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Usher And Wife Have Lived Apart for Nearly a Year

Court records show that Usher and Tameka Raymond were separated for nearly a year before the R&B singer filed for divorce, calling the marriage “irretrievably broken.”
A divorce petition obtained by The Associated Press says the couple has lived separately since July. The two were married in a glitzy ceremony in August 2007, but split nearly [...]

DMX Avoids Big House, Ready to Work on New Album

DMX is one lucky dog. The trouble-magnet rapper has managed to escape the slammer for the umpteenth time.
Despite a rap sheet longer than his greatest hits list and a guilty plea to attempted aggravated assault on a corrections officer, the hip-hopster wound up getting put on probation for the next 18 months.
Maricopa County Superior Court [...]

Former Housekeeper Sues Kobe Bryant, His Wife

Kobe Bryant’s former housekeeper is suing the NBA star and his wife, contending she was “harassed and humiliated,” denied health insurance and forced to quit because of “intolerable” working conditions.
In one instance, Maria Jimenez says Bryant’s wife ordered her to put her hand in a container of dog waste to retrieve the price tag of [...]

Rapper DMX Headed for Jail on Drug, Cruelty Charge

Embattled rapper DMX faces at least 90 days in jail after pleading guilty on Tuesday to drug, theft and animal cruelty charges, Arizona prosecutors said.
The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, pleaded to three felony charges and one misdemeanor count in Maricopa County Superior Court under a deal to settle three criminal cases against him. He also agreed not [...]

DMX a No-show Again, Warrant Issued € Again

A judge in Phoenix has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of rapper DMX after he failed to show up in court Friday morning.
It was the second time DMX, whose real name is Earl Simmons, has missed an appearance in Maricopa County Superior Court.
The 37-year-old is facing charges of drug possession, identity theft and animal cruelty stemming from three felony arrests.
Judge Michael [...]

T.I.’s Baby Mama Sues for Child Support

Big lawsuits are poppin’ for T.I.
The Atlanta-based rapper has been hit up by the mother of his two boys, who claims she can’t raise them on the $2,000 a month he’s currently giving her.
In a lawsuit filed in Fulton County Superior Court, 29-year-old Lashon Dixon alleges she and the 27-year-old rapper (whose real name [...]

Neverland Ranch Set for Auction

Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch will be put up for sale at a public auction next month unless the pop star pays the more than $24 million he still owes on the property, according to a Tuesday court filing. Financial Title Co. filed the notice of trustee’s sale with Santa Barbara County Superior Court, setting the [...]

Evangelist Bynum Files For Divorce

She plans to attend Obama fund-raiser, seeks to talk to candidate about domestic violence
National evangelist Juanita Bynum apparently has filed for divorce, more than two weeks after the alleged attack by her estranged husband, Bishop Thomas Weeks III.
A relative on Thursday said that Bynum, 48, has filed for divorce but court records were not available [...]

Judge Asked To Throw Out Whitney Houston Divorce

 
Lawyers for R&B singer Bobby Brown asked a California judge on Friday to throw out his divorce from Whitney Houston and reopen the question of custody over the couple’s 14 year-old daughter.

“He did not have his day in court,” Brown’s attorney Stacy Phillips told the Orange County Superior Court.
The uncontested divorce judgment, which became final [...]

Houston, Brown Battle Over Child Custody

 
 Bobby Brown went to court Friday to seek custody of his and Whitney Houston’s teenage daughter.

Brown and his attorney asked Orange County Superior Court to dismiss a default judgment issued in December that granted Houston sole custody of 14-year-old Bobbi Kristina.
Brown wasn’t given enough time to respond to Houston’s divorce filings, his attorney Stacy D. [...]

Accused Husband of Televangelist Juanita Bynum Preaches Sunday

 
The minister husband of televangelist and gospel singer Juanita Bynum took the pulpit at his church just two days after surrendering to authorities on charges he beat his wife.
Thomas W. Weeks III, known to his followers as Bishop Weeks, faces charges of aggravated assault and making “terroristic” threats in a confrontation outside a hotel Aug. [...]