The judge in Jonathan Majors' DV trial has permitted the release of evidence in the case, including voice recordings of Majors yelling at his ex, video of Majors pushing her back into a car, photos of her injuries, and his texts pleading with her not to go to the hospital
Singer-songwriter Tiffany Red is coming forward to corroborate the claims of abuse that Cassie leveled against Sean Combs
“I was terrified for Cassie and completely traumatized”
EXCLUSIVE: Sam Levinson's The Idol, starring The Weeknd and Lily-Rose Depp, has gone off the rails, 13 sources claim. "It was like any rape fantasy that any toxic man would have — and then the woman comes back for more because it makes her music better"
NEW: A source tells Rolling Stone four Jane Does and one John Doe already sat for interviews with Southern District of New York investigators for an investigation related to an alleged sex trafficking and RICO case.
NEW: Jonathan Majors has a pattern of "extreme abuse," two dozen people allege to Rolling Stone. He allegedly abused two romantic partners—one physically, both emotionally, more than a dozen sources claim
NEW: Sean Combs, former Bad Boy President Harve Pierre and a third man have been accused of taking a 17-yr-old across state lines and gang raping her at Combs' recording studio in 2003, according to a new lawsuit
Here is the voice recording where Majors chastises his ex-girlfriend, saying he's a "great man" and needs a "great woman" like Michelle Obama or Coretta Scott King. Majors was upset she went to the pub with a friend
Bad Boy for Life. For decades, Sean “Diddy” Combs was hip-hop’s boisterous showman. Now, dozens of former friends, employees, and Bad Boy artists allege an abusive, violent figure behind the facade.
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NEW: A man accused of being Sean Combs' drug "mule" was arrested on cocaine and marijuana charges at a Miami airport yesterday.
Police were working alongside Homeland Security agents when the arrest was made, according to records
Scoop: Rolling Stone has learned that two of 'Umbrella Academy' showrunner Steve Blackman’s projects that were in development at Netflix, a Horizon Zero Dawn series and an original series, Orbital, are no longer moving forward
Exclusive: The Umbrella Academy Showrunner Accused of ‘Toxic, Bullying, Manipulative, and Retaliatory Behavior’
Sources and a HR complaint paint Steve Blackman as a manipulative and chaotic showrunner who fostered a toxic workplace
NEW: A new woman has sued Sean 'Diddy' Combs. She claims she was drugged, bound by her wrists and raped by Diddy and his bodyguard in 2001.
She later learned the alleged rape was recorded, shown to Diddy's friends and allegedly sold as pornography.
NEW: Jonathan Majors’ ex-girlfriend Grace Jabbari is suing him for defamation, assault, and battery, detailing two new incidents where he allegedly attacked her
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The lawsuit was filed by a Jane Doe. She's being represented by Douglas Wigdor — the same attorney who represented Cassie in her now-settled lawsuit against Combs
NEW: They Thought Top Artists Were Giving Them Their Big Break. But Was It All a ‘Menu of Bullshit’?
Newcomers can't believe when a top artist like Ne-Yo or Fat Joe offers to work with them, only to find a marketing scheme thousands of dollars later
NEW: I always wondered what happened to Craig Mack, who put Bad Boy on the map with "Flava in Ya Ear"
For the first time, his family and friends are opening up about the pieces of Craig's life that he wanted to share before his sudden death in 2018
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For those who will ask, why didn't anyone come forward sooner? People are terrified. They are afraid of Majors and being blackballed in Hollywood. Many point to Majors' current criminal case and what they describe as a DARVO response to the woman at the center of the case
HBO declined to comment on when the show will air, despite filming starting in late 2021. Sources say they are also in the dark, claiming the production was plagued by reshoots and rewrites. “It was, let’s just say, a shitshow,” one says
Two of Jonathan Majors' exes have come forward to accuse him of abuse.
Jonathan recently claimed he has "never laid hands on a woman" — one of his former girlfriends claims he strangled her and threatened to kill her in 2016
Red claims Combs allegedly attempted to silence Cassie in 2019 — a year after they broke up — by putting a non-disparagement clause in her record deal termination agreement
“With Cassie bravely sharing her story, I’m finally free to share mine”
The Idol went into hiatus last April and director Amy Seimetz left the project. Rolling Stone has learned that Sam Levinson took over and scrapped the nearly-finished $54-75 million show to rewrite and reshoot the entire thing
NEW: A lawyer for Al B. Sure! has sent cease and desist letters to Amazon and the author behind the "fake" Kim Porter memoir, demanding for them to stop the book's sales
NEW: An alleged memoir from Kim Porter has gone No. 1 on Amazon after Diddy's arrest.
