones filed her lawsuit in 2014. What do YOU think about Dearborn coughing up $40,000 for this officer’s behavior???

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BOSSIP Exclusive: “Bankrupt” 50 Cent In Court Battle For Control Of $7 Million

50 Cent’s Bankruptcy Trustee Blasts Rapper’s Attempt To Keep Control Of Millions In Investments 50 Cent’s bankruptcy trustee is blasting the rapper’s attempt to get a judge to OK him continuing to control more than seven million he has in investment accounts. William Harrington has demanded the rapper – who filed for bankruptcy earlier this summer – not be allowed to touch the money and instead have it go to pay off his enormous debts. Late last month, 50 Cent headed back to court to plead with the bankruptcy judge to allow him to keep control of his investment accounts. He explained that since filing the case he has continued to control his assets and property along with manage his business affairs. The rapper, born Curtis Jackson, said he has investment accounts at various financial establishments. He pleaded with the judge not to take away his control of his investments because he claimed it would be potentially detrimental to his estate and not allow him to continue making money to pay off his massive amounts of debt. Then on September 15th, trustee Harrington filed docs in the case objecting to 50 Cent being allowed to continue controlling his investment accounts. The trustee said the rapper’s more than seven million dollars in these accounts aren’t protected by the FDIC – meaning he could easily lose a large percentage of his cash if the market drops. The trustee said 50 Cent has only $567,000 of his seven million protected by the federal government, which leaves 92% of his investments in danger of being lost if anything with the stock market were to change drastically. 50 Cent filed for bankruptcy last July, just days after a New York jury ordered him to pay Rick Ross’ baby mama five million for leaking a sex tape. According to his Chapter 11 petition, 50 Cent claimed his assets were between ten and $50 million, but his liabilities were in the same range. The total amount of liabilities 50 Cent lists for his top 20 creditors comes to a total of $28,478,920. The rapper has explained in court docs that he is not a celebrity who has spent recklessly living the high life, but rather he is the prime example of the American Dream. It’s just that he got caught up in too many legal battles that have left him with tens of millions to pay out.

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BOSSIP Exclusive: L&HHNY’s Mendeecees Drug Trafficking Sentence Delayed

Mendeecees Copped To Major Drug Slinging Last Spring; Faces Up To 40 Years Love & Hip Hop New York’s Mendeecees Harris has been given a little bit more time to enjoy life on the outside. The admitted drug kingpin and father of two has had his sentencing hearing for drug trafficking delayed until the Fall, BOSSIP can reveal. Harris, who earlier this year pled guilty to felony conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute, was supposed to be sentenced Aug. 31 in New York State Federal Court, but the sentencing hearing was pushed back until Oct. 2. “It was the judge’s schedule,” Harris’ lawyer, Donald Thompson, told BOSSIP. “We didn’t have any control over it.” The government contended that Harris helped operate a large drug dealing operation that funneled huge quantities of cocaine and heroin from New York City to upstate New York. Under his plea deal, Harris could get anywhere from five to 40 years in prison, as well as a $5 million fine. Thompson said it wasn’t yet clear how much time Harris was going to do. “As we get closer, we’ll have a better idea,” he said. “We don’t have anything firmed up. In the meantime, Harris is keeping busy with work and family, Thompson said. “He seems to be doing well,” he said. “They’re filming the new season, he’s doing a lot of public appearances.”

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BOSSIP Exclusive: L&HHNY’s Mendeecees Drug Trafficking Sentence Delayed

Derrick Rose Accused Of Drugging And Gang Raping Ex-Girlfriend With Two Friends

Derrick Rose Accused Of Gang Rape Bulls Baller Derrick Rose is in the hot seat today, as a new lawsuit filed by one of his former girlfriends alleges that at the end of their two-year relationship, the player lured her to his home, laced her drink with a drug , and eventually forced her to have sex with him and two of his friends. Via TMZ : Derrick Rose is being sued by a woman who claims the NBA superstar and two of his friends drugged and gang raped her. The woman, identified only as Jane Doe, says she and Rose dated from 2011 to 2013. During that time, Rose allegedly tried to pressure her to masturbate in front of him, allow him to have sex with her friends and engage in group sex with strangers, all of which she says she refused. Rose’s accuser says the two continued to date until August 2013, when Rose and two friends, Ryan Allen and Randall Hampton (who is also Rose’s personal manager), invited her to Rose’s Beverly Hills house. She says there, they slipped a drug into her drink with the aim of raping her. The plaintiff says she escaped the house with a friend, but later that night, Rose and his friends broke into her apartment and gang raped her while she was incapacitated. She says she remembers only “flashes” of the incident, but can remember the defendants forcibly raping her. She claims she waited for two years to file the suit because she was “ashamed and embarrassed” of what happened and concerned her “conservative family” would find out. She wants unspecified damages. We’ve reached out to an attorney for Rose, but so far … no word back. YIKES. These are some TERRIBLE charges! Wow…it will be really interesting to see how this all shakes out.

