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Meghann Cuniff

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Legal affairs journalist in Southern California. Follow my work by subscribing to Legal Affairs and Trials. www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/subsc…

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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Inside the acquittal in rapper Durk Banks’ murder-for-hire trial in Los Angeles www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/inside-the...
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Inside the acquittal in rapper Durk Banks’ murder-for-hire trial in Los Angeles
The 34-year-old Grammy winner remains in federal custody on a racketeering charge after a jury acquitted him on all five charges on Friday after a two-week trial.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
A federal jury in Santa Ana, California, has rejected punitive damages against toymaker MGA in the trade dress claims from the OMG Girlz in the lawsuit with TI and Tiny. www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/jury-rejec...
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Jury rejects punitive damages against MGA in T.I. and Tiny Harris' OMG Girlz / OMG dolls lawsuit
A previous jury's verdict for $17.8 million in actual damages still stands. Plaintiff's lawyers had asked the new jury for $90 million to $125 million in punitive damages.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Punitive damages trial begins in T.I. and Tiny Harris' lawsuit against MGA over OMG Girlz www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/punitive-d...
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Punitive damages trial begins in T.I. and Tiny Harris' lawsuit against MGA over OMG Girlz
Also, four men in Florida were sentenced to life in prison on Monday for murdering a gang member and rapper known for his music videos mocking the deaths of rivals.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Jury's punitive verdict brings damages in boys' wrongful death lawsuit to nearly $200 million www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/jurys-puni...
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Jury's punitive verdict brings damages in boys' wrongful death lawsuit to nearly $200 million
A jury in Los Angeles awarded $22.17 million in punitive damages on top of $176 million in compensatory for the deaths of two boys killed by a speeding SUV driver in 2020.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
A federal judge in Florida today reinstated a jury's defamation verdict against Milagro Cooper, for defaming Megan Thee Stallion. "The evidence shows Defendant was commissioned by the Peterson family to make the three defamatory statements."
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Ex-MLB shortstop Royce Clayton testifies in wrongful death trial over SUV crash that killed boys in crosswalk www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/ex-mlb-sho...
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Ex-MLB shortstop testifies in wrongful death trial over SUV crash that killed boys in crosswalk
Closing arguments also begin Monday in another wrongful death trial over a Los Angeles police shooting in a clothing store that killed a teenage girl. I have video coverage of both.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Two Los Angeles police officers testified this week in a civil trial over a shooting inside a clothing store in 2021 that killed a 14-year-old girl. My latest has details on the testimony, with video from inside the courtroom. www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/los-angele...
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Los Angeles police officers testify in civil trial over store shooting that killed teenage girl
The plaintiffs are the parents of a 14-year-old girl who died when an officer fired an AR-15 at an assault suspect three times in a Burlington Coat Factory in North Hollywood in 2021.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
My latest article details the trial of a Hawaii man accused of trying to murder his wife on an O'ahu hiking trail. "Hawaii jury convicts man of attempted manslaughter on 'emotional disturbance' finding" www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/hawaii-jur...
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Hawaii jury convicts man of attempted manslaughter on 'emotional disturbance' finding
Prosecutors presented evidence of premeditation by a Maui anesthesiologist but charged him with second-degree attempted murder, which required jurors to consider emotional disturbance.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I’m very proud that this amazing Wall Street Journal profile of federal prosecutor Rob Keenan includes my photos of Rob outside the Los Angeles federal courthouse last year. www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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This Prosecutor Was Floundering. Now He’s a Go-To Guy at Trump’s DOJ.
After Pam Bondi’s ouster, the administration will likely lean even more heavily on lawyers such as Robert Keenan.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
This prosecutor in Honolulu has an obvious edge on prosecutors in boring mainland states who also try to discredit defense experts by implying they are greedy opportunists merely seeking paid vacations.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Two jurors spoke to reporters in the courthouse hallway about their $6 million verdict against Meta and YouTube in the social media addiction trial. ($3M compensatory | $3M punitive, 70% Meta | 30% YouTube) One said of Mark Zuckerberg's testimony: “he changed it, and that didn't sit well with us.”
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
It's day 9 of deliberations in the social media addiction trial against Meta and YouTube, and a crucial event looms: A juror has prepaid vacation beginning tomorrow. Plaintiff's attorney Mark Lanier told reporters the judge hasn't said what they'll do if there's no verdict.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Is it going to become standard in trials for attorneys to ask witnesses wearing glasses about artificial intelligence recordings? It happened this morning in Massachusetts during cross-exam of a police officer who shot an off-duty colleague who is now on trial for assault.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Jury sides with Afroman in police defamation lawsuit: Inside the trial that gripped America www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/jury-sides...
