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Oakland Raiders Cornerback Gareon Conley Sues Woman Who Accused Him of Rape, Causing His Draft Stock to Fall
In 2017, with the NFL draft only weeks aways, Gareon Conley was projected to be one of the top cornerbacks. Then he was accused of raping a woman and his draft stock plummeted. The investigation into the woman’s accusation was ongoing during the draft and Conley, who was expected to be a high draft pick,…
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Black Lives Matter Activist Plans to File Lawsuit After NYC Cops Allegedly Beat Him, Threw Bicycle at Him During Protest
A Black Lives Matter protester is reportedly filing a $5 million lawsuit against New York City bicycle cops who he claims beat him during a wrongful arrest back in March. According to the New York Daily News, Walter “Hawk” Newsome was crowded by five cops. Video of the incident apparently shows one officer viciously punching…
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Weezy F. Baby Gets His Cash Money—the F Is for Finally
Your favorite artist is back and he’s balling! Rapper Lil Wayne (born Wayne Carter) has been in an ongoing lawsuit against Bryan “Birdman” Williams’ record label, Cash Money Records, and on Thursday he won an eight-figure settlement. According to contracts, Wayne was supposed to receive an $8 million advance for recording his album Tha Carter…
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Tiffany Haddish’s Ex-Husband Sues Over Domestic Violence Claims in Biography
Tiffany Haddish’s ex-husband claims that her best-selling biography, The Last Black Unicorn, is full of lies about their marriage, and now he is suing her for libel, slander and defamation and asking for $1 million in damages. According to TMZ, William Stewart claims that the chapter in her book titled “The Ex-Husband” depicts him as…
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Black Porn Star Claims He Was Tricked Into Letting His White Co-Star Call Him the N-Word
A black actor has sued an adult-film director for allowing a white actress to use the n-word during a film shoot. A lot of our readers might not be aware of this, but I just learned that there are movies that show people in varying stages of undress having intimate relations with each other. Because…
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Think Like a Man, Harass a Woman? Steve Harvey Sued for Blindsiding a Sexual Assault Survivor
Updated Monday, April 16, 2018, 4:30 p.m. EDT: An attorney for Dominque Collier reached out to The Root to shed further light on his client’s lawsuit against Steve Harvey. In the letter, attorney Jehan Carter said that TMZ incorrectly framed Collier’s lawsuit strictly as a sexual harassment suit. Carter said that Collier was intentionally misled…
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Tyrone Hankerson Jr., Student Caught Up in Howard University Financial Scandal, Expected to Sue School for $10 Million
Well, well, well. If you think that Howard University student Tyrone Hankerson Jr. was (allegedly) making bank before, he’s about to cash in even more if he wins the lawsuit he intends to file against the school for leaking his financial records. According to WAMU-TV, Hankerson, whose name has been dragged through the mud and…
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This White Woman’s Discrimination Lawsuit Against the Atlanta Hawks Feels Eerily Familiar
Trigger warning: Before going any further, we feel it is our duty to forewarn our black readers that this story contains details some may find laughable and could be construed by our African-American audience as the simple reality of being a black person in corporate America. But this story is different. The acts are far…
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Tulsa County, Okla., Agrees to Pay $6 Million in Excessive-Force Lawsuit Over Death of Eric Harris
Tulsa County, Okla., officials settled a civil rights lawsuit on Friday when they agreed to pay the estate of Eric Harris $6 million; Harris was shot and killed in 2015 by a man so rich, county officials allowed him to literally play a game of cops and robbers. The case made national headlines after Tulsa…
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‘We Won’t Be Right for the Rest of Our Lives’: Korryn Gaines’ Mother Speaks Out
In the wake of a major court victory, the mother of Korryn Gaines, Rhanda Dormeus, wants people to know exactly what happened to her daughter. In a sobering interview with Baltimore Beat, the grieving mother makes clear that family members tried multiple times to intervene and to de-escalate the situation between Gaines and police. That…