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David Geffen says he's ready to move on from his marriage and be an unmarried man again ... and he's even prepared to cut some big checks to his estranged husband.

In new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, the billionaire says he's willing to pay his estranged husband, David Andrew Armstrong (AKA Donovan Michaels), up to $50,000 a month in spousal support.

The catch here ... Geffen says the payments should only last for 12 months and be retroactive to their split ... adding he should get credit for whatever he's shelled out already.

France's First Lady Brigitte Macron is set to present evidence -- both photographic and scientific -- that proves she's a woman as part of her defamation lawsuit against Candace Owens.

Macron's attorney, Tom Clare, shed insight into Brigitte and French President Emmanuel Macron's legal strategy ahead of their faceoff in a U.S. court with the conservative influencer.

Clare, who spoke on the BBC's "Fame Under Fire" podcast, said the power couple will have expert testimony as part of their strategy ... which will be "scientific in nature" and include pictures of Brigitte pregnant with their children.

D4vd's Tesla was abandoned on a street in the Hollywood Hills before it was towed and impounded with a dead body inside ... and cops are scouring the area where the car was parked and looking for video that would identify the driver and maybe crack the case.

Multiple people who live on the block where the singer's Tesla was abandoned tell TMZ ... LAPD swept the area and are talking with every neighbor they can track down to see if there is Ring camera or surveillance video showing D4vd's car.

We're told cops are not only asking residents for video showing the main street where the car was towed from, they're also searching for video showing nearby alleyways ... suggesting cops believe the Tesla may have driven through an alley before being abandoned to avoid detection.

Britney Spears has accumulated thousands of fans over the course of her singing career ... although many of her fans attributed the winding down of her professional life to the actions of her father, Jamie.

The performer's father held control over her controversial conservatorship for several years, and even though it eventually ended, his conflict with his daughter continued for a while longer, much to the chagrin of the singer's fanbase.

We're going to take a look into the background of the singer's dad and see how he ended up having a prolonged conflict with his daughter.

Jamie's originally from Louisiana, and he held several jobs during Britney's early years, some of which included taking off for multi-month periods to perform welding work at oil refineries.

The singer's father eventually started a construction business, which became successful in the 1980s.

Jamie branched out into the fitness space and ran a wellness spa and gym with his wife, Lynne, and he briefly owned and managed a seafood restaurant, which he gave to his son, Bryan.

He also struggled with alcoholism through the years, and he went to rehab to deal with his issues in 2004, according to The New York Times.

Britney's erratic behavior came to a head starting around 2007, when she went through several troubling incidents in the public eye ... such as when she shaved her head and hit a photographer's car with an umbrella, and she was placed under an involuntary psychiatric hold on two separate occasions.

Britney was placed under a temporary conservatorship in February 2008, with her father in charge, which was extended indefinitely in October 2008. The conservatorship would last for nearly 14 years.

The singer's father received a salary of around $16,000 a month during his time as a conservator, and he was also the recipient of various percentages of grosses and commissions from his daughter's shows and residencies.

Jamie was joined by attorney Andrew Wallet, who served as the co-conservator of Britney's estate, and her former agent and fiancé Jason Trawick, who held partial control of the singer's personal life, in managing the conservatorship.

Jamie stepped down as the personal conservator in 2019 after he was allegedly involved in an incident with his grandson Sean, who Britney shares with her former husband Kevin Federline.

The incident took place around the same time as the Free Britney movement -- which sought to have the singer removed from her conservatorship -- gained serious traction with her fans.

Britney requested her father be removed from his position in the conservatorship of her estate in November 2020, according to Billboard.

Jamie and Britney went back and forth with the courts for several more months before he was suspended from the conservatorship in 2021 altogether, as well as being ordered to turn over her assets to a temporary conservatorship accountant, according to USA Today.

The termination of the conservatorship in September 2021 didn't mean Jamie and Britney's conflict was over, as they began another legal battle centered on his legal fees.

