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Bethenny Frankel is allegedly dragging her feet on being deposed in a multimillion-dollar battle over issues with her divorce ... but the reality star's lawyer adamantly denies she's dragging it out ... TMZ has learned.

According to court docs obtained by TMZ, Bethenny’s former lawyer, Jamie Schreck, claims the 'RHONY' alum has not been providing dates for her to be deposed ... since 2022.

Jamie said Bethenny has “abandoned” the case, “failing to prosecute or do anything on it for nearly four years.” He said she has not responded to his offer to settle the case for $25K ... in addition to not providing available dates to be deposed. Bethenny and her team have since engaged with the suit and dispute she ever abandoned the case.

Tyrese Gibson is honoring his pal’s legacy in the fast lane ... announcing nearly $1 million has been raised in honor of his late "Fast & Furious" costar Paul Walker's charity.

Tyrese hit the stage with Paul's brother Cody at FuelFest in West Palm Beach, FL, over the weekend ... telling the 20,000-plus crowd that Paul’s nonprofit, Reach Out WorldWide, had officially surpassed the $1M milestone.

TMZ has learned that Tyrese got a little bit ahead of it ... but they have nearly reached $1 million! The org is confident they’ll cross the full mark by year’s end ... after seven years of steady fundraising.

That little black puck Jack Hughes buried in overtime? It might be worth seven figures.

Experts at SCP Auctions tell TMZ Sports the game-used puck that found the net on the golden goal in Milan could fetch $1 million if it ever hit the auction block -- a staggering number for a piece of vulcanized rubber that delivered Team USA its first men’s Olympic hockey gold in 46 years.

Of course, it won’t be for sale anytime soon.

Pinky Cole, the Slutty Vegan founder who is new to 'RHOA', filed for bankruptcy ... and it looks like she's got a good chunk of debt.

According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Pinky filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ... and she says she owes the U.S. Small Business Administration $1.2 million.

What's more, Pinky says she owes another $192,000 in total to the Georgia Department of Revenue.

Cardi B is demanding blogger Tasha K show up for an examination of her finances in person, and to turn over her bank records ... just months after the two ended their battle over millions of dollars owed, TMZ has learned.

According to docs from Tasha's bankruptcy case in Florida, obtained by TMZ, the "WAP" rapper is demanding Tasha's company produce records relating to her income from YouTube and other social media accounts. Cardi also wants copies of Tasha's tax returns.

An iconic movie moment from the '90s is hitting the auction block ... it's the mechanical rhinoceros that gave birth to Ace Ventura in a Jim Carrey sequel.

Yes, the butt birth rhino from "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" is up for grabs over at Propstore's upcoming auction ... with the movie prop expected to fetch between $4,000 and $8,000.

It's the same rhino from the movie scenes where Ace is inside spying on some bad guys ... before escaping through the rhino's butt in a comedic exit.

Aaron Carter’s mom is embroiled in a legal battle with the late pop star’s ex-fiancée, Melanie Martin, over what she claims are "illegal withdrawals" from his accounts ... TMZ has learned.

Jane Schneck filed court docs opposing the final accounting for Aaron’s estate. She said she had various issues with the accounting report submitted by the court-appointed estate administrator.

In her filing, Jane said she believed Aaron’s name, image and likeness were worth more than listed. Aaron died on November 5, 2022.

Adin Ross has officially locked down the iconic "Breaking Bad" house ... dropping $1.3M to win the full-blown bidding war, TMZ has learned.

The 4-bedroom, 1-bath Albuquerque, NM property had been sitting on the market for more than a year with a $4M asking price -- until the owners took it off the market.

They hired a new realtor, Alicia Feil of Keller Williams Realty, who relisted it for $400k earlier this month.

As we first told you, the streamer came won the bidding war after the homeowners received around 20 legit offers for the TV-famous spot.

'Golden Bachelor' star Mel Owens paid off the nearly $1 million he owed his ex-wife, Fabiana Owens, under their divorce settlement ... TMZ has learned.

According to court docs, it looks like the reality star has officially resolved the 7-figure debt he owed Fabiana in their December 2024 divorce settlement.

