Blake Lively showed she has Taylor Swift’s back after the subpoena against her friend was dropped.
“We are pleased that Justin Baldoni and the Wayfarer Parties have withdrawn their harassing subpoenas to Taylor Swift and her law firm,” a spokesperson for Lively, 37, said in a statement to Us Weekly on Tuesday, May 22. “We supported the efforts of Taylor’s team to quash these inappropriate subpoenas directed to her counsel and we will continue to stand up for any third party who is unjustly harassed or threatened in the process.”
The statement also acknowledged what a powerhouse Swift, 35, is in the world.
“The Baldoni and Wayfarer team have tried to put Taylor Swift, a woman who has been an inspiration for tens of millions across the globe, at the center of this case since day one,” the statement continued. “Exploiting Taylor Swift’s celebrity was the original plan in Melissa Nathan’s scenario planning document, and it continues to this day. Faced with having to justify themselves in federal court, they folded. At some point they will run out of distractions from the actual claims of sexual harassment and retaliation they are facing.”
Us confirmed on Thursday, that the subpoena against Swift was dropped. A source close to the matter told Us the summons for Swift was dropped “because information was voluntarily provided” to Baldoni’s legal team.
Us reached out to Swift and Baldoni for comment at the time.
Swift was brought into Lively and Baldoni’s ongoing legal drama after being mentioned in their respective lawsuits. In December 2024, Lively filed a lawsuit against Baldoni accusing her It Ends With Us director and costar of sexual harassment, creating a hostile work environment and orchestrating an alleged smear campaign against her.
The following month, Baldoni, who vehemently denied the allegations, countersued Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds. He accused the couple of civil extortion, defamation, false light invasion of privacy and more. Lively and Reynolds denied the allegations and filed to dismiss the $400 million lawsuit.
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Baldoni’s lawyer claimed that they spoke to an ally of Swift. The attorney alleged that Lively urged Swift to delete any personal text messages between them and allegedly asked the singer to publicly back her amid the drama.
Earlier this month, Baldoni’s legal team subpoenaed Swift. Swift reacted to the legal situation via a statement through her representative and denied having any creative involvement in the movie.
“Taylor Swift never set foot on the set of this movie, she was not involved in any casting or creative decisions, she did not score the film, she never saw an edit or made any notes on the film,” the rep said in a statement to Us at the time. “She did not even see It Ends With Us until weeks after its public release, and was traveling around the globe during 2023 and 2024 headlining the biggest tour in history.”
The statement continued: “The connection Taylor had to this film was permitting the use of one song, ‘My Tears Ricochet.’ Given that her involvement was licensing a song for the film, which 19 other artists also did. This document subpoena is designed to use Taylor Swift’s name to draw public interest by creating tabloid clickbait instead of focusing on the facts of the case.”
While Lively publicly defended Swift amid her legal issues, a source told Us that the lawsuits have made an impact on the pair’s friendship.
“Taylor and Blake have spoken, and Blake [said she’s sorry],” an insider revealed in a recent Us cover story. “Taylor is very forgiving, and in her eyes, she still considers Blake a friend. But the lawsuit is still ongoing, and until it’s resolved, [things are] difficult.”
Sarah Jessica Parker called it . . . we’re having a Carrie Bradshaw summer! The And Just Like That star was spotted in a vibrant floral dress that looks straight out of her iconic character’s closet. And no, you don’t have to have a stylist to get the look, we found an affordable version on Amazon that channels the same look.
The actress was recently spotted at none other than one of New York City’s biggest landmark icons, The Plaza Hotel. For a season 3 press junket, the actress wore a totally Carrie-coded look (as she would), that was a hint vintage-looking. She styled a mint green jacket with a multi-color floral dress, snake print shoes and a white handbag.
Her vibrant floral dress was the real main character to Us — and brings total summer date night vibes. While her original pick hasn’t yet surfaced, this $30 version brings charm for what’s likely a fraction of the cost.
Get the Caracilia Floral Corset Midi Sundress for just $30 at Amazon! Please note, prices are accurate at the date of publication, May 21, 2025, but are subject to change.
The Caracilia Floral Corset Midi Sundress is exactly what we’d wear while twirling down Fifth Avenue or for a meet-cute summer moment. Looking like something straight out of Carrie’s closet, this dress has a romantic milkmaid silhouette that highlights all of the feminine features, while flowing at the bottom. The structured waist snatches the midsection and the cute bow detail adds a flirty touch.
Aside from its romantic elegance, the dress comes in a print that we think would catch Carrie Bradshaw’s eye immediately. Its floral print features a mix of pink, lilac and purple that’s sure to bring some girly energy to your closet. Plus, if you end up loving the way this dress flatters your body, it also comes in several other pretty floral prints.
One shopper said that the dress’s design “really boosted” their self confidence and that it’s “super stretchy” and “fit perfectly.”
If you’ve got plans to wear this dress for a romantic date night, we think it’d pair flawlessly with hoop earrings, a messy bun, layered necklace and dare we say . . . some Manolo Blahnik heels! However, it can be used for less dressy occasions as well, like maybe a casual vacation day with some sandals, a rattan bag and statement earrings.
Loving this Sex and the City inspired pick but want to scroll through more floral dresses? We got you! These picks below channel a similar energy and affordable price tag.
Hayley, 32, exclusively opened up to Us Weekly about channeling her late mother, Pamela Bach, who died by suicide at age 61 in March, at the premiere of The History Of Sound in the South of France on Wednesday, May 21.
For the occasion, the model and designer Christophe Guillarmé collaborated on a custom design inspired by Pamela’s 1996 Golden Globes gown: a cherry-red Studio by Jimmy Gamba stunner.
When Pamela, who shared Hayley and her sister Taylor, 35, with legendary Baywatch actor David Hasselhoff, wore the silky fitted number, she styled it with a feathered boa, diamond earrings and a bedazzled clutch. Hayley looked just like her mom at Cannes, also wearing diamond statement earrings, but opting for a custom tulle shawl instead of the plumed accessory.
Both women looked their best with dewy makeup and bouncy, voluminous curls.
As soon as Hayley received an invitation to the French film festival, she knew it was the perfect opportunity to wear her heart on her sleeve.
“This would be my first major public appearance since her passing, and there was no more meaningful way to return than by paying homage to a moment of hers I’ve always adored,” Hayley told Us exclusively.
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Hayley, who has worked as a curve model since age 14, also set up her own initiative, CHECKINWITHYOU in 2020 to open conversations surrounding mental health.
Below, Hayley gives Us a behind-the-scenes look at how the poignant moment came together and what it meant to be able to recreate her mother’s memory on the red carpet.
When you were invited to Cannes, did you already know you wanted to channel your mom?
When the invitation to Cannes came this year, I knew instantly [that] I had to honor her. This would be my first major public appearance since her passing, and there was no more meaningful way to return than by paying homage to a moment of hers I’ve always adored.
How did you land on your mom’s 1996 Golden Globe look?
Red is such a powerful, symbolic color — one of love, strength, and enduring spirit. It felt fitting. Not only did my mom look gorgeous in the gown, but it was the joy in her expression that truly stayed with me.
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She was similar in age to me now when she wore it, which made the choice feel all the more poignant. It was as though I could share that moment with her — two women, two eras, connected in a moment in time through a single gown.
How did your custom dress come together?
My dear friend and designer, Christophe Guillarmé, paid homage to the original with a silk red ruched gown, while replacing mom’s signature boa with a delicate, custom-made tulle shawl.
The look was completed with oversized diamond earrings from Gil Neuhaus and a Swarovski clutch I already owned — both perfectly echoing the accessories my mother wore on that unforgettable night. The most personal touch, however, was wearing one of mom’s stunning sapphire rings. It was my way of feeling her presence beside me on the carpet yesterday — and always.
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How long was the dress design in the making?
The entire process unfolded with remarkable swiftness, taking just under a month. Upon my arrival in Cannes on May 21, we moved directly into a flawless fitting, where it felt as though my mother herself was quietly guiding every detail to ensure the evening was nothing short of perfect.
What did you learn from your mother in terms of red-carpet style?
What I admired most about my mother’s style was her fearless embrace of boldness. While some adhere to the mantra less is more, my mother epitomized the belief that more is more.
Which look of your mom’s is your favorite of all time?
I have a particular fondness for her ’90s ensembles — leopard prints and monochromatic silk separates that exuded “effortlessly cool.” During my teenage years, I would often sneak pieces from her wardrobe to capture hint of that aesthetic she so naturally embodied.
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What is it like getting to play “dress up” for a living as a model?
One of the greatest blessings has been working with creatives who are equally passionate about redefining beauty — for curvy women to feel seen, valued, and heard through fashion, that their bodies are worthy, right here, right now.
How did Mental Health Awareness Month inspire your Cannes homage?
With 970 million people struggling with a mental health condition today, it has never been more important to speak up and break the stigma. No story is too small to impact another person, reminding them they are not alone in facing their challenges. Your mental health condition does not define you; with support and the freedom to speak openly, you can live authentically and embrace that it’s perfectly okay not to be okay all of the time.
