Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty R. Kelly’s Lawyers Claim He Missed His Civil Court Case Because He Doesn’t Know How To Read According to TMZ , R. Kelly’s legal team is fighting a default judgment granted to one of his alleged victims because the R&B legend can’t really read. Earlier this week, Kelly lost a civil lawsuit in which he was accused of sexually abusing an underage girl in the late 1990s . The 52-year-old singer failed to respond to appear in court & respond to the lawsuit, which led a Cook County judge to issue a default judgment for the plaintiff. Zaid Abdallah and Raed Shalabi, are now claiming the singer’s “learning disability” prevented him from reading the court documents and taking proper action. “[Kelly] suffers from a learning disability that adversely affects his ability to read,” legal documents state, “… in essence he cannot.” A damages hearing for the case will take place on May 8. Kelly’s attorneys are asking that the default judgment be set aside so that they can fight the plaintiff’s claims.
Source: JazzIRT / Getty Man Punches 4-Month Old Baby To Death After Discovering He Wasn’t The Father According to Fox 13 Memphis , Jose Agurcia-Avila was arrested by Memphis police and charged with first-degree murder after punching a 4-month old baby. Avila reportedly became upset after learning the child, Alexander Lizondro-Chacon, wasn’t his. Cops say Avila punched the child so hard that the baby was left unresponsive when the mother returned home. The child was rushed to Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis but was pronounced dead upon arrival. An autopsy revealed the baby died from blunt force trauma and his death was ruled a homicide. The medical examiner concluded that the boy’s injuries were a fractured skull, fractured rib and a serious case of pneumonia. The boy’s mother told police that Avila confessed. The 33-year-old is charged with first-degree murder in perpetration of aggravated child abuse and first-degree murder in perpetration of aggravated child neglect.
Source: Brooks Kraft / Getty In today’s edition of “the President is trippin’”, Donald Trump went out of his way to congratulate the NFL Draft’s number two pick Nick Bosa without even acknowledging number one pick, Heisman Trophy winning Black man Kyler Murray . In true Trump form, he took to Twitter to be willfully shady, writing: Congratulations to Nick Bosa on being picked number two in the NFL Draft. You will be a great player for years to come, maybe one of the best. Big Talent! San Francisco will embrace you but most importantly, always stay true to yourself. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 27, 2019 The petty tweet caused an uproar on social media with folks pointing out that Murray — who also made history as the only player ever to be drafted in the first round of the NFL and MLB — should be congratulated as well. You do realize that another player went #1 overall in the draft, right ahead of Bosa, right? His name is Kyler Murray pic.twitter.com/xiOkXTMm3Y — Ed Krassenstein (@EdKrassen) April 27, 2019 Wow.. it’s been a minute since we had a president.. anyway… Congratulations to Kyler Murray on being picked number ONE in the NFL Draft. You will be a great player for years to come, maybe one of the best. Big Talent! Arizona will embrace you. — Wale (@Wale) April 27, 2019 Even Time magazine called the President out on his pettiness. Kyler Murray, a black man, was the number one NFL draft pick. Trump congratulated the number two pick instead https://t.co/CwxCeVERkj — TIME (@TIME) April 27, 2019 Just to refresh your memory, Nick Bosa is the same guy that called Colin Kaepernick a “clown” for kneeling during the National Anthem. TBH, do we expect anything more from Trump? Nah. But congrats to Kyler Murray for making history!
“Can I speak to your manager please?” “I AM the manager” pic.twitter.com/uA3ZXizJtH — JD (@Jonny_Dodds) April 26, 2019 Hilarious Memes Of The Week Back at it again with another hilarious batch of memes for your weekend funny. When he introduce you to his homies but you know them already cuz they in yo dms pic.twitter.com/hnvz9NTUQz — sicario (@natzbadazz) April 24, 2019 Peep all the best (and funniest) memes of the week on the flip.
Source: Karl Tapales / Getty Coachella Festival Sees Rise In Herpes Cases If there was a ever a time to stay woke and practice safe sex, apparently it’s Coachella weekend. According to reports, Herpes cases skyrocketed tremendously at this year’s festival — nearly ten times the Southern California’s average rate. Dr. Lynn Marie Morski from online herpes treatment service HerpAlert told PEOPLE that physicians “normally handle 12 cases a day in southern California, but during the first two days of the music festival earlier this month they received almost 250 inquires.” Morski added: “The symptoms of a new herpes case often show up days later, which could explain why the cases were spread out across Southern California, not limited to the Coachella Valley area, as festival-goers returned home after the weekend.” HerpAlert allows patients to upload a photo of the affected area, and receive advice and any necessary prescription in as little as two hours. At least festival goers were able to get diagnosed quickly and efficiently. However, getting an incurable disease during a weekend of fun, sheeeeshhhh. Be safe, y’all.