The man behind the book can't say it's real. “If somebody put my feet to the fire and they said, ‘Life or death, is that book real?’ I have to say I don’t know."
A judge denied Sean "Diddy" Combs' release, based on the belief that he could tamper with witnesses.
After Danity Kane's Dawn Richard sued Diddy last week, he allegedly contacted bandmate Kalenna Harper 128 times before she put out a supporting statement
“I’ve spent the last 10 years thinking I’m the only one who’s been in therapy because of Alice Ripley. Then in the last 48 hours, I realize there are also other individuals who have also felt literally traumatized by this relationship.”
DaBaby shot and killed Jaylin Craig in 2018, claiming self-defense. Never-before-seen security footage appears to contradict key aspects of his version of events.
Two days after publication of this article, one of the artists who paid Ne-Yo $1,200 and never received his intro, finally got his work — nearly two years later
NEW: They Thought Top Artists Were Giving Them Their Big Break. But Was It All a ‘Menu of Bullshit’?
Newcomers can't believe when a top artist like Ne-Yo or Fat Joe offers to work with them, only to find a marketing scheme thousands of dollars later
EXC: Former Yeezy staff claim Kanye West showed them explicit images of Kim Kardashian, played "mind games" and used fear and manipulation to assert his dominance. In an open letter sent to Adidas tonight, staffers demand change
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NEW: Sean "Diddy" Combs appeals bail, promising no contact with grand jury witnesses, weekly drug testing and no female visitors to his Miami mansion if he's released on a $50 million bond
Exclusive: The Umbrella Academy Showrunner Accused of ‘Toxic, Bullying, Manipulative, and Retaliatory Behavior’
Sources and a HR complaint paint Steve Blackman as a manipulative and chaotic showrunner who fostered a toxic workplace
Some (bittersweet) news! It’s sadly my last week at The Daily Beast, where I’ve been able to work alongside some truly incredible people. But I’m super stoked to say I’ll be joining
@rollingstone
next month as an investigative reporter for the entertainment team!
During a three-month investigation, Rolling Stone spoke with dozens of people. The alleged behavior dates back a decade to Majors’ time at Yale — where he was involved in physical altercations — and continued to Hollywood sets where production members raised concerns
It’s my first week at
@RollingStone
! If you have any burning celeb secrets, an inkling of a suspicion, or just plain old entertainment news tips, feel free to send them my way!
NEW: After ‘Queer Eye’ star Bobby Berk's departure, 10 ‘Queer Eye’ production members and well-placed sources tell Rolling Stone about the long-standing tension among the group and alleged "rage issues" with star Jonathan Van Ness.
Story:
“It was pervasively known that he was [a good actor], and that he also would terrorize the people that he had dated,” one person says. Majors has denied the allegations
@Nancy__Dillon
“It isn’t about money," accuser Joi Dickerson-Neal says. “It’s about making sure the world sees that this man who rose to the level of an ‘icon’ is actually sick and has left so many victims in [the wake of his] unpunished disgusting behavior for years.”
I spoke with 10 women about Chris D’Elia.
Four claim they were entangled in intense, emotionally abusive, manipulative, and controlling relationships with him
@Nancy__Dillon
Sources describe Diddy as a complicated man with opposing personas.
Those who got close enough discovered a menacing figure who uses boasts that he is “Brother Love” to hide an undercurrent of alleged abuse and violence that traces back to Howard University
Kanye's team filed a ton of trademark applications last month for Yecosystem, which cover food goods, beverages and residential homes. Oh, and biological cloning. Yeezy sources say Kanye plans to build his own mini-city
Months after several women claimed T.I. and Tiny drugged and sexually assaulted them, the LAPD confirmed it had opened up an investigation into one woman's claims. She told police she was assaulted in 2005, allegeing T.I. penetrated her with his toes.
Cary Fukunaga routinely pursued romantic relationships with multiple young women on his sets. His advances made one young woman so uncomfortable, that she says her colleagues began to keep an eye out for her on set
Britney Spears’ phone was spied on, the protests were infiltrated by undercover PIs, and she was so desperate for outside legal counsel, she suggested they pretend they were a plumber.
A new lawsuit gives a behind-the-scenes look at what it's like to work for Kanye West, including alleged spontaneous firings, late-night summons to Nobu, watching Batman on mute, and awkwardly navigating Ye pretending to masturbate
Jonathan Majors discouraged his ex from visiting the hospital in wake of a Sept. 2022 incident, according to texts shown in court
"They will ask you questions ... it could lead to an investigation even if you do lie, and they suspect something."
At Ezra Miller’s Vermont farm, a young mother and her three children have been living there since April. Sources say it’s an environment unsafe for children.
