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While Diddy's sitting in jail awaiting sentencing in his federal criminal case ... he can celebrate a win in a civil lawsuit filed by a guy who claimed the mogul drugged him and sexually assaulted him in a nightclub.

The lawsuit was filed back in February, and the plaintiff said he was an up-and-coming 23-year-old artist in 2015 when he scored a gig at an L.A. nightclub ... where Diddy was in attendance.

The alleged details sound like several other Diddy lawsuits -- the John Doe plaintiff claimed he'd been given a drink, fell unconscious and woke up to Diddy having "unwanted sexual contact" with him. In the lawsuit, filed by attorney Tony Buzbee, Doe also claimed Diddy threatened his future career if he resisted.

Cardi B is telling her side of the story in a civil trial with a former security guard ... and she says she called the woman a bitch for recording her in a doctor's office.

The "Bodak Yellow" rapper took the stand Tuesday and testified she was walking through a Beverly Hills obstetrician's office while 4 months pregnant in 2018 when a security guard at the building, Emani Ellis, started following her and recording on a smartphone.

Cardi says she confronted the woman and they got in each other's faces in the hallway and called each other all sorts of nasty names ... including "bitch."

Vince McMahon is asking a court to throw out his reckless driving case, TMZ Sports has learned.

Mark Sherman, an attorney for the former WWE honcho, tells us he filed a motion on his client's behalf on Tuesday to suspend and dismiss the matter -- which stemmed from a car crash McMahon was involved in late last month.

While it's unclear what the basis for the motion is ... Sherman said in a statement if it's granted, it "would ensure a complete dismissal of the case but still allows Vince to convey contrition and concern for the other drivers, which is his top priority."

The parents of missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro have officially been charged with murder, as well as a misdemeanor, following their arrests last Friday.

Jake and Rebecca Haro were hit with charges of felony murder and misdemeanor filing a false police report, the Riverside County District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday. Bail was set at $1 million each.

The update came just before the controversial couple was expected to arrive at Riverside Hall of Justice -- about 50 miles east of Los Angeles -- where they were set to be arraigned ... as their infant son, who investigators now believe is deceased, remains missing.

Zak Bagans reportedly had an unwanted visitor at his Las Vegas residence ... and we're not talking about one of the paranormal kind.

The "Ghost Adventures" star tells TMZ ... he filed a report with cops claiming a woman went through two security gates and an armed security checkpoint in his neighborhood and attempted to gain access to his home in Sin City.

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom may no longer be a couple, but that doesn't mean they are out of each other's lives ... the singer said as much in new courtroom testimony, TMZ has learned.

The pop star appeared in court via video Tuesday, where she testified in the ongoing legal battle between herself and an elderly entrepreneur over a $15 million Montecito, California mansion.

Orlando got dragged into the real estate drama this week when it was revealed in court that the actor was the one to pony up the funds for the manse through one of his LLCs -- not Katy, who is suing the previous owner, Carl Westcott, for damages and lost rental value.

Jay Cutler cut a deal with prosecutors on Tuesday to close out his DUI case ... and part of the pact he agreed to will now require him to spend a few more days behind bars, TMZ Sports is told.

Law enforcement sources tell us ... Kristin Cavallari's ex pleaded guilty to one count of misdemeanor DUI in a Tennessee courtroom, while Williamson County prosecutors dismissed the weapon possession charge he had been facing after he forfeited the weapon.

Cutler was then sentenced to four days in jail -- which we're told he'll have to begin serving by the end of next month.

Cardi B made her debut in court Monday for her civil trial in which a former security guard said the rapper ridiculed her, spit on her, and even cut her with a fingernail!

Emani Ellis took the stand in a Los Angeles courtroom and testified she first encountered Cardi at a Beverly Hills obstetrician's office, where Cardi had an appointment while 4 months pregnant in 2018.

Ellis testified she spotted Cardi and said, "Wow, that's Cardi B," prompting Cardi to get in her face and accuse her of using her phone to spread word of Cardi's private medical visit.

