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Safaree had the time of his life at Chris Brown's "Breezy Bowl XX" tour stateside opener in Miami last night, but his ex-wife Erica Mena is calling his theatrics a moment of buffoonery ... she's screaming their kids need his love too!!!

Erica, who's currently partying the day and night away overseas in Greece, saw Safaree jumping for joy as Chris buttered the mic and couldn't contain her anger Thursday morning, raking him through the coals of her Instagram story.

According to Erica, Safaree's been fibbing in court about his finances and never visits his kids ... accusations he's disputed in the past.

One of the New York City "crypto bros" accused of kidnapping and torturing an Italian millionaire to extract his Bitcoin password is out of police custody ... and it's an expensive proposition.

John Woeltz posted $1 million bond Thursday ... and our photog got him walking out of the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse.

Celebrity bail bondsman Ira Judelson put together the bail package for Woeltz ... and Ira attached an electronic monitoring device to Woeltz's ankle before taking him to an undisclosed location in New York, where Woeltz will be under home confinement as the case plays out.

Eve, the former "1st Lady" rapper of DMX's Ruff Ryders group, wants you to remember she was a "rich girl" before she got married -- and that still hasn't changed one bit!!!

Angie Martinez sat down with Eve for her "IRL" podcast to tackle the longstanding internet rumor and the memes that Eve got hitched to an English "billionaire" and lived happily ever after.

The rapper began dating Gumball 3000 rally race founder Maximillion Cooper in 2010, and they married in 2014. They have a son together.

Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper and his wife, Nicole, are making sure kids in the Carolinas are ready to get their education on ... by donating more than 38,000 backpacks stuffed with supplies for the upcoming school year.

Classroom Central -- the beneficiary of the donation -- made the announcement on Wednesday ... saying the move helps "strengthen a decade-long partnership to promote equity in education across the Carolinas."

Karen Calder -- executive director of Classroom Central -- said it is the largest backpack contribution in the org.'s history.

Brooke Hogan is deep in grief over the loss of her dad, Hulk Hogan, after his passing last week ... but when it comes to his massive estate, she's chosen to remove herself and stay all the way out of the legal proceedings.

Sources close to Brooke tell TMZ that in 2023, she asked to be removed from Hulk's will ... because she didn’t trust a single person around him, and didn’t want to get caught up in a financial battle when he passed.

We’re told all Brooke ever really wanted was to protect her dad from people she felt were taking advantage of him ... but after years of disagreeing with Hulk over the matter, she reached out to his financial manager and had herself removed from the will.

Keanu Reeves must be singing the praises of the Chilean authorities ... 'cause they're returning his expensive watches stolen from his Los Angeles home years ago.

Officials in Santiago, Chile, made the big announcement about Keanu's 6 watches, including a Rolex worth $9,500, after the timepieces were swiped from his Hollywood Hills estate in December 2023.

The officials said they turned over the $125,000 worth of jewelry to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which is now making arrangements to give the items back to the actor.

Marcus Morris' latest legal woes stem from allegations he stole over $250,000 from two prominent Las Vegas casinos ... TMZ Sports has learned.

According to court documents we obtained, the NBA player allegedly got $115,000 from the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino via bad checks in May 2024 ... and never paid it back when the checks bounced.

Officials state around a month later, in June 2024, he performed a similar scam at the Wynn Las Vegas Hotel and Casino ... netting $150,000 through checks he knew wouldn't cash.

Tyrese and his ex-wife Samantha Gibson have been divorced for many years ... but there's still a looming bill hovering over the doomed marriage -- almost $500K -- in unpaid attorney fees ... and now her lawyers want him locked up for failing to pay it.

Samantha filed her fourth motion asking the judge to force Tyrese to pay the tab (plus interest) to The Gleklen Law Firm and Bloom Lines Alexander and hold him in contempt.

Tyrese's ex says the bill has now ballooned to $492,651.99 with interest ... and yet claims Tyrese continues to blow it off.

A piece of pop culture history is hitting the auction block ... the car Britney Spears drove during one of the darkest periods of her life -- and it's arguably one of the most photographed celebrity whips of all time.

Britney's iconic black 2006 Mercedes-Benz CLK350 is being sold to the highest bidder next month ... after spending nearly 15 years on display at the Volo Auto Museum in Illinois.

The sporty convertible used to be known as the most dangerous car on the streets of Los Angeles ... because it's the ride Britney was driving in 2007 when her life started spiraling.

With the BIG3's $5 million offer to Caitlin Clark never coming to fruition ... could a lucrative Angel Reese proposal be up next for the hoops league?

Don't count on it.

TMZ Sports caught up with Ice Cube at LAX this week ... and the BIG3 honcho said there will be no deal put in front of Reese anytime soon.

GloRilla is cashing in on her recent stay in jail -- she's selling T-shirts with her mugshot printed on them!

Check it out -- the black tees can be purchased from her official store for $40 a pop -- plus, she had them out at her "GloRilla's Glo Bash" concert Friday night!

The show was held at the FedEx Forum in Memphis -- her hometown -- and a photo shared online shows the mugshot tees hanging up right alongside her normal merch.

If you thought life couldn't get worse for the alleged 'Scream' mask, gangbang teacher Brittany Fortinberry, then think again!

Fortinberry has been cooling her heels in jail since her February arrest and has been charged with 41 felonies, including sex crimes against minors — and now she's been sued by a bank for skipping out on credit card payments.

Synchrony Bank filed the lawsuit Wednesday in an Indiana court, claiming Fortinberry failed to pay $2,125.50 in credit fees she amassed since opening the account in 2021.

One lucky and very, very rich fan is set to walk away with baseball history ... as the home plate Barry Bonds stepped on after hitting his 756th career home run is up for auction -- and it's estimated to sell for $100,000!!

Bidding for the base -- along with a signed ball from the '07 game -- both come with letters of authenticity signed by the former San Francisco Giants slugger himself ... and the package is currently open for bidding via SCP Auctions.

"This is the actual home plate from the San Francisco Giants and Washington Nationals MLB game on August 7th, 2007, at AT&T Park, where I hit my 756th career home run in the contest, passing Hank Aaron for sole possession of first place on the all-time MLB home run leaderboard," Bonds' letter says.

The home co-owned by the alleged "TikTok Dance Cult" pastor Robert Shinn was the target of a sex trafficking warrant today, TMZ has learned.

The El Monte Police Department tells TMZ ... their department's SWAT team assisted the U.S. Postal Service and the FBI Friday morning as a warrant was served at a residence in the Tujunga neighborhood of L.A. for sex trafficking, tax evasion, mail fraud and money laundering.

The Los Angeles FBI branch declined to comment. TMZ reached out to the U.S. Attorney's Office ... so far, no word back.

Caitlin Clark keeps rewriting the record books -- her one-of-one, autographed logo patch rookie card just sold at auction for $660K ... making it the most expensive in women's sports!!

The gem was sold through Fanatics Collect's July Premier auction on Thursday ... and a lucky bidder got their hands on Clark's 2024 Panini Flawless WNBA Platinum card after shelling out the eye-popping amount of dough.

So, why back up the Brinks trucks for a piece of cardboard?? This item features Clark's game-worn jersey logo patch and an autograph with an extra note that reads, "769 pts and counting" -- a nod to her rookie season scoring total.

A fifth woman accusing Smokey Robinson of sexual battery has officially come forward and filed a police report … TMZ has learned.

Law enforcement sources tell us the woman spoke with a deputy last Wednesday at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department's Malibu/Lost Hills station, where she formally reported her allegations against the Motown singer.

We're told all five accusers have filed reports with LASD.