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Jury sides with Afroman in police defamation lawsuit: Inside the trial that gripped America
A flash-in-the-pan trial in a rural Ohio county pitted the "Because I Got High" rapper against seven sheriff's officials who sued him for defamation after they raided his home.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
In what may be the most unsurprising "news" ever reported, the California Supreme Court has rejected Tory Lanez's request that they review his convictions and 10-year sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The attorney behind many social media addiction lawsuits got kicked off the steering committee for violating courthouse electronics policies, including w/ a courtroom selfie. Matthew Bergman said he was too emotional because of Zuckerberg's testimony. www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/inside-the...
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Inside the courtroom for Mark Zuckerberg's testimony, and a plaintiff lawyer's epic mea culpa
A lawyer behind many of the social media lawsuits said he was so emotional over the Meta founder's testimony that he violated the courthouse's ban on electronics.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Could a tech loyalist identify social media addiction trial jurors by wearing artificial intelligence facial recognition glasses in court? That appeared to be Judge Kuhl’s concern when she addressed the gallery before jurors returned from recess in Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Mark Zuckerberg arrived at the Spring Street courthouse in downtown Los Angeles a few minutes ago to testify in the big social media addiction trial. I’ll be in the courtroom for his testimony and will let you know how it goes.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Meta and Google begin trial in lawsuit over child addiction and mental health claims www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/meta-and-g...
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Meta and Google begin trial in lawsuit over child addiction and mental health claims
One of the most successful mass torts lawyers in the United States will question Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram Head Adam Mosseri as adverse witnesses.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Journalist Don Lemon released from federal custody in LA after first court appearance www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/journalist...
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Journalist Don Lemon released from federal custody in LA after first court appearance
I spent the afternoon inside the courthouse with dozens of other people awaiting Lemon's first appearance in his federal criminal case over a Jan. 18 protest at a church in Minnesota.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Judge disqualified from Alicia Andrews' Julio Foolio murder case after defense cites 'hostile comments', 'obvious bias'
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Judge disqualified from rapper's murder case after defense cites 'hostile comments', 'obvious bias'
An attorney for Alicia Andrews, who is awaiting sentencing for manslaughter for rapper Julio Foolio's fatal shooting, plants to cite the disqualification when asking for a new trial.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
A jury in Corpus Christi, Texas, tonight acquitted former school police officer Adrian Gonzales child endangerment for his response to a gunman who killed d 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in 2022. www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/jury-acqui...
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Jury acquits Texas school police officer of child endangerment in trial over mass school shooting
Adrian Gonzales was accused of a crime for each of the 19 children who were murdered and 10 who were injured on May 24, 2022, by a gunman who was killed by law enforcement.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Defense lawyer Nico LaHood got a little worked up in his cross-exam of a Texas ranger lieutenant today in the Uvalde school shooting trial and acknowledged it by saying "sustained" before the judge did here.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
A Texas-style non-objection: "He can lead all he wants, because I'm going to take care of it after a while."
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
A very Texas moment today in the child endangerment trial over a school police officer's response to the May 2022 mass shooting in Uvalde. An officer "takes a graze to his head ... and then they return fire, and they send that son of a bitch to hell, right?" "Yes, sir."
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
I saw Bob Weir and RatDog in concert in Spokane in 2009, and at the end a hippie on stage handed me this set list. Probably my coolest concert experience. 🙏
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Death threats to federal judge won't derail murder-for-hire case against rapper Lil Durk www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/death-thre...
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Death threats to federal judge won't derail murder-for-hire case against rapper Lil Durk
Defense attorneys argued prosecutors should've disclosed sooner the threatening voicemails received by the magistrate judge who denied Banks' requests for bail.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Megan Thee Stallion seeks permanent injunction against sued blogger after jury's liability findings www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/megan-thee...
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Megan Thee Stallion seeks permanent injunction against sued blogger after jury's liability findings
The motion cites the Dec. 1 jury verdict and Milagro Cooper's "five-year cyberstalking campaign" under a Florida law that allows for injunctions against cyberstalking.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
I liked the audible reaction in the courtroom today when the judge in the murder case against Charlie Kirk's alleged killer said he currently has 1,409 cases. That IS a lot of cases.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I spoke with Vanity Fair about covering the federal trial in rapper Megan Thee Stallion’s defamation lawsuit against online commentator Milagro Gramz. www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
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Megan Thee Stallion and a Gossip Ecosystem on Trial
The rapper’s lawsuit against Milagro Gramz highlighted a vitriolic strain of online commentary—and, as it reached a jury that found in Megan’s favor, offered a window into the frictions between legal ...
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Jury in defamation trial awards Megan Thee Stallion $75,000 in damages for three claims www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/jury-in-de...
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Jury in defamation trial awards Megan Thee Stallion $75,000 in damages for three claims
The future of the defamation liability is in doubt because jurors also said Milagro Cooper should be treated as media, but Megan's lawyers didn't notify her before they sued.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Megan Thee Stallion believes a man who testified in Tory Lanez’s criminal trial likely mistook Lanez for a woman when he recounted seeing two women fighting before a “short guy” with a gun fired shots. www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/in-cross-m...
