Nikita Tyukalo allegedly lured young women into his camgirl empire with promises of fame and fortune ... only to take control of their accounts and leave them with little to none of the cash they were bringing in.
Our new documentary, "TMZ Studios Presents: Inside the Camgirl Criminal Empire," is now streaming on YouTube ... exposing how Nikita allegedly built a fortune through manipulation, coercion, and exploitation.
According to court documents, obtained by TMZ, Nikita allegedly recruited women by promising big paydays and exposure ... even telling one girlfriend that creating explicit content could help cover her school bills.
Shane Gillis is finally speaking out about the wave of backlash he received from his controversial "SNL" monologue ... admitting he doesn't have an issue with women's attire at the gym.
Appearing on "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast ... the "Tires" star told listeners not to blame the long-running variety show for his choice of words.
He said ... "Not to defend 'SNL,' they don’t approve it. I mean, they could shut it down."
The Nvidia scandal has shades of James Bond, and Mississippi may have a new Black senator, but it still clearly has racism to deal with. So we gotta ask ...
One drag queen is on a journey of heel-ing ... by backpacking and hiking from San Francisco to L.A. to raise $5 million for 19 different climate and social justice non-profits.
Wyn Wiley known professionally as drag performer Pattie Gonia started making the 500-mile trek on Nov. 9 ... and promised her followers that at least one mile a day would be done in heels.
This isn't Pattie's first rodeo either ... the artist previously walked 100 miles last year to raise $1.2 million.
Things got a little awkward during a press conference about the nationwide ground stop when DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin inadvertently laid blame on Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy ... before the FAA revealed they lost 12,000 flights.
It all went down Friday night ... when Mullin was asked if any cyberattack was responsible for the "extraordinary circumstances" that led to system malfunction.
Mullin said ... "What it appears to be right now, as Secretary Duffy and FAA was going in and putting patches into the system, they were putting new equipment and new technology and that new equipment and new technology just wasn't, it was overwhelming the older system."
Travis Scott and OnlyFans model Haylee Mack were spotted out and about at two different L.A. hotspots in one night.
In the photos taken around 1 AM Friday morning ... Travis and Haylee left the iconic Chateau Marmont to get some sushi over at the historic Yamashiro, which overlooks Hollywood.
While Travis wore a black shirt, gold necklaces, and some shades ... Haylee donned a black dress for their late-night meal.
It's Sadie Mckenna's 24th birthday ... and we can't think of a better way to celebrate than with a whole slew of her sexiest snaps!
It feels like our birthday any time she posts a sexy shot, but we'd like to return the favor by rounding them all up in one place.
The busty bday girl really loves a bikini pic ... and we aren't complaining! But if you want some more of where that came from, you'll have to check out our gallery.
An insider told the publication that Joe's work picking up led them to drift apart ... but the insider claimed that friends believe they could get back together down the line.
Amanda Seyfried is here to kick off the season of shopping, splurging, and sleighing, but can you pick up the changes made to these two images and throw 'em in the bags?!
Earlier this week in New York City, Seyfried dressed to impress in black and hit Tiffany & Co. -- stacking all her goodies on her arm!
These photos are bangin'!
HINT: There are THREE differences in the above Amanda Seyfried photos!
Thing are getting spooky this Friday the 13th ... but this scream queen is giving us plenty to look at ... Can you guess who she is based on these clues:
She's got a killer love life ... literally -- the ride-or-die girlfriend of one of horror's most infamous killer dolls!
For those that haven't seen this 1998 classic, perhaps you'd recall her crackin' jokes alongside her bestie Sutton Stracke on 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.'
Brandi Glanville said she is still left with questions after a black mass was removed from her face during a recent surgery ... and says that there's even more buried under the surface.
On yesterday's episode of "Brandi Glanville Unfiltered" ... Brandi told her listeners that only one of several black masses was removed ... and that "we're not sure what that is yet."
Louisiana doesn't mess around when it comes to sex offenders ... a district judge has ordered a child rapist to be chemically castrated!
The rapist -- identified as 31-year-old Kedreyon K. Williams -- was convicted by a trial jury of rape of juveniles, indecent behavior with a juvenile, and possession of pornography involving juveniles. The jury took just 30 minutes to find Williams -- a former cop and volunteer firefighter -- guilty on all counts.
Because Williams was convicted of rape, prosecutors argued that he should face a mandatory life sentence and be physically castrated.
Russell Brand once awkwardly joked about how lonely jail is in front of Lindsay Lohan ... in a resurfaced clip making the rounds from 12 years ago.
In the clip from his and LiLo's appearance on "The Jonathan Ross Show" in 2014 ... Brand seemed to reference his 2012 arrest in New Orleans, after he allegedly snatched a phone from a photographer.
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Brand said ... "Sometimes they would leave me in police cells for a while, I didn't like that very much. It was tiresome, it was lonely, it's hard to build rapport."
The owner of the Brooklyn apartment building that collapsed, leaving 8 dead, has apparently been name-dropped on NYC's worst landlord list more than once.
Olufemi Falade -- who owns the Flatbush building -- has been featured on the infamous annual list created by the New York City Public Advocate a total of three times ... the New York Post reported.
On top of that, Falade has also allegedly racked up $170,000 in unpaid fines, $114,945 in unpaid water bills, and $113,526 in property taxes ... this according to the Post.
