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The family of the man killed on a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia is warning people not to fall for bogus fundraisers popping up in his name ... declaring they don't need anyone's money.

Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem's family tells TMZ ... they have not authorized any GoFundMe pages or other crowdfunding efforts following his tragic death Monday ... and any pages claiming to raise money on their behalf are scams.

The family thanked the public for its support, but stressed it has no plans to launch a fundraiser. Hassan's mother may eventually establish a scholarship or fund in his honor ... but that announcement would come through her official representative.

RJ Mitte's sister is spreading the love her brother is receiving online ... resharing loving posts from others on her own social media.

Lacianne Carriere -- RJ's sister -- has posted several messages from people honoring RJ to her own Instagram ... sharing one in which someone called him a "big brother."

Another shows a smiling RJ at dinner with some pals ... with "Rest in Peace" written across it.

Lucian Piane, best known for his work on "RuPaul's Drag Race," had a bizarre run-in with police just hours before his death ... TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Lucian was arrested Sunday after allegedly throwing a water bottle at a hotel manager at an Embassy Suites in Glendale, CA. He allegedly accused the manager of running a prostitution ring before hurling a water bottle at him.

We're told Glendale Police Department responded and arrested Lucian for assault around 6:45 PM.

Diddy is taking some serious hits behind bars ... the mogul suffered a nasty head injury after getting into a prison fight with a notorious Jamaican drug lord ... and TMZ has learned what sparked the showdown.

Check out the new YouTube collab between TMZ and the New York Post, "The Low Down," where we bring you stories that are gripping, outrageous, and sometimes scandalous.

Kelly Clarkson's feud with a Brooklyn shop over a $15,000 singing bird has taken another turn ... with new surveillance video showing her fateful visit to the store.

Dr. Michael Kotlikoff -- the president of Cornell University -- is personally apologizing to Jane Doe for her experience at the Ivy League school ... and it sounds like he won't resign.

The New York Times sat down with Kotlikoff for a wide-ranging interview, and he said he was "personally sorry" for everything Doe says she experienced when she was enrolled at Cornell.

While he's deeply sorry, the interview also revealed just how in the dark Kotlikoff says he was about the original investigation into her sexual assault claims ... he says he didn't read hundreds of pages of confidential records put together during the Title IX investigation out of respect for students' privacy.

Aaron Paul is mourning the loss of his "Breaking Bad" costar RJ Mitte ... and he says he wishes he had known the late actor was hurting.

Aaron shared a video of RJ talking about the importance of mental health ... he grieved the loss of his friend in the caption.

AP wrote ... "RJ, You have always been an inspiration for so many. I am so sorry you were hurting my friend. I wish we knew."

Michelle Obama's brother Craig Robinson thinks she'd make a great commander-in-chief ... but he says there's no chance she's running for president -- no matter how insane the world gets.

We got Craig at LAX, and our photog asked him how crazy things would need to get for Michelle to feel like she needs to run for the White House.

Craig says there's no crazy threshold ... it ain't happening no matter what. So fans of the former First Lady shouldn't expect her to ride onto the 2028 debate stage like a knight in shining armor.

"Breaking Bad" star RJ Mitte will be remembered at a public celebration of life ... with the Texas community he helped transform coming together to honor the late actor.

The City of Brownsville announced the gathering will take place Friday at 10 AM at The Mitte: Arts and Cultural Center, where RJ spent years championing local arts and education.

The location is especially meaningful ... RJ served as president of the Roy F. and Joann Cole Mitte Foundation and helped turn the former Brownsville Museum of Fine Art into a thriving cultural center.

Kelly Clarkson's battle with a Brooklyn curiosity shop over a $15,000 singing bird named Molly may have a new piece of evidence in the mix ... security footage from her visit to the store.

In the video, obtained by Pablo Torre, it captures the day Kelly stopped by the store to inquire about the mechanical bird that's now at the center of a full-blown online feud.

You can see Kelly enter the store and begin picking up various items ... before approaching the $15,000 bird in question, "Molly." She's then seen talking to an employee and pointing to Molly on the wall -- unfortunately the footage has no audio.

A jury hit Tyreek Hill with a mixed verdict in his high-profile civil battery trial in Miami, finding the star wideout liable on two counts of battery against his estranged wife ... and ordering him to pay $500K in damages.

But it wasn't all bad news for the 32-year-old free agent.

The six-person jury found Hill not liable on eight of the 10 counts, which included additional battery claims, assault, and intentional infliction of emotional distress against ex, Keeta Vaccaro.

She was also denied punitive damages.

The two battery counts Hill was found liable for stemmed from incidents in January 2024 and April 2025, the latter partially captured on a nanny cam.

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A 4-foot-tall humanoid robot allegedly grabbed a 16-year-old girl's butt in Germany ... and cops are now trying to determine if a human was remotely operating the bot.

The alleged incident went down in Cologne -- a city in the Western part of the country -- on Sunday, according to the North Rhine-Westphalia Police.

In a press release, cops say the girl was with her friends outside a fast-food restaurant just before midnight on Sunday when the robot approached her from behind, touched her buttocks and "made thrusting motions against her."

People are protesting in Austin, Texas, after a white woman told HBCU students to stop parking outside her home after she moved into a historically Black neighborhood ... and it's getting tense.

The woman and her husband recently moved into a residence on East 9th Street ... right across from Huston-Tillotson University, and a viral video shows a student named Bri confronting the couple for allegedly harassing students who park in front of their house.

Bri tries to point out it's legal to park there, but the woman shoots back ... "We paid $1.5 million for our house, y’all's graduation rates are 25%."

A horrifying scene unfolded at a popular family resort in Pennsylvania ... where police say a woman stabbed her husband and 3-year-old son to death before begging dispatchers to help her die.

Metallica Rose Harrison is accused of killing her husband, Charles Harrison, and their young son -- identified only as T.H. -- inside a room at Great Wolf Lodge in the Pocono Mountains.

According to multiple reports, Metallica called 911 around 3:15 PM Monday ... telling dispatchers she needed "help dying" after allegedly trying to take her own life.

Huge break in the shooting death of reality TV star Kash ... her sister is now facing an involuntary manslaughter charge in California ... and it sounds like she fired the fatal shot during a huge brawl.

The Alameda County District Attorney filed the felony charge against 38-year-old Vernika Dunbar after Kash was shot dead Sunday morning in Oakland.

The Oakland Police Department says Dunbar initially came to the defense of her sister by attempting to pistol-whip a woman who was brawling with Kash.

But then, police say, Dunbar ended up firing a bullet that struck her sister, who was transported to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Kimberly Guilfoyle desperately tried to save her job after a Trump donor claimed she asked him to secretly pay off her $100,000 American Express bill ... going so far as to tell the White House the smoking-gun texts were fake and A.I.-generated.

The former U.S. ambassador to Greece resigned Tuesday amid a flurry of scandals ... but the Wall Street Journal reports she tried everything to stave off the inevitable.

Guilfoyle frantically called up top Trump administration officials and those closest to the President after the WSJ published text messages she sent to Trump donor Eric Deters.