Brian Warner, better known as goth rocker Marilyn Manson, has filed a defamation suit against actor Evan Rachel Wood, claiming that his former fiancee made up allegations that he sexually assaulted her and other women to further her career. Warner’s lawsuit accuses Wood and Ashley Gore, aka Illma Gore, who Warner says have been “romantic …
A New Hampshire woman has been sued for allegedly violating the state’s Civil Rights Act earlier this year after she threatened a 9-year-old boy, the New Hampshire Department of Justice’s District Attorney’s Office reports. The alleged incident happened back in May at a playground in a Dover neighborhood, as a Black child played with another …
A former “Saturday Night Live” cast member has been accused of grooming and sexually assaulting a teenage girl during his time on the nearly 50-year-old sketch comedy show. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in New York City Supreme Court, says that Horatio Sanz “began his process of grooming” the girl, who ran a website about SNL, …
A California woman who said she was raped and impregnated at age 13 has filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services. According to a complaint filed at the Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, a victim identified as F.M. is suing the agency after she became pregnant by …
A Texas woman filed a $1 billion class-action lawsuit on Monday, alleging an electric company billed her $9,300 during last week’s winter storm that left millions without power or water. Chambers County resident Lisa Khoury has accused electric retailer Griddy of price gouging. Her lawyers told KXAS that they want officials to intervene, as state …
The family of an 11-year-old boy who died Tuesday amid the bitter winter storm that pummeled Texas is suing state energy officials over the death, KTRK reports. Houston attorney Tony Buzbee told the station he is filing a lawsuit asking for $100 million plus court costs for the untimely death of Cristian Pavon. “And other …
A Connecticut theater has filed suit against megachurch Hillsong for more than $100,000, claiming the Australia-based church failed to pay a balance due after cancelling a contract to rent the facility for services and made matters worse by removing equipment owned by the theater and refusing to return it. Hillsong Connecticut reportedly contracted with The …
A Ugandan activist’s widow filed a $270 million wrongful death lawsuit against the National Park Service last month, claiming they were responsible for his wife’s decapitation at a Utah park. As NBC News reports, Ludovic Michaud, 26, and Esther Nakajjigo, 25, were reportedly exiting a parking lot at Arches National Park on June 13 when …
A 3-week-old infant was knowingly placed into a foster home with a sexually aggressive teenage boy who raped her, according to a lawsuit filed last week in Marion County, Florida. The lawsuit charges that Kids Central, which manages child welfare in the Ocala region, and The Centers, which provides case management services, knew that the …
A lawsuit filed Monday accused YouTube of subjecting moderators to traumatic, graphic videos, and failing to provide them with mental health services. In the 29-page lawsuit obtained by CNBC, the plaintiff, only identified as Jane Doe, said she was a former moderator who developed PTSD and depression while working at YouTube. Doe, who worked for …
The mother of a Texas girl whose case went viral after several online videos sparked a campaign against child abuse, is speaking out for the first time. Kelly Long, the mother of a young girl seen screaming in an online video during a custody exchange with the child’s father, said she has not spoken out …
A California man filed a lawsuit in federal court last week, claiming he suffered serious burns in 2018 when hot tea from Starbucks spilled on him in a drive-thru. Tommy Piluyev, then 22, and his wife reportedly ordered two grande-sized Honey Citrus Mint Teas at a Starbucks in Roseville. The lawsuit claims that when a …
