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Former NBA star Paul Pierce was allegedly late to pay his baby mama child support this month ... days after he claimed he is struggling to pay his bills ... TMZ has learned. A lawyer for Paul claims the bill has since been paid in full.

According to court docs obtained by TMZ, Paul’s ex, Princess Santiago, claims she never got the $8,508 he was supposed to pay on November 1, for their son, King Rafael Santiago Pierce.

Princess wants Paul to cough up the unpaid support immediately, plus another $4K to cover her legal fees associated with the matter at hand.

Nina Thomas -- the estranged wife of Earl Thomas -- has fallen on her sword in her criminal case, pleading guilty to conspiring to scam her former NFL star husband out of $2.7 million.

According to federal court document, obtained by TMZ, Nina will plead guilty to 1 count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud as part of a plea deal with prosecutors, and she faces a maximum of 5 years in prison and/or a $250,000 fine. The judge also ordered Nina and co-defendant Kevin Thompson to be jointly responsible for paying restitution in the amount of $3,497,444.64.

Under the agreement ... Kevin will plead guilty to 2 charges -- conspiracy to commit wire fraud and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Kevin faces 5 years in prison on the wire fraud charge and/or a fine of $250,000. He also faces up to 40 years in prison on the cocaine distribution charge and a fine of $5 million.

A convicted killer told the heartbroken family of his victim that he wasn't sorry in his sentencing hearing ... going even further to say he'd kill him all over again a million times.

Damien Murphy told the family of William Carney ... "I would apologize, but I’m not going to apologize for protecting my family. I’d do it a million times."

Murphy was admonished by the judge in the Fresno murder case, who said ... "I hope you change your mind and have some remorse for your actions, and don’t be disrespectful to the people you murdered and hurt their families."

The brother of O.J. Simpson's associate Joseph "Joey" Ippolito is speaking out about how he looked like he had been in a fight on the night of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman's murders.

In Peacock's documentary "OJ's Accomplice" ... Sam Ippolito says Joey -- a convicted drug trafficker -- came home while he was sleeping that night and "looked horrible, sweaty."

He added ... "I mean, he looked like he was fighting with somebody. Just scraped. He had a scrape on his arm, red mark on his neck, like he was wrestling."

Avril Lavigne is trading pop-punk anthems for lullabies ... the singer just welcomed her first child, a baby girl!

The "Sk8er Boi" singer revealed the big news on social media, giving fans a first look at her new addition, including several black-and-white photos of the little one and a shot of her tiny hand.

The 42-year-old mother shared another pic featuring a set of checkered Vans sneakers arranged on a skateboard ... a pretty fitting introduction for the daughter of the early-aughts icon.

Nikita Tyukalo allegedly built a fortune exploiting OnlyFans creators and camgirls ... but a group of their own fans wasn't about to let his operation go unchecked.

Our new documentary, "TMZ Studios Presents: Inside the Camgirl Criminal Empire," is now streaming on YouTube ... taking viewers inside Nikita's rise and the disturbing enterprise that prosecutors allege he built through coercion, abuse, and exploitation.

The doc also explores how Nikita reportedly idolized Andrew Tate and followed his playbook ... until a band of online vigilantes began spotting troubling signs and launched an investigation of their own.

Six Flags has been hit with a lawsuit after an 8-year-old boy claims he suffered a broken arm on the Roaring Rapids water ride while celebrating his birthday ... TMZ has learned.

In legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Everett Sweeney -- through his mother, Jessica Bienstock -- claims a ride attendant failed to secure his seatbelt and safety restraint during his visit to Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, on Aug. 29, 2024.

Per the complaint, Everett's restraint was apparently unfastened, and he was violently thrown from his seat to the wall of the ride, suffering a broken ulna as a result.

Tom Leigh doesn't care if you call anyone daddy ... he'd just be happy for anyone to call on him at all -- because he says he's been basically erased from the hit show's history.

