Timothy Busfield's child sex abuse case in New Mexico has been dismissed because of prosecutorial misconduct ... though the judge is leaving the door open for prosecutors to charge him again.
TMZ has obtained an order from a judge quashing the grand jury indictment ... claiming prosecutors misrepresented the admissibility of lie detector evidence to the grand jury.
He also says the state didn't call certain witnesses after the grand jury asked to hear from them.
Peter Byrne, the late singer from Naked Eyes, apparently left behind a substantial estate for his three kids ... TMZ has learned.
According to court docs obtained by TMZ, Peter's daughter Chloe Sapienza filed to be named administrator of the rocker's estate.
Sapienza says her father died without a will and had no spouse at the time of his death but notes he had 3 adult children, who would presumably inherit his assets.
In the docs, she estimates he left behind $230K in personal and real property ... including $50K in bank accounts. She also believes he earns around $180K in annual royalties, which she says the estate would be entitled to receive to distribute to his heirs.
Katie Zacharia's White House career is apparently over before it even got started ... with President Trump's newest press secretary reportedly getting the boot after a week on the job.
According to The New York Times, Zacharia has been fired after 5 days on the job ... making her stint even shorter than Anthony Scaramucci's infamous 11-day run as White House communications director in 2017 ... even the Mooch lasted longer.
The reported firing comes just minutes after Trump suggested Zacharia might be better off without the job ... telling reporters she'd been treated "very, very badly" by the media and didn't need the headache.
Sean "Diddy" Combs' new life at a low-security federal prison in Pennsylvania is nothing to sneeze at ... and if the music mogul thinks he's going to use contraband phones, he'd better think again.
According to FCI Allenwood's rules and regulations ... Diddy better watch his Ps and Qs when it comes to all types of contraband -- because the correctional officers are watching over the inmates like hawks!
And you can forget about the fact that it's a low-security prison ... the guidelines make it clear that "all staff are alert" to contraband and will locate, confiscate, and dispose of all contraband in the institution.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is coming out swinging for Abdul El-Sayed ... calling claims linking the Michigan senatorial candidate to the Muslim Brotherhood flat-out racist.
Charlie got AOC on Friday at a Culver's in Michigan, where she's been campaigning for El-Sayed ... and he asked whether the Muslim Brotherhood controversy was rooted in reality or racism.
AOC didn't mince words ... saying the allegations fall "into racist very clearly" and blasting critics for dragging El-Sayed's painful family history into politics.
Selma Blair is finally speaking out after her shocking arrest earlier this week ... releasing a lengthy statement through her spokesperson, who claims the actress "did not intend to harm anyone."
In a statement to PEOPLE, Selma's rep says ... "Selma Blair experienced a medical emergency on the flight. There was no attempt to open the door of the aircraft. Selma did not intend to harm anyone.”
We broke the story ... Selma was arrested after allegedly punching a flight attendant and biting another one on a Delta flight from Los Angeles to New York. She was taken to a hospital, and on the way there she allegedly kicked a cop and then kicked a nurse once she got to the hospital. She was charged with two counts of assault and pleaded not guilty.
Hassan Jihan Ibn Kariem -- the man who was thrown from a roller coaster and fell to his death at Six Flags Over Georgia earlier this week -- will be laid to rest on Sunday ... TMZ has learned.
His family tells TMZ ... Hassan's body was returned to them from the coroner on Thursday, and -- because he was a Muslim -- Hassan's body has to be buried within 3 days of the mortuary receiving him.
We're told his funeral is scheduled for Sunday at 2 PM in Atlanta.
The Good Samaritan who put an end to a school shooter's rampage in Bend, Oregon, is getting support from people online ... who are throwing cash his way as a "thank you" for his heroic actions.
A woman named Amy Reynolds -- a businesswoman who is based in Bend -- started a GoFundMe for Kaylub Giamanco after he rushed into Silver Rail Elementary School and neutralized a 16-year-old school shooter who had already killed 4 people
Amy says Kaylub bravely acted out of love ... but he still has a difficult road ahead, which may require extra money.
Sun's out, buns out ... and "Love Island" hottie Belle-A Walker is giving Hawaii one hell of a cheeky view.
The Hawaiian-born bombshell is back in paradise, soaking up the sun and showing off her killer curves in a barely-there bikini ... leaving very little to the imagination as she sprawls out on the sand.
Belle-A captioned the sizzling snaps "my happiest place <3" ... and judging by that million-dollar smile, she's having the time of her life with her buns baking in the tropical heat.
A New York judge is putting one of the Cornell 7 defendants and his lawyers on blast ... saying they're stirring up media drama.
According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, Judge Phaedra Perry-Bond shot down Diego Sarabia's attempt to limit what attorneys and others involved in the case can say publicly about the explosive gang rape lawsuit ... with the judge saying his legal team didn't come close to making a convincing argument.
The judge says simply expressing opinions about the case isn't enough to take away someone's right to free speech ... and Sarabia's lawyers didn't give her a good enough reason to step in.
Before this cute girl with blunt bangs turned into an Australian model, she was just working in the fashion industry at 13 years old, racing motorbikes and riding horses.
She was the first Victoria's Secret Angel from Australia, rising to fame in 2007 -- the same year she made a cameo on "How I Met Your Mother."
The Oakland Police Department is looking into a viral video that allegedly shows the shooting that ended reality star Kash's life.
OPD confirmed they're looking into the clip, which is making the rounds online ... telling us it has been forwarded to the case investigator for review.
The video is graphic ... it shows a fight breaking out between two women -- with the pair trading blows and pulling hair -- when a third woman runs up and starts smacking down at one of them.
Sean "Diddy" Combs has had an insane week behind bars ... and now things have gotten even crazier for him, because we've learned he was just transferred out of his New Jersey lockup.
We're told Diddy is now at Federal Corrections Institution in Allenwood, Pennsylvania, a low-security prison.
The federal Bureau of Prisons tells TMZ ... Diddy was sent packing from FCI Fort Dix this morning ... after his medical emergency last Saturday when he was taken by ambulance to a facility for treatment.
Anthony Scaramucci will no longer be known as the shortest-lived White House Press Secretary ... that distinction now belongs to Katie Zacharia ... and the Mooch ain't mad.
Anthony couldn't resist chiming in Friday after Katie's blink-and-you-missed-it stint as President Trump's mouthpiece came to an end after just 5 days ... a firing that everyone saw coming.
Joe Scarborough started it all by joking, "Mooch, we hardly knew ye" ... a reference to Scaramucci's 11-day run as White House press secretary during Trump's first term.
Scaramucci fired back with a classic response ... "Records are made to be broken. But I take no pleasure in other people's pain."
RJ Mitte’s fiancée didn’t get an official invitation to his celebration of life event in Texas on Friday, TMZ has learned.
Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... Kennedy Suarez was not invited to the ceremony at The Mitte: Arts and Culture Center in Brownsville, Texas on Friday.
Our sources say she didn’t get the invite because the family has not communicated with her since RJ died.