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You can struggle and still succeed. Breaking the stigma has always been deeply important to me, but now more than ever. That is why I am truly excited to share that I am currently collaborating on a special project with the mental health nonprofit Project Healthy Minds to support families who have lost a loved one unexpectedly.
What made this red-carpet look of your mom’s especially meaningful for you?
Every look of hers carries profound meaning, but this one, in particular, captivates me — the glistening expression of love and joy in her eyes. A gown can uplift and make one feel beautiful, yet it is truly my mother’s radiant spirit that shines through in this image.
What was your path to creating your own initiative, CHECKINWITHYOU?
CHECKINWITHYOU started from the belief that it begins with your inner circle — recognizing the importance of checking in with yourself first. By checking in with one another, we build a stronger, more compassionate foundation for open conversations around mental health.
CHECKINWITHYOU was born by inviting friends of mine in the industry to check in with themselves — to look inward honestly and reflect on how they were truly coping with their mental well-being. Launched in 2020, CHECKINWITHYOU started as a collective to demonstrate that you can struggle and still succeed. Over 60 friends from the industry joined in, sharing their reflections and discoveries. Today, the initiative continues its mission to encourage others to check in with themselves and those around them.
If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
From halter tops to string bottoms, the TikTok star has no shortage of sexy swim pics. One of her hottest snaps came while vacationing in Italy with boyfriend Braxton Berrios in July 2024. While relaxing on a beach in Capri, she slayed in a triangle top featuring blue and yellow floral patterns, a dainty silver pendant and patterned straps. She paired the top with matching high-cut bottoms, a pearl necklace and brown oval sunglasses.
In a separate photo, Earle rocked a straw bucket hat while cuddling up with Berrios on an orange beach chair. Berrios, for his part, opted for navy blue trunks with white lining.
Besides beachy bikini moments, Earle showed off a sexy bronze set while modeling for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit’s first-ever digital cover in May 2024. She paired the Tom Ford design — which featured an itty-bitty triangle top and cheeky bottoms complete with a belt buckle — with orange oversized sunglasses.
Keep scrolling to see Earle’s hottest bikini moments:
Earle soaked up the sun in a black triangle top and string bottoms by With Jean. She teamed the swimwear with Ser.O.Ya Belinda shorts, a Saint Laurent straw bag, and Bottega Veneta sandals.
Earle channeled her inner Jersey girl while dressing up for her birthday in a hot pink bikini and low-waisted denim skirt inspired by the Jersey Shore.
Earle rocked a green and black patterned bikini during a family trip to the Virgin Islands. She completed her sexy look with a matching shawl and Cartier rings and bracelets.
The “Hot Mess” podcast host celebrated Easter in a green striped bikini, a matching short-sleeve top and bunny ears. “Happy Easter 🐣💗,” she captioned the post.
She stunned in a black balconette top and sheer skirt while posing in the Bahamas. Earle topped her look off with a black straw purse and gold jewelry.
Earle opted for a vibrant orange cutout bikini while going on a boat ride in Miami. She elevated the swimsuit with a pearl necklace and brown sunglasses.
The social media star rocked a brown triangle top and colorful boy shorts while learning how to surf. She completed her getup with a black mesh skirt and trucker hat. “*takes 1 surfing lesson*” she captioned the post.
One of the best parts of summer? Hitting the beach, of course! But lugging bulky chairs, awkward umbrellas and mismatched gear across the sand? Not so much fun! That’s where Sunflow comes in. This premium beach brand is taking over social media with its fun and functional gear. Its light-weight chairs, cabanas and accessories are as stylish as they are smart!
Fresh off its Shark Tank backing and social media buzz, Sunflow is quickly becoming the go-to for elevated beach lounging. Below, we’re breaking down four of the brand’s most popular styles, just in time for your next sunnyside escape.
Relaxed and Reclined:Sunflow’s High Tide Chair is a lower-profile beach chair that sits closer to the sand. It reclines in three positions for sunbathing, reading or just taking a cat nap in the sun! At only 12.7 pounds without accessories, the lightweight folding design with backpack straps makes for easy portability. Can’t handle as much sun? Make sure you add on the optional Sun Shade and Drink Holder!
Crowd Favorite: The Shore Thing Chair is Sunflow’s most affordable option (get an extra discount for buying two!) Like the High Tide Chair, it features three recline settings and optional shade and drink holders. However, the Shore Thing is extremely light at only eight pounds without accessories. We also love the striped design as it gives off fun beachy vibes! The Shore Thing is great for anyone looking for an all-purpose, easy-to-carry beach chair.
Extra Height, Extra Comfort: Let’s face it: getting in and out of beach chairs isn’t the easiest thing to do as we get older. The Tall Sand Dune Chair solves this issue and is for those who prefer a taller seat height. It’s the perfect choice for people with back issues or those who just like a more elevated view of the ocean and sand. For that extra height, you’re only gaining two additional pounds over the Shore Thing Chair! It’s the recommended option for older beachgoers, parents who want to see a little further, or anyone craving a little extra support.
Shade Meets Style: While Sunflow’s chairs are great on their own, the Happy Hut Cabana completes to beach day setup. It’s a chic, portable beach cabana that folds down for easy carrying, and features a UV-blocking canopy, nautical rope setup and wide coverage without blocking yours or anyone else’s view. It assembles in less than five minutes and weighs only 10.5 pounds, thanks to sandbags you fill at the beach to hold it down! It’s the ideal choice for families, friend groups or solo sun-seekers who love shade without sacrificing style. It’s available in seven colors, so make sure you color coordinate with your Sunflow chairs!
For Australian OnlyFans creator Annie Knight, being dubbed Australia’s Most Sexually Active woman is “accurate.”
“I doubt there’s anyone out there that has a higher body count than me. In Australia anyway,” Knight, 28, exclusively told Us Weekly. “I remember when I first got named that it was two radio hosts in Australia, they called me beforehand, and they were like, ‘We’re just gonna call you this. Is that OK?’ And I was like, ‘Well, yeah, why not? That’s true.’ So I’ve just owned it from day one and I love it.”
Knight made headlines in May when she slept with 583 men in six hours — a number that was on-track to beat fellow OnlyFans star Bonnie Blue’s current record of 1,057 men in 12 hours. While Knight blew her 2025 goal — 1,000 men in a year — out of the water, she has no plans of stopping anytime soon.
“I definitely want to keep going for as long as possible. I just think, why not? I don’t think you could ever say no to making this amount of money,” she told Us. “Obviously, I also enjoy it and it’s fun. I love my job. I wouldn’t want to do anything else.”
Scroll down to see everything Us learned from recent interviews with Knight:
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The Logistics of Sleeping With 583 Men in 6 Hours
To complete her challenge of sleeping with 583 men in six hours, Knight split up the men into hour time slots.
“I was obviously gonna have the most energy at the start. It kind of depended, sometimes it was 10, sometimes it was 20 guys in the room at once,” Knight said. “So I’d be working on like five guys at once whilst everyone else was sort of watching, getting ready.”
“After a few rounds of that, when I sort of started to get tired, then we moved to five guys and we did that for a little bit. Then we moved to two guys. Then eventually, by the very last hour, I was just doing one guy,” she said. “My jaw was very sore by the end of the day.”
Staying Safe — and Protected
While Knight typically has participants be tested for STDs prior to an event since it “looks better” to create content to have the men not wear condoms, she explained it was “impossible” to try and have all 583 men undergo testing. Instead, she decided to demand that everyone wear condoms.
Knight noted that she typically gets tested for STDs every two weeks. “I just need to be safe for their protection and for my protection,” she said.
Three weeks before completing her 583 men challenge, Knight underwent surgery. Despite the health battle, Knight noted that she “felt really good” on the actual day. Days later, Knight shared that she had been hospitalized and confirmed to Us that she underwent blood tests and further medical testing.
“I’m not doing very well, I’ve been bleeding a lot since the challenge,” Knight told Us. “It was definitely a bit raw down there and I did get a small cut.”
Knight noted that her body “just hit a wall” afterward, explaining that she’s “exhausted” from organizing the event while purchasing her “dream house.” She added that her endometriosis became “worse,” noting that “hormonal imbalances can cause irregular and heavy periods” — which is what she has been “dealing with since.”
“The prognosis is good, and it looks like I’m going to have to take a week off, try and relax a little bit, sit out in the sun, just take it easy for a little while,” Knight said. “But I’ll definitely be OK. I’m not letting this slow me down.”
Developing a Friendship With the Guys
While Knight noted that many people expect the men to be “pushy or rude,” she said “everyone was super nice.” After the event, Knight received messages from some of the men thanking her for the experience.
“I had a bunch of them message me and just say, ‘Thanks so much for today. I was number 206, or whatever,’ and just being really grateful for the opportunity,” she said. “I went through my DMs afterwards — I wanted to respond to them all — because I appreciated it too. It was really amazing how many guys showed up. And I had guys drive six hours to be there. I had guys fly into state just to be there for the event, and then flew straight home after. So it was pretty crazy.”
