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The cause of death of John Elway's longtime agent and friend Jeff Sperbeck has been officially ruled as blunt head trauma, TMZ Sports has learned.

The Riverside County Sheriff's Office told us Friday the Coroner’s Bureau made the determination just days after Sperbeck's April 30 passing ... adding the death has also been ruled an accident.

A final report in the case is expected to be released once toxicology results return.

"Too Hot To Handle" star Isaac Francis wasn’t loving it when we brought up his rocky run with "Love Island USA"s Kaylor Martin -- in fact, we definitely hit one heck of a nerve!

You gotta see it -- Isaac snaps, accusing us of being disrespectful and straight-up asks if our only goal is to get reactions outta people. If it was … well, mission accomplished.

Post blow-up, he called his relationship with Kaylor "old."

Finesse2tymes can count a new legal win on his stacked docket ... his wild terroristic threat criminal case from the top of the year has been thrown out!!!

TMZ Hip Hop obtained court docs filed on Friday, May 9, showing prosecutors moved to dismiss Finesse's case because the allegations couldn't be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.  The judge signed off on the dismissal.

Carl A. Moore, Finesse2tymes' attorney, tells TMZ Hip Hop … Mr. Ricky Hampton maintained his innocence from the onset of this case and justice prevailed today.

The Menendez Brothers got good news today in court in their ongoing quest for freedom ... a judge has denied a petition to stop a resentencing hearing from happening, and the brothers will get their day in court next week for the next step.

L.A. County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic rejected the prosecution's motion to stop next week's resentencing hearing, finding there's no new information revealed in a risk assessment report on the brothers that would stop the consideration.

Friday, details from the Compliance Risk Assessment (CRA) were revealed -- Lyle broke prison rules last year for being in possession of a phone. This year, Erik also broke rules, by having a cellphone and communicating with someone outside prison, and by purchasing and trading drugs, and lastly, performing tax fraud.

Diddy jurors are going to see plenty of video of Diddy beating Cassie in a hotel hallway ... because prosecutors say they plan to show multiple versions of the graphic footage during his trial.

The feds revealed during Friday's court proceedings in Diddy's sex trafficking trial in NYC that they plan to show two videos of the beating that a security guard at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles recorded on a cell phone.

What's more, prosecutors say they will also show three versions of the Cassie beating video that first aired on CNN.

2 PM PT -- Turns out Kanye West's threatening letter to Kim Kardashian accusing her of exploiting their kids is a hoax.

After we spotted a bunch of red flags pointing to this being a phony correspondence -- Kanye's camp confirms to us the letter is bogus ... and they say Ye had nothing to do with it.

Kanye West says Kim Kardashian is not only exploiting their children, but he claims she left North all alone in a car while prancing around the Met Gala this week ... and now he's threatening to drag her to court over all of it.

The rapper's lawyer, Kathy Johnson, sent Kim's attorney, Laura Wasser, a cease and desist letter, "concerning the welfare and custody of Mr. West’s minor children: North West, Saint West, Chicago West, and Psalm West."

As you know, Kim and Kanye got divorced in 2021 after 7 years of marriage and 4 kids. As part of their divorce settlement, they have joint custody of the kids and Kanye pays $200K every month in child support.

The graffiti-covered Hollywood Hills house that Chris Brown used to own is back on the market ... and it can be yours for a cool $2.9 million -- some original murals included!

Fans may remember ... neighbors were outraged by the smiling monsters Brown spray-painted on the outside of the modern abode -- and even got into a back-and-forth with the city of Los Angeles over the artwork. The "Freaky Friday" singer offloaded it in 2014 for $1.69 million.

While those controversial pieces of art are not visible in the listing photos ... the inside of the house is still a spray-paint artist's dream, with eye-catching artwork throughout the 2,800 square feet of living space.

The list of alleged Diddy victims involved in his sex trafficking trial is expanding ... because we've learned the feds also have a witness they're calling "Victim 5."

Prosecutors buried the existence of a 5th alleged victim in legal documents last month, but "Victim 5" just came up in court Friday as Diddy's trial proceeds.

Now, this person's identity is still unknown, but that could soon change ... because Judge Arun Subramanian ruled Friday "Victim 5" will NOT be granted anonymity in the trial.

Diddy's defense team is leaning in hard that the music mogul was abusive toward his ex, Cassie ... but they're also saying Cassie was no angel either ... because she allegedly got violent with him, too.

