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Nick Reiner's murderous rampage that resulted in the horrific death of his parents may have been fueled by more than mental illness -- meth may have played a big factor.

We sent a camera to Exposition Park near downtown L.A. -- where Nick was arrested -- to ask people about the drug culture in the area, and whether they ever saw Nick there.

One of the people we spoke with -- featured on the most recent episode of the "2 Angry Men" podcast -- said flatly ... Exposition Park is a drug den where users can get anything they want, including meth. He also said Nick looked familiar.

Timothy Busfield is kissing and telling for the sake of his freedom -- gabbing on about his sex life with Melissa Gilbert -- and himself -- in a court filing Friday for his child sex abuse case.

The actor and director spilled the intimate details in relation to a psychosexual evaluation he underwent this week ... with his defense hoping it would prove he's no threat to society as the prosecution fights for him to remain behind bars before his trial starts.

In the filing, obtained by TMZ, Timothy says he has a satisfying sex life with wife Melissa ... and she was happy to agree -- although he admits that due to their age, they cuddle more than they get down and dirty.

"90 Day Fiancé" star Leida Margaretha is in some serious trouble with the state of Wisconsin ... which has filed 24 felony charges against her.

Leida -- who was arrested for bail jumping in 2025 -- has been hit with charges including 7 counts of bail jumping, 6 counts of wire fraud, 10 counts of forgery and 1 count of stealing between $10,000 and $100,000 from a business, according to online records. Prosecutors say she committed the crimes between November 2023 and March 2024.

She has a court hearing scheduled for February 18, but has not been arrested as of this reporting. TMZ has reached out to Leida and the prosecuting attorney for comment ... so far, no word back.

Timothy Busfield is firing back in his child sex abuse case, slamming prosecution witnesses for being unreliable with documented histories of fraud and financial exploitation, according to new court documents obtained by TMZ.

Busfield filed his opposition to the prosecution's motion to keep him behind bars during the pretrial stages of his New Mexico criminal case on Friday night. As you know, prosecutors have charged him with child abuse and criminal sexual contact of a minor.

In his filing, Busfield blasted prosecutors for asking the judge to imprison him "based on a story that has already collapsed under independent scrutiny."

Dermot Mulroney and Prima Apollinaare have settled their divorce.

The actor filed a declaration in L.A. Superior Court on Friday, telling the judge he's banged out an agreement with Prima to end their 14 year marriage.

Although details of their agreement were not disclosed, Dermot says they've come to terms on all sticking points -- namely shared property, child custody and support for their two minor kids, as well as visitation.

Devin Haney is firing back after his ex-fiancée, Leena Sayed, filed legal papers in hopes of posting their kid on social media without his approval -- claiming her OnlyFans career is a good reason to keep their one-year-old off her pages.

As we previously reported, Sayed wants to modify the couple's custody order on their kid ... so she can share pics of Khrome without Haney being involved. As it stands, both sides have to sign off on any kid pics on the internet.

According to court docs, obtained by TMZ Sports, Haney's legal team said the stipulation "does not unduly restrict Leena's self-expression," after she claimed "social media is an important part of how I share my life with friends, family, and my social media followers."

Former Disney actor Matt Prokop got pissed at police when officers showed up on his doorstep to arrest him recently ... but he changed his tune quickly, begging the cops to take care of his pooch while he was being led away in cuffs.

Check it out -- TMZ obtained exclusive Ring camera video of police officers walking up to the front door of Matt's Texas home this past Christmas Eve. He answers the door and immediately starts mouthing off to the officers, asking "what the f***" they want." When the cops say they want to speak with him, Matt snarkily fires back, "Start talking."

Officers ask Matt about a woman named Lucy, but Matt claims Lucy is his dog, who's heard barking up a storm in the video. FYI -- a woman named Lucy called cops, telling them Matt was being violent toward her.

Former U.S. Senator for Arizona Kyrsten Sinema is being sued by a woman who claims the ex-lawmaker had a relationship with her husband while in office ... and the woman claims Sinema used campaign funds to fund the affair.

A civil lawsuit filed in North Carolina by a woman named Heather Ammel claims Sinema destroyed Ammel's marriage with her estranged husband, Matthew, by carrying on an affair with him while he was part of Sinema's security detail.

Ammel claims Matthew began working for Sinema in 2022 ... who allegedly sent him "romantic and lascivious" messages in frequent communications on the Signal encryption app. Heather and Matthew were married for 14 years and share three children.

Renee Good -- the woman shot to death by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent  in her SUV on Jan. 7 -- was pumped full of bullets in various parts of her body, according to a new report.

Good was struck 4 times in the chest, arm and head when ICE agent Jonathan Ross pulled out his gun and fired into the SUV as Good was trying to drive away on a residential street in Minneapolis, the Minnesota Star Tribune said, citing a fire department incident report.

