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California Governor Gavin Newsom just signed a new law allowing transgender prisoners in the State to be housed based on their gender identity rather than their biological sex. Newsom signed SB 132 Saturday — among other LGBTQ+-friendly legislation — which will require the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s officers to privately ask inmates during

A Missouri cop claims a guy broke his hand … with none other than his face — and now, a judge has allowed the case to move forward with an assault charge against the dude. Ozark PD officer Trevor Spencer testified last week that back in December of 2019, a traffic stop in which he

The crime scene left behind after Breonna Taylor was shot and killed in her own apartment was a show of chaos … so it seems from the first body cam footage released that shows the aftermath. VICE News just posted two brief clips from hours of body camera footage they obtained from responding SWAT team

Play video content Exclusive 12/19/19 TMZ.com DaBaby‘s alleged beating victim says he’s on the verge of possibly needing back surgery to fix nerve damage … this according to the man’s lawyer. Anthony Werbin of Downtown L.A. Law Group is repping Cristofher Pocasangre, and tells TMZ his client’s now suffering through structural damage to his back

Exclusive Actress Kirsten Storms is the complete opposite of #RelationshipGoals — she’s got a big fat lawsuit hanging over her head now because her BF skipped bail. The actress, best known for the Disney Channel original movies, ‘Zenon,’ is being sued by American Contractors Indemnity — an affiliate of Always Bail Bonds — which claims

Breaking News L.A. Lakers guard J.R. Smith is clapping back at Tory Lanez after getting DISSED on his latest album … calling the artist a “clown” and a “lil ass boy.” A bit of a refresher — the NBA vet was outspoken after Megan Thee Stallion accused Tory of shooting her in July … saying,

Tory Lanez finally broke his silence about allegedly shooting Megan Thee Stallion, but only in song — he dropped a new record that includes a full denial. The rapper released a 17-track album Thursday night called “DayStar,” and nearly every song seems to be about the altercation with Megan back in July when they were

Exclusive Megan Thee Stallion‘s got more beef with Tory Lanez … her camp is accusing him of launching a smear campaign against her as retaliation for her accusing him of shooting her. Megan’s team alleges Tory’s camp is creating fake emails in an effort to plant false stories about MTS in the media. Her attorney,

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Gigi Gorgeous says ‘Harry Potter’ used to mean something to her, but on the heels of a new anti-trans controversy involving J.K. Rowling … that’s all changed. The popular trans influencer was leaving Delilah in WeHo when we asked her about Rowling promoting an online store that sells transphobic merch.

Play video content Breaking News SLCPD An autistic teen was shot by police in Utah, leaving him seriously injured … and cops are now releasing the body cam footage of the incident. 13-year-old Linden Cameron‘s mother called the cops earlier this month, saying he was having a breakdown — brought on by Asperger’s syndrome —

Exclusive Kodak Black is turning to Donald Trump for help … he’s begging the President to commute his prison sentence. The rapper’s attorneys, Bradford Cohen and Jonathan Schwartz, sent a petition to Trump, obtained by TMZ, asking the Prez to cut Kodak a break. Kodak’s camp has lots of reasons why Trump should commute his

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez doesn’t believe justice was served for Breonna Taylor — not only that, she says politics were unnecessarily brought in by the Kentucky Attorney General. We got AOC Wednesday on Capitol Hill, shortly after the grand jury charges were unveiled … just one officer involved in Breonna’s death

Play video content President Trump resorted to one of his favorite pastimes — insulting women — making a sexist comment about Meghan Markle … all because she dared to encourage Americans to vote. Meghan and Prince Harry have not officially endorsed any political candidates … but the couple recently entered the convo by urging folks

Exclusive R. Kelly‘s renewed plea to get sprung from jail is getting push back from Uncle Sam, who says his most recent concern — getting attacked behind bars — has been neutralized. Federal prosecutors just filed a reply to R. Kelly’s latest request to be released on bail after he was ambushed and beaten by

Exclusive The Jacob Blake investigation is nearing its end, but before it crosses the finish line, a neutral third party has been looped in — a former cop — something a Blake family member is none too pleased about. Jacob’s uncle, Justin Blake, tells TMZ … he feels the news about DOJ investigators bringing in