Day 4 of the Diddy trial saw prosecutor Emily Anne Johnson and Diddy attorney Marc Agnifilo having a very interesting exchange with Judge Arun Subramanian in an NYC federal courtroom.

It kicked off with Johnson telling the judge that Victim 1 -- who is believed to be Cassie -- will not be cross-examined about certain medical issues.

The judge then said if prosecutors open the door on the rest of the issues, the defense can walk through it and cross-examine the witnesses.

Most Valuable Prospects 12 is slated to go down on Friday ... and TMZ Sports has already done the heavy lifting for anyone wanting to track down the promotion's newest ring girl -- her name is Marissa Ayers, and we talked to her ahead of her big debut!!

We chopped it up with the MVP newbie and fellow models Delia Sylvain and Rapha Milagres ahead of fight night in Orlando ... and the rookie opened up on how she ended up in the family.

It turns out Rapha played a role in getting the Georgia native and Alabama student on board ... and after a few convos, she was handed her sparkly blue outfit and got to work as an MVP event model.

Mark Geragos won't answer the question -- Is he a member of Diddy's defense team? -- and it made for some lively discussion on TMZ's new Tubi weekly show ... "TMZ Presents: United States V. Sean Combs: Inside the Diddy Trial."

Geragos joined Nancy Grace, Ashleigh Banfield and Eboni K. Williams, when Harvey pressed him on his association with Diddy. It's true, Geragos has repped Diddy on various legal issues in the past, but the question now is whether he's part of the current defense team.

Geragos tried to skirt the issue, but then TMZ producer Brian Andrews popped up and laid out what he saw in the courthouse -- Geragos sitting behind the defense team and passing notes to Diddy's chief lawyers Marc Agnifilo and Teny Geragos (Mark's daughter), Geragos chatting it up with Diddy's lawyer during lunch breaks in the courthouse cafeteria, and Geragos coming out of the judge's chambers as Agnifilo had his arm around Mark's shoulder.

One bold bull was fed up with walking -- hijacking a scooter outside a shop and taking off on a wild joyride through the streets of India like he owned the place.

It’s one thing to read about it, but seeing is believing -- CCTV footage shows the moment this bovine badass, strolling through Rishikesh, India, earlier this month, locked eyes on a white scooter ... and hopped on like he was born to ride.

This bull didn’t just hop on ... he got comfy, planted his head on the handlebars, and started scooting across the road -- looks like he's definitely done this before!

"Emily in Paris" star Ashley Park is being slammed as disrespectful after she seemingly mocked Pope Leo XIV on social media following his election as the first-ever American-born leader of the Catholic Church.

Check out the video she posted ... she tells fans she's in Rome to begin shooting the popular Netflix series -- and can't seem to understand what the big deal about the Pope is, literally asking ... "Does anyone care?"

Hair and makeup artist Carole Nicolas sarcastically responds ... "Fantastic," which Ashley repeats while giggling along with hair stylist Parizhair and producer and content creator Addison O'Connor.

The boy band gods were clearly watching over the Vatican ... 'cause Harry Styles casually showed up in the massive crowd gathered to welcome new Pope Leo XIV!

Totally random, and there’s photo proof and everything -- Harry was right there in the crowd, rocking shades, a popped blue collar, and a gray hat that fans pointed out reads "Techno is My Boyfriend."

A fan shared the photo, and the caption -- which was translated from Turkish -- says she spotted Harry walking by in St. Peter's Square, their eyes met, and she just had to snap the moment.

A Fox News guest fainted live on-air ... and instead of immediately attending to her, host Jonathan Hunt awkwardly kept the segment rolling -- instead of, you know, checking to see if she was still breathing.

It all went down on "Fox News @ Night" Thursday when guest Camryn Kinsey was mid-rant about Trump vs. Biden and Harris -- she started stuttering, her eyes rolled back, and then she literally toppled off her chair sideways, with an audible slap as she hit the floor.

It all happened in a flash, and Hunt sat there stunned ... and then, outrageously, just tried to carry on like nothing happened.

Addison Rae is "feeling beautiful" and making sure you know it -- dropping a flurry of sultry IG snaps to really drive the message home.

Peep the pics -- the internet personality turned music star rocked a barely-there look, with a lacy purple bra spilling over a tiny crop top, and lace-up micro shorts that left very little to the imagination.

Addison was clearly feeling herself, serving up sexy poses with her mouth slightly open and major "look at me" energy in every frame.