Source: Jonathan Minster / Getty 44-year old Martha Ciguenas was arrested on Monday on an aggravated child abuse charge after officials say she 9-year-old son with a meat tenderizer during an argument over his homework. According to the police report, the boy didn’t tell Ciguenas that he was supposed to do additional homework while he was on spring break and she became irate, throwing a water bottle and cellphone at him but missing him. “At one point, Ciguenas grabbed a glass candle holder and hit him in the head with it twice, then grabbed a metal meat tenderizer and hit him in the head, causing lacerations. Ciguenas continued to yell and scream at the boy and hit him on the arm with the tenderizer, causing spike marks and indentations that started bleeding.” Ciguenas denied striking the boy but after child protection services examined him, they concluded that the injuries “were consistent with child physical abuse.” The mom is currently in jail and being held on $5,000 bond. SMH.
Source: Johnny Louis/WENN.com / WENN Comedian Gary Owen Gets Slammed For Making N-Word Joke Gary Owen got REAL comfortable with his perceived Black card and the Twitter-verse is now coming for his head. In what seemed to be a response to Damian Lillard ‘s mind-melting jumper during the Portland Trail Blazers vs Oklahoma City Thunder game, Owen tweeted out: “If Portland’s coach could say the N word that was the perfect time. This N word just hit that shit. WOW” If Portland’s coach could say the N word that was the perfect time. This N word just hit that shit. WOW — Gary Owen (@garyowencomedy) April 24, 2019 The Black delegation was not amused. Folks immediately slammed Owen’s suggestion that the Trail Blazer’s head coach, Terry Stotts — a White man — should at any time use the N-Word. Gary Owen is what happens when y'all invite people you don't know to the cookout — Not Only a Thug, A Poet (@SoloChills) April 24, 2019 Here's the next play: Gary Owen will get his Black friends to take up for him & tell us he didn't mean anything by it and mention he has a Black wife as a means to justify some racist shit. — Alain (@Alain_Patron) April 24, 2019 Hit the flip for more appalled reaction to the Caucasity-prone “comedian.”
Source: Splash News / Splash News Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky Becomes New President Of Ukraine We’ve truly reached the times were anyone can become president, regardless of your political experience. According to ABC News , a Ukrainian comedian proved this to be true when he was elected as the president of Ukraine by a landslide. According to a national exit poll, Volodymyr Zelensky received 73% of the vote, knocking out the country’s incumbent president Petro Poroshenko , who conceded defeat. Zelensky will now lead one of the poorest countries in Europe which is still in a war with Russia that has killed 13,000 people since 2014. The 41-year-old presidential elect called his win a symbol for political change for other countries in the region. “I’m not yet officially the president, but as a citizen of Ukraine, I can say to all countries in the post-Soviet Union, look at us. Anything is possible!” No lies here. Zelensky’s win comes in the midst of deep dissatisfaction among Ukrainians with their political establishment, and weariness with the war. He ran on a platform of fighting corruption and upending the political elite, which is viewed as corrupt and indifferent to the concerns of everyday Ukrainians. Zelensky’s opponent, Poroshenko, is a 53-year-old billionaire confectionary tycoon who came to power on the back of mass protests in 2014 that toppled the country’s then-Russian-backed president, Viktor Yanukovych. He was one politician who couldn’t shake the perception that he supported corruption, thus Zelensky seemed like the better choice for many. “On the one hand, it’s not the best president for me, but at least he has no experience in corruption or all the things that our politicians have,” said Anna Dysheleva, a marketing executive. Despite promising to root out corrupted officials and end the war, Zelensky has barely made any detailed policy proposals. He’s also avoided the media and refused interviews. He mostly campaigned as a version of his on-screen persona, and instead of political rallies, he held stand-up comedy shows. Smh. On Zelensky’s T.V. show Servant of the People , Zelensky plays a schoolteacher who gets catapulted into the presidency when his rant about corruption goes viral. Once president, he dodges the traditional perks of his office and battles oligarchs who usually direct Ukrainian politics. Ironically, Zelensky came to power in spite of his relationship to one of Ukraine’s most controversial oligarchs, Ihor Kolomoisky, whose television channel, 1+1, airs Zelensky’s show. Kolomoisky has been in effective exile ever since Ukrainian authorities nationalized his bank, Privat Bank, accusing him and his colleagues of stealing billions of dollars from its account-holders. Some folks now fear Kolomoisky will follow Zelensky into power. Regardless, there are still some citizens and activists who support Zelensky. Prominent liberal journalist and member of parliament, Serhi Leshchenko said, “There is huge room for people to join his team with reform-minded orientation. I believe that he is a responsible, reliable person.” Mhm. We’ll wait and find out.
