Crime

A woman in New York City was strangled with a belt in a horrific attack earlier this month -- which rendered her unconscious and left her vulnerable to be sexually assaulted.

The attack happened about a week ago in the Big Apple, and it's on video. You see a woman walking down a street at night, when a man wearing a white face-covering sneaks up behind her, tosses the looped belt over her head and tightens it around her neck.

By the time the woman realizes what's happening, it's too late ... and the man's dragging her with the belt down the sidewalk as she gasps for air. Eventually, she goes limp -- and he pulls her in between two cars, seemingly manipulating her body before the video cuts out.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard believes in her heart of hearts she's Taylor Swift's new muse -- she's convinced one of the singer's new songs is all about her, or at the least ... inspired by her.

Sources connected to Gypsy tell TMZ ... GRB thinks Taylor’s new song "Fresh Out The Slammer" -- from her 'Tortured Poets Department' album -- might be about her December release from prison.

The reason she even suspects that ... we're told Gypsy sees a lot of similarities between the song lyrics and her real life -- almost to a T.

Shohei Ohtani's ex-translator and best friend, Ippei Mizuhara, will plead guilty to multiple federal charges -- after admitting to taking nearly $17 million from the Dodgers superstar -- and now faces up to 3+ decades in prison!

On Wednesday, The United States Justice Department announced that 39-year-old Mizuhara would soon face the music after agreeing to plead guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of filing a false tax return for the extensive, multi-year fraud.

"The extent of this defendant’s deception and theft is massive,” United States Attorney Martin Estrada said of Ippei's actions.

Drake had another security scare at his Toronto home -- only this one was stopped dead in its tracks before things could get ugly ... and now, a man is in police custody.

Sources with direct knowledge confirmed to TMZ ... cops were called to Drake's mansion Wednesday in the Bridle Path neighborhood -- where his home was subjected to a drive-by shooting just yesterday. Now, we're told they arrived to deal with a would-be intruder.

Our sources tell us a man attempted to gain access to Drake's crib, but we're told he was immediately intercepted at the front gate by security and didn't get onto the actual grounds.

Son tiempos tensos para el equipo de seguridad de Will Smith. Todo gracias a un invitado no deseado que obligó a los guardias a actuar hasta que la policía pudiera llegar... TMZ ha indagado.

Fuentes policiales nos dicen que los agentes respondieron dos veces el pasado miércoles a la casa del actor en el área de Los Ángeles, con la primera llamada informando de un hombre sospechoso merodeando cerca de la puerta de Will y preguntando por alguien que no vive allí.

Nos dicen que la seguridad le exigió al hombre salir de la propiedad y desapareció antes de que los oficiales llegaran, pero regresó poco tiempo después y de alguna manera accedió a los terrenos.

Tense times for Will Smith's security team, thanks to an unscheduled and unwanted guest guards had to take down at Will's home until cops could arrive ... TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell us ... L.A. County Sheriff's Department deputies responded twice last Wednesday to the actor's L.A.-area home -- with the first call reporting a suspicious man lurking near Will's gate, and asking for someone who doesn't live there.

We're told security demanded the man leave the property, and he disappeared before deputies arrived -- but, he returned just a short time later, somehow gaining access to the grounds.

Kyle Richards' daughter, Farrah Aldjufrie's home was hit by burglars last week ... and the thieves ended up taking off with upwards of a million bucks worth of stuff.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... the LASD Major Crimes unit is handling the investigation for the break-in, which took place at Farrah's house last Tuesday.

We're told thieves got away with sentimental and super-expensive jewelry, Hermes bags, designer luggage, high-end watches, and other luxury goods.

The Weeknd's manager Amir "Cash XO" Esmailian is currently dealing with the aftermath of a scary situation -- this after one of his security guards was shot multiple times.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... the shooting occurred early Monday morning at 2:25 AM outside a home in the Amestoy Estates area of Encino, a Los Angeles suburb.

