Legal

Kanye West is making moves to stop a jury from hearing about his past antisemitic social media posts ... TMZ has learned.

In court docs TMZ obtained, Kanye argues his old posts should not be used as evidence against him in the case brought by Benjamin Provo, who claimed he was a victim of race-based discrimination when he was fired from Donda Academy for having dreadlocks. Kanye said the posts have nothing to do with the case at hand.

Kanye included a 919-page report consisting of the alleged social media posts Benjamin plans to use. One included a post from Ye's Instagram profile which shows a Nazi robe with the caption, "Outfit of the day."

Chris Brown was shut down in his attempt to get some extra time before turning over info his ex-housekeeper needs to collect on the $13 million judgment she won against him ... TMZ has learned.

According to court docs obtained by TMZ, a L.A. judge denied Chris' request for an extra month to turn over a list of his sources of income to Maria Avila, who was awarded $13 million over an alleged 2020 dog attack at his home.

The judge previously ordered Chris to produce the information about all of his income ... including money coming in from his current tour with Usher.

10:47 AM PT -- Video has now surfaced on social media of Kanye arriving to the Los Angeles courthouse.

Kanye West is showing up for Lil Durk ... making a surprise appearance Thursday at the rapper's federal trial ... TMZ has learned.

Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... Ye is currently inside the downtown Los Angeles courthouse, where Durk's murder for hire case is playing out. We're told Kanye is seated in the second row in an all black look, including leather pants. He entered wearing black sunglasses, but took them off once he sat down.

Kanye's appearance comes just days after Machine Gun Kelly showed up at the trial Monday, sitting in an overflow room to follow the proceedings. MGK and Durk have history ... MGK played guitar during Durk’s 2023 Amazon Music Live performance.

Closing arguments in Lindsay Clancy's triple-murder trial just wrapped up.

The final pitches -- from prosecutors and the defense -- came after more than 20 days of testimony in the Massachusetts mother’s closely watched trial.

Lindsay is accused of strangling her three children -- 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan -- and then attempting suicide inside their home in January 2023.

She has pleaded not guilty to three counts of first-degree murder ... with her defense arguing she was suffering from postpartum psychosis, and, therefore, not criminally responsible for the killings.

Jake Reiner says he lost over half his family when his parents were brutally killed, and his brother was arrested for their murders ... leaving just him and his sister.

Jake opened up about how life has been since Rob and Michele Reiner were stabbed to death and his brother, Nick, was arrested and charged with their murders ... in his first sit-down interview since their deaths.

He told KABC-TV ... "It's been 8 months. It feels like 8 years at the same time. And it also feels like 8 minutes. Because every moment that I wake up, I'm reminded of my reality."

Daveigh Chase's friend and business manager rushed to court to object to the late actress' mom taking over control of her estate ... and he's raising serious concerns ... TMZ has learned.

John Ryan, who says he was Daveigh's business manager and friend, filed a declaration opposing her mom Cathy Chase's bid to be appointed as the administrator of her daughter's $400,000 estate.

As TMZ first reported, Daveigh's dad, John Schwallier, asked the judge to appoint a third party to take over … claiming his daughter and his ex-wife were estranged for years.

YouTuber Chris Sails allegedly lied to cops about his kids falling into a body of water ... and ended up in handcuffs after officers figured out the kids were fine ... TMZ has learned.

According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, the Waller County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call on August 16 about a suspicious person running and jumping onto residents’ cars.

The docs say the officer arrived at the scene to find Chris sitting in the roadway next to a light pole and appearing to be praying. The officer said Chris started rolling around in the street moments later.

Jed York was clearly taken by surprise when cops pulled him over in East Palestine, Ohio ... body cam footage from the scene shows.

Authorities released footage from the billionaire's arrest, which shows him in a New York Yankees T-shirt, gray basketball shorts, and sneakers. He's even wearing his wedding ring, though we've learned he and his wife split months before this incident.

The California Post was the first to publish the video.

While York is being handcuffed by police, he says to the officers, "Can I ask what you're doing?" York then claims he's "just driving" in the area.

