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Beyonce and Jay Z’s Attorney Denies Sending Cease & Desist to Piers Morgan

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An attorney representing Jay Z and Beyonce denied sending a cease and desist to Piers Morgan, host of “Piers Morgan: Uncensored.”

On Tuesday, Morgan apologized to Shawn “Jay Z” Carter and his wife, Beyonce Knowles Carter, for inviting controversial R&B singer Jaguar Wright on his show as a guest.

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Wright made salacious comments about the power couple that were considered slander and not based on facts.

Wright has made a name for herself by spreading malicious gossip about celebrities over the years.

Many were surprised when Morgan invited Wright on his show to discuss the Sean Combs case.

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The attorney for the Carters clarified that he did not send Piers a cease and desist. He said he sent Morgan an “ultimatum.”

Via TMZ — The Carters’ attorney, Alex Spiro, joined us on “TMZ Live” Wednesday and we asked him about Jay and Bey’s response to Piers’ show ‘Uncensored’ broadcasting an interview with Jaguar Wright, who claimed the couple had more “victims” than Diddy.

Alex says Piers was exploiting the rumor mill by allowing these false allegations to hit the airwaves … and he says he gave Piers an ultimatum … remove the claims and apologize, or face a court order to take the interview down.

Jay and Bey’s attorney says Jaguar’s allegations are demonstrably false, and Piers should never have allowed the claims to make it on the show, blasting Piers as an irresponsible so-called journalist.

Alex says Piers didn’t just harm the Carters here … he also drowned out the voices of real victims.

Jodeci Member DeVanté Swing Added As Co-Defendant In Sean Combs Lawsuit

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Jodeci Member Donald DeGrate Jr., also known as DeVanté Swing, was added as a co-defendant in a sexual assault lawsuit filed against Sean Combs.

In November, Combs, 54, and singer-songwriter Aaron Hall, 60, were sued for allegedly raping Liza Gardner when she was 16 in 1990. DeVanté Swing, 55, is now added as a co-defendant in that lawsuit.

Gardner amended her complaint to include Swing who she claims was present in the room and watched the incident as it occurred.

“Unbeknownst to Ms. Gardner at the time, Defendant Swing was in the room when this assault took place and did not take any steps to prevent this abuse from occurring,” the lawsuit reads.

In May, a woman submitted a sworn statement claiming she was also a minor with Gardner that night. She claims she saw Swing “leaning against the wall or furniture or something, watching whatever Puffy was doing to Liza.”

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In the new filing, Gardner accused Swing, who was 20 or 21 years old at the time, of “aiding and abetting” the alleged abuse. Swing served as Gardner’s “co-guardian at the time” because he invited her to the New York area with a group of her teenage friends.

The girls stayed with him in New Jersey, at a rental house allegedly “subsidized” by Uptown Records, the MCA subsidiary where Combs was working as an A&R executive.

The lawsuit claims Swing “had a duty to protect the child as her parents entrusted him with her safety. He trafficked and or coerced the child [to] travel across state lines from North Carolina to New York and New Jersey with the hidden intention of providing the child with alcohol, and marijuana and prostituting the child to his A&R Combs.”

Rumor has it that a plethora of lawyers are representing hundreds of women who claim they were assaulted by various bold name rappers, R&B singers, pro athletes and actors over the decades.

Many of those named in potential lawsuits have already paid hush money to settle out of court.

Popular TikTok personality ShawnJ dies suddenly after Sean Combs prediction

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TikTok personality Shawn Jackson, a.k.a. ShawnJ, died suddenly on Sunday. His shocking death came days after he posted a video predicting Sean Combs’ fate.

Combs was arrested in NYC in September. He is currently locked up in a Brooklyn jail while awaiting trial on sex assault charges.

In a video on his @shawnjtheking2 TikTok page, Jackson predicted that Combs would suffer the same fate as financier Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein died of suicide by hanging in a Manhattan jail cell while awaiting trial on sex assault charges in 2019.

“I’m 98% sure that this is going to happen,” Jackson said in reference to Combs. “I feel like a lot of celebrities that’s connected to this Diddy case… and they know for a fact that they going to go down, they’re going to start mysteriously dying. They’re probably going to be dropping like flies,” Jackson said.

About a week before he died, Jackson was hospitalized with a mysterious health ailment that caused his throat to swell and he had difficulty breathing.

In text over a video of Jackson in the hospital, he wrote, “At 4am this morning my throat suddenly swelled up, and I could hardly breathe. I didn’t think I was going to make it out. This is the second time it has happened this year. Last time, I barely made it.”

He shared examples of people with enlarged thyroid glands caused by an iodine deficiency. “Here are some examples of what I’m going through,” he wrote.

