Mackenzie Shirilla apparently kept her hustle going behind bars ... at least according to a former inmate who says she found creative ways to make money while locked up.
Kat Crowder, who says she spent six months in prison with Shirilla, tells TMZ Mackenzie got crafty with an arts kit -- making jewelry, including nose rings, bracelets, and custom shoes ... claiming Mackenzie told people if they wanted something, they could pay up via Cash App.
Catch the full clip ... 'cause Kat refers to the platforms Mackenzie was active on as "sugar daddy" websites -- though she says that label was more jail slang than literal.
The judge set a series of conditions for Gabbie's release during her arraignment on Thursday on top of the $2 million ... including mandated GPS monitoring, an order to stay away from her daughter and the child's father, Jack Avery, and an order not to post about the criminal case on social media.
Jeffrey Epstein's longtime employee has accused the former mayor of Miami Beach of sexual assault ... according to a new report.
The Miami Herald reports Sarah Kellen -- Epstein's personal assistant for many years -- allegedly told the House Oversight Committee that ex-mayor Philip Levine, fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier, and hairstylist Frédéric Fekkai sexually assaulted her.
The Herald cites multiple anonymous people who were in the committee hearing during Kellen's testimony.
Michael Wolff tried pulling a legal fast one on Melania Trump... at least according to the federal judge who just tossed his case.
Wolff -- the longtime Trump biographer behind books like "Fire and Fury" -- suedafter Melania's lawyers threatened him with a $1 Billion defamation lawsuit tied to comments he made linking her to late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
But on Friday, a federal judge completely shut down Wolff’s lawsuit ... accusing him of "gamesmanship," "forum-shopping,” and abusing the judgment process by trying to beat Melania to the courthouse before she could sue him herself.
The wild JPMorgan Chase sexual harassment scandalhas gotten even uglier ... because the female exec at the center of the explosive lawsuit says she's now being bombarded with rape threats, graphic sexual messages, and harassment after her former subordinate accused her of abuse.
Lorna Hajdini says in new court docs, obtained by TMZ, that her life has become a "living nightmare" since the allegations went viral online ... and now her lawyers have filed disturbing emails she allegedly received as evidence of the damage being done.
See for yourself ... one anonymous sender told Hajdini they hoped she'd be "gang raped" and urged her to commit self-harm ... while also wishing painful deaths on her family.
Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson are officially official ... because the couple quietly was wed ahead of their lavish Bahamas wedding weekend.
According to the marriage certificate, obtained by TMZ, Don Jr. and Bettina checked the legal box Thursday, with a Palm Beach County deputy clerk signing off on the license ... paving the way for the couple’s upcoming "I do" moment on a private island in the Bahamas.
The ceremony was officiated by Brad McPherson ... a longtime real estate attorney who has worked closely with the Trump family for years. This was a legal formality the pair needed to handle before their actual ceremony outside of the U.S.
Newly resurfaced body cam footage captures the devastating moment police officers arrived at Dominic Russo’s family home to tell his mother her son had died in the high-speed crash involving his girlfriend, Mackenzie Shirilla.
Warning: the footage is emotionally difficult to watch.
The footage, recorded shortly after the 2022 crash in Strongsville, Ohio, shows officers approaching the Russo residence late at night before delivering the news no parent ever wants to hear.
Tulsi Gabbard is exiting President Donald Trump's cabinet ... citing her husband's health as the reason.
The Director of National Intelligence informed POTUS of her resignation Friday, according to Fox News ... which also obtained a copy of her resignation letter.
In the letter, Gabbard expresses her thanks to the prez for being trusted to run such a critical role for the United States ... before revealing her husband -- Abraham Williams -- was recently diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer.
Well, here's something you don't see every day -- the U.S. Air Force shooting a UFO out of the sky ... at least that's how experts are interpreting this explosive new video the Dept. of War just dropped.
Based on the video's title and description, it seems like this incident went down in February 2023 over Lake Huron. You can see the unidentified aerial phenomenon -- or UAP -- getting bigger in the scope of an F-16C, and a matter of seconds later it's destroyed.
