Source: Augustas Cetkauskas / EyeEm / Getty Group Of 800 Accuse ‘Boy Scouts Of America’ Of Sexual Misconduct According to NBC , a group calling themselves “Abused in Scouting” announced the filing of a new sexual abuse lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America . The lawsuit was filed in Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas and alleges that a former scout was abused hundreds of times starting at age 12 for a period of about five years in the 70’s by a former scout leader. The lawsuit also states that the Boy Scouts of America organization knew about the abuse and intentionally covered it up. The victim is seeking $50,000 in damages from both the Boy Scouts and the individual scoutmaster. The organization also claims to have gathered testimony from more than 800 sexual abuse victims identifying more than 300 predators protected by the Boy Scouts across the United States. The organization chose to file this suit now amid worries that victims may not be entitled to recovery if the Boy Scouts file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a move the Boy Scouts of America has reportedly been considering. .
Source: Augustas Cetkauskas / EyeEm / Getty Group Of 800 Accuse ‘Boy Scouts Of America’ Of Sexual Misconduct According to NBC , a group calling themselves “Abused in Scouting” announced the filing of a new sexual abuse lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America . The lawsuit was filed in Philadelphia’s Court of Common Pleas and alleges that a former scout was abused hundreds of times starting at age 12 for a period of about five years in the 70’s by a former scout leader. The lawsuit also states that the Boy Scouts of America organization knew about the abuse and intentionally covered it up. The victim is seeking $50,000 in damages from both the Boy Scouts and the individual scoutmaster. The organization also claims to have gathered testimony from more than 800 sexual abuse victims identifying more than 300 predators protected by the Boy Scouts across the United States. The organization chose to file this suit now amid worries that victims may not be entitled to recovery if the Boy Scouts file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a move the Boy Scouts of America has reportedly been considering. .
Source: Courtesy WeTV / Courtesy WeTV LOVE AFTER LOCKUP: LIFE AFTER LOCKUP Finale Airs TONIGHT!!! It’s FriYAY! Which means that a brand new episode of “Love After Lockup: Life After Lockup” is airing tonight — and it’s an extra special one because it’s the season FINALE y’all! We’ve got an exclusive clip from Andrea and Lamar’s turbulent relationship. Check it out below: YIKES! Definitely looks like Andrea and Lama r aren’t on the same page at all! Here’s more of what you can expect from the finale: Michael drops a bombshell & blindsides Sarah. Andrea’s plan backfires & her marriage crumbles. Brittany & Marcelino’s epic battle. Michael surprises Megan, but hides a shocking secret. Scott explodes at Lizzie. Tracie & Clint’s wild Vegas wedding. WOWSERS! Sounds like this one is one for the “books”. Pun intended. “Love After Lockup: Life After Lockup” “BROKEN BONDS” Airs Friday, August 9th at 9/8C on WE tv. And no need to fret… “Love After Lockup” Returns with New Couples – Friday, August 16**
Source: Courtesy WeTV / Courtesy WeTV “Beyond The Pole” Makes Its WEtv Premiere In case you hadn’t already heard, “Beyond The Pole” is making the move from UMC’s streaming service to WeTV! The sizzling hot reality series that follows the lives of real Atlanta dancers as they work to level up hits the small screen this week. We’ve got an exclusive clip from the premiere episode airing this Thursday. Check it out below: See what we mean? Real life isht! Here’s more about “Beyond the Pole” – “Throw Some Mo” Episode: Laina reveals a surprising secret to Lea Lea. Labri’s rivalry with another dancer heats up, leading to a shocking altercation. Pole class goes wild. Premiering Thursday, August 7 at 10pm ET/9pm CT on WeTV
Source: Peter Dazeley / Getty North Georgia Landlord Evicts White Tenet For Having Too Many Black Guests Racism runs so deep for some people that they even have an issue with White kids playing with Black kids. One Georgia couple was evicted by their landlord back in December 2018 for allowing their kids to have African American guests. Victoria Sutton filed a housing discrimination suit against landlords Patricia and Allen McCoy who forced her to move out of her North Georgia home because she “had a N*****” on the property. According to the lawsuit, Sutton began inviting a black co-worker with a 5-year-old son to visit so their children could play. CNN reports : “After one of the playdates Allen McCoy knocked on her door and used racial slurs to refer to African Americans. He called her a “n***** lover,” the suit says, and threatened to call Child Protective Services over her having a “n***** on their property.” He told her she had two weeks to move out, adding that he’d previously evicted a woman who’d tried to let an African American person move in with her.” Just like most racists, McCoy denied the allegations, telling reporters he wasn’t prejudiced, “some of the best friends I got is colored.” Unfortunately, housing discrimination is nothing new. According to legal director Sean J. Young, filed the lawsuit on Sutton’s behalf, “Housing discrimination is one of the most pernicious forms of discrimination today. It contributes to inequality and can serve to limit the long-term dreams and aspirations of its victims. Where you live determines how you live.” The eviction dispute ended up in court in October 2018, when the judge ordered the couple to give Sutton at least 60 days to move. The woman moved out later that year.