Here's the deal ... Tom was a producer on "Call Her Daddy" when it was still under the Barstool banner -- mainly handling video and social media editing for the pod while Alex Cooper and Sofia Franklyn dealt with the audio aspect.

On an episode of "Pardon My Take" released Friday, he says the ladies were very territorial over the whole product ... adding that he wasn't even allowed to watch the show being filmed.

“Love During Lockup” star Justin Johnson’s estate is suing officials in charge of the prison where he was incarcerated when he died by suicide ... alleging the guards there didn’t monitor him closely enough.

The administrator of Justin’s estate -- his grandmother, Paulette J. Spackman -- filed the lawsuit against the superintendent and multiple correctional officers at SCI Houtzdale ... a state prison located in Pennsylvania.

Spackman says the officers are required to visually confirm the condition of each inmate at regular intervals ... but, on the night of Justin’s suicide, she claims officers left him alone for 90 minutes with a covering over his window.

Days ago, Usman Nurmagomedov was contemplating where he'd sign as one of the biggest free agents in MMA, but the star fighter's future is now up in the air ... he was just sentenced to six months in a United Arab Emirates prison for attacking Merab Dvalishvili.

The 28-year-old PFL lightweight champ and five of his buddies were convicted Friday of "disturbing public security" and "causing panic and endangering lives," according to the Abu Dhabi Judicial Department, for their role in Wednesday's melee in a hotel lobby in the city.

Each man received a six-month prison sentence, a 300,000 UAE Dirhams fine (about $82k), and an order to be deported as soon as the sentence is served.

Christian Cousins was found dead inside his California home after concerned family members couldn't get ahold of him ... TMZ has learned.

A spokesperson for the Irvine Police Department tells TMZ ... officers responded to a welfare check at the "Kindergarten Cop" actor's home on October 20 at 12:01 PM after his family was unable to reach him.

We're told officers discovered the former child star dead inside the home. Police say there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.

Convicted killer Courtney Clenney is now in minimum-security custody, and she's less than two years away from freedom.

According to Florida Department of Corrections records, obtained by TMZ, the former OnlyFans model is now housed at Gadsden Correctional Facility, a privately operated women's prison in Quincy, Florida ... where she's classified as a minimum-security inmate.

And get this ... her projected release date is July 20, 2028 ... just over a year and a half away.

Malik Beasley is trying to make a few extra bucks before he pleads guilty in his federal sports gambling case ... selling signed jerseys on social media for $200.

The former NBA star jumped on TikTok Live to hawk his wares ... offering jerseys from basically every era of his NBA career, signed -- with a personalized message -- in exchange for cold, hard cash.

Check out the clip ... Malik says he's signing all of the jerseys and writing people's individual names on them before shipping them out -- he just needs the money first.

Hakeem Jeffries got a brutal reception at a Democratic conference in Denver ... where angry hecklers called him a liar, a traitor, and an oligarch's lapdog ... over a failed impeachment push against Donald Trump.

The tense scene unfolded Friday during the "What's Next" post-midterm election conference ... where the House Democratic Leader was discussing the party's future when one protester shouted, "You are a f***ing liar," before demanding impeachment.

As boos erupted, the protester continued unloading ... calling Jeffries a "f***ing traitor" and a "f***ing oligarch lapdog."

At this point you'd think Chris Hansen had seen it all, but a sting suspect surprised him during a recent operation ... name-dropping him and still showing up to the bust.

The "To Catch a Predator" star stopped by "The TMZ Podcast" ... where he tells us a suspected predator had been suspicious that he was being set up before the meet-up and even called him out by name.

Chris recalled the guy's guard had come down, and he exclaimed ... "F*** Chris Hansen."

Britney Spears is adding a little sparkle to the circus ... because she'll soon be hawking jewelry to her legion of fans.

The pop star launched her jewelry website "B Tiny" on Friday ... and sources connected to the company tell us the line is coming out in the next few months.

Over the next few weeks, our sources say the company will roll out some key product information ... and we've learned Britney is involved -- and nothing has been made that she hasn't approved.