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Sean 'Diddy' Combs accused of rape, years of abuse in lawsuit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:33:45 GMT

(KTLA) — R&B singer Cassie has filed a lawsuit against her ex-partner Sean "Diddy" Combs in New York federal court on Thursday. According to the New York Times, Cassie's lawsuit accuses the Bad Boy Records founder of subjecting her to years of rape and abuse. “After years in silence and darkness, I am finally ready to tell my story, and to speak up on behalf of myself and for the benefit of other women who face violence and abuse in their relationships,” Ventura said in a statement obtained by CNN. “With the expiration of New York’s Adult Survivors Act fast approaching, it became clear that this was an opportunity to speak up about the trauma I have experienced and that I will be recovering from for the rest of my life.” Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! Cassie, whose real name is Cassandra Ventura, said she met Combs in 2005 when she was just 19 years old. Since that meeting, she said Combs was controlling and abusive.Combs ...

Santos won't run for reelection in 2024

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:33:45 GMT

Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) announced Thursday he will no longer run for reelection in 2024, dropping out of the race shortly after the House Ethics Committee released a scathing report detailing “substantial evidence” that the embattled Congressman “violated federal crimes.”Santos, however, said he will continue to serve his district “up until I am allowed,” indicating that he does not plan to resign.“I will continue on my mission to serve my constituents up until I am allowed. I will however NOT be seeking re-election for a second term in 2024 as my family deserves better than to be under the gun from the press all the time,” Santos wrote on X, formerly called Twitter.The announcement is a reversal for Santos, who told CNN in an interview earlier this month that he would run for his seat next year even if the House voted to expel him.The report from the Ethics Committee, which followed a months-long investigation, said the New York Republican “cannot be trusted,” adding “At n...

House Ethics Committee releases scathing report on George Santos

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:33:45 GMT

The House Ethics Committee in a report released Thursday said there is clear evidence that Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) committed serious crimes, though it stopped short of recommending formal sanctions, as some had hoped it would do.The panel referred its findings of “potential violations of federal criminal law” to the Department of Justice, and its report will raise questions about whether the House will expel Santos, who has been a subject of controversy since before he formally became a member of Congress — and has publicly admitted to fabricating aspects of his backstory and resume.“[T]he evidence uncovered by the Investigative Subcommittee (ISC) revealed that Representative George Santos cannot be trusted,” the report reads. “At nearly every opportunity, he placed his desire for private gain above his duty to uphold the Constitution, federal law, and ethical principles.”The report found that Santos “blatantly stole from his campaign” and “deceived donors into providing what th...

Business back to usual in Wentzville as GM seals deal with autoworkers

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:33:45 GMT

WENTZVILLE, Mo. - It is back to business for General Motors workers in Wentzville. Despite the United Auto Workers union voting down a contract locally, it was approved nationally, superseding the Wentzville vote.The return isn't just affecting factory workers. Some businesses close to the plant say it's already helping their bottom line. St. Louis police warn of surge in carjackings and break-ins The West Allen Grill, located at the corner of West Allen Street and North Linn Avenue, has lived through a strike in Wentzville before."We've been through it before, and we survived it," said Tonya Cross, manager at West Allen Grill. "No one wears the name tag, so I don't know exactly who works for GM." Wentzville was among multiple big assembly plants that rejected the new UAW contract offer with General Motors. By the end of the day on Thursday, voting nationwide and in Texas will ensure that the new contract is ratified. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch fo...

Broncos safety Kareem Jackson returns from two-game suspension still searching for clarity on rules regarding hits

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:33:45 GMT

Broncos safety Kareem Jackson still wants clarification about what is or isn’t considered a proper hit following his return from a two-game suspension for a series of unnecessary roughness penalties.“I’m unsure as to how to play the game going forward,” Jackson said after his first practice on Thursday. “I’m still going to be in those situations two to three times a week.”Jackson has been fined on four separate occasions this season for illegal hits, totaling $89,670. The 35-year-old’s high hit on Green Bay Packers rookie tight end Luke Musgrave in Week 7 sparked the NFL to step in and bring down the hammer.Jackson believes his previous hits were normal football plays. He said his instincts will continue to put him in those situations, but he will try to lower his target as much as possible.At the time of Jackson’s suspension, NFL vice president of football operations Jon Runyan said Jackson violated Rule 12, Section 2, Article 9 (b)(1), which states that “it is a foul i...