View this post on Instagram Iggy Azalea is ready for her comeback. Are you? The infamous Australian rapper (and our September cover star) is here to claim her second chance. Read the interview at the link in our bio. A post shared by Cosmopolitan (@cosmopolitan) on Aug 6, 2019 at 5:00am PDT Iggy Azalea Talks Mental Health, Cultural Appropriation For Cosmopolitan Magazine Iggy Azalea is Cosmopolitan ‘s latest cover girl. Inside she opens up about her mental health, becoming an independent artist, and also chimes in on cultural appropriation… because, we so desperately need her thoughts on that, of course. According to Iggy — the same woman who has used the phrase “runaway slave master”and more in her lyrics — cultural appropriation is “subjective.” View this post on Instagram Oh hey, it's our September issue Swipe for a glimpse inside, then text “subscribe” to 77177 to get yours A post shared by Cosmopolitan (@cosmopolitan) on Aug 6, 2019 at 7:51am PDT Here’s the full excerpt written by Jen Ortiz over at Cosmopolitan : Today, it’s a fact that if you say “Iggy Azalea” three times in a mirror, a think piece will appear behind you waxing philosophical on the definition of “cultural appropriation” and authenticity. And not without reason. She is, after all, a white woman profiting off black culture. She raps with a “blaccent,” which, in her case, is an exaggerated Southern drawl that can’t be found in Australia. When asked about the issues surrounding “speaking black” in a 2013 interview with Complex , Iggy responded, “If you’re mad about it and you’re a black person, then start a rap career and give it a go too.” A few months before that, Iggy faced backlash from fans who’d uncovered some old racist tweets she claimed were jokes. And before that , she had to write an apology for using the phrase “runaway slave-master” in a lyric. If you’ve been reading this waiting to get to the part where Iggy apologizes for all the above—sorry, she’s not sorry. (The most sing-along-able lyric off one of her new songs is “I started to say sorry / But fuck that shit,” so yeah.) But listen, she does get it now. Sort of. She thinks cultural appropriation is subjective, even though she knows that sounds like a fucked-up thing to say. “You could ask one person of the same race, ‘Does this affect you?’ and they will say yes,” she explains. “But another person will say no. They could be from the same place, same everything, but have different perspectives about it.” Then again, can you really say sorry and then keep doing the same shit? (Her question.) “I’m still going to make the same type of music and still be ridiculous and larger than life,” she says. “So I can’t be that fucking sorry about it.” The way she sees it, the reason some people hate her is the same reason a lot of other people love her, so what’s she supposed to do? In fact, she describes her fans as “free thinkers.” As she puts it, “They have to be because if you thought what everybody else thought, you probably wouldn’t be a fan of mine.” Iggy used to feel really defensive about this stuff. “I would hit back and say, ‘What about this that I had to go through?’ because I wanted to talk so much about my experiences of things I didn’t have, and I think it felt like I wasn’t acknowledging that there is white privilege and there is institutionalized racism,” she says. “It seemed to a lot of people like I was living in this bubble or unaware of all these things that people have to experience.” The charitable interpretation is that Iggy understands that the criticism stems from America’s relationship with race and that that history is fucked up. And hey, if that’s how you feel or what you believe, she’s not taking away the fact that it’s real for you. The less charitable one is that she doesn’t care. Either way, she’s going to stop rage-tweeting about it. Welp, what more can we really expect?
