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Jake Paul will step into the ring with former middleweight champ Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in less than a month ... and The Problem Child says he'll beat the former title holder so badly, it'll catapult him to a championship of his own!

28-year-old Paul joined Babcock on the TMZ Sports TV show (airs nightly on FS1) ... where the guys chopped it about the June 28th scrap in SoCal.

"Man, I'm feeling better than ever," Jake said. "This is going to be my breakout performance."

Robert Horry tells TMZ Sports he knows he fits the criteria to be in the Hall of Fame ... but at the end of the day, he's not sweating it if the powers that be think otherwise.

We caught up with Horry out at LAX this week ... and asked him all about how he's still waiting for his spot among the all-time greats.

While his stat line isn't comparable to Michael Jordan's or Larry Bird's, Horry says people need to realize the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame highlights more than just one's NBA career.

Hailee Steinfeld's practicing with Josh Allen ... no, they're not running routes on the gridiron -- they're rehearsing for their luxurious wedding!

The actress/singer and her footballin' fiancé were spotted standing on the altar together Friday ... Hailee wearing a short white dress and flashing a huge grin for the assembled crowd.

Allen's not taking the chance of getting sunburnt in the California heat ... holding up an umbrella to keep from burning up out there.

6/2/2025 4:30 PM PT -- Michelle Caiola, attorney for Crystal McKinney, tells TMZ ... "MeToo exposed rich and powerful men in the entertainment industry who target and sexually abuse young women seeking a break. Crystal McKinney, a top model at a young age, fell victim to such predation -- twice. The facts stand on their own and our client looks forward to her day in court when she can present her evidence to a jury."

Sean "Diddy" Combs and Harvey Weinstein have more than one thing in common ... they’re being sued for alleged sexual assault by the same model.

Not only are Diddy and Weinstein currently on trial for sex crimes in unrelated trials, but Crystal McKinney has filed lawsuits against them in a New York federal court.

In her latest suit, filed Friday, McKinney -- through her attorney Michelle Caiola -- accuses Weinstein of raping her and a friend in a Manhattan hotel room in 2003.

Cassie will not go down as the only pregnant woman involved in the Diddy criminal trial ... because one of Diddy's defense attorneys is expecting!!!

Yes, there was a pregnancy announcement on the latest episode of the "2 Angry Men" podcast ... with Harvey Levin getting famed defense attorney Mark Geragos to reveal his daughter, Teny Geragos, is pregnant with her second child.

Teny is one of the lead attorneys defending Diddy in his criminal case in New York ... and she's been cross-examining witnesses and defending her client all while 4 months pregnant!!!

Ray J is railing against the racketeering conspiracy charge Diddy is facing in his federal criminal trial ... he says a RICO charge against the Kardashians would be more believable.

Diddy's longtime friend came to his defense on TMZ's new weekly series on Tubi, "TMZ Presents: United States V. Sean Combs: Inside the Diddy Trial" ... and Ray says he's having a hard time believing Diddy is guilty of racketeering.

Ray J says he spent a lot of time around Diddy and a lot of the witnesses who are testifying ... and based on his experience, he doesn't see how the RICO charge is warranted.

Diddy's prison outfit is going up for auction ... no, not one he's worn since being locked up in jail last fall, but the one he wore on set 25 years ago!

The rapper's iconic costume from his role as Lawrence Musgrove in the 2001 romantic-thriller drama "Monster's Ball" is going up for sale. It features a gray hoodie, jeans -- with one pant leg cut off -- and black shoes.

Diddy wears this outfit during the early parts of the film before his character is executed ... and, it's expected to fetch a decent price at auction when bidding starts on June 7.

Corey Feldman’s doing a little cleanup -- or maybe a soft backpedal -- on those Johnny Depp comments ... even saying he’d still be open to working with him.

We caught up with Corey at LAX Friday ... and he tells TMZ he never meant to indicate Depp got him axed from the 1993 film "What’s Eating Gilbert Grape" -- what he meant was that he landed the role, it got yanked, and then it ended up in the hands of a fresh-faced Leo DiCaprio.

Catch the clip ... Corey tells us how he thinks the response to his comments was overhyped, and his take on the whole sliding doors vibe -- like, does he ever wonder what coulda, woulda happened if he’d kept the role?

Moriah Mills -- the influencer/model who claimed to have a fling with Zion Williamson back in 2023 -- has contacted Tony Buzbee ... and is mulling a lawsuit against the NBA superstar, TMZ Sports has learned.