He concluded, “Last time it stopped me; this time it won’t. I’ll see y’all in the next video.”

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I’ll do a storytime of what happened to me tomorrow ???

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Early Monday, Jackson’s baby mama broke the news of his death in a post on TikTok. She wrote, “Hello everyone I’m ShawnJ’s kids mother. I’m so heartbroken, this pain is unbearable and my stomach hurts as I prepare to walk through this journey alone. because my best friend and the love of my life left me, our kids, our family and friends, and all of u yesterday morning.”

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She continued: “I really do appreciate all of the love and support from all of you. He was very loved and respected.”

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@shawnjtheking2 Thank you to all his supporters & Followers! https://gofund.me/335f16ff @Matthew Wilson @Dominique Riles @Yvette Da Goddess (The Brother, Sister & Kids Mother Tic Tok’s For Any Questions) #shawnj #shawnjdagreat ? original sound – Shawn J

Met Gala Announcement Sparks Outrage: ‘Put a Fork in the Met Gala. It’s done’

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Fashion connoisseurs are outraged over Vogue magazine’s Met Gala 2025 announcement on Wednesday. X.com users are calling the 2025 Met Gala the “Woke Met Gala.”

The controversy began when Vogue announced the 2025 Met Gala co-chairs, including Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Colman Domingo, Pharrell Williams, Anna Wintour, and LeBron James.

Yes, that LeBron James.

Fashion fans say LeBron has never attended a Met Gala event and he doesn’t know the first thing about fashion. So why is he a Met Gala co-chair?

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City also announced the Costume Institute’s spring 2025 exhibition — Superfine: Tailoring Black Style, which is inspired by Monica L. Miller’s 2009 book, Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity.

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According to Vogue, the exhibit is going to include garments, paintings and photographs that explore “the indelible style of Black men in the context of dandyism, from the 18th-century through present day.”

Even Black people are worried that the theme will be misappropriated by other cultures.

“Am I the only one nervous about this?” an X user asked, as another wrote, “A good theme but let’s hope no one will appropriate cultures.”

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Another person wrote: “This use to be the who’s who event … in the last decade or so it has sunk very low and it’s just a bunch of look at me’s in outfits that don’t even go with the theme or style direction.”

A third person wrote: “Why are other ethnicities being ignored? This smacks of gross unfairness and pandering to woke.”

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Others were upset over the timing of the announcement — with Hurricane Milton barreling down on Florida within hours.

“I question how appropriate it was to make this announcement when Hurricane Milton is raging in Florida where the potential for loss of life is so great. Surely the organizers could have waited a few more days to announce this major event for ‘celebrities’ who long for the prestige of receiving an invitation.”

Another person wrote: “The met gala stopped being relevant when wintour started inviting influencers. Now it’s just a joke. In regard to this year’s theme, can anyone say ‘pandering?'”

A third person added: “Put a fork in the Met Gala. It’s done.”

Lil Baby Buys His New Girlfriend 10 Chanel Bags for Her Birthday

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Lil Baby is whipped. The rapper went viral this week after he bought 10 Chanel bags in every color for his new girlfriend, Kiya K. He also dropped $100,000 on Goyard and Louis Vuitton bags for his new girl.

Rumors about their relationship began to circulate after Kiya flaunted her Chanel, LV and Goyard bags in a video on Instagram.

Kiya is a registered nurse who sidelines as a cosmetics entrepreneur. She often posts photos of herself wearing impossibly tight surgical scrubs.

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Kiya’s ex-boyfriend took to social media to taunt Lil Baby for dating his leftovers. The man wrote: “I don’t understand how these famous people be f***ing wit the same b*tches as me [laughing emojis]. I dubbed her cause she a h*e. Got TF outta there. But Lil Baby always been weird. He not use to having badd b*tches B4 the money.”

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The exact details of how and where Lil Baby met Kiya K met have not been revealed. Some social media users speculated that they met at her workplace in the ER after he accidentally overdosed on drugs.

Lil Baby was previous linked to Jayda Cheaves, an influencer and designer who is a self-made millionaire.

Beyonce Celebrates ‘Mom of the Year’ Tina Knowles at Glamour Awards in NYC

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Beyonce dazzled in a gold and canary yellow outfit at the Glamour 2024 Women of the Year Awards in New York City on Tuesday night.

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The pop star wore a yellow top, gold pants and gold platform shoes with a luxurious fur collar coat draped over her shoulders.

She carried a brown clutch purse and wore yellow mesh gloves and cat eye sunglasses.

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Beyonce’s platinum blonde custom wig was worn in Marilyn Monroe-inspired curls that lightly brushed her shoulders.