There's been a lot of focus on Real Housewives Erika Jayne and Jen Shah—but not so much about RHOSLC's Mary Cosby (apart from that she married her step grandfather). I talked to six former church members who claim she is indeed running a cult.
NEW: Jonathan Majors was convicted of assaulting his ex-girlfriend. A jury found him guilty of misdemeanor assault and a harassment violation
Grace Jabbari's attorney tells Rolling Stone that "justice has been served"
NEW: Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed sparked concern on her last set, sources say. There was an incident were filming was stopped because crew demanded that she recheck a gun that she had loaded on the ground and then given to an 11-year-old actress
NEW: Armie Hammer has been summoned to court in Colorado today after a woman claimed he choked her unconscious during a sexual encounter. Hammer denies the allegation
Jonathan Majors' lawyers are accused of providing a false witness statement from a taxi driver who saw the alleged attack unfold
The driver told the DA he didn't write the statement, never approved it, and the claims being attributed to him are false
@Nancy__Dillon
Diddy wielded his power to bend people to his will, sources claim, once sending his staffers to try and win back ex Jennifer Lopez by camping outside TRL studios with Spanish-language signs
We found some of those signs:
In trying to unravel the bizarre Lakers Vivian Flores catfish saga, I managed to talk to her podcast co-host
@josh2saint
who is adamant that he's also been duped by her.
The new Britney Spears Netflix doc does a deep dive on the early stages of her conservatorship. Britney tried to hire her own lawyer in 2009, secretly meeting with music journalist Jenny Eliscu in a bathroom stall so she could sign a court petition
SCOOP: Ezra Miller is now entangled in an ongoing child services matter in Vermont related to a woman and her three young kids who had been living at Ezra's farm. Officials cited concern in an emergency care order that Ezra was shielding their whereabouts
While the trial in New York comes to a close, there still is a looming investigation in London. Metropolitan Police confirmed to Rolling Stone that there is an ongoing investigation into a September 2022 incident that included allegations of “physical assaults"
NEW: Chris D'Elia's upcoming show at Hollywood Improv was quietly canceled last night. It coincides with fresh accusations of predatory behavior against the comedian
NEW: Jonathan Majors' domestic violence case may include testimony from ex-girlfriends who allege he was abusive to them. A judge is expected to decide if their testimonies will be allowed into court
Miranda Derrick’s family claim that she’s been ensnared by a cult. She claims she’s not. Unraveling who is behind this group reveals a mysterious pastor, an end times prophesy and a Meghan Markle movie.
EXCLUSIVE: As a TikToker faces claims she’s in a cult, a failed $4 million fraud suit against the CEO of her management team, a Meghan Markle movie, and links to a shady church have emerged.
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@cheyenneisround
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Nine contestants from MTV's AYTO said they firmly believe production company Lighthearted Entertainment meddled to ensure they wouldn’t win the $1M cash prize in hopes of making the season more dramatic, and to get MTV to sign on for another season.
These women’s accounts were first referred to in Rolling Stone’s investigation from June. “It was pervasively known that he was [a good actor], and that he also would terrorize the people that he had dated,” one of a dozen sources said
NEW: Ten of Lady Gaga's former dancers have accused her longtime choreographer of creating a toxic workplace, forcing some to walk away from an otherwise dream job. Rolling Stone has learned that Gaga's team has since started looking into the allegations
A great way to kick off 2022! Such an honor to be recognized among such an impressive group of women. A huge thanks to my fearless editor
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Now time for the Specializing Reporting Awards!
First up, The Arts award goes to
@cheyenneisround
of
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for her work discussing sexual assault in Hollywood.
NEW: An alleged memoir from Kim Porter has gone No. 1 on Amazon after Diddy's arrest.
The man behind the book can't say it's real. “If somebody put my feet to the fire and they said, ‘Life or death, is that book real?’ I have to say I don’t know."
Trey Songz has just been accused of anally raping a woman in a new lawsuit, making it the third woman to come forward against the singer in recent months. The woman claimed the assault was so brutal that she had to seek medical attention afterwards. Story to come
The suit addresses a bombshell moment from trial where Majors pleaded with Grace not to go to the hospital
Majors allegedly threw Grace onto the hood of a car, covered her mouth as she cried for help, threatened to kill her and hit her head on the ground while he strangled her
Prosecutors have obtained a police report filed in London relevant to Jonathan Majors' domestic violence case, according to a new motion
Prosecutors also say they will decline to prosecute any charges brought by the NYPD against her
EXCLUSIVE: The Jonathan Majors domestic violence case now involves police in London, according to an explosive new motion filed by New York prosecutors obtained by Rolling Stone.
Story:
More good news!
@bynooribrahim
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@RonanFarrow
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@cheyenneisround
signs on as a new entertainment reporter; you're going to be hearing from her a LOT in the days to come.
