Money

Rikki Rockett's estranged wife claims the Poison drummer completely cut her and their 2 kids off -- and she's demanding he start forking over the cash again.

Rikki filed for divorce from Melanie Rockett last year and claims he's willing to pay exactly what he owes her under their prenup.

Melanie has fired back it's totally unfair, and as for that prenup ... she says she was pressured to sign the night before their 2008 wedding, claiming Rikki threatened to call it off if she didn't.

Rikki, who's repped by Mark Gross, calls BS, saying Melanie knew well in advance about the prenup and she's just trying to mooch off him because she doesn't want to work.

She says she can't get a job due to a panoply of health issues ... and she truly needs the money.

Rikki also says he's paying child support.

The mother of NFL star Antonio Cromartie has moved out of the house he bought her back in 2007 and then tried to evict her from ... TMZ Sports has learned.

As we previously reported, Cromartie attempted to kick his mom, Cassandra Wilkerson, out in August after she refused to start paying the $700/month mortgage payments, 'cause she thought the house was a gift.

We spoke to Wilkerson, who tells us she and her husband weren't successfully evicted, but decided to get the hell out of Dodge -- and bought their own house on September 16th.

She says she hasn't spoken to Antonio in two months because of the house disagreement and "doesn't understand why he's so vindictive" toward her.

We reached out to Cromartie, but he had no comment.

French Montana threw down stacks to bling out Iggy Azalea's digits ... TMZ has learned.

Sources close to French tell us the rapper dropped about $100k on the 7 rings he gifted her earlier this week. The rings were crafted by celeb jeweler Iceman Nick, who's also done some expensive bedazzling for a bunch of other rappers.

The purchase did the trick. Iggy gave French a shout-out on Instagram, after weeks of denying they've hooked up.

Kylie Jenner's now square in the middle of Tyga's financial nightmare, and it means she might have to sing like a canary about the expensive gifts he's bought her ... TMZ has learned.

According to docs obtained by TMZ ... Kylie's agreed to answer questions about her bf's finances. As we've reported ... celeb jeweler, Jason of Beverly Hills, is going after him for a $200k debt -- and this is the next step.

Since Tyga has a history of buying Kylie big ticket items, like a brand new Maybach, we're told the jeweler's law firm -- Abir, Cohen, Treyzon, and Salo -- wants to know everything he's gifted her.

The lawyers are set to privately meet with Kylie and Tyga within the next couple weeks. If they no-show, Jason's legal team says they'll push to have them arrested.

These are the same guys who got the warrant for Tyga's arrest last month, which forced him to pay up on a previous debt. They clearly mean business, and now Kylie's on notice too.

Future had nothing to do with Ciara losing a huge paycheck -- if there ever was one -- so it shouldn't be part of her lawsuit against him ... according to the rapper.

We broke the story, Ciara says her baby daddy cost her half a million bucks by trash-talking her and scaring an international cosmetics company away from doing business with her.

Future believes the whole cosmetics story is B.S. ... and in docs he says Ciara has no proof any such deal fell apart. Further, he points out she hasn't even said which company was supposedly courting her.

Ciara's $15 mil defamation suit against Future is still in play, but he wants the judge to at least dismiss this part of her claims.

Garry Shandling was so moved by Sean Penn's passion for the people of Haiti, he made sure the actor's charity got a chunk of his fortune when he died.

TMZ's obtained a copy of the late comedian's will and he's giving away some of his fortune to Penn's J/P Haitian Relief Organization. Garry was a longtime supporter of Penn's charity, attending fundraisers and making countless contributions.

Garry donated a whopping $10k just to back a Haitian runner in the NYC Marathon a couple years ago -- so you've gotta figure he left way north of that to Penn's group.

It's unclear how much he left when he died from a heart attack in March. That detail is held in Shandling's private trust.

According to the will, he also left dough for the University of California's school system -- even though he attended University of Arizona -- the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, as well as 11 relatives.

Great news for Tennessee Titans linebacker Avery Williamson -- his 9/11 tribute cleats just sold at auction for $6,600 ... and it's all going toward a charity to help U.S. soldiers!

TMZ Sports broke the story ... Williamson customized his Nikes to honor the victims and first responders -- with patriotic symbols and the words "Never Forget" written on the back.

After he wore them in the game, Williamson put the cleats up for auction on CharityBuzz.com to raise money for Operation Warrior Wishes.

FYI -- the winner ain't just gettin' the cleats. The auction winner gets 2 tickets to a Tennessee Titans home game ... as well as an opportunity to chill with Avery.

Nice work.

Ryan Lochte's becoming the poster boy for second chances, and the latest company to put their money behind his comeback is Debt.com.

Here's Giannis Antetokounmpo buying a MASSIVE teddy bear at Costco ... just two days before he signed his big ol' $100 MILLION contract with the Milwaukee Bucks.

Don't worry ... it only runs about $30 ... so, he's gonna be fine.