Knight explained that she feels like she forms “friendships” with a lot of the guys. While some participants tend to put her on “this pedestal,” Knight noted that she’s “just a normal person.”
“I’ve taken guys’ virginities before and then they’ve messaged me later and been like, ‘Thanks so much.’ And then months down the line, sent me a message, like, ‘I just had my second experience with the girl, and I used all the tips that you gave me.’ It’s just so nice,” Knight said.
In Knight’s perspective, it makes her feel like she’s “doing my good deed or something.” She added, “It makes me feel really good.”
When it comes to the criticism she receives over events like the 583 men challenge, Knight noted that she’s “used to” the hate.
“People seem to, like, get so uptight about it. At the end of the day, these men just want to have sex. God forbid, a man has sex. And I’m providing a service for free,” she told Us. “It really upsets me when I see people coming after the guys and being so mean about the guys that showed up, because I feel quite protective of them, and so when I see all these negative comments toward them, it really, like, upsets me.”
She continued, “I don’t understand why people have such an issue with it. These guys are just out here living life. They’ve been given an opportunity, and they’re like, ‘F*** it. Like, let’s just do it.’ They’re just having some fun. I think the people that are hating [are] probably just jealous, and their lives are really boring …I mean, the more they hate on me, the more views I get, and the more money I make.”
Knight claimed that her haters “wouldn’t be able to” make the money she earns through her job. “Instead of being supportive and being like, ‘Wow, that’s so cool. Good on you,’ they try and drag me down … because we’re successful and we’re living our dream lives,” she said.
Knight guessed that the criticism she faces “comes from jealousy” and “a lack of understanding,” including people “conforming to societal norms.”
“They don’t want to come out and say, ‘Oh, wow, that’s so cool. Good on you,’ because they don’t want to get judged. They are so fearful of judgment,” Knight said. “I don’t care. I’m out here living my life. I’m speaking openly, I’m living my life authentically, so they can keep being mad, but I’m gonna keep being happy.”
There’s No Competition Between Her and Bonnie Blue
Ahead of Knight’s event, Blue sent her a message with tips of supplies to purchase. Knight noted that the gesture was “really helpful,” because there were a few things she hadn’t thought of to track down – like a toothbrush, toothpaste and tissues.
“Bonnie and I’ve always been super friendly,” Knight noted, adding that the pair began chatting online before Blue skyrocketed to OnlyFans stardom. “It’s been really cool for me to watch her grow. We’ve always had a really supportive friendship, it’s never been competitive at all. We want to help each other. We’ve always helped each other. We give each other tips and advice and that kind of thing.”
Why the 500 Virgins Challenge Is The ‘Hardest’ for Her
In addition to Knight’s 1,000 men in a year goal for 2025, the OnlyFans creator also has her eyes set on sleeping with 500 virgins. As of May, Knight told Us she’s had sex with about 223 men who are virgins.
“That’s been the hardest challenge for me is that one, just because obviously you have to take a lot more time and care with them. Finding guys who are virgins, who are willing to be filmed for their first time, is not that easy,” she said.
For Knight, being able to say that she’s “taken a guy’s virginity and taught him how to have sex” is “just so cool.”
“A lot of these guys are late 20s, 30s, 40s, which might surprise a lot of people, and they’ve never had sex, and they maybe can’t afford to hire an escort, or they don’t want to. I’m providing them a service, and they get to have it for free,” Knight said. “Who better to do it than someone as experienced as me? It’s just a cool thing to do. So I thought, why not?”
Knight noted that the act “definitely feels empowering.” She added, “They always say, like, ‘I can’t believe I get to say that Annie Knight took my virginity.’ And I’m like, ‘Yes, that’s so cool.’ I love that we both are so excited by it.”
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Her No. 1 Supporter Is Her Fiance
Knight, who got engaged to Henry Brayshaw in March one week after the pair officially began dating, had the support of her fiancé from afar ahead of the 583 men challenge.
“He was actually at work the day of the event, but he called me in the morning, wished me luck, said, ‘Make us proud. Have fun. Be safe,’” Knight told Us. “And then called me the night of and was like, ‘How was it?’ And I told him all about it.”
Knight said that Brayshaw was “just really stoked” that she “went above and beyond” her goal. “He was proud of me for completing it, because I think he was a bit worried that I wouldn’t be able to and that I’d be upset that I couldn’t do it,” she said. “He was just really happy for me.”
The pair, who had been friends for years, are set to tie the knot in Australia’s Gold Coast in October 2026. While Knight explained that the couple are sleeping in separate bedrooms, she noted they have plans to switch up their sleeping arrangement with their move.
“The house is a lot bigger, so we’re gonna get a king bed and sort of give that a go. But we’ll have a lot of spare bedrooms, so if he’s ever snoring, I can always sneak off and sleep in one of them,” Knight quipped.
Knight, who noted that their personal relationship is monogamous, explained that she initially implemented a kissing boundary with the men she sleeps with out of respect for her fiancé. After she and Brayshaw had a conversion, however, Knight set new parameters.
“I definitely kissed a few of the guys on Sunday who — that’s what they wanted,” she said. “They really wanted to kiss me and I was open to it because I’d had that conversation with Henry, and he said that that was fine.”
How Her Mom Reacted to Her Career
While Knight’s mom Karyn was initially hesitant about her OnlyFans, she came around to the idea. “She was worried about my safety more than anything and my future,” Knight explained. “But since then she’s the most supportive of anyone.”
When Knight began making OnlyFans content full-time in 2022, she was earning about $10,000 per month. The following year, Knight’s career took off — and she began making over $200,000 per month. Since then, Knight told Us her income has been “pretty consistent.”
“I was so scared when I went viral because I was making so much money, and then I was like, ‘Oh, it’s gonna end eventually. Like, when’s it gonna start coming crashing down?’” she said. “I kept waiting for it to come crashing down and it just hasn’t. I think that that says a lot about my work ethic. I haven’t stopped.”
While Knight “always hoped” she would be able to support herself with her career, she didn’t think her monetary success would be “to this extent.”
“When it actually happened. I was like, ‘This is crazy,’” she shared. “I own four properties now, which is the most insane thing ever because I remember five years ago, all I wanted was to buy an apartment or something and I couldn’t afford it. It feels nice to have financial security and also to be able to support people in my life who need some help at the moment. That feels really good. I’m very grateful.”
Whether She Would Continue Her Career With Children
While having children is “still a little while off” for Knight, she doesn’t see expanding her family as a reason to end her OnlyFans career.
“I know a lot of women in the industry have kids. Whether or not they talk about it is another thing,” she claimed. “People are happily married with children, they’re in the industry, they’re in their 40s. I don’t know, I don’t see why not. We’ll see what happens, things could change.”
Sandra Oh has no desire to re-enter the world of fictional doctors anytime soon, even if she’s just watching from the comfort of her couch.
Max’s medical drama, The Pitt, premiered in early January and received much praise from critics and fans alike. But despite being a former TV doctor herself, Oh, 53, still hasn’t seen a single episode.
“It’s, like, too intense,” Oh told Us Weekly and other reporters on the carpet of the fourth annual Gold Gala in Los Angeles on May 10.
“I [heard] such amazing things, and I’m a big fan of Noah [Wyle], but I gotta tell you it’s too intense to watch anything about a hospital,” she explained.
In the show, Wyle, 53, plays Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch, a chief attending in an emergency room set in Pittsburgh. It has been applauded for its realistic depictions of doctors, nurses and emergency room staff within the high-pressure workplace and, last month, it was renewed for a second season.
Oh played Cristina Yang on ABC’s long-running medical series Grey’s Anatomy for 10 seasons from 2005 until 2013. During her final appearance on the show, Cristina moved to Switzerland to take a new job, leaving behind her best friend Meredith Grey (Ellen Pomepo) and her other colleagues and friends. (The show is now heading into season 22.)
At the time of her departure, Oh told The Hollywood Reporter, “creatively, I really feel like I gave it my all, and I feel ready to let her go.” Since her departure, Oh has appeared in various projects such as the 2014 film Tammy and television shows The Chair, Killing Eve and American Crime.
When asked if she watches Grey’s Anatomy reruns, Oh said, “Oh, no. I gotta tell you, I’ve put that gently aside.”
The Gold Gala, a nonprofit event hosted by the Gold House, celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander leaders within the entertainment, fashion and sports spaces. This year’s gala was held at the Music Center in Downtown L.A.
Oh said the event was “extremely” important to her. In 2023, she won the SeeHer Award, which recognizes people who advocate for gender equality, defy stereotypes and push boundaries on and off the screen.
“To see everybody, and just to say hi to everyone — these events did not exist 10, 20 years ago. So to be able to come to it, it’s great, yeah,” she said.
A manager at a prominent Los Angeles hotel is sharing a glimpse into Sean “Diddy” Combs’ requests before a typical stay.