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of years of rape and abuse by singer Cassie in lawsuit

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:33:45 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Sean “Diddy” Combs, was accused in a lawsuit Thursday of subjecting R&B singer Cassie to a yearslong relationship that included beatings and rape.Cassie, whose legal name is Casandra Ventura, alleged in the suit filed against the producer and music mogul in New York federal court that Combs brought her into his “ostentatious, fast-paced, and drug-fueled lifestyle” not long after she met him and signed to his label when she was 19 and he was 37 in 2005. Attorney Ben Brafman said Combs “vehemently denies” the allegations. Ventura, now 37 herself, said Combs, now 54, began the pattern of abuse began as soon as their relationship did.The suit alleges that, “prone to uncontrollable rage,” he subjected her to “savage” beatings in which he punched, kicked and stomped her. It alleges he plied her with drugs, and forced her to have sex with other men while he masturbated and filmed them. The suit says that...

Comedian Dana Carvey’s son, Dex, dead at 32

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:33:45 GMT

Actor and comedian Dana Carvey’s eldest son, Dex Carvey, has died from an accidental drug overdose, his family announced Thursday. He was 32.On Wednesday night, Dex’s girlfriend reportedly called the police from their L.A. home where Dex was found unresponsive in the bathroom, according to TMZ.Paramedics reportedly tried reviving him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.“Last night we suffered a terrible tragedy,” read a statement from Dex’s parents, Dana and Paula Carvey. "Our beloved son, Dex, died of an accidental drug overdose. Dex packed a lot into those 32 years. He was extremely talented at so many things — music, art, filmmaking, comedy — and pursued all of them passionately.”Dex Carvey, 32, in family photos shared by his father, Dana Carvey. Dana Carvey, left, and Paula Zwagerman arrives at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE 40TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL -- Pictured: (l-r) Mike Me...

DA files charges of manslaughter, battery against Moorpark man in Jewish demonstrator's death

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:33:45 GMT

A 50-year-old Moorpark man who was arrested in connection with the death of Paul Kessler, a 69-year-old Jewish man, after an alleged altercation in Thousand Oaks has been charged with two felony counts, according to authorities with the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office.  Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, 50, of Moorpark, was arrested Thursday and has since been charged with involuntary manslaughter and battery causing serious bodily injury, according to a news release from the Ventura County DA’s Office.  “Both charges have special allegations that Alnaji personally inflicted great bodily injury,” the release stated. He is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Ventura County Main Jail and is due to appear in Ventura County Superior Court on Monday. Authorities say Kessler, died from a severe head injury after an altercation with Alnaji during dueling protests at the intersection of Westlake and Thousand Oaks boulevards on Nov 5. After the in...

Paul Pelosi attacker found guilty of federal kidnapping, assault charges

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:33:45 GMT

The man who broke into former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) San Francisco home and violently attacked her husband, Paul Pelosi, was found guilty on federal assault and attempted kidnapping charges on Thursday.The jury found David DePape, 43, guilty on both counts, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California, which is prosecuting the case.Prosecutors had indicted DePape on charges of attempted kidnapping of a federal officer or employee and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official after he entered the former Speaker’s home in the early morning of Oct. 28, 2022 and attacked Paul Pelosi with a hammer.The jury began deliberating on Wednesday and returned the verdict on Thursday morning local time.DePape faces up to life in prison, court filings indicate. He also still faces trial on state charges including attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, elder abuse and residential burglary.Both Paul Pelosi an...

College professor arrested in Jewish demonstrator’s death

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 11:33:45 GMT

The Ventura County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest in the death of a Jewish man who died after an alleged altercation with a pro-Palestinian demonstrator in Thousand Oaks.Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, 50, of Moorpark, was arrested Thursday morning on a charge of involuntary manslaughter, the VCSO said in a news release. He is being held in lieu of $1 million bail at the Ventura County Main Jail and is due to appear in Ventura County Superior Court on Monday.Authorities say Paul Kessler, 69, died from a severe head injury after an altercation with Alnaji during dueling protests at the intersection of Westlake and Thousand Oaks boulevards on Nov 5. California authorities seek video, urge patience in investigation into death of Jewish demonstrator After the incident, the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles said Kessler was “struck in the head by a megaphone wielded by a pro-Palestinian protestor," though investigators said there were conflicting reports as to what happened.Video sho...