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Trey Songz Won’t Get Felony Criminal Charge In All-Star Weekend Incident
Trey Songz will not have to face a felony criminal charge for the alleged assault of a woman, because the L.A. Dis- trict Attorney has decided there’s not enough evidence to move forward.
Law enforcement sources say the singer’s lawyer, Shawn Holley, gave multiple witness statements to LAPD that con- tradicted Andrea Buera’s ac- count of events during NBA All-Star Weekend in February. Holley also provided docu- ments that called into question Buera’s credibility.
The case will now be referred to the L.A. City Attorney, who will decide whether or not Songz with face a lesser charge of misdemeanor domestic vio- lence.
Buera accused Songz of hitting her at a Hollywood Hills
Trey Songz was accused by Andrea Buera of hitting her at a party during NBA All-Star weekend.
party because he was upset over her conversations with an- other man. Buera said the crooner beat her so badly that she vomited from a concussion. Songz surrendered to authori- ties a few days later, but main- tained he was “being lied on and falsely accused for some- one’s personal gain.”
‘Hidden Figures’ TV Series Underway
A series inspired by the film “Hidden Figures” is re- portedly being developed by National Geographic.
The film was inspired by book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly, which told the true story of Black female mathematicians who were instrumental in the early days of the American space program. It starred Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, and Jim
Parsons.
The TV project will be exec- utive produced by Peter
Chernin and Jenno Top- ping. National Geographic will also produce.
Ice Cube And Partner Of BIG3 League Suing Investors
Ice Cube and Jeff Kwatinez, who are both founders of Big3 Basketball League, are headed to court. BIG3 is a 3-on-3 basketball league, featuring mostly re- tired National Basketball Asso- ciation (NBA) players. The league was created by the rap- per/actor and the entertain- ment executive.
According to a report, they are suing a group of Qatari na- tionals for $1.2 billion, claim- ing the investors misled them, telling them that they had con-
Ice Cube is one of the founders of BIG3 basketball league.
nections to the royal family. In the suit, they accuse the investor group of defamation, libel, and interference with
contractual relationships.
The complaint alleges that one of the investors spread a false and harmful rumor about Kwatinetz, referring to the league’s African-American players as “Rich Nigg*s,” racist language he said he “never had and never would” use. It also claims the investors told play- ers and outsiders that the
league was poorly managed.
BET Cancels ’The Quad’; Follows Cancellation Of ‘Being Mary Jane’
BET has canceled drama se- ries The Quad less than a week after its second-season finale.
The Quad starred Anika Noni Rose as Dr. Eva Fletcher, a newly elected President of the fictional Geor- gia A&M University. Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Sean Blakemore and Jasmine Guy also starred.
The series premiered Feb- ruary 1, 2017 with a two-hour pilot and was renewed for a second season that debuted January 23 and wrapped March 27.
BET also cancelled ‘Being
‘The Quad’ and ‘Being Mary Jane' have been cancelled by BET.
Mary Jane’ starring Gabrielle Union.
“Coming To America 2’ Gets Tax-Credits To Move Forward
Paramount Pictures is mov- ing forward on a sequel to the 1988 Eddie Murphy comedy “Coming to America” with Jonathan Levine on board to direct from a script by “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris.
Murphy is involved with the development of the sequel, although there’s no deal in place yet for him to star. Kevin Misher is the pro- ducer.
“Coming to America,” was a major hit, grossing nearly
$300 million at the worldwide box office.
The Eddie Murphy-star- ring sequel to Coming to America and Antoine Fuqua’s reimagining of Scar- face are among the big-budget feature films to score alloca- tions in the latest California Film and Television tax credit drawings. Jordan Peele’s new film and HBO’s Dead- wood movie also scored condi- tional funding slots in the latest round unveiled.
Barris, is the creator of Black-ish and the co-writer of ‘Girls Trip’.
Tamar And Vince Hit With More Liens Against Their Family Home
Tamar Braxton’s finan- cial problems have reportedly worsened as her Calabasas mansion has been hit with $244k more in tax liens.
According to The Blast, Braxton’s estranged hus- band Vincent Herbert has been hit with multiple liens against the home, as a com- pany, Townsgate Capital Cor- poration, sued the music producer and won a judgment of $104,031.57 last year. Vince has yet to pay up and now they’ve hit him with the lien.
A couple weeks later, Uni- versity Limousine filed a lien against Vince and Tamar’s mansion. The court docs ex- plain how they sued Vince over unpaid services and won a judgment in the amount of $113,861.71.
Vince and Tamar pur- chased the estate back in 2013 for $10.5 million.
Tamar and Vince went on vacation with son, Logan recently. They bought their home for $10M in 2013.
They put the property on the market in October for $15 million but unlisted it recently.
Their latest financial woes come as a lien was filed against Tamar by their former nanny of over $213,000 she was awarded over unpaid wages.
That’s about $450,000 in liens, so any profit Braxton
was hoping to bag from the sell of her family home will be much less than she wants be- cause the couple’s debts will be deducted.
Tamar and Vince are cur- rently in the middle of a head- line-making divorce, however, over the weekend they were spotted on vacation together with their son in Cabo.
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