Frédéric Zemmour — who serves as the general manager of L’Ermitage in Beverly Hills — testified in Diddy’s ongoing trial on Thursday, May 22, and walked the jury through the rapper’s hotel records. (Diddy, 55, has pleaded not guilty to all charges and denied all of the allegations against him.)
While testifying at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse in New York City, Zemmour helped explain an internal note about the famous hotel guest.
“ALWAYS spills candle wax on everything and uses excessive amounts of oil,” the internal note stated. “Likes the room HOT! Please set thermostat to 75 degrees.”
The piece of evidence also included an instruction for employees to mark the room “out of order upon departure for deep cleaning.”
At one point, Diddy received a $500 fee for leaving “large deposits of candle wax” on furniture.
According to The Washington Post, Zemmour also testified that Diddy would book rooms under aliases including “Frank Black” and “Ryan Lopez.” Staffers, however, allegedly knew the rap mogul’s identity and placed him in certain entry-level rooms, according to the court exhibits.
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Zemmour did not face cross-examination from Diddy’s defense team, and the government proceeded to call another witness soon after.
Prosecutors have claimed that Diddy held “freak offs” at various hotels and requested that rooms be prepared to his liking. Candles, mood lighting and baby oil were allegedly some of Diddy’s frequent requests for hotel workers.
Previously, prosecutors have described freak offs as “elaborate and produced sex performances” that Diddy allegedly orchestrated and coerced others to participate in.
In September 2024, Diddy was arrested in New York City on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has vehemently denied all allegations and pleaded not guilty.
“We are disappointed with the decision to pursue what we believe is an unjust prosecution of Mr. Combs by the U.S. Attorney’s Office,” Diddy’s attorney Marc Agnifilo said in a statement at the time of his client’s arrest. “He is an imperfect person, but he is not a criminal. To his credit, Mr. Combs has been nothing but cooperative with this investigation and he voluntarily relocated to New York last week in anticipation of these charges. Please reserve your judgment until you have all the facts. These are the acts of an innocent man with nothing to hide, and he looks forward to clearing his name in court.”
Since Diddy’s trial began on May 5, the rapper has heard testimony from his ex-girlfriend Cassie Ventura, Kid Cudi and Danity Kane’s Dawn Richard. The trial is expected to last through early July.
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 for confidential support. If you or someone you know is a human trafficking victim, contact the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888.
The Colorado Rockies are in the midst of what is sure to be their seventh consecutive losing season, and the losses have taken a toll on one fan in particular.
Rockies fan Timothy Roeckel is suing the team after he was struck by a foul ball during a 2023 game at Coors Field against the New York Yankees. Roeckel was sitting in a suite at the time, which he alleges obstructed his view of the ball. To make matters worse, he claims, the team’s persistent losing has made it difficult for fans to pay attention to the action.
The incident happened in the bottom of the first inning when a Rockies batter fouled a pitch off of Yankees starter Gerrit Cole. The ball then “traveled at a speed, velocity and trajectory that allowed it to sail past the 100-level seating, the club boxes and enter the luxury box where [Roeckel] was seated,” according to the lawsuit, filed in a Denver court on Monday, May 19, and viewed by Us Weekly.
The ball struck Roeckel in the right eye and face, allegedly “causing catastrophic and permanent injuries.”
The lawsuit also alleges that the Rockies’ poor play has contributed to an atmosphere at Coors Field where the baseball itself is secondary to the “socializing, dining and business networking [that] have become the primary focus for many attendees.”
“This cultural shift is not incidental but rather encouraged by [the Rockies’] own marketing and design choices, which emphasize hospitality and off-field amenities over fan vigilance,” the suit reads. “A primary example is [the team’s] removal of the upper right field seats and installing a party deck where a view of the game for most spectators is virtually impossible.”
To underscore his point, Roeckel laid out just how hapless the Rockies have been on the field since they last made the postseason in 2018. The suit points out that Colorado was 35-58 at the time of the incident and finished the season at 59-103. Leading up to that season, the Rockies had finished fourth or fifth in the five-team National League West each of the previous four seasons.
The Rockies haven’t gotten better since then either. They went 61-101 in 2024 and are currently 8-41. Their .163 winning percentage puts them on pace for the worst season of any Major League Baseball team since the 1899 Cleveland Spiders.
Roeckel is seeking damages “including, without limitation, economic, noneconomic and permanent impairment and disfigurement damages as well as interest, costs and such other relief as the Court deems just and appropriate.” He has demanded a trial by jury.
Us Weekly has reached out to the Rockies for comment.
“Not even gonna answer that,” Nader, 28, exclusively told Us Weekly when asked who should be paired with Savchenko, 41, at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit launch. “I don’t wish that on anyone.”
While she’s no longer competing on the ABC reality competition series, Nader encouraged other celebrities to join — and thinks she has an idea of who could be the next recipient of the Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy.
“I think that if anyone has the opportunity to be on the show they should be on it,” she said. “I loved Steve Irwin’s son [Robert Irwin]. He was awesome. I met him at the Hulu Unscripted house. I’m so happy for him, he had a huge snake at the event and he is going to crush it. I have a weird feeling that maybe he’s going to win or something. I don’t know. It seems like he’s committed to the craft.”
Model Brooks Nader didn’t hold back at the #SportsIllustrated event She told Us who she thinks will take home the #DWTS trophy, threw a little shade at her former partner Gleb Savchenko, and still sent well wishes to his current partner.
After Nader was cast on DWTS in 2024, she and Savchenko quickly hit it off. As the season progressed, a source exclusively told Us in September 2024 that Nader and Savchenko were “hooking up.” The twosome would go on to date on and off for months.
Most recently, Nader’s sister shared dirty details of the romance, claiming that the model and Savchenko would have sex on set of DWTS and joked that the trailer would be “shaking” every time.
“I haven’t spoken to her since that interview,” Brooks quipped to Us of Grace Ann, who made the claim during an episode of the “Call Her Daddy” podcast earlier this month. “I don’t plan to speak to her ever again, maybe. Although, it’s hard because we’re filming a show together. Lemme check back in with you in a few weeks and tell you how that’s going.”
Nader and Savchenko were eliminated from DWTS in October 2024 and their whirlwind romance officially came to an end in April.
“I was surprised to learn through an article published today … that Brooks has ended our relationship,” Savchenko said at the time. “The last communication I received from her was a text on April 6th, asking to speak. I called her today in response, but she has not replied.”
Since their split, Nader noted that she’s looking for a new partner — whether that’s a man or woman.
“Maybe it’s a Mr., maybe it’s Mrs., I don’t even know. Who knows?” Nader shared with Entertainment Tonight earlier this month. “My sister keeps telling me I gotta switch teams. She’s over me with the guys.”
Amy Duggar King lives a quieter life compared to her reality TV days.
Amy, 38, is the sole daughter of Jim Bob Duggar’s sister, Deanna Duggar, and Terry Jordan. She was featured on 19 Kids and Counting alongside her cousins when the show premiered in 2008.
Throughout her time on the TLC series, Amy — who did not grow up with the same customs as her cousins — was best known for sharing her disapproval of the rules the Duggars had to follow — including their courtship rituals.
“I would probably ditch my chaperone,” Amy said to Jim Bob during an early episode of 19 Kids and Counting. “You don’t want me to be [your kids’] chaperone. I will pretty much let them do whatever. Come on now! I’m pretty sure you and Aunt Michelle were not like that when you were younger. I’m pretty sure they kissed before they were married.”
During a 2014 special episode of 19 Kids and Counting, Amy shared that she was going to Nashville to pursue a music career. Despite having musical aspirations, Amy ultimately opted not to proceed with her dreams.
The following year, 19 Kids and Counting came to an end after 10 seasons. Following the show’s final episodes, Amy tied the knot with husband Dillon King in September 2015. The couple welcomed son Daxton in October 2019.
After the 19 Kids and Counting came to an end, a spinoff titled Counting On was greenlit by TLC. The new show followed the lives of the older Duggar kids as they started their own families. Amy made multiple appearances on the spinoff, which aired for 11 seasons.
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Since the Duggar family’s time on TLC ended, Amy has focused on her family. She’s given fans an inside look of her life via social media. She also shared that she has kept in touch with her cousins as they all forge their own paths.
“I think we are all just trying to find our path and we’re all just doing things differently,” Amy told Entertainment Tonight in July 2020. “I’m doing things differently, and I’m happy where I’m at. I’m happy for them. Things are definitely different, but I’m happy for everybody. I’m in a good place and I wish my family all the best. I have freedom and it is wonderful.”
Earlier this year, Amy revealed that Dillion was diagnosed with a severe diaphragmatic rupture. Amy explained in an April interview with People that the condition is “an extremely rare and dangerous condition that has caused vital organs, including his kidney and parts of his digestive system, to shift into his chest cavity.”
“Doctors have made it clear that this is not a quick fix,” Amy told the outlet. “The risks are high, the procedures complex and the recovery uncertain. We are taking this one moment at a time, clinging to hope, prayer and the wisdom of the medical teams who are now walking this road with us.”
Later that month, Amy gave an update on how Dillion was faring when a fan inquired about his health scare via social media.
