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Bill Cosby Believes He’s Possessed By Late Mother
Pretty Ricky's 'Pleasure P' Arrested For DUI After Birthday Celebration
A taped phone conversa- tion obtained by the outlet has Cosby, 81, explaining why he believes his late mother is communicating with him spirituality.
The phone conversation has Cosby saying, “What I’m about to tell you is not some- thing that I think is some- thing in the cosmos, or spiritual or something... For the first time ever in my life, I was sitting and I was re- laxed.”
“I am unsighted,” Cosby, who is legally blind, contin- ued in the call, “So I took my hand and I was about to pick something up and my index finger went across – and I’m telling you the truth, this is not a joke and I’m very proud to tell you this at this time.
“When it went across, there was a throbbing and that I think we’ve all had them in the muscle, some muscle will go ‘TICK TICK’ something like that. ‘TICK TICK.’ I put my finger back there to it – now, this is all subjective, I’m saying to myself my mother, who is dead. Not that she was contacting me, my mother
Bill Cosby’s mind is report- edly playing tricks on him be- hind bars, as Radar Online reports that the dis- graced believes he is “pos- sessed.”
calling me or trying to reach me,” he added.
Cosby was convicted of aggravated indecent assault against Andrea Constand in April. He’s serving 3 to 10 years in prison and also had to register as a sexually vio- lent predator.
He’s trying to appeal his sentence.
A member of the R&B and hip-hop group Pretty Ricky was arrested on a DUI charge early Thursday in Miami Beach after a night of drink- ing at his birthday celebra- tion, police said.
Miami Beach police said
Marcus Ramone Cooper, also known as “Pleasure P,” was driving recklessly and reached speeds well over 100 mph in a posted 45 mph speed zone at around 4 a.m. westbound on the MacArthur Causeway.
PLEASURE P
When he was stopped and eventually handcuffed by po- lice, Cooper continuously re- sisted and refused to get into the patrol unit, according to an arrest affidavit.
Cooper "reeked of alco- hol," admitted to "drinking a few, stating 'it's my birth- day,'" and told police he wanted to call Shaquille O'Neill and rapper Flo Rida, the arrest form stated.
His Breathalyzer test came back with a blood alcohol content of .175, police said.
DMX To Be Released From Prison In January 2019 Following Tax Evasion Case
DMX is making a come- back in 2019 – both physi- cally and musically. The rapper will reportedly be re- leased from prison in Jan. 2019, and he's hoping to drop some new music as well.
According to DMX's at- torney, Murray Richman, X is excited to come home this month and resume his rap and acting career. TMZ reports the "Party Up" artist has received numerous offers to working on his own biopic. He's also been writing songs from behind bars that could be apart of an upcom- ing album.
DMX
As previously reported, DMX is completing a one- year sentence connected to
his tax evasion case. He was also ordered to pay $2.3 mil- lion in restitution, which he can pay off in installments. Prosecutors originally claimed the rapper tried to skip out on coughing up a whopping tax bill of $1.7 mil- lion by hiding royalties and other sources of income that he was receiving. X's attor- ney reportedly played his client's 1998 single "Slippin" to show much he was going through during a court hear- ing discussing prison time, but it didn't work.
DMX will reportedly be re- leased from prison on Jan. 27, 2019.
Usher Officially Files For Divorce From Estranged Wife Grace Miguel
Usher has officially filed for divorce from his estranged wife, Grace Miguel.
The couple separated ear- lier this year after tying the knot in 2015.
According to E! News the crooner filed divorce docu- ments in Georgia on Friday (Dec. 28).
Usher and his soon-to-be ex announced their split back in March. The couple, who was together for 10 years and married for two, announced their split in a statement ob- tained by E! News.
"After much thought and consideration we have mutu- ally decided to separate as a couple." They added, "We re- main deeply connected, lov- ing friends who will continue supporting each other through the next phases of our lives. The enormous amount of love and respect that we have for each other will only increase as we move
USHER AND GRACE MIGUEL
forward."
News of their initial split
came amid numerous law- suits accusing the singer of infecting various individuals with an STD.
Usher, his longtime girl- friend and manager, Grace Miguel, quietly tied the knot in September 2015 while va- cationing in Cuba.
Crowd Walks Out On Tiffany Haddish As She Bombs Her New Year's Eve Routine
Tiffany Haddish didn't have the greatest start to the New Year after her celebra- tory performance in Miami.
Haddish started off the evening looking forward to a sold-out gig at the James L. Knight center on arguably the most festive night of the year. However, during Had- dish's, the venue started to empty when the comedian forgot her jokes and ulti- mately bombed her routine.
In a video obtained by TMZ, the comedian ad- dressed her sub-par perform- ance while still on stage. "This is weird for me. Now, this is going to be on TMZ or whatever," she said to the au- dience. During her routine,
TIFFANY HADDISH
Haddish told jokes about her mom getting out of a mental institution and her
family asking her for money, however once the venue had nearly emptied, she started to switch gears. Haddish told the remaining fans to move up to the front and ultimately cut her set short when she cracked open a bottle of Ciroc and began drinking with the audience.
The comedian took to Twitter to address the inci- dent, explaining to her fans, "I wish it was better Miami. I prayed on it and I have a strong feeling this will never happen again." The 39-year- old centered the show around her family, but when the jokes didn't land, the audi- ence began to walk out, and Haddish took notice.
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