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Gwyneth Paltrow says she felt like she was being shaken down during her infamous ski crash trial ... adding the very concept of getting sued by someone who was totally at fault stands out as everything wrong with the American legal system.

The actress and businesswoman sat down for a conversation on "The World's First Podcast with Erin and Sara Foster" ... and, she said she found the trial just so ridiculous -- feeling she needed to fight back instead of letting Dr. Terry Sanderson take advantage of her.

Gwyneth says Sanderson being allowed to sue her -- even though he ran into her -- proves the legal system is broken beyond repair.

The NYPD busted a boobalicious babe accused of trying to swipe a woman's engagement ring -- and the sexy suspect even got on her own wanted poster!

Police officials released the poster this week and it shows buxom brunette Lucie Lora posing for a sizzling selfie, which looks more like an ad for a strip club.

And it apparently worked ... because the NYPD arrested Lora on Wednesday and booked her for attempted robbery.

Diddy gets to spruce up his look for his upcoming criminal trial ... the judge just signed off on letting him go with a business casual look in court, instead of his jail jumpsuits.

According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Diddy just got a signed order from the judge allowing him to receive non-prison clothing at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn to wear at next month's trial.

Diddy's got permission to have up to 5 button-down shirts, 5 pairs of pants, 5 sweaters, 5 pairs of socks and 2 pairs of shoes without laces to wear to court.

Mario Edgardo Garcia-Aquino, the youth soccer coach charged with murdering a California teenager, is so dangerous to young men that he needs to be taken off the streets -- that’s what the alleged victim's lawyer is saying.

Luis Carrillo was at an L.A. courthouse for Mario's arraignment Wednesday, where Luis straight-up told us Mario deserves life behind bars at the very least ... and he thinks the D.A. might even push for the death penalty -- but if they do, that decision would ultimately be up to the jury.

Catch the clip, because Luis doesn't hold back. He calls Mario a cold-blooded killer and breaks it down, saying he had no business being in a job where he was around young boys in the first place.

Harvey Weinstein accuser Miriam Haley got emotional as she testified for a second time about the time she claims he sexually assaulted her in his Manhattan apartment.

Miriam, a former television production assistant, took the stand Wednesday in Weinstein's retrial and told the jury about an alleged 2006 rape.

Weinstein's accuser says he invited her over to his Manhattan apartment after getting her a ticket to the "Clerks II" movie premiere in Los Angeles, and she accepted the invite.

The high-profile trial of the "Grandpa Robbers" accused of targeting Kim Kardashian in a $10-million jewelry heist in Paris continued Wednesday ... with the accused ringleader taking the stand.

The 68-year-old man known as "Old Omar" was forced to respond to questions in court via handwritten notes -- he's deaf and mute, and read questions from a typed transcript. His responses were projected on a screen in the courtroom, where he denied he was the leader of the gang.

Omar -- real name Aomar Aït Khedache -- admits he was part of the gang that broke into Kim Kardashian's hotel room during Paris Fashion Week in October 2016 ... but he denies being the head of the group, as prosecutors allege.

Brian McKnight says Jaguar Wright is talking crazy when she claims he abused his ex-wife and some prostitutes ... so now he’s suing her for defamation over it.

The singer just filed the suit against Jaguar for a bunch of things she's been saying about him online ... which he says are blatant lies.

According to the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Brian claims Jaguar went on social media and alleged McKnight was hiring prostitutes and physically abusing them during sexual encounters. He says that never happened.

The high-profile trial of 10 suspects in the multimillion-dollar jewelry heist of Kim Kardashian in Paris in 2016 is underway this week ... and three of the defendants in the country's biggest robbery in decades testified today.

Two of the "Grandpa Robbers" -- they're in their 60s and 70s -- took the stand Tuesday, including one who wrote a book about the incident ... titled "I Kidnapped Kim Kardashian."

Yunice Abbas, the 71-year-old author, was up first ... fleeing the robbery scene on a bicycle, he fell and dropped a bag of jewelry, spilling gems. He said he picked up what he could, but left a $24,000 diamond necklace on the street. That necklace was found by a pedestrian later that morning, who reportedly wore it at work that day -- before finding out about the robbery and turning it over to police, BBC News reports.

Justin Baldoni's beef with Blake Lively is spreading beyond his former co-star ... because he’s now targeting Marvel and asking the superhero company to hand over some Deadpool docs.

Here's the deal ... Justin claims Blake's husband Ryan Reynolds mocked him in the latest 'Deadpool' movie and he warned Disney and Marvel to hold onto all the docs related to the characters Ryan plays in "Deadpool & Wolverine" ... but last week, Marvel filed a motion to quash Baldoni's subpoena.