Earlier media accounts stated Good was hit 3 times during her tense encounter with ICE agents, who were conducting an enforcement operation in the neighborhood.

Spanish singer Julio Iglesias -- the father of pop star Enrique Iglesias -- has denied sexually abusing 2 former employees who filed a criminal complaint against him.

Iglesias, one of the best-selling Latin artists of all time, took to Instagram Thursday to clap back at the allegations, saying in his native Spanish that he never "abused, coerced or disrespected any woman." He added ... "These accusations are completely false and cause me great sadness."

Rights group Women’s Link Worldwide filed the complaint on January 5 on behalf of the 2 unidentified women, and the prosecutor’s office of Spain’s High Court has confirmed it's looking into the complaint.

Nick Reiner was placed into a mental health conservatorship for one year, which may have resulted from an involuntary psychiatric hospitalization ... according to The New York Times.

NYC's newspaper of record published its findings Thursday ... citing Steven Baer, a licensed fiduciary who was Nick's appointed conservator, and a clerk for the Los Angeles County Superior Court. However, they did not provide any details beyond confirming Nick was in the conservatorship in 2020.

Reiner was placed in an LPS conservatorship -- a type of conservatorship initiated by a doctor which usually follows an involuntary psychiatric hospitalization -- sometime in 2020. This is a different kind of conservatorship than the ones celebs like Britney Spears underwent.

Prosecutors in New Mexico are holding court over the Timothy Busfield child sex abuse case ... and say they can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he's guilty as charged.

Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman, who is running for New Mexico governor, held a news conference Thursday in Albuquerque on the Busfield case ... saying it felt necessary given all the media attention around the celeb defendant.

Bregman didn't want to talk facts of the case, but he gave an update on Busfield's next court date and laid out a timeline of the investigation.

The award-winning actor and director is facing 3 felonies ... two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of abuse of a child. He was in court yesterday, wearing an orange jail jumpsuit.

Luigi Mangione's cousin is heading to Brooklyn -- not for visitation at the Metropolitan Detention Center ... but to play professional soccer.

The USL's Brooklyn FC announced the interesting signing on Wednesday ... saying 24-year-old Peter Mangione is joining the squad.

The team said it witnessed Mangione build his resume at Penn State, where he scored 31 goals and became a two-time Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year.

He also played a key role with the MLS Next Pro's FC Cincinnati 2 last year.

Things have gone from bad to worse for Timothy Busfield … the actor was reportedly dropped from his talent agency after his arrest on child sex abuse charges.

Deadline reports Innovative Artists cut ties with the "West Wing" star on Wednesday as Busfield -- dressed in an orange jumpsuit -- made his first court appearance in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Innovative did not provide more details on its decision to break with Busfield after managing his career for years.

Prosecutors charged Busfield with 3 felonies -- two counts of criminal sexual contact of a minor and one count of abuse of a child.

The FBI conducted an unprecedented raid on the Virginia home of Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson on Wednesday.

FBI agents showed up to Natanson's home "unannounced," searched the premises and seized several electronic devices, according to The Washington Post and The New York Times. Neither Natanson nor the Washington Post was told they were targets of a Justice Department investigation.

Agents reportedly told Natanson she wasn't the target of their investigation, and she hasn't been charged with any wrongdoing.

Attorney General Pam Bondi addressed the raid on social media, claiming Natanson had been "obtaining and reporting classified and illegally leaked information from a Pentagon contractor." Bondi said the contractor is behind bars.

The Washington Post obtained a warrant regarding an investigation into Aurelio Perez-Lugones, a systems administrator who's been accused of accessing and possessing classified intelligence reports. Feds in Maryland charged the Navy veteran last week with unlawfully retaining national defense information.

Natanson described herself as a "federal government whisperer" in a profile the Washington Post published last month, and said her work had earned her the trust of over 1,100 sources, many of whom had apparently given her information "people inside government agencies weren’t supposed to tell me."

The Washington Post's executive editor, Matt Murray, sent an email to staff describing the raid as "extraordinary" and "aggressive."

Timothy Busfield just appeared in a New Mexico court for the first time since surrendering on charges of child abuse and criminal sexual contact with a minor ... and we've got it all on video.

Timothy was shackled and in an orange jail jumpsuit for his very brief court appearance. He's being held without bond and has another court hearing later this month.

As we reported ... the award-winning actor and director was accused of sexually abusing two boys who were child actors on "The Cleaning Lady" while he was directing the show in 2022 in New Mexico. At the time, prosecutors say, the child actors were 7 and 8 at the time of the alleged contact, and their parents reported the alleged crimes to the Albuquerque police two years later, leading to a criminal investigation.

Busfield's civil lawyer, Larry Stein, told TMZ ... he believes there is a revenge factor at work. He points to the criminal complaint, which essentially says an actress on set claims that the mother of both boys told her she vowed to get revenge after her sons were cut from the final season of the show.