Megan Thee Stallion walks into the federal courthouse in Miami this morning for day four of trial in her defamation lawsuit against online commentator Milagro Gramz. I am finishing an article on Wednesday’s busy day of testimony,

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Good morning from Miami, where it’s day three of trial in Megan Thee Stallion’s defamation lawsuit against online commentator Milagro Gramz.

Jurors right now are seeing excerpts from the deposition of Livingston Allen aka DJ Akademiks. One thing I should've mentioned in the article on yesterday is that Megan’s lawyer John O’Sullivan had Milagro read aloud the jury verdict form convicting Tory Lanez of all three counts.

I definitely thought of the Internet when that happened. legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/sued-streame…

Megan Thee Stallion walks into the Miami federal courthouse for the second day of trial in her defamation lawsuit against an online commentator.

Defendant Milagro Cooper continues testifying this morning.

I’m here at the courthouse. Court is on a quick break. Milagro is still testifying in direct-exam from Megan's lawyer John O'Sullivan. He's played a clip of her saying if Tory lied to her and asked her about any conversations she's had with Tory about the shooting, but Milagro denies Tory told her details.

Here’s the transcript of Judge Subramanian asking Sean “Diddy” Combs about testifying.

“Mr. Combs, how are you feeling today?”

“I’m doing great. How are you, your honor?”

“Good.”

“I want to tell you, you’re doing an excellent job.” “In the last 48 hours, have you taken any drugs, medicine, pills or had any alcohol?”

“No, I have not.”

A new lawsuit says the woman who accused Jay-Z of rape "voluntarily admitted" that her claim was false and influenced by plaintiff's attorney Tony Buzbee. Lawsuit filed today in federal court in Alabama brings a defamation claim against the woman, identified only as Jane Doe, and malicious prosecution, conspiracy and abuse of process claims against her, Buzbee ad Buzbee's co-counsel David Fortney. documentcloud.org/documents/2554…

A$AP Rocky is in downtown Los Angeles today for jury selection in his criminal assault trial.

He rejected an offer from prosecutors to plead guilty to one assault charge and serve 180 days in county jail with three years probation and a seven-year suspended prison sentence. There’s no female victim for the Internet to harass, so Rocky’s case hasn’t gotten all that much attention pre-trial.

But a preliminary hearing in November 2023 laid out the evidence, including videos of the alleged assaults.

More in my trial preview: legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/judge-asks-a…

Here’s the new lawsuit against Diddy that also names Jay Z as a defendant. It accuses them of raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000.

It was filed by attorney Tony Buzbee, whom Jay Z has accused of extortion.

PDF: documentcloud.org/documents/2544… First-person statement apparently from Jay Z posted by @RocNation.

“Whomever would commit such a crime against a minor should be locked away, would you not agree?”

“It made me want to expose you for the fraud you are in a VERY public fashion.”

Just in: Megan Thee Stallion has sued blogger Milagro Gramz, alleging she is purposely spreading false information online on behalf of Tory Lanez.

The federal lawsuit has four causes of action, including that Milagro promoted an "altered sexual depiction" of Megan. Here's Megan Thee Stallion's full complaint, filed today in the Southern District of Florida by her lawyers at @quinnemanuel.

It describes Milagro as "a well-known online social media grifter who traffics in false and sensationalist narratives." documentcloud.org/documents/2525…

Report from the NYC courtroom where Sean “Diddy” Combs is appearing.

https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1836112075396886817

“Live vs Everyone”

https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1836105497100828971

Here’s the 14-page indictment against Sean “Diddy” Combs.

Three counts: racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and transportation to engage in prostitution: drive.google.com/file/d/1iSrpU9…






You can tell by the "ALC" in the case number that Diddy's case has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Andrew L. Carter Jr., a 2011 Barack Obama appointee.
.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_L.…

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…

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.

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..."

documentcloud.org/documents/2452…

24 hours later, still nothing from Diddy's camp about the federal raids at his properties yesterday by Homeland Security agents.

I discussed what it took for the feds to get those search warrants last night on LiveNOW. Maybe they're talking to TMZ, but they haven't sent me anything.

https://x.com/agrandecried/status/1772737761084142005?s=20

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.

My latest:
legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/judge-wants-… 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-…

Just in: The 2nd Circuit has affirmed Michael Avenatti’s convictions for defrauding @StormyDaniels. Nine-page order issued this morning. I’m on the go and can’t immediately post a link to the order but will do ASAP.

Good morning from Los Angeles, where I’m here for what should be an extraordinary hearing for Alexander Smirnov, an FBI informant accused of lying about the Bidens.

It follows an extraordinary order from Judge Otis Wright that said his lawyers likely are trying to help him flee. Here's Judge Wright's order.

A lot of documents are available for free in the Courtlistener file: courtlistener.com/docket/6825562…

A year before Judge Cormac Carney dismissed charges against white supremacist Robert Rundo, he refused to accept a guilty plea from Rundo’s co-defendant.

The judge asked about defending against Antifa then said he appears to be innocent.

Full article: legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/robert-rundo…
“The judge dismissed Rundo's charges on Wednesday. Last year, he declined a plea offer from a co-defendant and suggested possible bail after learning of his meth habit.” legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/robert-rundo…

Just in: White supremacist Robert Rundo will be released from jail after a federal judge dismissed all criminal charges over violence at pro-Trump rallies.

Judge Cormac Carney believes Rundo was selectively prosecuted instead of "members of Antifa and related far-left groups." I was in the courtroom this morning when Judge Carney announced his decision.

He rejected prosecutors' request to keep Rundo in jail pending appeal to the 9th Circuit (which currently is considering booting Carney from another case entirely).

Order: documentcloud.org/documents/2443…

Regarding what exactly Jonathan Majors was convicted of, there's some misinformation out there, including from me.

Both assault charges related to what happened inside the car, and the harassment charges related to what happened outside. He was acquitted on anything having to do with intent. This means Majors WAS convicted related to Jabbari's finger injury. Jury ruled it was reckless but not intentional, but the assault is for the finger injury.

The same lawyers who represented Cassie in her quickly settled lawsuit against Diddy have sued him again, this time on behalf of a woman who's staying anonymous.

This complaint has a "trigger warning" on the front page, too, just like Cassie's did. Here's the full complaint:

"This is now the fifth lawsuit filed against Mr. Combs in the last three weeks. Incredibly, the allegations brought by Ms. Doe are in many ways even more egregious than those brought by his prior victims." documentcloud.org/documents/2419…