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L.A. Kings star Slava Voynov could be shipped back to Russia -- after immigration officials took him into custody ... following his release from jail stemming from a domestic violence conviction.

UFC superstar Anthony "Rumble" Johnson is adamant he's NO DOG ABUSER ... despite allegations he's "mutilating puppies" by hacking off their ears at his kennel.

A petition sprung up online this year -- calling for the UFC to fire Johnson over the way the animals are treated at the kennel he owns and operates, Rumbletime Kennels.

The petition alleges, "Anthony Johnson owns a dog kennel where he participated in hacking ears off puppies. It appears the procedure is done in house by unqualified persons as the wounds are not bandaged."

Johnson finally responded to the allegations at UFC 191 media day ... saying, "My dogs are well liked and well loved. I take my dogs everywhere. Somebody put I'm manipulating my dogs. Dude, I cropped his ears. I'm not beating the dog, I'm not starving the dog to death. Nothing like that."

FYI -- cropping -- the removal of skin from the ears -- is legal in the United States, with some people arguing it helps prevent ear infections in dogs. Others say it is cruel and unnecessary.

Johnson claims he doesn't see the practice as a negative thing.

"If you see my Instagram or my kennel Instagram -- Facebook and all that stuff with my dogs -- you can clearly tell my dogs are loved. They eat steaks every day. I eat freakin' French fries. They eat steaks."

Kim Davis, the county clerk who refused to sign same sex marriage licenses in the name of God, is feeling the wrath of the judicial system ... because she's in jail for contempt of court.

Federal Judge David L. Bunning ruled Thursday Davis was breaking the law by refusing to sign off on same sex marriage certificates simply because it went against her religious beliefs.

Davis, a devout Apostolic Christian, believes marriage should be between one man and one woman. She stopped giving out same sex marriage licenses in her county even after it became legal in Kentucky.

Judge Bunning said Davis' explanation for disobeying the law was "simply insufficient."

Davis has to stay in jail until she decides to obey the law.

Afroman pled guilty to assault but will face no jail time for punching a female fan in the face ... at least for now.

The Grammy-nominated rapper will have to take anger management classes and drug tests as part of his probation ... if he screws up, he'll have to do six months in jail.

Haley Byrd, the woman he hit during a Biloxi concert after she crashed the stage, was present in court. She suffered a concussion and plans to sue promoters of the show.

Afroman's rep previously claimed he was acting in self-defense and blamed the incident on lack of security.

Katie Rees -- who was stripped of her Miss Nevada crown in 2006 after nude photos of her surfaced online -- was busted Tuesday night for felony possession of meth.

According to the Las Vegas Sun, Rees was the passenger in a car driven by her boyfriend that was pulled over by police for speeding and failing to signal.

The paper says that during their interrogation of Rees and her boyfriend, police found rolling papers, two smoking pipes and a canister containing what police believed to be marijuana. Cops also found, Xanax, Oxycontin and meth ... which Rees admitted to smoking earlier in the day.

Reese was booked on five different drug charges, including felony possession of meth.

The boyfriend was arrested on multiple felony counts as well.

Rees was busted in 2008 for allegedly assaulting a police officer. She was also busted on felony drug charges earlier this year.

To say New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft thinks highly of his star QB is a gross understatement ... and the proof is in his post-Deflategate comments on the situation.

"As I have said during this process and throughout his Patriots career, Tom Brady is a classy person of the highest integrity," Kraft said.

"He represents everything that is great about this game and this league."

Geez, get a room already ...

Still. Kraft goes on ... "Yet, with absolutely no evidence of any actions of wrongdoing by Tom in the Wells report, the lawyers at the league still insisted on imposing and defending unwarranted and unprecedented discipline. Judge Richard Berman understood this and we are greatly appreciative of his thoughtful decision that was delivered today."

Donald Trump just declared war on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -- claiming he's a clueless bonehead ... and nobody likes him.

Seriously, this really happened.

Trump spelled out his issues with the NBA legend in a handwritten note -- after Kareem had penned an article for the Washington Post in which he called Trump a "bully" who's bad for America.

So, Trump being Trump -- responded in his own Trumpish way ... he wrote a note ON a copy of Kareem's article.

"Dear Kareem,

Now I know why the press always treated you so badly — they couldn’t stand you. The fact is that you don’t have a clue about life and what has to be done to make America great again!

Best wishes,

Donald Trump"

Kareem has already responded -- writing, "Trump’s response to my piece is the best, though inelegant, support for my claims.Here again, he attacks a journalist who disagrees with him, not by disputing the points made but by hurling schoolyard insults such as 'nobody likes you.'"

7:20 AM PT -- The airport spokeswoman tells TMZ, the firefighter told the airline he had the ring but kept it while everyone looked for the owner. Three hours later, they contacted the Fashion Week people and asked if anyone lost a ring. She did not say the fireman saw Paris on TV.

Paris Hilton got lucky in Poland when a firefighter found her extremely expensive diamond ring on an SUV, but based on what we know there's something sketchy going on here.

Paris apparently lost the diamond-studded ring Friday on an airport shuttle in the city of Lodz. Two days later, an airport fireman found it on the floor of the shuttle.