Along with Tina and half-sister, Kelly Rowland, Beyonce was also joined by her cousin, Angela Beyincé.

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After Tina posed with her award on the red carpet, Beyonce, Tina and Kelly left the event and headed to a local hotspot for dinner. BACKGRID.com photogs were outside waiting when they showed up in style.

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They were dropped off outside a private dinner party in a black chauffeured SUV.

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Beyonce linked arms with her glamorous mother — who is one of Glamour’s 2024 honorees — as they carefully stepped up onto the curb in their heels.

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Glamour celebrated the 2024 Women of the Year honorees – the world’s most extraordinary women – trailblazers, rule breakers, visionaries, champions, and moms who have defined the year. The event was held on Tuesday, October 8th at The Times Square EDITION in New York City.

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Glamour’s Women of the Year Honorees include actress and model Pamela Anderson, Olympic gold medal gymnast Suni Lee; actor Taraji P. Henson; abortion activists Hadley Duvall and Kaitlyn Joshua; and “The Moms” an iconic group of women who have raised some of the most famous people in the world – Tina Knowles (mother of Beyoncé and Solange Knowles); Maggie Baird (mother of Billie Eilish and Finneas) and Donna Kelce (mother of Jason and Travis Kelce). Allyson Felix, the most decorated track and field athlete in U.S. history, received of the Face of Change Award, presented by #SmartTox.

Garth Brooks’ fans defend him amid rape allegations: ‘Having a consensual affair is not the same as sexual assault’

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Garth Brooks’s fans defended the country music superstar after a former makeup artist filed a sexual assault lawsuit against him on Thursday.

The makeup artist worked for Brooks’s wife, country music singer Trisha Yearwood, 60.

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Brooks is pictured with Trisha Yearwood in a photo dated May 11, 2023. She is reportedly standing by her husband amid the accusations.

The makeup artist filed the lawsuit anonymously as “Jane Roe.” She submitted screenshots of redacted text messages as part of the lawsuit.

One text message read: “And that huge stick you carry! Roo-sevelt!!”

“I’ll take that nick-name. Thank you. I love you,” Brooks replied, along with laughing and heart emojis.

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According to the court documents, Brooks allegedly “used more than one cell phone, and sometimes would use different ‘names’ and email addresses to communicate with Ms. Roe. He would tell Ms. Roe ahead of time that it would be him sending her communications, under a different name.”

“[Garth] sent [Jane] sexually explicit text messages and pressured her to engage in sexting with him,” the lawsuit read.

The complaint claimed Brooks deleted most of the text messages from Jane Roe’s cell phone.

The woman’s attorneys at Wigdor LLP issued a statement to DailyMail.com, complaining that he named her in court documents “out of spite.”

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“Garth Brooks just revealed his true self. Out of spite and to punish, he publicly named a rape victim. With no legal justification, Brooks outed her because he thinks the laws don’t apply to him.”

“On behalf of our client, we will be moving for maximum sanctions against him immediately,” the statement read.

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Brooks is pictured performing at a benefit concert with his wife, Trisha Yearwood in 2021.

Brooks’s fans said the text messages sounded like a friendly and consensual exchange between two adults.

One person wrote in the comment section on DailyMail.com: “The texts sound friendly and consensual. She accused him publicly, using his name, he had the right to do the same. If she’s serious about her claims she should be filing criminal charges and not a lawsuit.”

Another person wrote: “Having an extramarital yet fully consensual affair is not the same thing as sexual assault. Unless there are explicit and clear pieces of evidence not being made public at this time, this seems by all available appearances to just be a regular, garden-variety cheating situation at worst. Not great for the partner being cheated on, but also not sinister. I myself am a victim of sexual assault and I fully support fellow victims as they come forward with their stories – but it is entirely too easy to completely ruin an innocent person’s reputation today. I’m not a huge fan of Mr. Brooks but I’m not going to believe he is guilty of wrongdoing just because a random woman comes forward with some texts where BOTH parties are talking dirty equally.”

A third person added: “Very well stated. I fully agree and hope the justice system does too.”

Elvis’ daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, kept her son’s body on ice at home for 2 months

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The late Lisa Marie Presley kept her son Benjamin Keough’s body on ice in her home for 2 months after he died.

Her daughter Riley Keough, 35, spoke with Oprah Winfrey on Tuesday for a TV special titled “An Oprah Special: The Presleys – Elvis, Lisa Marie And Riley.”

Riley promoted the posthumous release of Lisa Marie’s book, From Here to the Great Unknown, which Riley finished writing after her mother died in January 2023 at age 54.