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BOSSIP Exclusive: Birdman Sued By Producer DVLP For $200K But Sends These Shady Text Messages Instead…

Birdman Sued By Producer DVLP For $200K But Sends Him Texts Cash Money CEO Birdman is accused of yet again failing to pay a music producer hundreds of thousands in royalties for hit songs like Lil Wayne ‘s “Fireman” and now the star producer has headed to court slapping the music mogul with a huge $400k+ lawsuit over the debt. Music producer DVLP (real name Bigram Zayas) filed a federal lawsuit against Cash Money Records accusing them of screwing him out of thousands! DVLP says that from September 2014 – January 2015 his manager and Birdman were communicating regarding music and copyright infringement and unpaid royalty payments. The producer says Birdman agreed to pay a tota l of $200k to settle all the issues. The producer claims on numerous occasions Birdman would text saying a wire was going to be sent for the 200k but no wire transfer was ever sent. Then in May the producer got sick of waiting for the check and sent off a legal letter to Cash Money demanding the payment. DVLP is accusing Birdman and Cash Money of breaching their agreement and is demanding $400k in damages for not following the terms of their deal. When will Birdman start paying his producers???

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Happy Hump Day! Gabourey Sidibe Throws That Azz In A Circle For Social Media [Video]

Gabourey Sidibe Dances For Twitter The cast of Empire is all back together while filming season 2 of their smash hit FOX series . But it isn’t all work for these co-stars…they manage to slip in a good deal of fun in between shooting…which often spills over to social media. Besties and castmates Jussie Smollett and Gabourey Sidibe took a break from shooting to toss some cakes around on Twitter earlier today. Jussie looked into the camera and demanded that Gabby “give him that azz” …and she handed out a super-sized twerk to oblige him: Too funny! Were you feeling Gabby’s cheek tsunami??? Twitter / Instgram

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Lawsuit Claims Nick Tried To Seduce A “Pretty Little White Girl” Immediately After Drugging & Drowning Bobbi Kristina

Nick Gordon Accused Of Seducing Another Woman After Killing Bobbi Kristina The civil lawsuit holding Nick Gordon responsible for the death of Bobbi Kristina just got more explosive, just as photos surfaced of Nick wheeling a dazed young white woman out of the hospital just hours after Bobbi’s drowning incident. Newly released details of the suit claim that a friend of Bobbi Kristina’s, an 18-year-old high school student, was also at the home in a drug-induced state the night that Bobbi drowned in the bathtub — and Nick made advances toward her after causing Bobbi Kristina irrevocable harm . Via MailOnline : A civil lawsuit, filed on behalf of Bobbi Kristina’s estate, was amended after Bobbi Kristina’s death with new accusations against Nick Gordon, claiming he drugged her with a ‘toxic cocktail’ and drowned her in a bathtub of cold water. In an astonishing new revelation, the civil lawsuit claims a ‘white girl’ was lying on the bed in the master bedroom as the alleged altercation played out. According to the suit, Gordon came out of the bathroom wearing different clothes, lay his head on the ankle of a female guest, and said: ‘Now I want a pretty little white girl like you.’ The female guest is not identified in the papers but it has been confirmed that Danyela Bradley was present in the home at the time. The newly-identified photograph of Danyela emerging from the hospital a day after Bobbi Kristina was admitted, has raised new questions as to what took place on the tragic night. Danyela’s horrified mother, Marlene Bradley, told Daily Mail Online this week that she had no idea her daughter had even been at the hospital. High school senior Danyela had been staying on-and-off at Bobbi Kristina’s townhouse, which she shared with Gordon, in Roswell, Georgia. Danyela was at the home on January 31 when Bobbi Kristina was found unconscious. Danyela’s boyfriend, accused drug dealer Max Lomas, 24, and Nick Gordon, 26, were also present. What the hell was going on in that house the night Bobbi Kristina drowned?? Instagram

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Lawsuit Claims Nick Tried To Seduce A “Pretty Little White Girl” Immediately After Drugging & Drowning Bobbi Kristina

Terrence Howard Says His Ex Wife Attacked Him In A Jealous Rage…Over Jennifer Hudson?

