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Usher Sued By Jane Doe For $10M After ‘STD Payment Story’ Leaks
Over 100 Hospitalized After Chance The Rapper Concert
Just when it seems like things couldn’t get any worse for Usher Raymond IV, an- other woman has come for- ward claiming he exposed her to an STD earlier this year.
The unidentified woman has filed a $10 million lawsuit for negligence, battery and emo- tional distress, according to TMZ.
The suit, filed by a Jane Doe, says she and Usher hooked up in her Atlanta home on April 16.
She admitted they then had unprotected sex 12 days later in a New Orleans hotel room.
While the woman doesn’t claim to have contracted the virus, she’s “concerned” and claims she wouldn’t have had sex with Usher had she known he was infected.
The news comes just a few days after the world was privy to some leaked court docu- ments alleging Usher paid a celebrity stylist (bestie/brides- maid of Usher’s ex-wife, Tameka), $1.1 million after giving her herpes sometime in 2011 or 2012 through unpro- tected sex.
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Prosecutors alleged his part- ner at the time confronted him with the news after she “devel- oped lesions and blisters in her vagina.” The woman was then told by the singer he didn’t carry the virus and decided to continue the relationship.
It wasn’t until the singer met with his doctor where he was labeled an “asymptomatic car- rier,” meaning he shows no physical traits of the disease.
After Doe saw the reports, she evidently took action.
Usher is currently married to his manager, Grace Miguel, who he married in 2015.
Over 100 people have been hospitalized after drinking too much at Chance the Rapper’s show in Hartford, Connecticut.
The rapper performed at the Xfinity Theater for the Hot 93.7 concert on Friday evening.
According to police, all of the victims were sent to the hospital for severe intoxica- tion and 50 of them were
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subsequently charged with underage drinking.
So many people were taken to the hospital during the concert that it overwhelmed emergency responders work- ing during the evening.
Most of those were ar- rested in the parking lots around the concert, where over 21,000 people showed up to see the rap star.
Black Actors And Shows Score In Most Categories For Primetime Emmy Award Nominations
Janet Jackson Working
Out Documentary Details,
Tour Back Home In L.A.
Some of the African American actors nominated include: Viola Davis, Sterling Brown, Tracee Ellis Ross, Anthony Anderson, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton and Ron Cephas Jones.
Janet Jackson is in talks to develop a new documen- tary, which will spotlight the behind the scenes happenings of her tour as well as her life as both a performer and a mother.
The upcoming documen- tary will follow her transition back to Los Angeles with her 6-month-old son, Eissa Al Mana.
“Los Angeles has always been home for Janet and she is enjoying having her family so close,” a source said.
Currently, Janet is prepar- ing for her “State of the World” tour, which includes getting into performing shape.
According to the source, the iconic singer has already dropped 65 pounds and is fo- cused on a rigorous exercise routine and eating clean.
Janet Jackson and baby, Eissa are back in L.A.
She will hit the stage with the passion and fire that her fans have come to expect from her when her tour starts on Sept. 7.
Nominations for the 2017 (69th annual) Primetime Emmy Awards were announced last week by the Television Academy in a ceremony hosted by Shemar Moore from Criminal Minds and Anna Chlumsky from Veep. The Primetime Emmy Awards will air in September.
Black actors and actresses nominated are:
Best Lead Actress In A Drama Series: Viola Davis for How to Get Away With Murder. Absent from this cate- gory this year is Taraji P. Henson (Empire), who was nominated in the last 2 years.
Best Lead Actor In A Drama Series: Sterling K. Brown is nominated for This Is Us.
Best Lead Actress In A Comedy Series : Tracee Ellis Ross is nominated for black-ish.
Best Lead Actor In A Comedy Series: Anthony Anderson is nominated for black-ish and Donald Glover is nominated for At- lanta. This is Anderson's 3rd
nomination for black-ish (he's never won) and Glover's first for Atlanta (a new entry in this category this year, its first sea- son).
Best Comedy Series: At- lanta and black-ish are nomi- nated; the first for freshman series Atlanta, and the second for black-ish.
Best Supporting Actress In A Drama Series cate- gory, Uzo Aduba and Samira Wiley are nominated for Or- ange is the New Black and The Handmaid's Tale respec- tively; and Thandie Newton is nominated for Westworld. A strong category for these trio of actresses. Uzo has already won this award twice for OITNB.
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series: Ron Cephas Jones is nominated for This Is Us. This is his first Emmy nomination. Jeffrey Wright is also nominated for Westworld. It's his second nomination after 2004's Angels in America.
Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie: Regina King is nomi-
nated for American Crime. Ms. King has ruled this category over the last 2 years, nominated and winning in 2015 and 2016. The series has been canceled by ABC, unfortunately.
Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie: Michael K. Williams is nominated for The Night Of.
Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Leslie Jones is nominated for Satur- day Night Live.
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: Tituss Burgess is nominated for Un- breakable Kimmy Schmidt. This is his 3rd nomination in this category for this series. He's never won.
Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series: Cicely Tyson is nominated for How to Get Away with Murder and Lav- erne Cox is nominated for Or- ange is the New Black.
Best Guest Actress in a Com- edy Series: Angela Bassett is nominated for Master of None and Wanda Sykes is nominated for black-ish.
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