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2:48 PM PT -- A rep for TechStyle Fashion Group, which owns JustFab and Fabletics, tells TMZ ... the company finds the claims against it baseless and meritless, and plans to defend itself in court. They add ... "Please know that we take the welfare of our employees extremely seriously and strive to create a happy and healthy workplace."

Kate Hudson's online retailer fired one of its workers for trying to treat a sleeping pill addiction ... so says the ex-employee suing the company.

Talitha Peters just filed suit against Fabletics and parent company JustFab, who she says wrongfully terminated her after a 2-year tenure as an exec ... after her bosses assumed she was addicted to illegal drugs.

In the docs filed by Rosen Saba, LLP -- obtained by TMZ -- Peters says she became disabled after getting addicted to Ambien from work-related issues. She says she eventually needed medical leave to go to rehab, and claims she got it without questions at first.

But when Peters tried extending the absence, she claims Fabletics execs started digging into why she needed it ... allegedly prying for private medical info. On the day she was set to return to work this June, Peters says her boss fired her for made-up reasons.

Peters claims Fabletics discriminated against her disability and retaliated based on faulty intel ... now she's suing for damages.

The man who shot at George Zimmerman in an apparent road rage incident has just been sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Matthew Apperson, who was convicted of attempted 2nd-degree murder back in September, claimed he shot at Zimmerman in self-defense during a 2015 incident that went down near Zimmerman's home in Lake Mary, FL.

They have a history, having feuded in a separate road rage incident in 2014.

Apperson was also convicted for armed aggravated assault, and will serve a concurrent 15 year sentence for that.

A father and his son have been arrested in connection with the death of Tyson Gay's 15-year-old daughter ... after officials say they were in a shootout with a 21-year-old man when a stray bullet struck the young girl.

The U.S. Olympic sprinter's daughter, Trinity, was killed early Sunday morning when she was hit in the neck outside the Cook Out restaurant in Lexington, Kentucky around 4 AM.

The father, son duo is 38-year-old Chazerae Taylor and his 19-year-old son D’Markeo -- who cops say were in a shootout with 21-year-old D'Vonta Middlebrooks.

The Taylors have been arrested and charged with wanton endangerment. Middlebrooks was hit with the same charge PLUS a weapons charge.

Former 'Apprentice' contestant Summer Zervos was not silent about her claims Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in 2007 -- this according to her friend and her attorney, Gloria Allred.

Allred held a news conference to defend her client against critics attempting to poke holes in her story. She was joined by Ann Russo -- a social worker and close friend of Zervo -- who said Summer told her of Trump's aggressive sexual behavior back in 2010. Russo strongly defended Zervos ... and offered an interesting explanation as to why she took so long to go public with her accusations.

As we've said ... Trump has denied the alleged incident.

Allred also attempted to discredit Zervos' cousin, John Barry -- who claims Summer praised Trump -- by trotting out text messages she says he sent to Summer ... including one where he calls himself a "loser."

A woman who appeared on season 5 of "The Apprentice" is accusing Donald Trump of kissing her on the lips, grabbing her breasts and thrusting his genitals against her body.

Summer Zervos appeared at a news conference Friday with Gloria Allred ... claiming Trump first kissed her on the lips back in 2007 before a meeting at Trump Tower in NYC over the possibility of working for him.

Zervos said she was surprised but nevertheless agreed to another meeting a few days later at the Bev Hills hotel ... where she alleges Trump kissed her "open-mouthed," grabbed her breasts and asked her to lay in bed to watch TV.

And get this ... she says he pointed out someone had delivered a fruit basket, which she felt was a way of bragging that he was important.

Another woman made similar accusations Thursday during an appearance on CNN.

The National Football League is opening their fat pocketbook ... and DONATING $300,000 to help people from the U.S. to Haiti who were affected by Hurricane Matthew.

Matthew devastated the Caribbean ... before slamming the Southeast U.S. As a result of the storm, over 1,000 people died in Haiti ... and 22 lives were lost in North Carolina.

The NFL says $200k will be split between the Salvation Army, UNICEF and the American Red Cross. The rest will go toward repairing youth football fields in the Southeast that were torn up by the storm.

And it's not just the league that's helping ... as we previously reported, Redskins star Pierre Garcon used team owner Daniel Snyder's jet to bring medical supplies to Haiti.

Derrick Rose's friend took the stand and recounted details from the night of the alleged rape, and explained why Rose's memory of the incident wasn't as clear as his.

Ryan Allen -- who's also a defendant in the case -- told the court graphic details about the night ... including the lighting in the bedroom, kissing the accuser, using lube and a condom and the accuser's pink vibrator. Allen testified the sex was consensual and that the accuser was completely sober.

Rose and Allen have been pals since childhood. The accuser claims they and Randall Hampton broke into her home and gang raped her.

Allen testified he flushed his condom after the sex ... unlike Rose who said he took his with him when they left the apartment. The accuser's attorney asked Allen why he didn't do the same, and he said, "Derrick's condom is a little more desired than my condom."

