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Minnesota Judge Finds There’s Probable Cause to Charge Former Officer Kim Porter With 2nd Degree Murder in Shooting of Daunte Wright
As the trial of Derek Chauvin was winding down, the cycle of grief and outrage began once more after Daunte Wright was shot and killed in Brooklyn Center by former Minnesota police officer Kim Porter last month. A judge ruled on Monday that Porter will stand trial after finding there was probable cause to charge…
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Rapper Diddy Gets Real on IG, Says He Went Through 'Dark Depression' in 2019
While Sean “Diddy” Combs the influencer posted pics of himself to Instagram celebrating the New Year by holding a glass of Ciroc, the “Imma keep it real” Sean posted a video discussing his battle with depression and implored his fans to “lift each other up” in 2020. On New Year’s Day, the fifty-year-old rapper posted…
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For Essence's Mother's Day Issue, Diddy and Family Pay Tribute to Kim Porter
“Puffy, take care of my babies.” Sean “Diddy” Combs tells Essence that longtime love Kim Porter said those words three days before her sudden death from pneumonia last November, after sending her children to Combs while she recovered from what all believed was the flu. In 2006, the then-couple romantically posed for Essence’s cover; now,…
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Diddy Remembers Kim Porter with Beautiful Birthday Tribute: 'We Love You and We Miss You'
On what would’ve been the 48th birthday of model and actress Kim Porter, Diddy took to social media this morning to wish a happy birthday to the woman he remembers as “more than a soulmate”. “HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIM!!!” he wrote on Instagram, “We miss you sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooSoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo MUCH.” Hours later, he dropped another tribute honoring the…
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Diddy, Faith Evans, and More Lay Model and Actress Kim Porter to Rest in Her Hometown
Former model, actress and mother Kim Porter was laid to rest in her hometown of Columbus, Ga., on Saturday morning. The memorial service, which was held at Cascade Hills Church, had an estimated 1,200 to 1,500 attendees, according to TMZ. Among the mourners in attendance were Mary J. Blige, Kandi Burruss, Lil Kim, Tichina Arnold,…
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Diddy Pens Moving Message to Kim Porter: ‘We Were More Than Best Friends…More Than Soul Mates’
The outpouring of love for late model and actress Kim Porter continued over the weekend, with the people who were closest to her—her family—breaking their silence over her devastating and sudden death. Among them was Diddy, her boyfriend of 13 years with whom she had three children. On Sunday night, Diddy posted a series of…
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Like Many Black Women, Kim Porter Was Under a Doctor's Care and Still Died. That's Terrifying
To prepare for the expected birth of our second child next month, my wife and I are enrolled in one of those new age birthing classes where the bulk of each two-hour-long session is devoted to language and connotation. (“Don’t say birthing canal. Say birthing stream, because streams are calming.”) I am bored out of…
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50 Cent, Viola Davis and More Send Outpouring of Love to the Late Kim Porter and Her Family
Actress, model and producer Kim Porter was found dead on Thursday after what appeared to be a prolonged battle with pneumonia. While Porter was famously associated with ex-partner Diddy, with whom she had three children and closely co-parented, her death has spurred an outpouring of love and condolences from friends in mourning and a celebration…
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Model and Actress Kim Porter Reported Dead at 47
TMZ is reporting that Kim Porter, a model, actress, and former longtime girlfriend of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs, was found dead on Thursday. She was just 47 years old. A representative for Diddy, with whom Porter shared three children in addition to an eldest son with singer Al B. Sure!, confirmed Porter’s death to…