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“Never did I expect to suffer like this from eating a burger,” plaintiff Eric Stelly said in a statement. “I hope my lawsuit can shed light on how this happened, so that McDonald’s can fix the problems and prevent them from happening again.”
The five plaintiffs say that Vince McMahon and the WWE tolerated the “open, rampant abuse” of “ring boys” as young as 12, all of whom worked as assistants to ringside announcer Melvin Phillips Jr. in the 1980s and the 1990s.
Combs, who is now named as a defendant in more than a dozen civil lawsuits, is also facing criminal charges. Federal prosecutors have accused Combs of orchestrating a “criminal enterprise,” using his music and business empire to traffic and exploit women.
“Our client […] has demonstrated enormous courage in filing her lawsuit against a famous director,” said lawyer Gloria Allred, who represented Doe throughout proceedings. “Although the defendant has appeared to return to business as usual in his life, our client has not been able to return to business as usual.”
“I face serious challenges in meeting basic everyday expenses for food, shelter and transportation and in basic life skills necessary to function,” said former UFC interim heavyweight champion Shane Carwin. “This would truly be life-changing money for me and other members of the class.”
“Michael Cohen has exhausted every avenue of his pathetic attempt to drag my client into court time and time again,” Trump attorney Alina Habba said. “As expected, the Supreme Court has correctly denied Michael Cohen’s petition and he must finally abandon his frivolous and desperate claims.”
“There is a long-standing custom and practice that has plagued the operation and administration of Wayne County’s jail for years at both the ‘old’ and ‘new’ county jails, specifically, the failure to release inmates from custody after the reason for their incarceration has ended,” the lawsuit alleges. “Ordinarily, processing a detained person for release from the CJC, including making provisions for a tether, should take no more than 2-4 hours.”
“Let’s remember, this is the same individual who took out a full-page ad in The New York Times calling for the execution of five young Black and Latino boys who were innocent, the Central Park Five,” the lawsuit alleges. “[Trump] took out a full-page ad calling for their execution.”
A Massachusetts judge will let the commonwealth continue to litigate claims against Meta, the owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. In its lawsuit, Massachusetts contends that Meta’s platforms include features that were designed to be as addictive as possible. Attorneys for the Bay State say that these features have taken a significant toll on children’s
Attorney General Josh Stein claims that a company called Club Exploria “[violated] telemarketing laws [by] routing more than 65 million calls to” to North Carolina phone numbers.