Legal

LeBron James' longtime business partner and childhood friend, Maverick Carter, is in the middle of a nasty court battle with his ex, Crystal Streets ... TMZ has learned.

In court docs, Maverick asked the judge to reduce the $25K a month he currently pays in support to Crystal for their 18-year-old daughter. The businessman said their daughter is enrolled in a full-time boarding school, which he said he pays for in full.

Maverick, represented by disso queen Laura Wasser, claims his ex spends little "meaningful" custodial time with their kid because she's living at the boarding school.

The son of 'Pioneer Woman' Ree Drummond faced legal trouble months before his arrest for assaulting a police officer and possession of drugs -- with the famous chef’s son also accused of biting an officer's hand last year ... TMZ has learned.

According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, Jamar Goff, who Ree began fostering in 2018, was accused of biting the hand of a detention or correctional officer in May 2025.

At the time, Jamar said he was homeless and had just started working at McDonald's.

Billionaire Pittsburgh Steelers co-owner Robert Citrone is in the middle of a nasty court battle with his alleged baby mama ... and they're duking it out over money.

According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, Amy Blunt, the alleged mother of Robert's 3-year-old disabled son, is working to get her hands on Robert's financial docs, including tax returns and income statements.

Amy claims Robert said because his income was so extraordinarily high, and "because he could afford whatever support amount the court could possibly award" production of his financial docs was not necessary.

Carrot Top's former pal, Brian Evans, says the comedian's fans are sending him death threats as their legal war plays out in court ... and he fears for his life.

TMZ obtained a transcript from Tuesday's court hearing in Florida ... which reveals Brian told the judge, "I have people threatening to kill me because of the stuff that he's putting there online. And saying they're going to if they see me on the street, they're going to beat the s*** out of me. What am I supposed to do? ... I don't want to die over this."

Carrot Top's team was in court arguing their case to stop Brian from making future filings in the case without the court's approval, claiming he keeps filing docs with false claims about Carrot ... which are getting picked up by the media.

Elizabeth Holmes is getting out of prison next year ... and she'll be transferring to a halfway house in Texas ... and she'll be close to lots of other tech titans.

The disgraced former Theranos CEO is being moved from the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, to a halfway house near Austin ... according to ABC News reporter Rebecca Jarvis -- who says Elizabeth's victims were just notified of her upcoming change of scenery.

However, there's a pretty big caveat ... the move isn't for about a year ... Elizabeth will officially be getting out of FPC Bryan on August 23, 2027 ... and the message sent to her victims is just advance notice.

Jamar Goff -- the foster son of "The Pioneer Woman" Ree Drummond -- was arrested on charges of assaulting a police officer and drug possession ... TMZ has learned.

The 23-year-old was booked into Jefferson County Jail on September 15 at 2:30 AM in Birmingham, AL.

According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, an officer was called about a suspicious person on the University of Alabama at Birmingham campus ... and the cop claimed to have found Jamar sleeping near a fountain without a shirt.

"The Odyssey" star Mia Goth says she's scared to go near the background extra accusing her of an on-set assault … and is pleading to not have to be in the same room as him during her deposition ... TMZ has learned.

Mia filed a declaration asking the judge to allow her deposition to be taken over a videoconference, instead of in person. 

The docs were filed in her ongoing lawsuit with James Hunter, who sued the actress claiming she kicked him in the head and followed him into a bathroom while he was an extra on the 2024 horror film "Maxxxine."

The star said, "Based on my awareness of [James'] conduct in connection with this litigation, I am concerned that his interest in me extends beyond the issues being litigated in this case."

Kanye West is asking a judge to push back his civil trial a few more months ... claiming his tour schedule and Milo Yiannopolous' recent deportation make an October 12 start date difficult ... TMZ has learned.

The rapper's legal team filed docs last week laying out their reasons for wanting the delay ... claiming there's unfinished prep work because the plaintiff, Benjamin Provo, and the plaintiff's lawyer haven't been cooperative during depositions and document discovery.

Provo is suing Ye for allegedly discriminating against him when he was a security guard at the Donda Academy.

Carrot Top's battle with his former friend, Brian Evans, turned ugly in court ... with the judge threatening jail time at a recent hearing ... TMZ has learned.