According to the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), this Pentagon footage is "likely derived from an infrared sensor aboard a U.S. military platform."
This comes as part of a new batch of UFO files released Friday by the DOW ... a drop that also includes a bunch of documents, photos, and other videos of alleged UFO activity.
Former Prince Andrew's legal problems aren't taking a vacation ... police in England are investigating reports that a woman ended up at his former Windsor address for sexual purposes in 2010.
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested in February by the Thames Valley PD amid an ongoing probe into his possible misconduct in public office as a result of his connection to pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died by suicide in 2019.
On Friday, the Thames PD issued a press release, saying on top of the misconduct investigation, detectives are now looking into reports about a sexual incident involving a woman in 2010.
Rep. Ilhan Omar has more issues withDonald Trump than his political views ... she's questioning whether he's a good parent.
Jacobgot the Congresswoman from Minnesota Thursday leaving Capitol Hill, and asked about the Prez saying he may be too busy to attend Donald Jr.'s wedding to Bettina Andersonthis weekend in the Bahamas.
A viral video claiming to show Ashlee Jenaebeing chased by her fiancé Joe McCann in a hotel before she wasfound dead in her room is nothing more than some A.I. generated slop ... at least according to Joe's legal team.
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In a social media post that's picking up steam online, a woman is being chased by a bald man in what appears to be a hotel stairwell and hallway. The post claims to show new footage of Ashlee and Joe.
But Joe's attorney, Edward Andrew Paltzik, tells TMZ ... "This video is an atrocious deep fake. We are investigating who is responsible for peddling this garbage and will be taking forceful legal action."
Mackenzie Shirilla unloaded on her boyfriend Dominic Russo in a super toxic text chain years before she was convicted of murdering him ... and the messages offer a peek inside their strained relationship.
The text messages, obtained by TMZ, were part of the police investigation into Mackenzie's fatal car crash that killed Dominic and their friend, Davion Flanagan.
Mackenzie appears super emotional in her texts ... telling Dominic, "I'm gonna kill someone" ... "I j want to bang my head on the wall till I'm dead" ... and "THIS IS WHY I J WANNA F***ING KMS."
Mackenzie Shirilla’s aunt tried to defend her niece in her murder case ... telling the judge Mackenzie was in "very much in love" with her boyfriend before the fatal car crash ... TMZ has learned.
TMZ obtained court docs filed as part of Mackenzie’s appeal of her sentence. She made the case that prosecutors failed to prove she had a real motive to kill her boyfriend, Dominic Russo, and his friend, Davion Flanagan.
Prosecutors used forensic evidence to show Mackenzie was driving a car that was going 100 mph and didn't apply the brakes before it slammed into a wall, killing Dominic and Davion, on July 31, 2022.
College graduation ceremonies have become one big grievance, but not against any particular person ... the grads are railing against THE MACHINE, and it's dividing members of Congress.
College graduates were pissed after their school used AI to announce graduates’ names and missed hundreds of names pic.twitter.com/dwz6xFIWiv@FearedBuck
Charlie got Rep. Pat Ryan Thursday on Capitol Hill, and he fully understands why college grads are pissed off at A.I. -- they studied their asses off for 4 years, and the jobs they were banking on are just disappearing.
The Congressman from New York says it's yet another case of big money, A.I. techies rigging the deck in their favor at the expense of everyone else. Ryan's pushing a national service program to teach young people enduring skills like military service, firefighting and such ... and the techies should foot the bill.
Mackenzie Shirillais "literal hell on wheels" -- at least that's how the judge felt about her role in the fatal car crash that killed Dominic Russoand Davion Flanagan in 2022 -- but who is she, exactly?
Whether you've been following Mackenzie's case for years or are just now hearing the hype over Netflix's new documentary, "The Crash," we've rounded up everything you need to know.
Mackenzie was charged with murdering Dominic and Davion
Mackenzie was driving her then-boyfriend Dominic, and her friend Davion home around 5 AM on July 31, 2022 when she crashed her car into the brick wall of a building in Strongsville, Ohio.