3:35 PM PT -- L.A. DA Nathan Hochman issued a press release confirming that Lil Nas X injured 3 police officers and faces up to 5 years in state prison if convicted on the charges.

Lil Nas X is back on the street ... but he's not walking home naked down Ventura Blvd. ... he's riding around in a Jeep dressed in his blue jail jumpsuit after posting bail.

The "Old Town Road" rapper was just freed on $75,000 bond and we got him leaving a county jail in Van Nuys ... and he was in no mood to talk to our photog.

Nas beelined it for a white Jeep that was parked waiting for him ... climbing in the back seat and driving off as paparazzi chased after him.

A woman got a mouthful of a human fingertip when she bit into a chicken wrap she ordered from a restaurant in New York City ... at least according to a new lawsuit.

Mary Elizabeth Smith claims she ordered a chicken wrap from Create in Astoria, Queens, back in November 2023 ... and says when she took a bite, she discovered human tissue ... namely, a fingertip.

In her suit, obtained by TMZ, Smith says the fingertip was fully in her mouth after biting into the chicken wrap. We also obtained photos of the alleged fingertip.

Norman Reedus and Helena Christensen's son Mingus is being ordered to stay the hell away from the woman who told cops he roughed her up ... TMZ has learned.

According to law enforcement sources, the woman is getting court-ordered protection against Mingus.

Furthermore, a complaint obtained by TMZ says the woman told police officers Mingus used "both of his hands to apply pressure to her neck by forcefully squeezing it."

Gloria Estefan and Emilio Estefan are considering taking legal action against one Diddy accuser after they were named in a suit ... which has since been thrown out.

We caught up with the powerhouse couple in New York City this week, where both Gloria and Emilio separately suggested to TMZ that they were thinking about suing after a man name dropped them -- and their Miami home -- in human trafficking claims against the Bad Boy Records founder.

Cops were on Calese Carron Crowder like flies on a turd after the alleged butt sniffer was seemingly up to his old bum sniffing antics in SoCal this week, TMZ has learned.

Burbank police confirm to TMZ ... they have arrested 38-year-old Crowder after he was accused of sniffing someone's rear end -- an act he's been booked for on more than one occasion.

Cops say the incident occurred on Wednesday night at a store in Burbank, California.

The California Parole Board was more of a kangaroo court and the entire hearing was rigged against Erik and Lyle Menendez ... so claims their lawyer, Mark Geragos.

Geragos was hot under the collar on the "2 Angry Men" podcast, recorded late Friday ... saying the Board had it out for Erik and Lyle from the jump. Geragos groused the Board ignored the good deeds of Erik and Lyle and focused on ridiculous infractions that meant nothing, in order to justify its decision.

For example ... Geragos scoffed at the Board making a huge deal that both Erik and Lyle had contraband cell phones. The Board said it showed the brothers were still a threat, but Geragos says the way prisoners get these phones is by prison guards selling them to the inmates.

Erik Menendez's daughter Talia is refusing to call the brothers' respective parole denials a loss ... issuing a passionate defense online following Lyle Menendez's rejected bid for freedom.

Talia, who is Erik's stepdaughter from his marriage to Tammi Menendez, took to her Instagram Stories Saturday morning ... in which she expressed her disappointment about the latest parole ruling -- but made it clear she refuses to give up hope.

She wrote ... "People can have different views of this being a win or not ... When you have been let down time and time again ... The highest your hopes have ever been ... Watching your family get older and older."

Bryan Kohberger wasn't a charmer to most women he came into contact with ... but one woman was so captivated by the killer she put him on a Christmas card list days after he slaughtered 4 University of Idaho students, TMZ has learned.

According to new police docs, obtained by TMZ ... Kohberger walked inside a car shop in Pullman, Washington, on November 18, 2022 -- five days after he fatally stabbed Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, and Xana Kernodle as they slept inside their house in the town of Moscow nearby.

At the shop, Kohberger wanted to change the title and registration on his Hyundai Elantra from his home state of Pennsylvania to Washington, where he attended Washington State University as a PhD student, cops said.