Watchdog agency the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) says Fender likely engaged in illegal price-fixing online. The CMA says Fender’s European branch “impeded competitive online pricing” from 2013 to 2018. The US guitar maker imposed a minimum s…
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R. Kelly Denied Bail By New York Judge In Sex Abuse Case
A judge has denied R. Kelly bail in the sex-abuse case filed against him. The judge agreed with prosecutors that he posed a flight risk. U.S. District Judge Ann Donnelly denied the defense motion to release R. Kelly on bond. The motion also called for …
Placido Domingo Officially Leaves the Metropolitan Opera
Earlier today, New York’s Metropolitan Opera announced that opera legend Placido Domingo was withdrawing from all his scheduled performances. Domingo himself said that he would never perform at the Met again. This comes after a slew of women had accuse…
Warner Music Responds to Lily Allen Sexual Assault Allegation — ‘He Wasn’t and Isn’t Our Employee’
Warner Music has responded to sexual assault allegations made by Lily Allen in an internal memo. Allen’s appearance on the BBC’s The Next Episode podcast described how the label failed to act. She says after the assault occurred, she met with CEO Max L…
Lily Allen Says Warner Music Knew About Sexual Abuse Allegations – But Failed to Act
Lily Allen says Warner Music UK failed to take any action after she told them she was sexually assaulted. Allen revealed on The Next Episode podcast that she had spoken to a Warner Music exec about the attack. Reports suggest the alleged attacker conti…
Birdman Is Broke: Foreclosure Continues on His $12 Million Mansion + Judge Orders $1 Million Payment to Ex-Employee
It hasn’t been the best of times for rapper and Cash Money Records co-founder Birdman this week. First, a court official accused Birdman of absconding expensive bicycles from his recently foreclosed mansion. Now, a Florida judge has awarded a default …
APA, Cohen/Thomas Management Implicated In Boy Band Sexual Abuse Lawsuit
Yet another sexual abuse accusation is rocking the music industry. Ricky Garcia, who is a former singer in the boy band Forever in Your Mind, is suing not only his former manager but also a top agency and management company. Garcia claims that repeated…
11 More Women Accuse Placido Domingo of Sexual Harassment — Bringing the Total Number to 20
Famed tenor and IFPI chairman Placido Domingo is now in the double digits. 11 additional women are accusing legendary operatic tenor Placido Domingo of sexual harassment. This comes only a month after 9 different women made similar claims against him. …
Woman Groped and Kissed by Katy Perry Says It’s No Big Deal
The latest person to accuse pop superstar Katy Perry of sexual assault has issued something of a retraction. Earlier, we reported that Katy Perry was battling two different sexual assault accusations, which brings the total to three (or four, depending…
Katy Perry Faces a Third Sexual Assault Accusation
It hasn’t been a particularly good month for pop superstar Katy Perry. Just last week, a jury awarded a Christian rapper nearly $3 million after determining that Perry’s 2013 hit song “Dark Horse” infringed on the rapper’s copyright. Then, in the last …