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In the book, Lisa Marie opened up about her decision to keep her late son Benjamin’s body on ice in a guest room at her Los Angeles mansion for two months. She used dry ice to preserve his body following his suicide at age 27 in July 2020.
 
READ ALSO: RIP: Lisa Marie Presley Dead at Age 54
 
Lisa Marie also got a matching tattoo of her late son amid her grieving process.

“On paper, I can see how this sounds completely insane and absurd but my mom was just very much herself, Riley told Oprah. “She wasn’t a crazy lady – she was just herself.”

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Riley (pictured) and Benjamin were Lisa Marie’s children by her first husband, Chicago musician Danny Keough.

20 days after her divorce from Keough, Lisa Marie married pop singer Michael Jackson in 1994. Lisa Marie said she married Michael because she wanted to help him amid child molestation accusations.

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“I believed he didn’t do anything wrong, and that he was wrongly accused and, yes, I started falling for him. I wanted to save him. I felt that I could do it,” she said at the time.

In her book, Lisa Marie said Michael was a virgin at age 35 when they married.

In 1996 Lisa Marie filed for divorce from Michael, citing irreconcilable differences.

Lisa Marie’s third marriage was to actor Nicolas Cage in 2002.

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In 2006 Lisa Marie married her fourth husband, Michael Lockwood, in Kyoto, Japan.

On October 7, 2008, Lisa Marie gave birth to fraternal twin girls, Finley and Harper (pictured). Lisa Marie filed for divorce from Lockwood in 2016 after 10 years of marriage. They battled in court over spousal support and child custody.

Lockwood was granted custody of the now 16-year-old twins after Lisa Marie died.

‘Beloved’ Ohio Reporter Winnie-Marie Dortch Shot by Admirer Who Then Fatally Shot Himself

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Winnie-Marie Dortch, a reporter for Cleveland’s WOIO Channel 19 News, is recovering from surgery after a man shot her before turning a gun on himself.

Police said the shooting is an apparent domestic incident.

On Monday, around 7:54 a.m., Lakewood police received 911 calls that two people were arguing outside a preschool in the Cleveland suburb of Lakewood, Ohio.

Before officers arrived on the scene, the 911 callers told Lakewood dispatchers they heard gunshots go off.

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Police found Dortch with at least one “serious” gunshot wound, and a man who was dead at the scene. The man was later identified as 34-year-old Bryant Carter.

Lakewood Police Captain Gary Stone told local NBC affiliate station WKYC Studios as well as ABC affiliate News 5 Cleveland that they believe Carter killed himself after shooting Dortch.
 
READ ALSO: Rapper Webbie’s DJ blasts him on Facebook before committing murder-suicide
 
Friends on Facebook/META said Carter frequently watched Dortch on the news before they met and began dating.

WKYC reported that a priest from nearby St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic Church confirmed that they were both members of the Clifton Early Learning Center community. He said the school closed for the day following the shooting.

Dortch’s 4-year-old daughter attended the Clifton Early Learning Center in Lakewood.

Dortch and her daughter were moving to Chicago, where she had accepted her “dream job.”

“It’s a tragedy,” Father Kevin Elbert told the outlet of the shooting. “This is so close to home. This is a tragic event. Any loss of life is a tragic event, especially in a place that’s holy ground.”

Piers Morgan Apologizes to Beyonce & Jay Z for Having Jaguar Wright On His Show

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Piers Morgan, host of “Piers Morgan: Uncensored,” apologized to Beyonce and Jay Z for giving a platform to troubled R&B singer Jaguar Wright.

Wright has made a name for herself by spreading malicious gossip about celebrities over the years.

Many were surprised when Morgan invited Wright on his show to discuss the Sean Combs case.

Real journalists and honest bloggers don’t take Wright’s rants seriously.

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Jaguar took the opportunity to describe Jay-Z and Beyonce as a “nasty little couple” who allegedly drugged people and held them against their will.

After the segment, Attorney Ariel Mitchell-Kidd advised Wright to seek legal counsel, because she could be sued for slander.

A week later, Morgan said Wright unexpectedly made salacious allegations about Jay Z and Beyonce that simply were not true.

Morgan issued a public apology to Beyonce and Jay Z, saying:

“Jaguar Wright unexpectedly made several serious allegations about Jay-Z and Beyoncé during that interview. As I said, in the moment, they were not present to respond or defend themselves. But now they have. Their lawyers contacted us to say those claims were ‘totally false and have no basis in fact.'”

Morgan added that he would comply with the lawyers’s request to cut Wright’s inflammatory comments from the original interview.

“Editing interviews is not something we do lightly on a show called ‘Uncensored,'” he said. “But… there are legal limits on us too, and we apologize to Jay Z and Beyonce.”