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Lawsuit tossed in Taylor Swift

trial, but ordeal isn’t over

In this Tuesday, May 30, 2017, file photo, Tom Cruise poses dur-
ing a photocall for the French premiere of “The Mummy” in Paris,
France.
Video captures Tom Cruise

limping after ‘MI6’ stunt

NEW YORK (AP) — A video pel back to the building he
taken on the set of “Mission: jumped from.
Impossible 6” shows Tom The extent of Cruise’s inju-
Cruise limping after per- ries wasn’t known. Neither
forming a stunt where he Cruise’s representatives
jumps between buildings. nor Paramount Pictures re-
The video was published turns messages Sunday.
Sunday by TMZ. It captures The 55-year-old actor is
a tethered Cruise leap- well known for performing In this April 3, 2016 file photo, Taylor Swift arrives at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in Inglewood,
ing to a building, hitting many of his own stunts. Calif. Associated Press
its side and then crawling The sixth installment in the
over the top and running “Mission: Impossible” fran- By JAMES ANDERSON and Friday. He also expressed girlfriend, who was also in
away. After he finished the chise is currently shooting in TATIANA FLOWERS his gratitude for the judge. the photo, “thank you for
take, Cruise is seen limping, London. It’s scheduled for Associated Press Mueller’s team didn’t com- coming” in a monotone
though he was able to rap- release in July next year.q DENVER (AP) — Taylor Swift ment on the decision, voice before they left.
Bruno Mars donates $1M from teared up and hugged her which followed days of tes- She also said she was
attorneys after a judge de-
timony from the singer and stunned and did not say
concert to Flint water crisis termined a former radio others and just before jurors anything to Mueller or halt
the event after he left be-
were set to hear closing ar-
host did not prove she per-
sonally set out to have him guments. cause she did not want to
fired for allegedly groping Swift spent an hour on the disappoint several dozen
her at a photo op before witness stand Thursday de- people waiting in line for
a concert. But the singer’s fiantly recounting what she photos with her.
ordeal isn’t over quite yet. called a “despicable and In the image, shown to ju-
While U.S. District Judge Wil- horrifying and shocking” rors during opening state-
liam Martinez threw out Da- encounter before a con- ments but not publicly re-
vid Mueller’s case against cert. leased, Mueller’s hand is
Swift on Friday, identical al- “He stayed attached to my behind Swift, just below her
legations against her moth- bare ass-cheek as I lurched waist. Mueller’s then-girl-
er and her radio liaison are away from him,” she testi- friend, Shannon Melcher,
expected to go to jurors on fied. is on the other side of Swift.
Monday. “It was a definite grab. A All three are smiling.
Mueller sued the three af- very long grab,” she add- Melcher testified Friday
Jingle Ball at Staples Center in Los Angeles. ter Swift’s team reported ed in her testimony. that she saw nothing hap-
the alleged 2013 assault Swift’s testy exchange with pen during the brief en-
By MESFIN FEKADU In 2014, Flint switched wa- in Denver to his bosses. He Mueller’s attorney occa- counter and that she and
AP Music Writer ter sources and failed to is seeking up to $3 million, sionally elicited chuckles Mueller were rudely con-
NEW YORK (AP) — Bruno add corrosion-reducing saying the allegation cost — even from the six-wom- fronted and escorted out
Mars said Saturday he is phosphates, allowing lead him his reputation and his an, two-man jury. She got of the arena that evening.
donating $1 million from his from old pipes to leach into job. a laugh when she said her Melcher said Mueller was
Michigan concert to aid the water. Elevated levels Swift countersued Mueller, security guard saw Mueller devastated by the accusa-
those affected by the Flint of lead, a neurotoxin, were saying she wanted a sym- “lift my skirt” but someone tion.
water crisis. detected in children, and bolic $1 and the chance to would have had to have She said she and Mueller
The Grammy-winning star 12 people died in a Legion- stand up for other women. been underneath her to started out as co-workers
told the audience at his naires’ disease outbreak The jury will still consider her see the actual groping — at country station KYGO-
show in Auburn Hills, about that experts suspect was assault claim. “and we didn’t have any- FM and became roman-
30 miles (48 kilometers) linked to the improperly “I couldn’t be more proud one positioned there.” tically involved in Febru-
from Detroit, that he and treated water. to represent somebody like Swift testified that after the ary 2013, a few months
tour promoter Live Nation “I’m very thankful to the Taylor Swift who’s willing to photo was taken, she tried before the concert. They
are redirecting funds from Michigan audience for step up in a situation like to get as far away from drifted apart late in 2013,
the show to the charity The joining me in supporting this,” attorney Douglas Bal- Mueller as she could. She but Melcher says they re-
Community Foundation of this cause,” Mars said in a
Greater Flint. statement. q dridge said outside court said she told him and his mained friends.q