TMZ obtained the transcript for the hearing that went down in a Florida court on September 22 ... as Carrot and Brian fight over an alleged sexually explicit tape of the comedian.

Carrot Top claims Brian is using the alleged footage to extort money. Brian denies the claims and says he doesn't even possess the video in question.

At the hearing, Carrot's lawyers asked the court to stop Brian from being allowed to file future motions in the case without the court's approval ... claiming Brian files docs with salacious accusations that get picked up by the media.

1:35 PM PT -- TMZ Sports spoke with the alleged victim, Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu, along with his attorney, Richard Cooper, after news of the plea agreement earlier today.

Zul-Qarnain says that once he decided to forgive AB, prosecutors had no real choice but to cut a deal with the former standout wide receiver.

Antonio Brown's in his Godfather era ... the former NFL superstar is set to take a plea deal in his attempted murder case after prosecutors "made him an offer he couldn't refuse," according to AB's lawyer!

Brown will be in a Miami-Dade courthouse next week, where attorney Mark Eiglarsh says he'll take a deal that will dramatically reduce the second-degree attempted murder charge ... and will allow him to avoid prison altogether.

Instead, AB -- who was facing up to 3 decades behind bars (with a 20-year mandatory minimum) -- will get probation, according to Eiglarsh.

Harvey Weinstein has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after a jury convicted him again during his retrial in New York last year.

The disgraced movie producer was sentenced in a Manhattan courthouse on Wednesday, more than a year after a jury found him guilty of a first-degree criminal sexual act for sexually assaulting former “Project Runway” production assistant Miriam Haley.

Miriam appeared in court as well and read a victim impact statement for the record ... saying Weinstein's actions gave her a life sentence -- because it seriously destroyed her sense of safety.

Hayden Panettiere's parents couldn't agree on who should get some of their daughter's belongings ... according to cops in South Carolina, who told them they'd hold back on sending the items until they worked it out.

According to the coroner's report on Hayden -- obtained by TMZ -- several stud-type earrings were removed from Hayden's body and placed into a sealed purple plastic bag.

A senior deputy was provided the bag before contacting Hayden's parents, Skip Panettiere and Lesley Vogel ... who apparently both wanted the earrings.

Elizabeth Holmes' fiancé says he fell for her before he even knew she was the woman behind Theranos ... and Nathan Fielder wastes no time putting that love story through the fraud test.

Billy Evans makes the eyebrow-raising admission in the trailer released Wednesday for the upcoming documentary, "You Can See Everything" ... which follows Holmes in the final weeks before she reported to federal prison.

"I fell in love in that first conversation," Evans says.

"The View" host Sunny Hostin just revealed she was the holdout juror who helped acquit an infamous NYC cannibal known as the Butcher of Tompkins Square Park ... and she spilled it all live on air.

On Tuesday's show, Sunny admitted that she relates to the 11 jurors who wanted to find Lindsay Clancy not criminally responsible for murder ... because she felt that self-confessed cannibal Daniel Rakowitz was also similarly not responsible.

The details of the 1991 case are super grim ... Rakowitz killed his roommate and aspiring dancer, Monika Beerle, dismembered her, boiled her remains, ate some and put the rest in a soup he served to the homeless in Tompkins Square Park.

The battle between Dolly Parton's nephew and the company managing her assets has allegedly gotten so scary, some employees stopped going to the office ... and the company needed to hire private security at their homes.

TMZ obtained court docs submitted Tuesday by Dolly's management company -- She's Alive, LLC -- supporting its request for a temporary restraining order against Dolly's nephew Bryan Seaver and his security company.

Dolly's management company claims her nephew called himself an "international arms dealer and mercenary" and declared, "I'm a killer."

After Dolly died, Bryan allegedly bragged, "All I do is warfare," and warned, "Everyone needs to be worried about what I might do."

Camp Mystic is facing a criminal investigation ... and investigators say they are on the hunt for evidence of manslaughter and homicide after 28 people died there last year in a flood.

Texas Rangers have applied for search warrants to obtain electronic communications from the camp's owners, who have not been charged with a crime ... according to multiple reports.

Officials say these communications may contain evidence of crimes ... including manslaughter, negligent homicide, and child abandonment.