Exclusive If the “Toy Story 4” character Duke Caboom reminded you of Evel Knievel, you’re not alone — the folks in charge of his image and likeness thought so too … and now they’re suing. A company called K&K Promotions just filed suit against Disney, Pixar and whole a bunch of their subsidiaries … claiming

Exclusive Dr. Dre‘s estranged wife had the gall to dip into a well-funded cookie jar not just once, but TWICE … at least according to Dre’s biz partner, who’s now accusing her of grand theft. Attorneys for Larry Chatman — who co-founded Record One studio with Dre in 2015 — just fired off another letter

Cardi B and her sister are getting sued after labeling a group of beachgoers as “racist MAGA supporters” … this according to a lawsuit. Peter Caliendo, Pauline Caliendo and Manuel Alarcon are suing the rapper, her sister, Hennessy Carolina, and Hennessy’s GF, Michelle Diaz, claiming they defamed them by labeling them as racist during a

Exclusive Magic Johnson and his employees are getting besieged by a guy who’s issuing threats and demands, and recently made it past Magic’s office security — so, now Magic’s court order protection. A judge granted the NBA legend a temporary restraining order today against a guy named Willie Frazier who, Magic says, has been harassing

Play video content Exclusive 12/19/19 TMZ.com DaBaby‘s Christmas time scuffle at an L.A.-area hotel is coming back to haunt him nearly a year later — the guy he roughed up on camera is taking him to court over it. The guy’s name is Cristofher Pocasangre, and he just filed suit against DaBaby claiming his recorded

Breaking News Somebody tried sending ricin to the White House, with the intent of having it received by President Trump … this according to several reports. The NYT, CNN and WSJ reported Saturday that, recently, federal authorities intercepted a package addressed to the White House with Trump as the target. Two different tests were reportedly

Exclusive Fetty Wap‘s gonna have to figure out life in the single lane during a pandemic … ’cause the rapper’s officially divorced. Fetty and Leandra Gonzalez agreed to a divorce settlement and the judge signed off on it on September 4 to make it official … this according to legal docs obtained by TMZ. The

Breaking News “90 Day Fiance” star Larissa Lima has been arrested by ICE … TMZ has confirmed. Larissa was taken into custody Saturday at her and her boyfriend, Eric Nichols‘ Las Vegas home, apparently as they were getting ready to hop in the car and take their U-Haul on a road trip to Colorado Springs

Exclusive Navarro College says Jerry Harris‘ arrest should not reflect on the school or its celebrated cheer squad … because he wasn’t part of their program even before the child pornography bust. As you know … Jerry, one of the stars of Netflix’s cheerleading docuseries “Cheer,” was arrested Thursday and hit with a charge of

Exclusive Details Dr. Dre‘s estranged wife says he secretly transferred valuable assets to himself after they split — in particular his stage name and “The Chronic” — but sources connected to Dre call her claim “ridiculous” and an attempt to embarrass him into submission. Nicole Young just filed legal docs claiming the mogul created a

Kanye West is back from his Twitter time-out with an outrageous claim — he’s offering to get back Taylor Swift‘s master recordings from Scooter Braun!!! Yeezy just offered his services to his longtime enemy, vowing … “I’M GOING TO PERSONALLY SEE TO IT THAT TAYLOR SWIFT GETS HER MASTERS BACK. SCOOTER IS A CLOSE FAMILY

Jerry Harris — one of the stars of Netflix’s cheerleading docuseries “Cheer” — has been arrested for child pornography. Jerry was arrested Thursday morning in Illinois and is being hit with a charge of production of child pornography … according to Assistant U.S. Attorney, Joseph D. Fitzpatrick. As we reported … Harris was under investigation

Tim Stark — known as one of the players in the exotic animal world on ‘Tiger King’ — has been found in contempt of a court order in a strange case involving … you guessed it, zoo animals. According to legal docs … the court ordered all of the animals belonging to Stark’s Wildlife in

Kanye West isn’t easing up off his push for Black ownership in enterprise, or his gripes about not getting a chance to own the masters to his songs. Ye was going off again early Wednesday about African-Americans, by and large, not getting their fair share of the pie — instead, he says they’re mostly used