Jimmy Butler's baby mama says she's living with the NBA superstar after their nasty legal war over child custody and support ... TMZ has learned.

Jimmy's ex-girlfriend, Kaitlin Nowak, filed court docs explaining she recently worked out a comprehensive agreement on a parenting plan with the Golden State Warriors small forward.

Kaitlin said she is living with Jimmy and that "there are other circumstances which can be presented to the court" without specifically laying them out in filed docs.

Abby Lee Miller is requesting the court dismiss the defendants from a lawsuit she filed ... she accidentally sued them for committing malpractice after mixing up a couple medical practitioners.

Here's the deal ... the "Dance Moms" star filed court documents asking to remove Dr. Hooman Melamed, Dr. Paul Dwan and Cedars-Sinai Marina Hospital from a lawsuit she filed alleging a catheter was left in her body after a surgery.

In a statement to TMZ, Abby says the two doctors "vigorously and consistently
maintained that their care and treatment of Ms. Miller met the applicable standard of care."

CoolKicks LA owner Adeel Shams is taking to the internet to clear his name in the stolen sneaker raid at his store last October.

Adeel posted a lengthy video Wednesday, explaining no criminal charges were filed against him or CoolKicks in the incident.

While Adeel and other employees were detained during the bust, he was later released with no charges and he was never arrested ... nor was he named in the indictment.

Selena Gomez wants that fraud lawsuit against her tossed out ... because she says it's "meritless" and "frivolous."

Selena filed a motion to dismiss the suit on Wednesday, clapping back at the Wondermind investors accusing her of fraud.

According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, Selena claims the investors' "vague, generalized, and contradictory allegations" fail to show she committed any fraud ... and she insists that she didn't, adding that the investors' own allegations confirm she wasn't involved and wouldn't have any knowledge about the alleged false statements about the business.

4:09PM PT -- A Discord spokesperson tells TMZ ... “Content that sexualizes children has no place on Discord or in society. We don't allow it in any form, real or AI-generated, and when we find it, we act immediately by removing content, taking action against the user’s account, and reporting violators to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children"

If this West Virginia man thought reverse psychology would throw cops off his scent, he was mistaken ... because a dude who allegedly went by the name "MrChildPorn" online was arrested for possession of child porn.

Garrett Michael Highlander -- a 20-year-old from Morgantown -- was arrested last week and charged with possession of material depicting minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

West Virginia State Police allege Highlander used the names "MrChildPorn" and "MrToxix" online and bragged about a large cache of child porn ... and they say he allegedly used Discord to share child porn images.

The "Chucky" mask-wearing freak busted by federal U.S. Marshals in Nevada didn't go down without a fight -- dropping f-bombs on law enforcement and resisting arrest, TMZ has learned. 

A rep for the U.S. Marshals Service tells TMZ ... Zymire Hughes, the man law enforcement says donned a Chucky-style mask and terrorized people in Philadelphia, got mad when he was rounded up Tuesday night and mouthed off to the feds.

We're told the alleged Chucky wannabe told Marshals, "F*** you, don't touch me, [I] ain't doin' s***!!!"

Bryan Kohberger will get his day in court again ... because a judge has set two court hearings in response to the convicted killer wanting to withdraw his guilty plea.

Judge Steven Hippler -- the very same judge who accepted Kohberger's guilty plea last year -- set a status conference in the matter for June 3, 2027, and an evidentiary hearing on June 17.

Prosecutors asked the judge to dismiss Kohberger's filing without a hearing ... but they didn't get their wish.

Justin Baldoni's attorney seems to have mixed feelings about the $400K attorneys' fees judgment award to Blake Lively ... because while it's a win for his client, he's still not happy with the way the law was applied to his case ... and he's taking a shot at Blake.

Bryan Freedman -- Baldoni's lawyer -- tells TMZ ... the California law used in this case, Section 47.1, is "not a perfect law, but it is an important one designed to protect real survivors, who deserve to see this law tested and perfected in the court of law."

Section 47.1 is designed to protect people who report sexual harassment from retaliatory defamation suits by opening up those who file them to awards for damages or attorneys' fees.