“He’s taking it easy! Still in pain but you’d never know from this photo!” she replied to a fan via Instagram. “There’s just SO much sitting and relaxing one can do before you start to get a lil stir crazy. He isn’t the type to stay down!”
Amy Duggar earned a reputation as the rebellious cousin throughout her extended family’s tenure on 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On.
Amy is the only child of Terry Jordan and Deanna Duggar, whose brother, Jim Bob Duggar, shares 19 children with wife Michelle Duggar. When the former politician and Michelle’s first reality series debuted in 2008, Amy and her parents would frequently make appearances — and showed how their lifestyle differed from that of their conservative relatives.
Viewed as the “black sheep” of the Duggar clan, Amy was often outspoken about her uncle’s strict rules for his children, from eldest son Josh Duggar to youngest daughter Josie. During an early episode of 19 Kids and Counting, Amy called out Jim Bob’s expectations for chaperoned courtship.
“I would probably ditch my chaperone,” she told the cameras before turning to the real estate agent. “You don’t want me to be [your kids’] chaperone. I will pretty much let them do whatever.”
Scroll down to see Amy’s ups and downs with her extended family over the years:
Amy was regularly featured on 19 Kids and Counting, which ran for 10 seasons between 2008 and 2015. She briefly appeared on the family's spinoff, Counting On, often providing a contrast to her cousins' strict upbringings.
Amy had her own special episode of 19 Kids and Counting, titled "A Duggar Leaves Home," which followed her journey to Nashville in hopes of becoming a country singer and setting herself apart from her relatives.
After Amy shared a photo of herself in a Gilmore Girls sweatshirt, an Instagram user asked whether her cousins could "come over to your house and stay for a night" since they "don't watch TV."
At the time, Amy replied, "We've had a girls night before and have gone out to eat. It's a rule though that if I want to spend quality time with them I have to come see them. They don't want me to influence them. So I respect their standards and I don't fuss about it."
Fans noticed that Amy was absent from Jinger Duggar's 2016 wedding to Jeremy Vuolo — but the reality star chalked it up to an already packed calendar. "I was absolutely invited. I love my family! There is no rift between me and my cousins at all. It was just wrong timing," Amy told Entertainment Tonight. "We already had something scheduled."
While appearing on Marriage Boot Camp season 9 with her husband, Amy reflected on "being judged" as the outsider of her extended family, confessing, "I hate being a rebel Duggar."
Amy told Entertainment Tonight that she felt "at peace" after growing apart from her cousins. "I think we are all just trying to find our path and we're all just doing things differently," she explained. "I'm doing things differently and I'm happy where I'm at. I'm happy for them. Things are definitely different, but I'm happy for everybody."
She added at the time, "I'm in a good place and I wish my family all the best. I have freedom and it is wonderful."
While she may not have the closest relationship with the rest of the Duggar clan, Amy admitted that she and her cousin Jill are on good terms. "Jill and I text, not on a daily basis, but we text quite often," she told ET. "And we discuss things."
(Jill and her husband, Derick Dillard, have also distanced themselves from the TLC family.)
Counting On was officially canceled in the wake of Josh's April 2021 arrest on child pornography charges. "@TLC- thank you for the ride🎢 I'll treasure the memories, always," Amy wrote via Instagram after the network pulled the plug on the series. "Also, I stand with the network in this decision!"
Jim Bob and Michelle's niece raised eyebrows when she shared an image of large balloons spelling out, "It's OK to cut off toxic family for your own wellbeing." In the caption of her Instagram post, Amy added, "Amen & Amen. It's not easy, but necessary."
As Josh's trial continued in Arkansas, Amy reflected on the "heavy" cloud around her family "until justice is served." She added in an Instagram Story, "Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord, I will repay thee. Please pray for the victims and for the truth to be revealed. Pray that the judge will give the ultimate sentence."
Jinger looked back at her childhood with “cousin Amy” in a May 2025 episode of her and husband Jeremy Vuolo’s podcast, noting that Amy attended school across the street from her family’s residence.
“It was kind of funny because she would come over on occasion or, like, [if] we knew she was over at the playground, [we’d scream out], ‘Amy,’ we’d try to yell,” Jinger said on the podcast episode. “I think once or twice she found her way over to our house across [the street] during recess.”
Tommy Dorfman has officially parted ways with her wife, Elise Williams.
Dorfman, 33, filed for divorce from Williams in New York after nearly two years of marriage on Friday, May 16, Us Weekly can reveal exclusively according to online records. The news comes less than five months after Dorfman appeared to hint at the pair’s split in a December 2024 Instagram post. (Us has reached out to Dorfman and Williams’s reps for comment.)
While sharing a slideshow of “random memories of 2024,” the 13 Reasons Why alum quoted Nicole Kidman’s memorable AMC Theaters commercial. “1: heartbreak feels good in a place like this (i wrote this entirely original line),” she quipped.
Elsewhere in the carousel, Dorfman shared a mirror selfie that showed off her leg, writing in the post’s caption, “i sent this to a boy and got no response so that’s good.”
Another snap featured her dog laying on a couch. Dorfman revealed that she and her pup were living in a “new home,” writing, “While it’s just the two of us now, i think she’s managing better than i.”
Us can also confirm that Dorfman recently sold her Brooklyn apartment amid the split. The charming pre-war 3-bedroom home – with a renovated kitchen, sprawling living and dining area, large windows, wood-burning fireplace, and exposed brick – hit the market in early April and within weeks is in contract for nearly $1.4 million.
Back in May 2024, Dorfman revealed in a since-deleted Instagram post that she and Williams secretly tied the knot several months prior. “I married my best friend and didn’t tell anyone except @hunterabrams who came and photographed us towards the end of last year,” she wrote. “We bought our own dresses @doverstreetmarketnewyork where i used to work before acting, and it was perfect.”
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She opened up about their relationship in an essay for Vogue at the time, noting that they quickly fell in love after meeting on the dating app Hinge in 2021.
“We got engaged two months into dating. To our credit, we waited a full 12 months before moving in together, so you can’t say we U-Hauled (though one might argue taking in a Great Dane puppy at our six-month mark was a smidge irresponsible),” she recalled. “That’s the thing about falling in love though; your responsibility barometer isn’t always where it should be. Love, for us, required that nauseating combination of naivete, delusion, and fate.”
Dorfman was previously married to Peter Zurkuhlen from 2016 to 2021.
Before filing for divorce, Dorfman starred alongside Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor in Romeo + Juliet on Broadway. She portrayed the Nurse and Tybalt throughout the show, which debuted in October 2024 and ended on February 16.
“O teach me how i should forget to think! these past 6 months have been the most challenging and rewarding of my life,” she captioned behind-the-scenes pics via Instagram on closing night. “I love you @romeojulietnyc thank you all for every single moment .”
Since the trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs kicked off at the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse in New York City on May 5, numerous witnesses have taken the stand to testify about their alleged interactions with the rapper.
Diddy was arrested in September 2024 and charged with sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges and denied all of the allegations against him.
The mogul’s ex-girlfriend Cassie was a star witness for the prosecution, taking the stand on May 13 and testifying for four days about her relationship with Diddy, which lasted off and on from 2007 to 2018. During her testimony, Cassie revealed that she developed an off-and-on drug addiction during their relationship and said she started trauma therapy and went to rehab in 2023.
“I was spinning out,” she said on May 14, recalling an incident where she tried to walk into traffic. “I didn’t want to be alive anymore at that point.”
She said her husband, Alex Fine, stopped her, and the duo are currently expecting baby No. 3. The pair, who tied the knot in 2019, share daughters Frankie and Sunny, born in 2019 and 2021, respectively.
Keep scrolling for a complete timeline of all the allegations that have been mentioned during the Diddy trial:
Cassie (full name Casandra Ventura) testified that she met Diddy for the first time when she was 19. She soon signed a 10-album deal with his record label, Bad Boy.
2006
Cassie’s first and only album, which was self-titled, debuted in August. It spawned the hit single “Me & U,” which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. None of the other albums in the deal ever came out, which Cassie alleged was entirely Diddy’s decision as she recorded “hundreds” of songs.
The defense, meanwhile, tried to point out instances where Diddy was supportive of Cassie. “Words were helpful,” Cassie said in response to a question about how her ex would build her up. “He’s got that energy, that inspiring energy.”
Cassie and Diddy attend the Met Gala in 2018.Getty Images
2007
During her May 14 testimony, Cassie alleged that her first kiss with Diddy happened at her 21st birthday party in Los Angeles. At that point he was her boss, but they were not yet dating. She told the court that she cried and ran away after the kiss because she wasn’t used to an employer behaving in that way.
After the party, Cassie claimed Diddy began inviting her to meetings in hotel rooms, where she believed they would discuss her career. Instead, Diddy allegedly “introduced” her to oral sex and “made me feel crazy for not reciprocating” after he performed it on her for the first time. She added she was “completely sexually inexperienced” at the time and dating someone else.