Translation: Derrick's semen is way more desirable than Allen's. Only one is an NBA superstar.

When the accuser's attorney asked why Allen remembers the night more clearly than Rose ... he said, "People don't know how hard it is to be an NBA player. Derrick had a lot going on with family and basketball." He then bro'd out with Allen, saying ..."I appreciate you pooh."

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan -- the president of TNA Wrestling -- is having a nasty falling out with his boss ... suing the wrestling company and filing for a restraining order against the owner.

Jessica Simpson almost ruined Tony Romo's NFL career -- but he saved himself when he dumped her and ended their "tumultuous relationship" back in 2009 ... so says Skip Bayless.

Donald Trump was recorded in 1992 joking about a little girl who was walking past him ... "I'll be dating her in 10 years. Can you believe it?"

The Entertainment Tonight video was just released on CBS News. You can't see Trump in the video, which was recorded around Christmas time inside Trump Tower. CBS says he was looking at a group of 10-year-olds walking past him when he made the comment, and you see the group of girls on a nearby escalator right after the comment.

It appears ET, which is owned by CBS Television, went digging through their archives in the wake of the "Access Hollywood" tape ... and this is what they found.

So, we gotta ask ...

Heavyweight boxing champ Tyson Fury has voluntarily vacated his WBO, WBA and IBO titles so he can "fully focus on his medical treatment and recovery" ... so says a rep for the fighter.

In a statement issued by Fury's marketing team, Hennessy Sports -- they never mention cocaine specifically ... but they do make reference to a "serious medical condition."

"[Vacating the belts] will also allow him the time and space to fully recover from his present condition without any undue pressure and with the expert medical attention he requires and his close family support."

Fury failed two drug tests leading up to his fight with Wladimir Klitschko -- both tested positive for cocaine -- and Fury later admitted he's had a ton of blow over the years.

"I feel that it is only fair and right and for the good of boxing to keep the titles active and allow the other contenders to fight for the vacant belts that I proudly won and held as the undefeated heavyweight champion of the world when I defeated the long-standing champion Wladimir Klitschko," Tyson said in the statement.

Colin Kaepernick says he's disappointed in Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's criticism of his national anthem protest ... saying it's just another example of a white person dodging the "real issue."

As we previously reported, RBG said Kaep's protest was "dumb and disrespectful" and she takes issue with his point of view.

But in a locker room interview with reporters on Tuesday, Kaepernick responded -- "It is disappointing to hear a Supreme Court Justice call a protest against injustices and oppression ‘stupid, dumb’ in reference to players doing that."

"I was reading an article and it refers to white critique of black protests and how they try to delegitimize it by calling it ‘idiotic, dumb, stupid,’ things of that nature, so they can sidestep the real issue."

"As I was reading that I saw more and more truth how this has been approached by people in power and white people in power in particular."

Kaepernick also said people are "getting too caught up in the flag" ... adding, "At the end of the day the flag is just a piece of cloth and I am not going to value a piece of cloth over people’s lives."

2:05 PM PT -- Law enforcement sources in Cincinnati tell us they've also made contact with Broner and confirmed he's ok.

Good news on the Adrien Broner front ... his fiancee says the boxer is okay ... despite some disturbing posts in which he hinted that he was going to take his own life.

Arie Nicole -- aka Miss Louiebags -- went to Snapchat and posted a message moments ago that simply read, "Adrien is okay."

We also spoke with some of Broner's friends who say the boxer has been taking their calls and they're confident he's safe and in a better place now.

As we previously reported, Broner went to social media and posted a photo of a gun and suggested he was going to commit suicide.

SHE'S BACK!!!

Ronda Rousey will finally make her return to the Octagon in December -- when she fights Amanda Nunes for the womens bantamweight title at UFC 207 in Las Vegas.

Dana White just made the announcement on "The Herd" on FS1 -- and says she's good to go on Dec. 30th.

Ronda hasn't fought since losing to Holly Holm at UFC 193 in Nov. 2015.

Dana said Ronda had a "bad loss and lost her title but she's still Ronda Rousey at the end of the day."

Dana says Ronda's in a good place psychologically.

By the way, Nunes called out Rousey back in July -- saying she can't wait to beat Ronda's ass so she can prove to everyone she DESERVES to be the champ.

White says Ronda also wants to fight Cris "Cyborg" at some point down the line -- as he previously told TMZ Sports. But first, she wants to win her title back.

LeBron James is going hard after Donald Trump -- saying the GOP nominee is WAYYY OFF on "locker room talk" because "we don't disrespect women in no shape or fashion."

No mistrial in the Derrick Rose civil rape case ... the judge just ruled the case will move forward despite claims the accuser hid important text messages from the defense.

As we previously reported, the judge scolded the accuser's legal team in court Tuesday for allegedly withholding texts that could've helped Derrick Rose's case.

The judge had previously said he didn't want to declare a mistrial because the case would likely be brought again in the middle of the NBA season and severely inconvenience him.

But Rose's team did get a minor victory in court Wednesday.