Source: Eric McCandless / Getty Lionel Richie On His Relationship With Stevie Wonder Lionel Richie stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! this week to talk about his time being a judge on American Idol, other projects he’s working on at the moment, and plans for the future. The highlight of the conversation, though, was when Richie reveals the absolutely hilarious prank the one-and-only Stevie Wonder once played on him.
Source: Warner Bros. Pictures Surviving La Llorona Hey party people, Alex here with another exclusive edition of Bossip Be Trippin’ fresh out the grease for your weekend thrills (and chills). Now, before we start, I urge you to bless your laptop or phone before reading about my experience at the 2019 SXSW Movie Festival in Austin, Texas (where I may or may not have been haunted by a very ashy and very vindictive Mexican ghost named Ll Llorona). For those not hip, La Llorona is a spooky legend passed down through generations that I just learned about a few weeks ago. And yes, she’s probably standing behind you right now without shoes on. But, anyway, the legend begins with a beautiful woman in love with a man she caught creepin’ ( Note : definitely not a Black man, though, because we don’t cheat) before drowning their kids and herself in a spiteful rage. Boom, the curse of La Llorona was born and lives on as a terrifying tale of “the weeping woman” who stalks and drowns kids when she isn’t looking for her own murdered kids in the darkness. Whew, it’s quite the spook fest that inspired Warner Bros. to connect her to the Conjuring universe and invite me to a haunted hotel for a press junket. Peep my lil video recap here. Pray first, though. View this post on Instagram Survived the Curse of #LaLlorona at #SXSW things went from 0 to hell nawl real quick. @wbpictures had us at @thedriskill (WHICH IS HAUNTED ). No one told me about the hotel’s spooky shenanigans until I was already inside. A little girl died in the lobby & they say she still skips around at night she didn’t come out to play when I was there, tho. She knew better . DEF a Top 5 press junket. Special thanks to @shayross for the experience A post shared by Alejandro NIGlesias (@alejandro_niglesias) on Mar 20, 2019 at 3:55pm PDT Imagine walking into a swanky hotel full of friendly people, delicious food and an open bar without knowing it’s haunted. That’s exactly what I did. And I didn’t find out it was haunted until after drink and plate #2. At that point, it was too late. I was already inside the famously haunted Driskill in downtown Austin where Warner Bros. set up a spiritual cleansing experience along with a haunted hotel historian (to basically tell you about everyone who died in the hotel). Look, I’ve never actually been haunted (as far as I know) but played along anyway and let the healer bless me with rose water and a very special egg. I also learned about a little girl who fell and broke her neck on the lobby steps that you can still (allegedly) hear skipping around. Sadly, she didn’t come out to play with me. I know because I looked for her. While some people were shook and claimed to feel presences around them, I cackled at the over-the-top presentations that continued before AND after the screening of “The Curse of La Llorona” (which I enjoyed and recommend to anyone who enjoys stalker ghost shenanigans). Fast forward to our cast interviews the next day at the (you guessed it) haunted Driskill on the fourth floor aka the most haunted floor in the hotel. BECAUSE OF COURSE. Legend has it that Annie Lennox stayed on that floor and couldn’t decide what dress to wear. Moments later, she returns from the bathroom and finds one of her dresses laid out for her on the bed. THE OTHER WAS LOCKED IN THE CLOSET. BoOoO. Seriously, if you’re ever looking for a hotel where fancy ghosts pick out your outfits, the Driskell is perfect for you. Free show idea: “Paranormal Fashion Police. Yea buddy, and the cast was great. Big shouts to Raymond Cruz for being cooler than cool. View this post on Instagram Watch: “The Curse Of La Llorona” star Raymond Cruz talks bringing the funny to a creepy spook fest •• Get the FULL interview on #BOSSIP.com •• cc: @alejandro_niglesias •• #LaLlorona @lalloronamovie #SXSW A post shared by Bossip.com (@bossipofficial) on Apr 18, 2019 at 8:35am PDT Special thanks to Warner Bros. & The MRKT for inviting me. I had a dope time (as you can tell) and will never forget eating like a Wildling at the Driskill while ghosts watched in the corner. As always, I appreciate you reading. Austin, Texas, you’re beautiful. “The Curse of La Llorona” in theaters now!