In response, the defense showed the jury texts between Cassie and ex-boyfriend Ryan Leslie in an attempt to prove that she was not sexually inexperienced when she met Diddy.
Cassie testified their romantic relationship began in earnest a few months after her birthday, during a trip to Miami where Diddy allegedly gave her a “blue dolphin” ecstasy pill.
Cassie alleged that Diddy physically assaulted her for the first time after she saw him flirting with someone else during an outing. When they got into his car after the event, she claimed he “knocked me around and was just really mean,” hitting her in the side of the head in front of his driver and a security guard and knocking her to the floor. “I was just shocked,” she told the court.
The defense has argued that Diddy’s anger issues were caused by alcohol and drug use as well as opioid withdrawal. They also attempted to prove that Cassie was physically abusive to Diddy as well.
2008
Cassie claimed that she participated in her first freak off when she was 22, alleging that Diddy arranged for a male dancer to have sex with her early in their relationship. She claimed they took ecstasy and drank alcohol during the encounter. While she felt “dirty” afterward, she felt she couldn’t say no to more freak offs, which she said happened almost weekly after the first time and continued through 2017 or 2018.
During cross-examination, the defense pointed to loving text messages Cassie sent to Diddy as evidence that she willingly participated in freak offs in order to please him. “I’m always ready for a freak-off lolol,” she wrote to him at one point.
The same year of Cassie’s first freak off, Diddy allegedly ordered his assistant David James and other members of his entourage to confront his rival Suge Knight in the parking lot of a diner. James claimed that his former boss had three handguns on his lap when he made the alleged request. “I was really shook up by it,” James told the court. “My life was in danger.”
Cassie testified that she witnessed this alleged incident as well, telling the jury that one of Diddy’s security guards interrupted a freak off to tell him about Knight’s location. She also claimed she was given a gun to put in her purse, and this “terrified” her.
The defense questioned James about why he didn’t object when Diddy asked him to look for Knight. “Respectfully, sir, you have someone with three guns that close proximity, I didn’t think I had the option to say something,” he told attorney Marc Agnifilo before agreeing with the lawyer’s claim that the incident was “a radical departure” from usual events during his time working for Diddy.
Danity Kane’s Dawn Richard claimed in her May 16 testimony that she was once at Diddy’s house when she saw him attempt to hit Cassie with a hot skillet that had just been used to cook eggs. “He came downstairs screaming, belligerent, asking where his food was and continued to hit her in the head and kick her on the ground in front of us,” Richard alleged. “He came downstairs angry and was saying, ‘Where the f*** was his eggs’ and he was telling Cassie she never gets anything right and where the f*** was his food. And he came over to the skillet with the eggs in it and tried to hit her over the head, and she fell to the ground.”
The singer went on to claim that Diddy kept beating Cassie while she was on the floor then “proceeded to take his arm around her neck and dragged her by the hair up the stairs.” The following day, the mogul allegedly invited Richard and her Dirty Money bandmate Kalenna Harper to record with him in the studio, where he told them the attack they’d both seen was “passion.” Richard further claimed he threatened them, saying, “People who say something can end up missing.”
The defense questioned Richard about whether she was having a difficult time keeping her story “straight,” but she replied that she didn’t agree with that assessment. During cross-examination, Diddy’s attorney Nicole Westmoreland claimed Richard’s testimony didn’t always match what she’d alleged in her own lawsuit against the rapper or what she’d told the government’s investigators.
“Every day it gets easier to remember certain things,” Richard said during redirect questioning. “I try my best to do it to the best of my ability.”
2010
In her May 19 testimony, Richard claimed Usher was present on one occasion when Diddy allegedly punched Cassie in the stomach at a restaurant. “She immediately bent over, [Diddy] told her to leave,” Richard alleged. “No one intervened.”
The same year, Cassie’s friend and makeup artist Mylah Morales testified that she was present during one of Diddy’s attacks. She claimed she was napping on a couch in her hotel suite the weekend of the Grammys when Diddy barged in looking for Cassie, asking, “Where the f*** is she?” Morales alleged Diddy then went into Cassie’s room and said she heard “yelling and screaming” before the rapper came back out. The makeup artist claimed Cassie left the room “distraught” and had “a swollen eye and a busted lip and knots on her head.”
Cassie and Diddy attend the Met Gala in 2017.Getty Images
2011
Cassie started dating rapper Kid Cudi during a break in her relationship from Diddy but soon ended the relationship because she feared for her and Cudi’s safety. She claimed she was having a freak off with Diddy when he saw emails about her romance with the other rapper and lunged at her with a wine bottle opener. While she escaped unharmed, she noted that she communicated with Cudi (real name Scott Mescudi) using a burner phone.
The defense attempted to link Diddy’s response to the Cudi romance as evidence of broader issues of infidelity and jealousy in Diddy and Cassie’s relationship.
After Diddy found out Cassie was dating Cudi, he allegedly broke into Cudi’s home in the Hollywood Hills. Cudi testified that he found presents unwrapped and his dog locked in the bathroom, but he noted during cross-examination that his home had been unlocked and nothing was damaged. He also agreed with the defense’s assertion that he and Diddy were “played” by Cassie, as neither man knew she was seeing them both at the same time.
Diddy allegedly threatened to release two explicit videos of Cassie as retaliation for her relationship with Cudi and attacked her at his home. When she returned to her hotel, she claimed, her room had been trashed, with urine and feces in the bathroom.
Around this time, Cassie also told her mother, Regina Ventura, about the abuse for the first time. In her own testimony, Regina claimed Diddy demanded $20,000 in exchange for a promise not to release the videos. Regina took out a home equity loan and wired him the money, but he allegedly returned it several days later.
Regina also took photos of Cassie’s injuries from the alleged assault, noting she wanted to establish a record. “She was bruised and I wanted to make sure we memorialize it,” she said. “I was scared for my daughter’s safety.”
After finding out about Cassie and Cudi’s relationship, Diddy allegedly threatened to blow up Cudi’s car and said he wanted his friends to be there when it happened. Following their split, Cudi allegedly met with Cassie and Diddy, where they talked about the car. “What about my vehicle?” Cassie recalled Cudi asking. Diddy allegedly replied, “What vehicle?” Cassie then noted, “And that was the end of the meeting.”
According to a police report obtained by Rolling Stone, Cudi’s car was set on fire by an “incendiary device” in January 2012.
Another witness, escort Sharay “The Punisher” Evans, testified that his first freak off with Cassie and Diddy took place this year. He went on to participate in around a dozen freak offs with the pair and told the jury he did not initially know who they were, as Diddy allegedly wore a veil over his face and Cassie wore sunglasses and a wig.
While Evans said during direct testimony that he saw Cassie expressing hesitation at some of Diddy’s freak off directives, he told the defense that he did not see any cues indicating she was experiencing discomfort.
That same year, Diddy allegedly overdosed on opioids while attending a party at the Playboy Mansion.
2013
Cassie alleged Diddy threw her down at one point, which caused her to cut her eyebrow on the corner of a bed. She claimed his security brought her to a plastic surgeon’s office to treat the injury, noting she texted him a photo of the cut “so you can remember.” He allegedly replied, “You. Don’t know. When to. Stop. You [have] pushed IT Too far. And continue to push. Sad.” She said she has a permanent scar on her eyebrow from the incident.
During cross-examination, the defense referenced a statement Cassie made in May 2024 about the CNN video of Diddy assaulting her, where she wrote that domestic violence is “THE issue.” The defense was seemingly trying to point out that domestic violence, while a crime, is not one of the charges that Diddy is facing.
Cassie was hosting an event in Atlantic City, New Jersey, when someone she was working with told her they’d seen a sexually explicit video of her. “Ask what the room looked like … girl you need to get this info,” Diddy allegedly texted her after the incident. “You gotta tell him this is your life and this is serious. … This is crazy! Do not let him out of your [sight]. Wtf.”
During cross-examination, the defense played audio of Cassie threatening to “kill” a DJ who claimed to have seen explicit videos of her.
2015
After one incident of alleged abuse, Cassie claimed Diddy told her to put on more makeup to cover her bruises so one of his sons, who was then staying at his house, wouldn’t see them.
The same year, she began dating actor Michael B. Jordan during another one of her breaks from Diddy. At the time, Diddy was allegedly dating another one of his on-off girlfriends, which Cassie said “hurt” her.
One of Diddy’s former assistants, George Kaplan, claimed he was on a plane with Diddy, Cassie and a few security guards when he heard glass shatter from behind him. He turned around and allegedly saw Diddy holding a cocktail glass over Cassie, who was lying on the ground. Kaplan claimed no one did anything, and after Diddy walked to the front of the plane, no one went to the back to check on Cassie.
That same year, Kaplan alleged he got a call on the intercom at Diddy’s house to come to the bedroom, where he found Cassie on the bed “clearly upset” with a bruised eyebrow and forehead.
Kaplan ultimately quit working for Diddy later that year after he allegedly saw his boss assaulting another girlfriend named Gina, saying that was “the final straw” for him.
