Mariah Carey and her former assistant were unable to agree on a settlement in legal battle, in which Mariah has accused her ex-employee of attempting to blackmail her for $8 million using intimate videos taken without her permission. Mariah filed the lawsuit against her old assistant, Lianna Shakhnazaryan, last year, citing that Lianna had filmed her in a compromising position without her consent. She then alleged that Lianna tried to extort her out of $8 million by threatening to leak the tapes. Lianna fired back with her own lawsuit against Mariah, accusing her of wrongful termination. According to court documents, Mariah and Lianna were unable to settle their differences, after they each recently attended separate mediation dates in an attempt to work out some kind of compromise to avoid a court trial. Their lawyers informed the judge that “the parties were unable to resolve these matters,” and the two of them will now have to prepare to go to trial.

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In Mariah’s lawsuit, she explains that, after she hired Lianna as her assistant in 2015, the woman “turned out to be a grifter, a Peeping (Tom)asina and an extortionist.” She is seeking $5 million in damages. Lianna has denied any wrongdoing and has argued that any mental or emotional distress suffered by Mariah were the result of her own behaviour.

Johnny Depp is currently overseas at the moment taking on a court battle with British newspaper The Sun over an article that alleged Depp had been abusive to his ex-wife Amber Heard. Well during the court hearing yesterday, the defendant revealed some damaging evidence against Mr. Depp, which showed text messages he sent to his actor friend Paul Bettany back in 2013 that revealed Depp threatening to burn and drown his ex-wife.

Depp allegedly wrote on Nov. 6, 2013, “Let’s burn Amber,” the court heard aloud. He later texted Bettany again that day to say, “Let’s drown her before we burn her!!! I will f–k her burnt corpse afterwards to make sure she is dead.” However, it should be noted that following those rage texts, Depp did say he could never harm Amber. “I am admittedly too f–ked in the head to spray my rage at the one I love’,” he admitted.

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In addition to all this, the court also heard further texts allegedly sent by Depp to Bettany a year later in May of 2014, which read: “I’m gonna properly stop the booze thing, darling… Drank all night before I picked Amber up to fly to LA, this past Sunday…Ugly, mate,” he said referring to a nasty fight the couple got into while on an airplane.

Depp’s lawyer Adam Waldman said, “What does the Sun do to keep Amber Heard’s hoax alive? [Wednesday] in court we learned the answer — cherry-picking a fragment of a single frustrated text message to a friend sent out of 500 gigabytes of text and email messages provided,” which refers to the texts the Sun chose to highlight this week. “One person, one side, is lying, and one is not,” Depp’s lawyer added. “Obviously, we say that it is Ms. Heard (who is lying), Mr. Depp is 100% clear about that.”

It’s safe to assume this won’t be the last time we hear about Johnny and Amber’s nasty break up and legal woes. Read more about it all right here if wanting to know more.

Nicki Minaj‘s court battle with Tracy Chapman may soon be coming to an end, as court documents state that the two artists are hoping to settle Tracy’s lawsuit filed against Nicki last year for copyright infringement. According to The Blast, Nicki and Tracy are in the midst of working out an agreement in regards to the case, which has a scheduled trial date of May 26, 2020. The documents state, “the Parties are engaged in settlement discussions and believe that, with a modest extension of time in which to focus on settlement as opposed to discovery or trial-preparation, they may be able to resolve the present dispute without consuming further resources of this Court.” Both parties are asking the court to push back the trial date and subsequent deadlines in order for them to have a chance to settle the case.

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Nicki’s lawyer has indicated that Tracy is asking for her attorney fees to be covered in the settlement. “One of the impediments to settlement is that attorneys’ fees are mounting, and plaintiff is seeking to recover her attorneys’ fees in this action,” he notes. “Thus, as the fees rise, the chances of reaching a settlement diminish. For this reason, I proposed extending the current case deadlines by two months, while we attempt to reach a resolution.”

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The whole ordeal began when Tracy accused Nicki of using a sample of her song, “Baby Can I Hold You” on her own track with Nas, “Sorry,” without permission or compensation. Nicki denied these allegations and demanded that the case be tossed out, to no avail. Nicki admitted to recording the song prior to ever receiving permission to use the sample, but because the sample never cleared, she did not include “Sorry” on her 2018 album, Queen. However, the song was ultimately leaked by Funkmaster Flex on social media, an act that was out of Nicki’s control. She pointed out that she made zero profits from the song because it was released for free. Nicki believes the sample was fair use, and noted that Tracy doesn’t even own the copyright to “Baby Can I Hold You.” Stay tuned for updates on the ongoing case and news about their settlement.

One of Future’s alleged baby mothers shared some snaps of a Valentine’s Day photo shoot with his alleged child, amidst her ongoing court battle with the rapper.  Cindy Parker has been adamant that Future is the father of her infant son, Legend, since he was born last year. She sued Future for paternity, child support and custody a few months ago, and according to reports last month, she was officially given the go ahead to serve him with a paternity lawsuit.

Cindy shared some shots of herself and little Legend dressed in pink and red tones for the special holiday. On the first post, which she shared a day before Valentine’s Day, she wrote, “you’ll outgrow my lap but never my heart.” On the real day, Cindy shared another photo of the mommy-son duo with the caption, “You never know true love until you have a child..Happy Valentine’s Day.” The last post features a solo shot of Legend, in which Cindy reveals, “fun fact: when legend smiles he wrinkles his nose, like mami.”

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Legend’s alleged daddy celebrated his Valentine’s Day with his current lady. Future surprised his girlfriend, Lori Harvey, with a massive, rose-filled display of affection, the latest of his grand romantic gestures to show Lori just how head over heels he is for her.