Here’s a new thread-worthy one: Lawyers suing Cardi B (@iamcardib) wanted her sanctioned and ordered to trial ASAP after she partied in Paris following a trial delay related to her newborn son. But U.S. District Judge Cormac Carney here in Orange County said no.
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This is a lawsuit on behalf of the guy pictured (partially) on @iamcardib's first album. It accuses Cardi of misappropriating his likeness in “a misleading, offensive, humiliating and provocatively sexual way” Here's the complaint: bit.ly/3lBvRYM
The case was headed to trial later this month, but Judge Carney delayed it to Feb. 1 at the request of Cardi’s lawyers, who cited the fact that she’d given birth and the COVID risk with hotels and airports. Here's a dec from @iamcardib herself. bit.ly/3j1aSgn
However, Cardi isn’t sitting home bored. She’s got places to be, including Paris Fashion Week w/ hubby @OffsetYRN. The plaintiff lawyers collected coverage of their Paris fun as exhibits in their request for accountability for her “all about me” approach. bit.ly/30pLUkr
“Beginning from Defendants’ efforts for two years to transfer venue to New York while claiming, incredibly, that Ms. Almanzar had no contacts with California, Defendants’ cynicism toward the legal process and the rights of others has grown breathtaking in its audacity.”
In response, @iamcardib called the accusations “libelous.” “Plaintiff suggests that I told the Court I “could not travel or making public appearances” at all for at least the next couple of months. I never made that statement.” Here's her declaration: bit.ly/3j0oqZv
In an order yesterday, Judge Carney sided with Cardi. Is he a fan of Bodak Yellow? I don’t know, but he made it clear in his order he’s sympathetic to Cardi’s hectic schedule and mindful of her motherhood duties. bit.ly/2YLg3KG
The judge says Cardi “explains why traveling to Paris Fashion Week was different than traveling for this trial…” Here's the full order: bit.ly/2YLg3KG
As of now, the trial is set for Feb. 1, and I plan on checking it out. Stay tuned. ⚖️🧵⚖️
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New today in Hunter Biden's lawsuit against a former Trump White House aide who distributed the contents of his laptop: Judge Hernan Vera in Los Angeles has rejected Garrett Ziegler's motion to dismiss. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
"Plaintiff did not sue Defendants for creating a report or website. Defendants are being sued for “accessing, tampering with, manipulating, altering, copying and damaging” Plaintiff’s computer data." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Judge Vera also has Matt Gaetz's and Marjorie Taylor Greene's lawsuit against Anaheim over the cancellation of their rallies in 2021. A jury trial is scheduled for June 2025.
Kenneth "Woody" Copeland went to jail on Friday after trying to plead the 5th in rapper Young Thug's trial.
Today, he's back on the stand in jail garb and says he's going to testify.
Watch live:
Woody says he doesn’t know how old his kids are because he’s spent so much time in jail.
Update: Now it’s Young Thug’s lawyer Brian Steel who may be held in contempt. This after he confronted Judge Glanville about an in-chambers ex-parte meeting with Copeland this morning over his 5th plea. Steel refuses to tell the judge how he learned of the meeting.
Just in: Judge Roland wants John Eastman disbarred for his 2020 election fraud claims and the Jan. 6 attempted insurrection.
Here's the full ruling. 128 pages.
"John Charles Eastman is ordered transferred to involuntary inactive status ... His inactive enrollment will be effective three calendar days after this order is served..."
I remember going to the first day of Eastman's bar hearing in LA back in June along with other reporters including the great @TomDreisbach. Little did we know what a marathon we were in for. 9 months later, a ruling.
A woman with an “unshakable, delusional belief that she owns or works” at LA Fitness is jailed indefinitely on a civil contempt charge, and her story is a horrifying look at mental illness and the court system.
I know I’ve got a lot of followers in Atlanta area: There is an ATL connection to this story.
The woman was fired from LA Fitness in SoCal in 2011, then was hired two years later at a gym in Atlanta using a false Social Security number. legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/judge-wants-…
The cases are different, but it's worth noting that the mentally ill woman jailed for civil contempt involving LA Fitness appears in the same courthouse where Judge Carney is releasing neo-Nazis from jail and dismissing their charges. legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/9th-circuit-…