Britney's lawyer claimed her father had paid himself $6 million and engaged in financial misconduct over the course of the conservatorship, according to The New York Times.

Britney and Jamie eventually settled their issues in April 2024, although the terms weren't revealed to the public.

Isabella Ladera, an influencer in Miami, is dragging her ex-boyfriend, Colombian pop star Beéle, to court ... she's suing, claiming he's to blame for their private sex tape leaking on the internet after their split.

According to the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Isabella claims they would film sex videos on their phones at Beéle's request during their relationship, and one leaked on the internet a few months after they broke up.

Isabella says when the sex tape surfaced September 7 and went viral, "the Earth stood still" for her ... and she claims Beéle was the only person who had access to the video other than her ... and she says she deleted her copy long before the footage emerged online.

Wendy Williams is being ordered to sit down for a deposition in a lawsuit her guardian filed against A&E over a Lifetime documentary.

According to legal docs, obtained by TMZ, a judge ordered an early deposition of Wendy ... and the judge said Wendy's dementia diagnosis doesn't make her legally unfit to testify, and it will be up to a jury to decide how to weigh her testimony.

The judge said the deposition will be held remotely in a setting comfortable for Wendy ... and the A&E lawyers can only grill her for 3 hours max. The judge said the deposition may be held over no more than 3 days, with reasonable breaks being accommodated for Wendy.

Tyler Robinson -- the 22-year-old Utah native charged with murdering conservative pundit Charlie Kirk -- just went in front of a judge for the first time ... and he was stone-faced.

Robinson appeared via video call for his first court hearing Tuesday in Utah ... staring blankly ahead as a judge rattled off the charges against him.

Earlier Tuesday, Robinson was officially charged with aggravated murder ... and prosecutors said they would seek the death penalty. When capital punishment was brought up in court, Robinson simply looked down.

Prosecutors in Utah just released a conversation police say alleged Charlie Kirk killer Tyler Robinson had with his lover/roommate after the fatal shooting ... and it includes a confession.

According to documents, Robinson texted his roommate shortly after the murder on September 10th to look for a note under a keyboard. The note stated, "I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I'm going to take it."

After reading the note, the roommate texted Robinson, "You weren't the one who did it, right????" Robinson responded, "I am, I'm sorry."

An arrest has been made in the theft of unreleased Beyoncé music ... but the tunes are still MIA.

Atlanta police tell TMZ ... Kelvin Evans was arrested for allegedly breaking into an SUV over the summer and taking the superstar's super important property.

As we told you ... cops responded to a parking garage in July on a report of a theft from a motor vehicle. Two of Bey's crew members -- a choreographer and a dancer -- told officers the trunk window of their rented Jeep Wagoneer had been damaged and two suitcases were stolen.

Maurene Comey's dealt with some pretty serious cases over the course of her legal career ... and now she's set to take on President Donald Trump's administration in a fight to get her old job back.

The former federal prosecutor launched a lawsuit against 47's administration after she was fired from her position under allegedly unlawful circumstances.

Here's a look at the attorney's professional history leading up to the start of her legal battle.

Maurene's the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey and his wife Patrice. James Comey was sworn in as director in 2013 -- he was not previously in the bureau -- and was terminated in 2017 by Trump.

James Comey, who also served as the 31st Deputy Attorney General of the United States, testified to the Senate Intelligence Committee about Russian activity in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Maurene graduated from the College of William & Mary in 2010 with degrees in both history and music.

She later began taking classes at Harvard Law School, and she graduated from the institution in 2013.

Maurene began her career as a law clerk to Chief Judge Loretta A. Preska, who served in the Southern District of New York, and she also worked as an associate at Debevoise & Plimpton, according to her LinkedIn.

Maurene eventually became a federal prosecutor in Manhattan, where she was involved in numerous high-profile cases, including the prosecution of Sean "Diddy" Combs, who was convicted on prostitution-related charges.

Maurene was also involved in the case against former N.J. Senator Bob Menendez, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison on corruption charges.

