Virginia Fonseca became one of Brazil’s wealthiest influencers by turning a massive social-media audience into something more valuable than advertising alone: ownership stakes in consumer brands capable of selling hundreds of millions of reais worth of products directly to her followers. She was already earning substantial money from YouTube, Instagram advertising and sponsorships before launching … Read more
Adva Lavie is a 29-year-old Los Angeles model, social-media personality and former Penthouse model who is also known professionally as Mia Ventura. She is facing multiple felony charges stemming from allegations that she used dating and “sugar daddy” websites to build relationships with wealthy people before stealing money, gold and luxury goods from them. In … Read more
Moises Garcia is a 56-year-old California high school teacher who was arrested by Buena Park police on September 17, 2026, on suspicion of possessing child sexual abuse material. Garcia works at Paramount High School in Los Angeles County. Detectives executed search warrants at both his residence and his workplace as part of the investigation. Police … Read more
Billy L. Wilburn III is an Ohio man who volunteered as a youth soccer coach for the City of Obetz and was arrested on September 17, 2026, on two felony charges involving child sexual abuse material. Court records accuse Wilburn of using the Kik messaging service to distribute a video depicting a prepubescent girl engaged … Read more
Steve Belichick is the former University of North Carolina defensive coordinator and son of Tar Heels head coach Bill Belichick who resigned from the program in September 2026 amid an independent investigation into the culture and conduct of the UNC football program. Belichick had already been away from the team on medical leave since August … Read more
Texas quarterback Arch Manning became the center of a sports-media controversy after laughing about and calling an AI-generated video depicting Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian slapping ESPN reporter Holly Rowe “hilarious.” The video was fake. Sarkisian did not hit Rowe. It was created by altering footage from a real but awkward postgame interview following Texas’ dramatic … Read more
Bo French is the Republican nominee for the Texas Railroad Commission who became the center of a major political controversy in September 2026 after posting photographs of South Asian students celebrating a University of Texas football victory and describing the scene as evidence that Americans were being displaced by foreigners. The posts drew condemnation from … Read more
Zhang Yiming is the Chinese technology entrepreneur who founded ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, Douyin and some of China’s fastest-growing artificial intelligence products. In September 2026, Bloomberg’s wealth calculations pushed his estimated fortune above $100 billion for the first time and made him the richest person in Asia. Unlike billionaires whose fortunes are tied to … Read more
Malia Elizabeth Nummerdor is a 38-year-old Florida woman arrested after Charlotte County sheriff’s detectives said home-surveillance footage showed her engaging in sexual activity with the family’s dog. Nummerdor was arrested on September 15, 2026, and charged with sexual activity involving animals, a second-degree felony under Florida law. Authorities say the investigation began after her estranged … Read more
Dina Fanella is a 54-year-old Clark County School District special education teacher who was arrested after police accused her of using force against two nonverbal autistic students at Rex Bell Elementary School in Las Vegas. Police allege one child fell into a table and suffered a forehead wound requiring stitches after Fanella pushed him. A … Read more