According to cops, the security guard encountered three males wearing hoodies and masks who had made their way onto the $12 million property that boasts 7 bedrooms, 9 bathrooms, and a "state-of-the-art security system.''

10:04 AM PT -- Diddy sources tell TMZ, "Aubrey O'Day got her big break because Diddy and Bad Boy cast her in their show with her group, Danity Kane. Last year, when he reassigned his portion of the publishing to Bad Boy artists, an unprecedented move within the industry and which he did not have to do, not all artists signed an NDA, contrary to what she claims."

Aubrey O'Day claims Diddy was trying to buy her and other ex-Bad Boy artists' silence when he gave back their publishing rights ... which she says weren't worth jack.

Aubrey O'Day afirma que Diddy trató de comprar su silencio y el de otros ex artistas de Bad Boy cuando les devolvió sus derechos de publicación, los que asegura que no valían nada.

Hablamos con la cantante de Danity Kane, quien firmó con Bad Boy Records en la década de los 2000, como parte del nuevo documental de TMZ "The Downfall of Diddy", que estará disponible en Tubie el domingo y que disecciona las secuelas tras las redadas en las casas de Diddy y la investigación federal que siguió.

Aubrey proporcionó detalles fascinantes, incluyendo el hecho de que sabía lo que estaba pasando en septiembre, cuando Puff le dio a todos sus antiguos artistas los derechos sobre su música. El aparentemente generoso movimiento vino con un montón de condiciones, según Aubrey.

Stefon and Trevon Diggs' brother, Darez Diggs, was sentenced to two years of probation for his role in a violent elevator attack last year ... TMZ Sports has learned.

The former XFL player received the punishment in a Los Angeles courtroom on March 27 ... after he cut a deal with prosecutors and agreed to plead no contest to one felony count of grand theft from a person. As part of the pact, officials dropped the other felony robbery charge Darez had been facing.

In addition to the probation, Darez was also ordered to perform 20 hours of community labor.

Harvey Weinstein ha sido hospitalizado en la ciudad de Nueva York y su abogado comenta que tiene un montón de problemas de salud.

Arthur Aidala, abogado de Weinstein, le dice a TMZ que su cliente está en el Hospital Bellevue de Manhattan en este momento después de que los médicos de Rikers Island lo examinaran. Weinstein fue llevado a Rikers desde una prisión del norte del estado en virtud de la sentencia de apelación.

Los médicos lo enviaron a Bellevue para más pruebas, dice Aidala, añadiendo que la salud de Weinstein es un drama.

Harvey Weinstein has been hospitalized in New York City ... with his lawyer saying he's got a ton of health issues.

Arthur Aidala -- Weinstein's attorney -- tells TMZ his client's now in Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan after doctors on Rikers Island examined him. Weinstein was turned over to Rikers from an upstate prison pursuant to the appeal ruling.

The doctors sent him to Bellevue for more tests, Aidala says ... adding Weinstein's health is a bit of a "train wreck."

A New York District Attorney put on a jaw-dropping display of arrogance and defiance toward a police officer after she was pulled over for speeding – and the whole confrontation was captured on video.

It all started Monday ... Monroe County's top prosecutor Sandra Doorley was clocked going 55 miles per hour in a 35-mph zone by the officer who then attempted to stop her vehicle with his lights and sirens on.

But Doorley drove back to her home and parked inside her garage as the officer followed her in his patrol car. The cop then confronted her, turning on his body camera.

Una fiscal del Distrito de Nueva York desplegó un asombroso número de arrogancia hacia un oficial de la policía después de que fuera detenida por exceso de velocidad, y todo el enfrentamiento fue capturado en video.

Todo empezó el lunes cuando la fiscal superior del Condado de Monroe Sandra Doorley fue cronometrada andando a 55 millas por hora en una zona de 35 mph por un oficial que trató de detener su vehículo con sus luces y sirenas.

Pero Doorley condujo de vuelta a casa y aparcó en su garaje mientras el oficial la seguía en su vehículo. El policía entonces se enfrentó a ella y encendió la cámara.