From the footage, the rapper appears to be the initial aggressor in the situation. To Jaylin's family, the video footage raises some serious questions; most important, would Jaylin Craig still be alive if DaBaby hadn’t thrown the first punch?
Discussion of alleged previous instances of physical abuse were barred during the trial because the case was focused on the charges stemming from Majors' March 2023 arrest
Angus Cloud was a good friend in the purest sense of the word, say those who knew him best. “He said one time, ‘Money is like water, bro, and someone’s thirsty. How can I have water and not give them a cup?'" recalls one friend
For my first story for
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, Love Bailey told me about the night Marilyn Manson put a gun to her head when she was 20 years old. She said: "I was in this state where I was asking myself, isn’t he too famous to kill me?"
EXCLUSIVE: In the wake of actress Evan Rachel Wood coming forward with allegations of abuse at the hands of shock rocker Marilyn Manson, other women like visual filmmaker Love Bailey are sharing their horror stories
Tonia Haddix faked the death of her Hollywood movie-starring chimp Tonka to hide him from PETA. He was found alive last month in her basement. That's only the start of it
There were at least two prior prop gun misfires on the set of Rust, but the safety violations went ignored and now one person is dead. "All for a shitty cowboy movie with Alec Baldwin," an on-set source said.
In the perfect example of irony, one of the contestants who appears on CBS' The Activist had a GoFundMe set up for him to help cover his unpaid time off as an elementary teacher—so he could compete as an education advocate. 🥴
While Zola’s Twitter tale has been spun into a film, few are aware that a few days after Zola safely returned to Michigan, two other women from the Detroit area were lured into sex trafficking by Jessica, with one being sexually assaulted by her pimp Rudy
Former models of Rich Clark, the father of Peyton Clark and YouTuber Acacia Kersey, allege he pressured teens into nude shoots and justified his “love” for 14yrolds, saying he’s not “supposed to act on it” but can “think it and want it all I want"
Thirty years ago, Diddy promoted an event in NYC that resulted in a fatal stampede, leaving nine people dead. Two survivors tell The Daily Beast what went wrong there and at Travis Scott's Astroworld.
Since Avicii was a teen he struggled with anxiety and bouts of derealization, which led to substance abuse issues. In his last moments, he was seeking to "shed his soul" through meditation to reach enlightenment. But his search for peace ended in tragedy
Masters of the Air finally has a premiere date but director Cary Fukunaga is absent from the press release following claims he "abused his power" on sets to pursue women, including on Masters of the Air. He's also taken a backseat on another Apple project
That weird new Adults Adopting Adults show lasted less than a month before it was pulled off the air this week. Star Danny Huff—who fans accused of having an ulterior motive when it came to adopting a 20yrold—seems to be at the center of the controversy
Marilyn Manson's treatment of Evan Rachel Wood set off alarm bells on HBO's Mildred Pierce. "She'd come to work like the train had run her over… Pretty much every morning if I saw Evan, the first question would be 'Where’s the medic?'" a producer said.
Dylan Gonzalez has hired an attorney to represent her in a potential case against Trey Songz, claiming the singer raped her at a Las Vegas hotel around nine years ago.
Despite being the initial momentum for Bad Boy, Craig left the music industry in 2007, spending his final years at a doomsday church in South Carolina
His family are still grappling with what prompted Craig to shun the "wickedness" of his past and embrace a "last-day prophet"
Police have been trying to find the woman and her children to remove the kids from Ezra's home, citing a case worker's concern for their safety. Sources previously raised alarm bells over guns being left unattended around Ezra's home
LaKeith Stanfield has apologized for being in a Clubhouse room where anti-Semitic rhetoric ran rampant. “I condemn hate speech and discriminatory views of every kind. I unconditionally apologize... for allowing my presence there to give a platform for hate speech.”
This is the same season that contestant
@giannahammer
claims producers "drugged" her when they gave her an extra dose of her medication when she was extremely intoxicated and didn't intervene when a male cast member sexually assaulted her.
“I want you to know that I came. I want you to know how I’m still here.”
Today, Tessa Majors’ parents break their silence and release an album of the 18-year-old’s music. Fourteen songs that she was working on before she was killed
From me and
@korygrow
An emerging Black music and creative group say Kanye West blatantly ripped off their logo and slapped it on his Donda merch—days after meeting with them about a potential collab.
Bella Thorne is distancing herself from Content X, the OnlyFans management company she launched last year, after nearly a dozen influencers have quietly stopped working with the studio
UPDATE: A judge dismissed the restraining order case against Armie Hammer after the actor and his accuser both didn't turn up to the court hearing this afternoon