Now here's the sketchy part. An airport spokeswoman says the fireman thought the ring belonged to a flight attendant. The spokeswoman says, "soon after he noticed Hilton on TV wearing the ring." She wasn't specific as to how much time passed ... hours or days before the fireman saw Paris on TV.

Question ... Why didn't the fireman turn the ring in as soon as he found it?

We're not saying the fireman was necessarily going to keep the ring if he thought it belonged to a flight attendant, but Paris is a rich woman, and rewards are often in order when a dude finds your enormous diamond ring.

Master P DOES have a limit ... when it comes to his estranged wife throwing huge parties with her boyfriend in a house where HE'S FOOTING THE BILL!

P ripped into Sonya Miller ... responding to the story TMZ broke -- she's filed court docs, bitching that Master P had blocked her from entering the Calabasas gated community where she lives with their 7 kids.

But Master P wants to make it clear ... he's fine with Sonya living in the house, "But I’m not going to allow access to her boyfriend and partying friends to come over and sleep where my kids are." He also accuses her of neglecting their children, saying -- " she doesn’t even take my kids to school and my sixteen year old failed all of her classes last year under her mother’s lack of guidance."

He says her court filing is simply a publicity stunt, and he can prove she's been parading people in and out of the gated community for her ragers ... "These records will be furnished to the courts to show the heavy traffic and penalties that I have had to pay for all the crazy parties she’s been having."

More damage for the UCLA football star who allegedly fought and robbed an Uber driver ... now the guy has just been suspended indefinitely and will probably miss the season opener.

The alleged Uber jacker is Ishmael Adams -- one of the best cornerbacks in the country -- and according to cops ... sworn enemy of one upset Uber driver.

As we previously reported, Adams allegedly forcibly robbed an Uber driver of his cell phone early Sunday morning ... while conveniently located in front of a police station. Oops.

Now, UCLA head coach Jim Mora has announced that Adams has been suspended indefinitely while police investigate ... bad news for the #13 ranked Bruins who takes on Virginia Saturday.

BTW -- it's been a hell of an off-season for Mora -- who's already had to deal with a kettle-swingin' Diddy, losing a huge recruit in Snoop's son ... and now, a Man vs. Uber situation.

12:30 PM PST: TMZ Sports has learned Jimmy has posted bail.

Former WWF superstar "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka -- a member of the WWE Hall of Fame -- will be charged with murdering his girlfriend in an incident that happened 32 YEARS AGO.

Jay Z raps about being a "pimp in every sense of the word" -- but in reality, Jigga wants to keep his fat pockets and criminal past under wraps when it comes to his court battle over "Big Pimpin'."

Jay filed docs asking a judge to keep his wealth from the eyes of the jury hearing his illegal sampling lawsuit. He's being sued by a man who claims Jay lifted an Egyptian composition for the 2000 mega-smash hit. In the docs, Jay Z says his bank account and rap sheet have nothing to do with the case.

The plaintiff claims Jay stole the tune, so that makes the rapper's criminal past relevant.

The judge is still deciding what he'll allow in court.

It's time for "BLAME THE INTERN" ... starring Robert Griffin III.

RG3 is doing some serious explaining/fingerpointing this morning ... after Instagram showed that his account "LIKED" an anti-Redskins post that someone had written yesterday.

The post in question was a rant by a Skins fan who said, "I don't regret the skins grabbing RG, I do regret having a sorry ass team owner and sorry ass front office who couldn't put a winning coaching staff together who could actually compete for a super bowl."

After people noticed that RG3 "liked" the post -- the QB went into damage control ... and posted his explanation.

"One of our interns who helps with Instagram liked the post. As soon as I was made aware of it, it was immediately unliked."

Griffin continued, "I did not 'like' that IG post ridiculing our team. I have not been social media active consistently for awhile now and am ultra-focused on working to get back on the field and trying to help this team."

So far, the I.D. of the mysterious "intern" has not been revealed ...

UCLA football star Ishmael Adams -- considered one of the best cornerbacks in the country -- was arrested this weekend after allegedly robbing an Uber driver ... right in front of a police station!!

A spokesperson for UCLA confirmed the 21-year-old was busted at 3:30 AM on Sunday morning for "allegedly using force to take a cell phone from an Uber driver."

The incident took place right in front of UCPD headquarters, this according to the Daily Bruin.

Officials tell us Adams was booked and is being held on $100,000 bail.

Cops say the Uber driver sustained minor injuries.

Sheldon Richardson's digging in his cleats ... pleading NOT GUILTY to resisting arrest stemming from an incident where he allegedly led cops on a high speed chase in his Bentley.

Cops say the NY Jets defensive lineman was clocked at 143 MPH and blew through a red light while racing another car in St. Louis on July 14th ... with a 12-year-old child in the backseat of his ride ... with a gun in the car.

Richardson -- who's currently suspended from the Jets for a failed drug test -- was ultimately charged with resisting arrest, failure to have license plate lights, excessive speeding, running a red light and following too closely. He pled not guilty to everything.

Hulk Hogan says his life was in shambles at the time he went on his N-word rant -- and things were so bad, he contemplated suicide.