We're guessing the Greek Freak was getting some birthday shopping done at the Milwaukee-area super store for his girlfriend ... whose birthday was also Saturday.

With that fat ass new contract, we're guessing there was some major jewelry that went along with that bear.

John Schneider -- one of TV's "good ole boys" -- is gonna hand over a big ole bundle of dough to his estranged wife in spousal support.

Bo Duke from "The Dukes of Hazzard" was ordered to pay Elvira Schneider $18,911 every month, which sounds like a hefty bill -- 'cause it is -- but it could have been worse. Elvira had requested $31k per month.

If you're wondering how the star of an '80s TV show can still afford to fork out that kinda cash --Schneider says he earned $40,487 last month. He owns a production company where he's directing, writing and producing ... plus he's still acting in several projects.

Lil Wayne wants someone to show him the money -- and not in a fun "Jerry Maguire" way -- he wants to know how Birdman tore through $70 mil ... dough he says they were supposed to share.

Lil Wayne says Universal Music Group advanced Birdman $100 million for a distribution deal, but not nearly enough of that money fell into Weezy's pockets ... according to legal docs obtained by TMZ.

He's clearly pissed because, on paper anyway, he and Birdman are partners on Cash Money/Young Money. He claims Birdman's admitted spending approximately $70 mil of the advance on royalties, marketing and recording expenses -- but now Wayne wants to see receipts to back that up.

Translation: Time to open the books, Birdman.

And here's all you need to know about why Wayne's $51 million lawsuit is dragging ass. Birdman's camp says it's already handed over 22,015 pages of docs to Wayne's lawyers!

Team Weezy says none of those pages included details on how the $70 mil was spent.

Cali Swag District says it hasn't seen a dime from a company that's supposed to pay 'em every time their smash hit gets played ... which is why they're now suing.

The guys behind "Teach Me How To Dougie" just filed suit against BMI ... claiming they were supposed to get half the royalty money when their hit dropped, but the music giant sent all the checks to the group's agent instead ... and the guys never got paid.

The guys have no idea how much they're owed, but they know it's north of $187,000.

In case you forgot ... here's the track.

A Benihana waiter says he got screwed out of his tips by having to cut in the cooks behind the counter -- and far from woking it back, he's suing.

The server who filed the class action suit claims he was forced to fork over tons of his hard-earned tips to sushi chefs at his NY restaurant ... for 8 years!

He claims he lost around $80 every week from '08-'16 -- which comes out to a little over $33k. He also says his restaurant's alleged practice of splitting front of house tips with back of house employees violates labor laws.

The suit claims there's a helluva lot more employees who might have been stiffed too, and invites 'em to hop on for a payout.

UFC Hall of Famer Royce Gracie -- one of the greatest MMA fighters of all time -- is pulling the plug on his 22 year marriage ... TMZ Sports has learned.

Gracie filed divorce docs in L.A. County Superior Court seeking to end his marriage to Marianne Cuttic.

The two were married back in 1994 and have 4 children together -- 3 of them are under the age of 18.

In the docs, 49-year-old Gracie cites irreconcilable differences for the split -- but the most interesting part ... he's the one demanding spousal support. He also wants her to pay his attorneys fees.

Shocking, considering Gracie is one of the most famous MMA fighters ever -- and just fought Ken Shamrock at Bellator 149 back in February.

Marianne is a podiatrist in Los Angeles.

Royce is requesting joint physical and legal custody of their minor kids.

According to multiple reports, Gracie and his wife have been battling with the I.R.S. -- which has accused them of owing more than $1 million in back taxes.

One of Bob Marley's BFFs is getting screwed out of money for 2 of the reggae star's iconic tracks ... according to the lawsuit he's filed to get cash for the heirs of rasta messiah Haile Selassie.

Allan Cole is suing Island, Universal and Tuff Gong music over the copyright on "War" and "Natty Dread." Cole was a Jamaican soccer star who reportedly managed Bob briefly, and says he co-wrote the songs in the '70s.

In the docs, Cole says he was promised a copyright credit, but only got props for co-writing the tracks. He says he noticed the mistake when he tried to transfer half his interest in "War" to the family of former Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I.

Little background: The lyrics for "War" are lifted almost verbatim from a famous speech by Selassie ... who Rastafarians worship as Jah Rastafari.

Cole is suing for his share of the copyright, profits from the songs and lawyers fees.

"Now, everywhere is war ..."

Future is firing back at producer/label owner Rocko, saying they didn't have an exclusive agreement, and the rapper's even countersuing for dough he says is way past due.

Future filed a response to Rocko's lawsuit, and says the A1 Recordings honcho was full of it when he claimed Future cut a side deal with Epic Records, cheating A1 out of millions.

As for the agreement Rocko claims Future had with him, Future says the deal never kept him in Rocko's clutches, and his advances from Epic were fully on the up and up.