She also worked on the cases against both Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirator and former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell.

Maurene was fired from her position in the Justice Department in July 2025, and she said the memo she received "did not give a reason for my termination," according to CBS News.

She's since sued the Trump administration over her firing, and she claimed the termination was both unconstitutional and unlawful, according to NBC News.

Maurene said she'd received an email stating her termination was "[p]ursuant to Article II of the United States Constitution and the laws of the United States" in her suit. Article II deals with the president's executive power.

11:26 AM PT -- Prosecutors officially slapped alleged Charlie Kirk murderer Tyler Robinson with 7 criminal charges ... including aggravated murder.

Robinson is facing 6 felony charges and one misdemeanor. Prosecutors said during the news conference they intend to seek the death penalty.

The other charges ... felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, two counts of obstruction of justice, two counts of tampering with a witness, and a misdemeanor count of violent offense committed in the presence of a child.

Utah law enforcement personnel are set to hold a press conference Tuesday after charges were filed against Tyler Robinson, who is suspected of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk ... officials are expected to give details on each of the counts.

This update comes less than a week after Robinson was apprehended as the main suspect in the conservative pundit's assassination ... he was booked on suspicion of committing 3 crimes in the case, including aggravated murder, obstruction of justice, and felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury.

Robinson was formally charged Tuesday ... with Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray previously noting that they're in the "very early stages" of the investigation.

Erik and Lyle Menendez's last-ditch effort to get a new trial following their parole denials was unsuccessful ... as a Los Angeles judge has shut down their retrial request.

L.A. County Superior Court Judge William Ryan denied the Menendez brothers' legal challenge, explaining his reason in a 17-page response, saying the alleged new evidence -- seemingly proving the murder convictions were unfair -- is not "particularly strong," in documents obtained by TMZ.

He wrote ... "The evidence alleged here is not so compelling that it would have produced a reasonable doubt in the mind of at least one juror or supportive of an imperfect self-defense instruction."

Fans applauded Luigi Mangione's lawyers Karen and Marc Agnifilo as they left court Tuesday morning after a judge threw out 2 state murder charges related to acts of terrorism.

We caught them exiting the New York City courtroom ... they remained nearly tight-lipped about Luigi, though Marc let us know he's feeling "positive" as Sean "Diddy" Combs' sentencing quickly approaches. Remember -- his federal sentencing for his conviction on 2 counts of transportation to engage in prostitution is scheduled for October 3.

Marc was a bit chattier than his better half ... letting TMZ know today's hearing with Luigi is a "big win" and "the first of many."

Luigi Mangione scored a legal victory Tuesday ... 2 New York state charges against him have been dismissed.

The judge tossed out murder in the first degree in furtherance of an act of terrorism and murder in the second degree as a crime of terrorism. In his ruling, the judge cited precedent saying, "The [terrorism] statute cannot be interpreted so broadly so as to cover individuals or groups who are not normally viewed as 'terrorists.'"

The judge went on to distinguish Mangione's case from other cases involving terrorism ... "The defendant's targeted killing of one individual -- although abhorrent and despicable -- is not comparable."

Aaron Phypers says Denise Richards is lying about him being a domestic abuser as a way to stop him from getting spousal support.

In new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Aaron responds to Denise's request for a domestic violence restraining order and says, "I believe this entire domestic violence proceeding is merely a ruse to try to cut me off from being able to obtain spousal support."

Aaron filed for divorce in July and requested spousal support ... and Denise later accused him of domestic abuse, which he's repeatedly denied.

Maurene Comey, the lead prosecutor in the Diddy federal criminal case, is suing the U.S. government -- and specifically President Donald Trump -- to reclaim her position after getting fired by 47's Department of Justice, according to court documents.

Comey claims in the docs she wants her job back because she was canned unlawfully and her firing was a violation of the U.S. Constitution's separation of powers.

In the docs, Comey lists a bunch of high-profile defendants she's suing, including The Office of the President, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, and the DOJ.