Diddy was captured on surveillance video physically assaulting Cassie on March 5 at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles. (An edited version of the video was published by CNN in May 2024.) During her testimony, Cassie claimed Diddy was trying to drag her back to a freak off happening in a hotel room. After the assault, Cassie alleged, Diddy tried to contact her, but she texted him, “Please stay far away from me.”
During cross-examination, the defense showed a text message Cassie sent in which she told Diddy she wanted to attend the freak off “so bad” but was afraid of exhausting herself before a movie premiere happening two days later.
In September, Cassie allegedly witnessed Diddy dangling her friend Bryana “Bana” Bongolan over a balcony and then threw her onto patio furniture. (Bongolan sued Diddy in 2024, and he denied her claims in a statement via his lawyer.)
That same year, Diddy allegedly took Cassie’s phone when he believed she was dating a professional football player. Regina testified that she called the police and had a “bitter argument” with Diddy outside her daughter’s apartment building as she tried to get the phone back from the mogul while Cassie was inside.
2018
Near the end of their relationship, Cassie had dinner with Diddy, and they returned to her home afterward. She alleged that he then raped her on her living room floor. “I just remember crying and saying no, but it was very fast,” she recalled, adding that they had sex “by choice” on September 27 one other time after the end of their relationship.
During cross-examination, the defense questioned the timeline of the alleged rape, noting that Cassie testified it happened in August while telling the prosecution it happened in September.
Prior to their split, Diddy allegedly attacked Cassie’s friend Kerry Morgan with a wooden hanger in a fit of anger over another man Cassie was dating at the time. “I had a concussion. I was dizzy. I vomited a few times,” Morgan testified, adding that the incident ended her friendship with Cassie. She went on to claim that Diddy and Cassie later asked to sign a $30,000 nondisclosure agreement after the alleged altercation. During her cross-examination, Morgan agreed with the defense’s assertion that Diddy is a “flawed person.”
In March, months after their split, Diddy allegedly sent Cassie a message referring to “iPads full of skeletons,” which she believed meant explicit videos he’d recorded. She also claimed he wanted to be reimbursed for personal training sessions he paid for when her now-husband had been training her.
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Minnesota Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy is busy on and off the field. The athlete has been dating his girlfriend, Katya Kuropas, for more than five years.
McCarthy and Kuropas fell for each other while they were in high school in Illinois. The football player made a name for himself at Nazareth Academy, committing to Michigan in May 2019 after being rated one of the top quarterback recruits ahead of his junior and senior years of high school.
McCarthy arrived at Michigan ahead of the 2021 season and played behind starting QB Cade McNamara. During his second season in blue and maize, McCarthy was named the starter over McNamara.
One month later, he commemorated four years with Kuropas by his side.
“I can’t believe it’s been 4 years my lovey,” he wrote via Instagram. “High school sweethearts, but feels like I’ve known you since the play pen. Blessed and extremely grateful for your love and pure heart. Together, forever, whatever life brings.”
Throughout the year, McCarthy’s success on the field continued as well — until an undefeated Michigan lost to Texas Christian University in the College Football Playoff on December 31, 2022. The following year, McCarthy and Michigan returned to the College Football Playoff and beat the University of Alabama in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day. They defeated the University of Washington in the finals on January 8, 2024.
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The twosome celebrated two years of officially dating.
“They say, once a man finds the right woman for him, he can accomplish anything. I am blessed and thankful for finding the right one for me at such a young age,” McCarthy wrote via Instagram. “Honored to have spent 2 years of my life with the woman of my dreams, and excited for the years to come❤️ #730days.”
“Happy cake day to the most beautiful soul ❤️,” he wrote in his girlfriend’s birthday tribute. “Not only are you the love of my life, you are my best friend and someone who has always pushed me to be the best possible version of myself every single day. 19 down with many many more to come, and I would be the luckiest man in the world to be able to experience the rest of them by your side. Happy 19th @katyakuropas !!! I love you beyond measure ❤️❤️❤️.”
Kuropas made waves online during the Fiesta Bowl as ESPN continued to show her reactions in the crowd when Michigan played TCU on New Year’s Eve. (McCarthy and the Wolverines lost 51-45.)
As Kuropas continued to support McCarthy from the stands at Michigan games, they celebrated their fifth anniversary.
"1,825 days with the love of my life but a million moments that will be remembered and cherished for the rest of my life," he wrote via Instagram. "I couldn’t be more grateful for who you are and everything you do! You make me the best version of myself and it has been a complete blessing to continually watch you grow into the amazing woman you are. I love you my queen!!! 👸🥰❤️."
McCarthy announced his decision to enter the 2024 NFL Draft on January 14.
“To my love Katya …. You are my soulmate, best friend, and my rock,” he shared in a lengthy Instagram post at the time. “I am so blessed to be your partner now and forever. I am so excited to continue our journey together.”
After over five years of dating, the couple announced their engagement on January 20.
“Me, You & Marley Forever & Ever ✨🤍,” the duo wrote in a joint Instagram post alongside photos from the beachside proposal.
Ahead of the 2024 NFL draft, Kuropas penned a touching farewell to her and McCarthy’s alma mater as he prepared to enter in the next phase of his football career.
“Extremely delayed but … Reminiscing on how amazing this past season was. An abundance of blessings and the best memories,” she wrote alongside a slideshow of moments cheering on McCarthy. “Feeling so grateful for everything that unfolded & for everyone that was part of it!! Sad to see this chapter go, but excited for the next one🫶🏽.”
McCarthy and Kuropas announced they’re expecting their first baby.
“The best surprises come when you least expect them,” the couple shared in a joint Instagram post. “Our sweet baby boy is arriving in September and we couldn’t be happier 🩵🍼.”
Some of Demi Engemann‘s costars from The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives accused her of planning to fabricate an affair story line with Taylor Frankie Paul‘s ex Dakota Mortensen — but does the rest of MomTok think that’s true?
During an exclusive interview with Us Weekly, Layla Taylor teased that “a lot of truth will come out” after various accusations were made amid the cast.
“There’s definitely a lot of, he said, she said,” Layla noted. “A lot of girls are just kind of trying to throw people under the bus right now.”
Despite Layla being on good terms with Mikayla Matthews and Jessi Ngatikaura — who started the rumor — she wasn’t convinced.
“It’s hard. It’s hard to see for sure,” she added. “I feel like until more comes out, I feel like we all just kind of need to stop with the spreading of the narrative. So it’s hard right now for sure.”
Mikayla accused Demi of attempting to manufacture a story line while on the Tuesday, May 20, episode of “The Viall Files” podcast, saying, “Demi wanted to have a huge finale for season 1 and so she was like, ‘We can make up this whole thing that I have an affair with Dakota.’ We were like, ‘Oh, that’s a weird thing to say.'”
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Jessi, meanwhile, said Demi “had a whole plan,” adding, “It wasn’t like, ‘Hey, guys, this could be funny.’ It was like, ‘We could meet in a car and then they could catch us.'”
According to Jessi, her individual issues weren’t clouding her judgment of Demi. “It says a lot that there are seven women who feel the exact same way about her,” she said. “It’s not just me that had issues.”
Demi has yet to publicly address the claims. She is currently on the outs with most of her costars after season 2 of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, which premiered earlier this month, showed her individual feuds with Jessi, Taylor and Jen Affleck.
“There’s definitely things that I didn’t agree with what Demi did — and I’ll tell that to her face. She already knows that,” Whitney told Us. “But I think just more than anything, I just know that everyone is always going through something.”
Despite disagreeing with some of Demi’s behavior, Whitney defended their friendship, saying, “There’s a reason they’re reacting the way that they’re reacting and in this group, what I like to believe that the intent is to not be malicious or to intentionally hurt people. It’s so much deeper than that and unfortunately hurt people, hurt people.”
Whitney also weighed in on Demi’s future in MomTok.
“You have to compartmentalize relationships in this group and for Demi, she is an adult. If she wants to leave and doesn’t want to be a part of it anymore, that’s going to be her decision,” she told Us. “But I don’t need to go and follow suit and be like, ‘OK, peace out too.’ If I wanted to leave, then that has to be my own decision. I’m not going to do it because somebody else has left.”
According to the cast — including newbie Miranda McWhorter — there is more to the story, which they are currently filming.
“We were all pretty vocal with her about and it landed to her in some pretty sticky situations,” Miranda teased during the joint interview. “But you’ll see how it plays out. I think she’s making strides and trying — so I’m wishing the best for her.”
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives is currently streaming on Hulu.
No matter how busy life gets, Russell Dickerson and wife Kailey Dickerson always have time to enjoy a very important Costco purchase.
“I’d say the Costco hot tub has brought our family a lot of joy,” Russell, 38, exclusively shared with Us Weekly when partnering with HERSHEY’S to create the ultimate s’more for summer. “That’s where we have our quiet time.”
Russell and Kailey, 36 — who share sons Remington, 4, and Radford, 19 months — recently celebrated 12 years of marriage.
While life on the road and raising two boys keeps their lives busy and full, alone time in their beloved Costco splurge has proven to do wonders.