View this post on Instagram Iggy Azalea is ready for her comeback. Are you? The infamous Australian rapper (and our September cover star) is here to claim her second chance. Read the interview at the link in our bio. A post shared by Cosmopolitan (@cosmopolitan) on Aug 6, 2019 at 5:00am PDT Iggy Azalea Talks Mental Health, Cultural Appropriation For Cosmopolitan Magazine Iggy Azalea is Cosmopolitan ‘s latest cover girl. Inside she opens up about her mental health, becoming an independent artist, and also chimes in on cultural appropriation… because, we so desperately need her thoughts on that, of course. According to Iggy — the same woman who has used the phrase “runaway slave master”and more in her lyrics — cultural appropriation is “subjective.” View this post on Instagram Oh hey, it's our September issue Swipe for a glimpse inside, then text “subscribe” to 77177 to get yours A post shared by Cosmopolitan (@cosmopolitan) on Aug 6, 2019 at 7:51am PDT Here’s the full excerpt written by Jen Ortiz over at Cosmopolitan : Today, it’s a fact that if you say “Iggy Azalea” three times in a mirror, a think piece will appear behind you waxing philosophical on the definition of “cultural appropriation” and authenticity. And not without reason. She is, after all, a white woman profiting off black culture. She raps with a “blaccent,” which, in her case, is an exaggerated Southern drawl that can’t be found in Australia. When asked about the issues surrounding “speaking black” in a 2013 interview with Complex , Iggy responded, “If you’re mad about it and you’re a black person, then start a rap career and give it a go too.” A few months before that, Iggy faced backlash from fans who’d uncovered some old racist tweets she claimed were jokes. And before that , she had to write an apology for using the phrase “runaway slave-master” in a lyric. If you’ve been reading this waiting to get to the part where Iggy apologizes for all the above—sorry, she’s not sorry. (The most sing-along-able lyric off one of her new songs is “I started to say sorry / But fuck that shit,” so yeah.) But listen, she does get it now. Sort of. She thinks cultural appropriation is subjective, even though she knows that sounds like a fucked-up thing to say. “You could ask one person of the same race, ‘Does this affect you?’ and they will say yes,” she explains. “But another person will say no. They could be from the same place, same everything, but have different perspectives about it.” Then again, can you really say sorry and then keep doing the same shit? (Her question.) “I’m still going to make the same type of music and still be ridiculous and larger than life,” she says. “So I can’t be that fucking sorry about it.” The way she sees it, the reason some people hate her is the same reason a lot of other people love her, so what’s she supposed to do? In fact, she describes her fans as “free thinkers.” As she puts it, “They have to be because if you thought what everybody else thought, you probably wouldn’t be a fan of mine.” Iggy used to feel really defensive about this stuff. “I would hit back and say, ‘What about this that I had to go through?’ because I wanted to talk so much about my experiences of things I didn’t have, and I think it felt like I wasn’t acknowledging that there is white privilege and there is institutionalized racism,” she says. “It seemed to a lot of people like I was living in this bubble or unaware of all these things that people have to experience.” The charitable interpretation is that Iggy understands that the criticism stems from America’s relationship with race and that that history is fucked up. And hey, if that’s how you feel or what you believe, she’s not taking away the fact that it’s real for you. The less charitable one is that she doesn’t care. Either way, she’s going to stop rage-tweeting about it. Welp, what more can we really expect?
“Photos of Diddy & Lori Harvey on Vacation With Steve Harvey; Diddy’s Son Justin Who Lori Dated Wasn’t Invited; How Steve Harvey Plans to Handle The Situation?” Steve Harvey : pic.twitter.com/nY4Q181BcW — Kenn O'be`® (@TitanOfHipHop) August 4, 2019 Hilarious Reactions To Diddy & Lori’s Latest Sighting Soooo it’s really, apparently, happening. Diddy and Lori are seemingly a thing WITH STEVE HARVEY’S BLESSING based on recent photos of them all enjoying life on what looks like a double date. Yea, it’s kinda strange and the has the whole entire internet in a befuddled TIZZY. Lori Harvey after she meets with Diddy in Justin’s house pic.twitter.com/rB5rtOQhP1 — Joshua Chenault (@joshuachenault1) August 4, 2019 Peep the funniest, wildest and pettiest reactions to Diddy boppin’ around with hot girl Lori on the flip.
Source: SplashNews / Splash News Ray J Tackles His Daughter’s Tangles On “Love And Hip Hop Hollywood” “Love & Hip Hop Hollywood” returns to VH1 tonight and we’re probably more excited to potentially catch a glimpse of Ray J and Princess Love’s daughter Melody Love than ANYBODY else. Have you seen the adorable video Ray J posted of him doing a Daddy Do’ on Melody’s hair? It’s so precious. Check it out below: Pretty cute and funny! Make sure you follow all the “Love & Hip Hop” fun on social media at the #LHHH hashtag and @LoveAndHipHop handle. The new season returns TONIGHT at 8/7c on @VH1 and airs MONDAYS at 8/7c @VH1 Oh and hit the flip for more cute moments with Ray J and Melody
Source: Scott Olson / Getty R. Kelly Charged With Two Sex Crimes In Minnesota The mountain of depravity that bum a$$, *alleged* predator a$$, broke a$$ R. Kelly built over decades is continuing to avalanche down on him. According to TMZ , Robert is being charged with engaging in prostitution with someone under 18, and hiring/offering/agreeing to hire someone for sexual contact for paying a girl between the ages of 16 and 17 for sexual contact in his hotel room back on July 11, 2001. The Minnesota prosecutor, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman, says that the woman approached police on January 11, 2019 to filed a report. Just three days after Cook County prosecutor Kim Foxx made a public plea for other accusers to come forward. Word is that the then-teen asked Kelly for an autograph and he then paid her $200 to dance naked for him. They did not have sexual intercourse, but there was sexual contact. Robert is facing five years in prison and a $10,000 fine if convicted.