Buzbee -- the famed attorney best known for representing Deshaun Watson and Diddy accusers -- told us on Friday just hours after a Jane Doe filed a rape suit against Williamson in Los Angeles that Mills has reached out to him over the potential of filing her own litigation against the 24-year-old New Orleans Pelicans forward.

Buzbee stated for now, he is in the process of "evaluating her claims."

SuperSonics legend Nate McMillan isn't actively rooting for the Oklahoma City Thunder to win the NBA Finals ... instead, he tells TMZ Sports he's pulling for Adam Silver to do the right thing and bring a franchise back to Seattle.

We caught up with the current Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach at LAX ... and we had to ask, considering the Thunder used to be the Sonics, how he felt about Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Co.'s chances at getting it done.

While he said OKC has a good squad, he was more focused on what he thinks the league needs to do to his old stomping grounds.

Fans weren't the only ones stunned by Shedeur Sanders' monumental draft slide -- his former college teammates were also flabbergasted ... including Colorado Buffaloes linebacker Gage Goldberg.

We asked the 19-year-old LB -- son of WWE legend Goldberg -- for his thoughts as he watched Sanders, who was projected to go as high as third overall, fall to the middle of the 5th round, where the Cleveland Browns selected him with the 144th pick.

"We were all shocked, the whole team was," Gage told us.

Snoop Dogg is embracing NBA YoungBoy and Larry Hoover back into society's good standings following President Trump's federal pardons with open arms ... playas may mess up but 2nd chances are invaluable!!!

TMZ Hip Hop spoke to Snoop in Beverly Hills and he had nothing but positive vibes for both YB and Hoover ... and he also went into detail about hip hop culture's ongoing legal turmoil, including the state of African-American gangs.

There's a heavy debate right now that most gangs are stunted in childhood but Snoop says he's seen gang members -- such as himself -- go on to become successful businessmen.

2:50 PM PT -- Attorneys John Harris and Herbert Hayden, who represent Jane Does 1-4 in the current lawsuit, tell TMZ ... "The statement released by the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office confirms that charges were not filed against Mr. Robinson due to insufficient evidence—not because the claims lacked merit. This underscores the significant challenges victims face when reporting incidents of sexual assault, particularly when the alleged perpetrator is a powerful and well-known figure."

They continue ... "Moreover, this latest development further affirms that at least five women have now come forward with allegations of sexual assault against Mr. Robinson. Together, they are united in their pursuit of justice."

Prosecutors in Los Angeles are revealing for the first time Smokey Robinson was investigated for an alleged sexual assault back in 2015 ... but the probe did not result in criminal charges.

The L.A. County District Attorney's Office tells TMZ ... they discovered that in 2015 the D.A.'s office was presented with a sexual assault allegation against Smokey, and that the case was kicked up to prosecutors by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

The D.A. says prosecutors ultimately decided not to charge Smokey with a crime due to a lack of evidence.

Snoop Dogg is breathing new life into the motto "one man's trash is another's treasure" ... with a full-scale sale of his half-smoked blunt roaches turned cannabis collectibles!!!

TMZ Hip Hop caught up with Snoop out in Bev. Hills this week for a sneak peek at his upcoming collaboration with artist Erica Kovitz -- "Rich N Infamous: The Joint Venture."

Kovitz preserved Snoop's roach tips with a plastic and chrome proxy atop pigment panels on acrylic ... and even fused in cannabis residue to enhance the designs!!!

Zion Williamson is adamantly denying claims made in a bombshell rape lawsuit filed this week ... with the NBA star saying it's nothing more than a money grab!

In a statement to TMZ Sports, the 24-year-old hooper's attorney called the allegations totally bogus, promising to fight back against the "defamatory" claims.

"We take these allegations with the utmost seriousness, and we unequivocally deny them. The allegations contained in the complaint are categorically false and reckless," Zion's attorney told us, adding ... "This appears to be an attempt to exploit a professional athlete driven by a financial motive rather than any legitimate grievance."

Gage Goldberg is giving new meaning to "like father, like son" after a trip to the tattoo parlor ... and his WWE legend pops, Bill, tells TMZ Sports he was at a loss for words over the incredible gesture.

We caught up with the Goldbergs not long after Gage got inked up with his father's signature body art ... and as it turns out, having matching tats was entirely the 19-year-old's idea.

"It's the biggest honor I could be bestowed that my son would have a matching tattoo of mine," Bill said. "You know you're indifferent sometimes about things that your children do, but there's no negative to this one, man."