“The other morning, we got up before the kids, and that’s where we had a conversation,” Russell said. “There’s coffee and conversation.”
It’s an example of the couple prioritizing intentional time in their relationship. Ever since meeting at Belmont University in Nashville, Russell and Kailey have been by each other’s sides, celebrating life’s greatest joys.
Russell Dickerson and Kailey DickersonThe Hershey Company
While Russell’s career in country music continues to rise, a busy tour schedule won’t prevent him from spending time with the woman who matters most in his life.
“We’ll leave the kids at home with the nanny, and we’ll get to hang out for two or three days,” he shared. “We’ll get to be intentional with each other. We’ll get to go find a little coffee shop, find a little lunch spot, dinner spot, whatever it is. And that has been huge for our marriage.”
Once they are back home, the couple follow the “combine and conquer” strategy and prove to be an unstoppable parenting team.
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“It’s a couple of days here and there on the road, and then come home and have family time as much as we can for days straight,” Kailey shared. “When we’re home, we’re just home, and it’s been really sweet.”
With summer quickly approaching, Russell will be performing across the country as part of his Russell Mania tour.
When he’s home, however, the “God Gave Me a Girl” singer is likely in the hot tub or by the fire making s’mores with HERSHEY’S Milk Chocolate with Caramel bars.
“We’ve always been a camping family,” he told Us. “We have this fire pit up in our house. We’re making s’mores all the time. With two young boys, that’s such a special treat, and partnering with HERSHEY’S with this new caramel dropped infusion, it’s the perfect little addition, gooey dripping treat. We’re getting messy anyway, we might as well just add some caramel in there.”
Anna Kendrick’s former Hollywood Hills ‘starter home’ has sold for nearly $2.4 million.
The Pitch Perfect actress’s property was on the market for less than a month before it sold for more than double the $1 million Kendrick paid for it in 2012, reports Realtor.
Kendrick’s real estate team were able to sell the 2,700-square-foot residence for the listing price of $2.395 million without having to lower the price tag — unlike nearby listings from Jessica Simpson, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez and Diane Keaton where prices were dramatically slashed earlier this year.
The Academy Award-nominated actress lived at the Beachwood Canyon residence between 2012 and 2022, and has since rented out the property for nearly $10,000 a month. The house was originally built in the 1930s.
The single-family Hollywood Hills dwelling boasts three bedrooms across two floors, as well as amenities such as a spa-inspired bathroom attached to the 1,200-square-foot master bedroom. Both the living room and patio have bespoke fireplaces.
The lucky buyer will be able to enjoy panoramic views of both Century City and the Santa Monica Mountains.
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Kendrick engaged in an extensive renovation process since moving out of the residence to add Hickory flooring and a modern-style marble kitchen island.
After moving out of Beachwood Canyon in 2022, Kendrick paid $7 million for a nearby Hollywood Hills mansion that sits atop a hill.
Kendrick opened up to Harper’s Bazaar about the importance of feeling comfortable in her home in October 2024. She admitted that she spent a lot of time on her comfy couch to avoid the trappings of fame.
“I deal with fame by being a couch potato of the highest order,” she joked. “But I also have always found that I can mostly move around without an issue just because, frankly, I’m shorter than most people realize. I’m so incognito when I have a baseball hat on – nobody really notices me, it’s a real luxury.”
She went on, “There are times where I’ve hung out with actors who are really tall, and I’m like, ‘I would go to you in a crowd anyway, because you’re this striking-looking person who is seven feet tall, and then I realize you’re that guy from that thing.’ Being recognized isn’t such a problem for me, I’m happy to report.”
Kendrick recently reunited with Blake Lively for the long-awaited sequel Another Simple Favor, which premiered on Prime Video on May 1. While there have been rumors of Kendrick and Lively feuding, Another Simple Favor director Paul Feig insisted there was no bad blood behind the scenes.
“Any controversy is good. I’m always like, ‘No press is bad press,’” Feig said on iHeartRadio’s “Amy & TJ” podcast in April. “But I just know these people, and I like these people so much that I work with that I want to defend them when somebody is just [telling] blatant lies. It makes me crazy.”
A source echoed those comments while exclusively speaking to Us Weekly in February by insisting there “aren’t any issues between Blake and Anna right now.”
Travis Kelce is a self-proclaimed “furry son of a bitch,” and Atlanta Falcons star Kirk Cousins is amazed that Taylor Swift can tolerate it.
The veteran quarterback weighed in on the shirtless photos of Swift’s boyfriend that recently made the rounds on the internet. In them, Kelce’s copious back hair is fully visible.
“God bless Taylor Swift for being good with that,” Cousins, 36, told E! News in a story published Wednesday, May 21. “That’s awesome. Good for her.”
Cousins was quick to add that he does not have the same problem as his fellow athlete.
“Thankfully, I don’t have to deal with that, but I’m in a locker room a lot,” he added. “That’s just a part of life. It is what it is.”
Travis, 35, spoke about his back hair on the Wednesday episode of his “New Heights” podcast, which he hosts with his brother, Jason Kelce. The two were discussing the NFL scheduling international games, with Travis and the Kansas City Chiefs playing the Los Angeles Rams in Brazil this September.
Travis explained he doesn’t like playing in the heat, dubbing himself a “furry son of a bitch.”
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“Me and heat just don’t do well together,” he said. “So, I apologize if it came off as if I’m not excited about this. I’m still excited, I’m just gonna be doing some wardrobe changes throughout the game.”
Travis’ back hair is nothing new. Jason, 37, took time to razz his brother about it on a 2022 episode of “New Heights,” explaining where his brother got the nickname “Big Yeti.”
“When Trav was at Cincinnati, he would play basketball in the playground quite a bit,” Jason said. “And anyone who has ever played pickup basketball, you know there’s shirts and skins.”
Jason went on to describe Travis’ “chest hair, back hair, arm hair, leg hair” that would be on full display whenever he was on the skins team.
“I had the big beard, I had the long hair,” Travis added. “It’s just a big ole Yeti out there, man. All the homies on the court were calling me ‘Big Yeti.'”
The younger Kelce returned the favor during an April episode when he insisted Jason needed a “tit reduction” as the two laughed over an unflattering photo of Jason at Justin Timberlake’s 8AM Invitational golf tournament in Las Vegas.
“In fairness I think it was a little cold,” joked Jason, who took the teasing in stride. “Those are just thermostats working. It was a little breezy that day.”
Wendy Williams’ current living arrangements are being put under the spotlight once again.
After the ID Channel premiered a new special titled TRAPPED: What Is Happening to Wendy Williams?, some fans grew concerned about a claim that Williams, 60, was moved to a more restrictive area in her New York City assisted living facility after drinking on her birthday in July 2024.
According to a source, Williams did in fact get drunk while celebrating at a rooftop bar. The incident, however, didn’t have an impact on where she lived.
“She was always supposed to be on the fifth floor,” a source exclusively shared with Us Weekly. “But she got a temporary room on the third floor [which allowed her more access]. It was not a punishment [to move her to the fifth floor]. It was always going to be her room. She was just waiting for it to be empty.”
A source described Williams’ guardianship as like “a bad movie” and questioned why the talk show host was placed at a facility with a bar if the guardian knew she had issues with substance abuse.
Williams was originally placed in a guardianship in 2022 and diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) the following year.
While appearing on The View in March, Williams admitted that she “celebrated” her 60th birthday in July 2024, but insisted that she is now sober.
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“[My] relationship [with substances] is fine and is wonderful,” she shared. “I’ve had my [vices] and I have to tell you something: I am easily going on with my life, alcohol-free.”
Last year, the former talk show host’s guardian Sabrina Morrissey filed a memo saying she’d become “cognitively impaired and permanently incapacitated” following a diagnosis of early-onset dementia.
But Williams insisted to the ladies of The View that she is not cognitively impaired and does not know why she is being kept in a “memory unit” at an assisted living facility: “Get off my neck,” she said in the phone interview of her guardian and the judge who ordered the guardianship.
She added she just wants to “move on with my life: “It’s time for my money and my life to get back to status quo,” Williams said on The View.
Instead of discussing hot topics through a talk show or radio show, Williams tries to keep herself busy with her current living arrangements, the source told Us.
“She goes to the gym a couple times a week and she spends a lot of time in her room unless she has appointments,” the source shared. “She can see her family, but anyone else needs permission from her guardian.”
Williams is in “good spirits” after she obtained new attorneys, with the source adding they are working to help get Williams out of the guardianship.
“They have her best interests at heart. Moving forward, everything should be better for her,” the source claimed. “Whatever is best for Wendy, they will go through the proper channels and it will be in Wendy’s best interest.”
Although fans are unable to receive regular updates directly from the TV personality, the source said she is “positive and happy” – especially after gaining new legal representation.
“It’s not like it was before because there are people who are actually working on her case,” the source explained. “I believe Wendy will get out, but barriers will be put in place to protect her. I believe at some point, she will have as much independence as she can handle.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Williams’ attorney and guardian for comment.
