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☆ A teen posing as an oligarch's son mysteriously jumped to his death after befriending a gangster and a crypto millionaire
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Rachelle and Matthew Brettler told The New Yorker that their son, an aspiring entrepreneur who attended a $38,000-a-year private school, had big plans for his future. An unnamed friend of Brettler's told The New Yorker that he believed he was "being threatened by someone." Just over one year after Brettler's death, Sharma was found dead in his apartment in December 2020. AdvertisementShamji moved to the US after Brettler's death, the Daily Mail reported. They said the investigation into Brettler's death "lasted a number of years and we dedicated significant resource to finding answers."

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• But after the interview, Ohtani’s spokesperson “disavowed” Mizuhara’s account, then released a statement saying Ohtani had been the victim of theft. • Later on Wednesday, Mizuhara was fired as Ohtani’s interpreter. ESPN’s Thompson said the interpreter and Ohtani’s representatives did “a big 180” in what they were telling her. At first, Ohtani’s spokesperson told ESPN the player had transferred money to help pay off Mizuhara’s gambling debts, the outlet reported. “I’ve been told (Mizuhara) says something to the effect of ‘I’m sorry.

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☆ How Justin Roiland used his ‘Rick and Morty’ fame to pursue young fans, text messages show
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Kat Tenbarge | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +22 min

Roiland frequently followed and interacted with the starstruck "Rick and Morty" fans on social media and dating apps. "However, now that the legal case has ended, I'm determined to move forward and focus both on my creative projects and restoring my good name," Roiland wrote. Haha," Roiland wrote. Veronika Sweeney tweeted screenshots of direct messages Roiland sent her in 2014 when she was 22. "But I felt like you weren't okay," Roiland wrote in another text message.

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The SEC said Sun's activity generated tens of millions of dollars of illegal profit at other investors' expense. "This case demonstrates again the high risk investors face when crypto asset securities are offered and sold without proper disclosure," SEC Chair Gary Gensler said in a statement. Andrew Brettler, a lawyer for Lohan, said the actress did not know about the disclosure requirements until last March. The SEC has been ratcheting up efforts to crack down on the crypto industry, which Gensler has called a "Wild West" riddled with misconduct. It said Sun inflated apparent trading volume in TRX through extensive "wash trading," involving simultaneous or near-simultaneous purchases and sales with no real change in ownership.

☆ Lawsuit accusing former 'SNL' star Horatio Sanz of grooming, assaulting teen is dismissed
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-30 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A lawsuit accusing former “Saturday Night Live” star Horatio Sanz of grooming a teenage girl and sexually assaulting her two decades ago her was dismissed, according to a court filing. Lawyers for Sanz and NBCUniversal, the other defendants listed in the filing, did not immediately respond to requests for comment Tuesday night. Sanz, who appeared on “Saturday Night Live” between 1998 and 2006, was 31. In a court filing in April, Sanz acknowledged knowing the teen but denied the allegations. After the suit was filed, a lawyer for Sanz, Andrew Brettler, called the claims "totally meritless" in an August 2021 statement.

☆ Armie Hammer's ex allegedly used a friend's email to communicate with journalists amid their relationship fallout
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Chloe Melas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN has also obtained screenshots of text messages between Chambers and her former friend discussing the impersonation. On October 15, 2020, according to screenshots of an email message viewed by CNN, Chambers contacted a media outlet using her friend's name and account. The email tip by Chambers was sent just weeks before Hammer and James' movie "Rebecca" was set to debut on Netflix. Two months after first sharing her allegations of abuse, Effie accused Hammer of raping her in 2017. In the texts and emails obtained by CNN, Chambers appears to acknowledge multiple times that she is impersonating her friend.

LOS ANGELES — A woman who accused comedians Tiffany Haddish and Aries Spears of coercing her and a brother into recording sexually explicit skits when they were children filed a request Tuesday to dismiss the claim. The woman, identified in the original claim as Jane Doe, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Six days after the lawsuit was filed, Haddish posted a message on Instagram expressing regret for her role in one of the comedy pieces. The lawsuit alleged that the skit involved Haddish's teaching Jane Doe how to mimic fellatio on a sub sandwich. His mother repeatedly asked Spears and Haddish about “what was filmed that made her son cry,” the suit alleged.

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