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In cross, Megan Thee Stallion defends trial testimony and says she didn't fight with friend
Milagro Cooper's lawyer will continue questioning Megan on Monday in Miami federal court in what could be the final day of trial in defamation lawsuit.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Here’s my article on all of Wednesday’s testimony in Megan Thee Stallion’s defamation lawsuit trial against online commentator Milagro Gramz. “Jury hears Megan Thee Stallion's assailant Tory Lanez discuss sued streamer's legal defense” www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/jury-hears...
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Jury hears Megan Thee Stallion's assailant Tory Lanez discuss sued streamer's legal defense
Jurors also heard testimony Wednesday from a Roc Nation executive and from a renowned psychologist who said Megan has post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
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.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Sued streamer says she'd 'bow down and apologize' if she believed Tory Lanez shot Megan Thee Stallion www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/sued-strea...
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Sued streamer says she'd 'bow down and apologize' if she believed Tory Lanez shot Megan Thee Stallion
Defendant Milagro Cooper finished testifying late Tuesday afternoon at the federal courthouse in Miami.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Here's my article on the first day of trial in Megan Thee Stallion's defamation lawsuit against streamer Milagro Gramz. www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/streamer-b...
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Streamer being sued by Megan Thee Stallion testifies as first witness in defamation trial
Milagro Cooper will continues testifying on Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Miami. Megan also is expected to testify.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Tory Lanez and his lawyer have been held in contempt of court after Lanez refused to answer questions in a deposition in Megan Thee Stallion's defamation lawsuit against Milagro Gramz. He's to pay $20,000, and jury in Megan's trial will be told he refused to answer questions.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Attorneys, what would you do if your client was hit with this special jury instruction as a sanction. www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/trial-begi...
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Trial begins Monday in Megan Thee Stallion's federal defamation lawsuit against an online commentary. Here's a primer. www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/trial-begi...
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Trial begins Monday in Megan Thee Stallion's federal defamation lawsuit. Here's a primer.
I'm going to Florida to cover the jury trial in the rapper's federal lawsuit against an online commentator accused of working with imprisoned rapper Tory Lanez to defame her.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Going through the 46-page opinion and writing an article about it really drove home what I've always known: The only real story in Tory Lanez's appeal for shooting Megan Thee Stallion is how incredibly bad it was. Full article: www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/appellate-...
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Appellate court upholds Tory Lanez's convictions and sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion
The 46-page opinion was issued one week before trial begins in Megan's federal lawsuit against an online commentator accused of a 'campaign of harassment' on Lanez's behalf.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
"We affirm Daystar Peterson's conviction." The California Court of Appeal has affirmed Tory Lanez's felony convictions and 10-year prison sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I put together an article on the basics about the first trial in rapper Julio Foolio’s fatal shooting in Tampa, Florida, which ended late Friday in a conviction only for manslaughter.
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Jury convicts woman of manslaughter for rapper Julio Foolio's fatal shooting in Florida
Alicia Andrews is the first of five defendants to stand trial in a capital murder case prosecutors say is part of a gang war that includes rap songs celebrating death.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
The lead defense attorney in Alicia Andrews' trial over Julio Foolio's murder also is defending online commentator Milagro Cooper in Megan Thee Stallion's defamation lawsuit, and I'm looking forward to seeing how he does in federal court.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Baseball great Mike Trout testifies in civil trial over Angels pitcher's fatal drug overdose www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/baseball-g...
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Baseball great Mike Trout testifies in civil trial over Angels pitcher's fatal drug overdose
The Angels slugger fielded questions about Tyler Skaggs' and Eric Kay's drug use in front of a jury deciding a wrongful death lawsuit against the Angels over Skaggs' 2019 death.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
New business card. Follow me every place you’re not already.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
A federal judge has dismissed Drake’s defamation lawsuit against UMG over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” “Because the Court concludes that the allegedly defamatory statements in “Not Like Us” are nonactionable opinion, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
An Uber driver accused of igniting the fire that led to the deadly Palisades fire in LA has been arrested. The criminal complaint against Jonathan Rinderknecht mentions his apparent affinity for French rapper Josman's song and video "Un Zder, Un The." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Sean “Diddy” Combs’ appeal of his 50-month prison sentence could be the first test of a change in federal sentencing guidelines that prohibits the consideration of acquitted conduct. Much more in my article: www.legalaffairsandtrials.com/p/a-judge-se...
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A judge sentenced Diddy to 4 years in prison. Here's everything that went into it.
Sean 'Diddy' Combs' appeal could be the first test of a U.S. Sentencing Commission guidelines amendment that says judges can't consider acquitted conduct.
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Judge Subramanian has rejected Sean “Diddy” Combs’ motion for acquittal / new trial. Sentencing is scheduled for Friday at 10 am in Manhattan. Entire opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
New tonight: Prosecutors are recommending 135 months in prison for Sean “Diddy” Combs. That’s 11 years and 3 months. Here’s the 164-page filing: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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