Spectacular Smith, a founding member of the R&B group Pretty Ricky, has been sued by an Arizona woman who accuses him of sexually assaulting her during an October 2025 encounter in the Phoenix area. The plaintiff, Alexis Dieng, alleges that Smith first contacted her through Instagram, arranged to meet her at a private residence and … Read more
Maurice Montez Heade is a 41-year-old teacher and head boys basketball coach at Palestine High School in Palestine, Texas, who was arrested after police accused him of assaulting his 15-year-old son on the school campus. Palestine police say Heade allegedly struck his son, tackled him into chairs, strangled him and threatened to kill him during … Read more
Vicky Kyung Mi Kim is a 65-year-old Palm Desert, California, woman charged with murder in the September 2026 death of her husband at The Enclave condominium community. Prosecutors allege Kim killed her husband using a flagpole as a deadly weapon. Kim has not been convicted, and the allegations against her in the murder case must … Read more
The Los Angeles Clippers and Kawhi Leonard are at the center of a major NBA scandal involving millions of dollars in off-court endorsement payments, allegations that the team used business partners to provide Leonard compensation outside his NBA contract, and findings that the Clippers violated the league’s salary-cap circumvention rules. The controversy began publicly in … Read more
Phra Wachirayan Wi, also known as Luang Pho Atichot Dhammavaro, is the former abbot of Wat Phutthaisawan, a historic royal Buddhist monastery in Ayutthaya, Thailand, who was arrested after police accused him of diverting more than 92 million baht — approximately $2.8 million — in temple money. Thai investigators allege that donations intended for temple … Read more
The Very Rev. Dr Peter Catt is the longtime Anglican Dean of Brisbane who announced his retirement after controversy over allowing St John’s Cathedral to appear in the Stan reality series Turned On: Dirty Sexy Money, which follows prominent OnlyFans and adult-content creators. Catt permitted filming inside the historic Brisbane cathedral and conducted a Christian … Read more
Andrew Martin Steinmeyer is a 39-year-old former Pilot Rock, Oregon, middle-school football coach who has been indicted on 20 criminal counts involving allegations of child sexual abuse material, using a child in sexually explicit conduct and furnishing alcohol to a minor. A Umatilla County grand jury indicted Steinmeyer on September 3, 2026. He was arrested … Read more
Tyra Banks is suing Netflix and the filmmakers behind Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, alleging that the 2026 documentary series used selective editing and omitted crucial context to create a false and defamatory portrayal of her role in controversies surrounding America’s Next Top Model. Banks filed the federal lawsuit on June 13, 2026, … Read more
Amanda Hirsch, the creator and host of the popular Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast, faced widespread criticism in September 2026 after publishing sponsored content for prediction-market company Polymarket tied to the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy. Hirsch posted the Polymarket partnership on September 4, shortly after a Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial in Clancy’s … Read more
McKenna West is an Alaska cardiac nurse and gestational surrogate at the center of a multistate legal battle over abortion, surrogacy contracts, parental rights and custody of a baby born with a severe congenital heart defect. West agreed to carry a child for California couple Nausheen Gilkar and Omar Ahmed. During the pregnancy, doctors diagnosed … Read more