Now, Baldoni is responding to Marvel's move ... and in new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Justin doubles down on his assertion that the Nicepool character is a mocking depiction of him.

7:08 PM PT -- Turns out the judge has ruled on these issues ... the judge said prosecutors can't argue forced labor pertaining to one of Diddy's employees. However, the judge also ruled the prosecutors will be allowed to let in sex trafficking evidence against Diddy.

The feds are calling Diddy out for asking a judge to exclude evidence from his upcoming criminal trial ... claiming Diddy is just trying to postpone a fast-approaching start date for the trial.

According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Diddy is trying to exclude a bunch of evidence related to sex trafficking charges and the alleged "Freak Offs," claiming prosecutors turned over the evidence too late and didn’t give him enough time to prepare his defense.

Thing is ... the feds say Diddy's known for months about the evidence they plan to present at trial, and he's just trying to get the judge to postpone the trial.

NBC's documentary about Menudo and the group's ties to Jose Menendez is doing serious damage to the Menudo brand, and now their promoter wants the network to fork over at least half a billion dollars!

Darrin McGillis is suing over "Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed" -- which has been streaming on Peacock since 2023 -- and he's particularly upset about what he calls "scandalous, false, and defamatory labels of 'sexual,' 'molestation,' 'gay,' and ultimately 'homosexual' behaviors of past members of the Menudo group."

The documentary features former member Roy Rosselló Diaz alleging Jose -- father of Erik and Lyle Menendez -- molested him back in the '80s. However, in his lawsuit, McGillis tries to discredit Roy ... claiming he became a heavy drug user after leaving the group, and was bitter about several homosexual relationships he'd had with older men.

Potential jurors in Diddy's federal trial are gonna get grilled on several subjects before they get picked ... and a questionnaire's hot topics include their taste in music, and their views on drugs, celebs and group sex.

With jury selection just a week away for Diddy's trial, his attorneys are submitting the 30 questions they want to put to the jury pool. Not shockingly, considering the charges, sex is raised several times.

For instance, "There may be evidence in this case about people engaging in sexual relations with multiple sexual partners. Would hearing about that type of evidence be difficult for you?"

Kim Kardashian is extending one big middle finger to her alleged Paris robbers ... by wearing some flashy jewelry on her ankle after claiming she'd never wear bling again.

In a rare move from Kim, she flaunted some jewels in a series of Instagram photos from a recent getaway to Maui ... showing off four anklets filled with diamonds -- shortly before her accused attackers go on trial for robbing her.

Kim's making a statement here ... she's still standing strong after a harrowing ordeal in Paris nearly 10 years ago, when she was robbed of nearly $10 million in jewelry.

Part of Diddy's defense involves his mental capacity to commit the crimes while he was, essentially, wasted -- he even has a doctor lined up to testify -- but the feds think it's a totally irrelevant point.

Prosecutors filed their opposition to this line of testimony, and in the docs they say Diddy wants to have the doctor -- who's a Columbia professor -- testify he had a "mental condition bearing on the issue of guilt."

So, what does that mean exactly?

Well, the detail of his alleged condition is redacted throughout the documents ... but, there are some clues, including a bit about Diddy's alleged drinking and drugging.

Kim Kardashian is finally seeing the wheels of justice turn in her robbery case ... Ten people are going on trial today, accused of sticking her up at gunpoint nine years ago in France.

Kim is expected to travel to Paris and testify May 13th. She's explained in horrifying detail how the robbers broke into her hotel suite, pushed her on the bed, tied her up with plastic cables, taped her hands, and then blindfolded her at gunpoint. She was put in the bathtub as the robbers made off with $10 million in jewels.

It was so traumatic, Kim told cops she thought she was going to be raped.

1:49 PM PT -- Chuck Liddell's attorney Juliana Moiola tells TMZ ... "After quashing numerous false allegations against Chuck, the parties reached a divorce settlement outside of court. Chuck is a great father. He has always and will continue to put his children first. Chuck looks forward to moving on with his new fiancée, Heidi Rae, and glad this chapter of his life is behind him."

Chuck Liddell and his wife Heidi have officially finalized their divorce ... bringing a close to a longtime split.

The former MMA star and his ex-wife of more than a decade settled their divorce earlier this week, according to documents obtained by TMZ  ... almost four years after he initially filed.

According to documents, Chuck and Heidi are sharing joint legal and physical custody of their two minor children ... with the two alternating holidays every year.