Terrence Howard Testifies That Ex-Wife Was Jealous Of Jennifer Hudson Terrence Howard’s divorce case gets crazier and crazier by the day. He already shed tears on the stand earlier today, and now he’s detailing his wife’s violent outburst over scripted make-out scenes with Jennifer Hudson, and their marital issues over his refusal to get gutter in the bedroom. Via TMZ : Terrence Howard testified his relationship with the ex-wife he’s now suing was so bad, she kicked food all over him in a jealous rage over a make-out scene with Jennifer Hudson. Howard — who’s trying to dismantle their settlement agreement because he claims Michelle Ghent extorted him — testified Friday they were in South Africa when he was filming “Winnie Mandela” and they got into a huge fight because she became jealous the script called for him to make out with Jennifer Hudson. He says Michelle flew into a rage, hurling food all over him. He also testified they were no longer sexually compatible once he tried becoming a Jehovah’s Witness and used “applied Bible principles” to his sex life. He explained he was trying to rein in his urges. As he put it, he was trying to go from “apple pie a la mode” to just plain “apple pie,” and she wasn’t biting. Howard also said things got so bad he faked a suicide attempt by telling her he swallowed a bottle of pills. He says he did not actually do it. Is it just us, or is this a little bit TMI?!? But when your entire check is on the line, we guess you pull out ALL the dirty laundry…

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When The Easton’s In The House… Are KimYe Giving Their Baby Boy “Some Direction” In His Name After All?

Kim Kardashian And Kanye West Have Settled On A Baby Name Since the news first broke of KimYe expecting their second child there has been a lot of speculation over what the baby would be named. And it looks like Kim and Kanye did a good job of misleading the public by telling us North would be unique in her directional name . According to a Daily Mail exclusive : Kim Kardashian West has gone on record at least twice to deny rumors that she’ll be heading in yet another direction for baby No. 2. But Daily Mail Online exclusively can reveal that the West couple will be, indeed, naming their baby boy a direction. Sort of. ‘Easton is the chosen name. It’s confirmed that the baby boy will be called Easton,’ a close family friend said, spilling the beans. Easton West will join North West in about five months. The only location left is South, and Kim’s wasn’t big on that choice. The reality star told NPR: ‘I don’t like South West, though, because that’s like, you know, North will always, you know, be better and be more…she has a better direction.’ She went on to affirm to Shaquille O’Neal on his podcast: ‘Why just add another direction? North is the best. I don’t want to try to duplicate that with a lower direction, you know?’ Yet, in a form, she will. The family friend confirmed to Daily Mail Online that last week, the celebrity pair locked in the name ‘Easton’ so that his nursery and wardrobe can begin to be made, monograms and all. ‘Kourtney told a few girls at a Hidden Hills pool party last weekend that Kayne’s favorite name by far is ‘Easton’, a name Kim wasn’t hot on at first because Kanye liked simply ‘East’ ‘But Kim came up with Easton and, for them, history was made. ‘No doubt monogrammed baby bibs are being hand-sewn as we speak,’ the friend added. ‘Mason is already calling his auntie’s tummy Easton.’ What do you think of the name Easton? Think they’ll call him Eazy for short? Then we’ll have a Yeezy, a Norweezy and an Eazy. AKM-GSI

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New Lawsuit Claims Nick Gordon Gave Bobbi Kristina ‘Toxic Cocktail’ And Drowned Her In Tub

Lawsuit Claims Nick Gordon Gave Bobbi Kristina Toxic Cocktail An amended lawsuit filed by the late Bobbi Kristina Brown’s conservator alleges that Nick Gordon gave Brown a “toxic cocktail” and then put her face down in a tub of cold water. Via 11 Alive : The original suit was filed on June 24 in Fulton County Superior Court by Brown’s court-appointed conservator Bedelia Hargrove. It accused Gordon of assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and transferring money from her account into his own without authorization. Brown, the 22-year-old daughter of the late Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, died on July 26 — months after being found unresponsive in the tub of her Roswell home on Jan. 31. Brown never regained consciousness and was moved to hospice care in June. The amended complaint, filed on Friday, adds a wrongful death count. It alleges that around 6 a.m. on Jan. 31, Gordon returned after “being out all-night on a cocaine and drinking binge.” The suit says that Gordon watched camera footage of Brown and listened to her conversations. Gordon and Brown began arguing in the kitchen. The dispute moved to the living and then upstairs to the master bedroom. Gordon allegedly accused Brown of cheating and called her a number of names, the lawsuit alleges. The argument lasted about 30 minutes and then “everything abruptly became quiet.” The lawsuit then says that Gordon “gave Bobbi Kristina a toxic cocktail rendering her unconscious and then put her face down in a tub of cold water causing her to suffer brain damage.” According to the suit, Gordon then came out of the bedroom wearing different clothes than he was wearing in his argument with Bobbi Kristina, got into bed, laid his head on a female guest’s ankle and said, “Now I want a pretty little white girl like you.” About 15 minutes later, a guest at the home went in to check on Brown and found her face down in a tub. A dust pan was at the bottom of the tub, the lawsuit states. Bobbi Kristina unresponsive, unconscious with a swollen mouth and a tooth hanging loosely from her mouth. Gordon allegedly then came into the bathroom, let the water out of the tub and shouted, “Clean up, clean up.” Others, including Gordon, began efforts to resuscitate Brown and called for medical personnel. What do you think of the latest claims??

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