Jennifer Pedranti -- a star on the hit show "The Real Housewives of Orange County" -- says her son was involved in starting a brush fire in Southern California.
The reality star posted on her Instagram Story just minutes ago ... telling her followers she'd like to address rumors of her son's involvement in Tuesday's seven-acre blaze in the hills of Ladera Ranch, CA.
Jennifer confirmed her son and several other kids were involved ... and she and her ex-husband, Will Pedranti, are taking the incident very seriously.
The flight instructor in Argentina who jumped to his death in the middle of a training flight was seeking psychiatric help ... but his dad says no one informed his colleagues.
Álvarez Bertazzo told local media his son Leandro Andrés Bertazzo was going through a "rough patch" when he jumped from a plane, leaving his student to land the aircraft.
The dad told La Nación his son had consulted a psychiatric clinic for whatever he was going through -- but his colleagues were left in the dark.
10:29 AM PT --Tyler Robinson said he regretted killing Charlie Kirk, even crying in the aftermath of the controversial commentator's shocking death ... according to Robinson's romantic partner, Lance Twiggs.
After 4 days of arguing in court, a Utah judge has ruled that confessional videos of Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin -- 23-year-old Tyler Robinson -- as well as alleged text messages, will be shown publicly today ... and TMZ is streaming live from the courtroom where the exhibits will be shown.
While some video will be redacted ... the public will now be privy to what Tyler admitted to police upon arrest ... as well as what his roommate -- Lance Twiggs -- said in an interview.
The ruling comes after Charlie's widow, Erika Kirk, urged the court to make the evidence public.
It turns out Ariana Grande's message to her viral look-alike is legit ... TMZ has confirmed its authenticity.
Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... the message is real ... meaning Ari DID reach out to Paige Niemann, the girl who's made a name for herself by making herself up to look like the pop star.
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As we previously reported, Paige shared the DM she got from AG in her new "Turning The Paige" docuseries.
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Attorney Ben Crump seems to think the state of Mississippi is trying to sweep the death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells under the rug ... and he's not going to let that happen.
Ben joined us on "TMZ Live" Thursday ... and the attorney was adamant the contradictions in Nolan's case can't justify investigators ruling out foul play ... especially because of Mississippi's history of "racial killings where no one was held accountable."
Ben ... as well as Nolan's parents ... decided to have Nolan's body flown from Mississippi to D.C. for an independent autopsy ... wanting to distance the case from MS authorities ... with the parents saying they "are not trusting people who are affiliated with Mississippi law enforcement."
Jason Kelce had himself a time at his little bro's wedding, and now he's spilling the beer days after Taylor Swiftand Travis Kelce said their 'I do's' ... revealing he knocked back an insane amount of brewskis!
The retired Eagles legend -- and Trav's best man -- was out at the American Century Championship in Nevada on Thursday when fans started grilling him about the July 3rd nuptials at MSG.
“It was a good time,” the 38-year-old said with a big grin as he walked the fairway in the NY Post video. “It was great.”
Taylor Frankie Paul is returning to "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" for its turbulent fifth season ... but her participation will be limited, TMZ has learned.
Sources tell TMZ ... TFP will be filming the intro credits over the next two days ... but she's not expected to film anything else ... meaning no final confessional from her.
This is a huge development ... production on season 5 was temporarily halted on the popular Hulu show in mid-March following a heated blow-up between TFP and Dakota Mortensen during filming.
Tyler Robinson said he regretted killing Charlie Kirkand cried over the controversial commentator's shocking death ... at least according to Robinson's romantic partner.
Prosecutors played video in court Thursday of an interview with Lance Twiggs -- who identified himself as both Robinson's roommate and boyfriend -- in which he discusses speaking to Tyler about Charlie's death.
Lance said in the interview that he asked Tyler if texts he sent the previous day -- in which he allegedly confessed to the murder -- were true ... and he says Tyler told him they were.
He says Tyler began to cry ... and told him he wished he hadn't killed Kirk. Worth noting, Robinson has not yet entered a plea in the case.
This story ain't for the squeamish ... a man in Indiana chopped off his penis and set it ablaze using lighters and gasoline, according to his attorney.
Christopher Peden allegedly told police that he walked inside a garage in Fort Wayne, IN, and sliced off his junk with a kitchen knife, his lawyer, David Felts, tells TMZ.
Felts said Peden then allegedly placed his severed penis on the floor, doused it with gasoline from a container and set it on fire using 4 lighters.
Police and firefighters responded to the May 6 incident after receiving a call for a stabbing at the detached garage belonging to the property owners, cops said.
Newly released police records are shedding new light on Darrell Sheets' death ... authorities say the "Storage Wars" star left behind a suicide note and had recently argued with his son.
According to the Lake Havasu City Police incident report, obtained by TMZ, detectives found a handwritten note tucked inside a black basket in a bathroom closet near where Darrell was found dead. Police summarized it as reading, "I could not take anymore the Facebook bulling, f*** you [redacted]" ... adding the handwriting appeared shaky.
The report also paints a clearer picture of Darrell's final night. His girlfriend told detectives he couldn't sleep, got out of bed in the middle of the night, and moments later she found him standing in the doorway of his office ... telling her to "go back to bed" before a single gunshot rang out.
The so-called "Tinder Swindler" has settled with an Israeli billionaire's family after being sued for allegedly impersonating a member of their family as part of an elaborate ruse to score millions of dollars from women he met on a dating app ... TMZ has learned.
Leviev family attorney Guy Ophir tells TMZ ... both sides reached a settlement and presented it to the Israeli court for approval.
We're told the settlement contains two significant provisions.
First, the man dubbed the "Tinder Swinder" in the Netflix doc, Shimon Hayut, denies allegations that he impersonated the family, but promises never to represent that he's connected to the Leviev family or their various companies going forward.
Secondly, Hayut cannot seek reimbursement of legal costs or attorney fees.
Stefon Diggs’ male sexual assault accuser claims he turned over more than a hundred pages of text messages and other communications with the NFL star to back up his claims in court ... TMZ has learned.
In court docs, Stefon’s accuser, Christopher Griffith, claims he produced over 100 pages of communications -- including texts on iMessage and Instagram -- between himself and Diggs.
Stefon had claimed Christopher had failed to turn over Instagram messages ... but Christopher said Stefon has those messages himself. Stefon claims Christopher blocked him on Instagram and he can’t see their old messages anymore ... so he asked the judge to order Christopher to hand them over.
As TMZ previously reported, Stefon sued Christopher for defamation, claiming the man was spreading lies about him. Christopher countersued, claiming he was drugged and sexually assaulted at Stefon’s home, which the NFL star denies ever happened.
12:14 PM PT -- TMZ has obtained Julius Edwards' stone-faced mug shot.
A suspect in an attempted murder case in Ohio tried to make a quick getaway from cops ... driving through a freaking golf course ... and it's all on video.
Shocking footage shows a van weaving in and out of trees, driving over fairways, and slicing through the rough ... pedal to the medal as cops -- with sirens blaring -- chase after the vehicle.
People on golf carts filmed as the police pursuit played through ... definitely screwing up a few relaxing tee times on the links.
A township committee meeting in New Jersey got a little lit on Tuesday ... when a man dressed as a bong decided to crash it ... and his prank is on video
The man -- who goes by Bongholeo -- wore a giant purple bong costume as he approached the podium for his turn to speak ... spelling out his name and introducing his son, Bongholito.
He then proceeded to bust out a parody of Lizzo's "About Damn Time," singing ... "It's big bong o'clock / yeah, it's hit thirty."