The divorce turned ugly in late 2025, when Fabiana told the court Mel had yet to pay the money owed to her, despite him being on "The Golden Bachelor." She asked for Mel’s 5-bedroom, 3-bathroom, 2,768-square-foot home to be sold off to come up with the cash if he didn’t cough up the dough.

Eric Dane's ex-girlfriend Priya Jain has donated $10,000 to his GoFundMe following his death last week.

Priya and Eric dated for about a year after first being linked in November 2024 ... and her quiet donation comes as Hollywood pals and fans alike continue to dump money into the fundraising page, which is meant to support his two teenage daughters after he lost his life to ALS.

We've had an eye on the GoFundMe ... and it is nearing a half a mill in donations ... including from major Hollywood names such as Hailey Bieber and "Euphoria" creator Sam Levinson -- who dropped $20K each. Other sizeable contributions have come from Gwyneth Paltrow's husband, Brad Falchuk, and Lala Kent's ex, producer Randall Emmett, who threw in $10K each. Madonna's longtime manager Guy Oseary and Disney President Dana Walden also gave $5K each.

As we told you, 53-year-old Eric died last Thursday after being diagnosed with ALS in spring 2025. He is survived by his once-estranged wife Rebecca Gayheart and his two daughters, Billie and Georgia.

When you think of legendary rock guitarists, Eddie Van Halen immediately pops into your mind ... and so do his equally famous Kramer Guitars -- and one of them can now be all yours ... but only if you have some very deep pockets!

That's right ... the late music virtuoso's striped 1985 Kramer studio guitar is hitting the auction block on GottaHaveRockAndRoll.com starting today, through March 13.

And the piece of guitar history is expected to fetch between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000, with a starting bid of $700,000.

Savannah Guthrie and her family are offering a hefty reward for their missing mom, Nancy .... as part of a new plea for information.

The "Today" host posted a new video on social media stating, “Someone knows how to find our mom and bring her home.”

Savannah then admits a gut-wrenching reality ... telling fans she and her family members know Nancy may have already passed away and "gone home to the Lord that she loves."

Tyra Banks is embroiled in a nasty court battle over her Ice Cream company -- claiming a landlord is attempting a “celebrity shakedown."

In court docs, Tyra, who is battling with a Washington D.C. landlord over a scrapped plan to open an ice cream shop ... is now seeking more than $50,000 in sanctions from the landlord who tried to drag her to court.

Tyra said the landlord knows she lives in Australia and has no real ties to America or D.C., where the lawsuit was filed. She said her move to the land Down Under was well-publicized, and the landlord should have been aware.

Nick Reiner is on his own as he faces murder charges ... because TMZ has learned his siblings are no longer footing the bill for his defense.

Sources connected to Romy and Jake Reiner with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... Nick's brother and sister have no plan to pay for a private criminal defense lawyer.

As we reported, Romy and Jake hired prominent criminal defense lawyer Alan Jackson shortly after the murders, but Jackson withdrew from the case because of an undisclosed disagreement.

Eric Dane's GoFundMe is being questioned by some cynics ... but its purpose is more than needed, TMZ is told.

Here's the deal ... the beloved "Grey's Anatomy" star died last week at the age of 53 ... and shortly after, a GoFundMe began to benefit his two teenage daughters. But, as happened when James Van Der Beek passed -- some questioned why a Hollywood actor would need the cash.

A source close to the family tells TMZ … Eric faced substantial medical bills during his battle with ALS -- and the fund was started by friends to help his children … no one has to donate. So far, more than $355K has been raised.

Diddy and his son Christian "King" Combs have been battling everybody, including one of their own law firms ... but according to new court documents, the firm and Diddy recently settled the beef.

Here's the deal ... court papers, obtained by TMZ, show that the law firm Summa LLP claimed the father-son rappers failed to pay multiple invoices for over 100 attorney hours and 90 paralegal hours worked since March 2025.

Summa said Diddy and King owed at least $53,688.35 in legal fees ... and at least some of those fees were connected to King's sexual assault suit brought by Grace O'Marcaigh.