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Todd and Julie Chrisley claim the people who were supposed to keep them out of prison are the very reason they ended up behind bars ... and now they're suing them.

The reality TV stars filed a lawsuit against their former lawyer, Chris Anulewicz, and the law firm Balch & Bingham, claiming a massive mistake in their federal fraud case paved the way for their convictions.

In the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, the Chrisleys say their attorneys missed a key opportunity to keep some of the government's most important evidence out of court.

According to the suit, the "Chrisley Knows Best" stars say they believe the entire case grew out of an illegal warehouse search years before they were indicted.

Their lawyers successfully got some of that material thrown out after convincing the judge the search was illegal ... but Todd and Julie claim the legal team never went after the emails, bank records and other evidence investigators found because of that search.

Two parents in Iowa are accused of turning their own child into a prisoner ... allegedly keeping a severely malnourished 10-year-old locked away inside their home.

According to multiple reports, Andrew and Kellie Warrington were arrested after authorities uncovered what investigators describe as years of abuse inside the family's Davenport home.

Police say the child was allegedly confined to a nearly empty bedroom with a latched door and routinely denied basic necessities, including adequate food and water. Reports say the youngster became so malnourished that doctors later determined the child could have died without medical intervention.

Sean "Diddy" Combs has been hit with a new lawsuit ... this time from a man who claims Diddy sexually assaulted him when he was a minor under the guise of helping his acting career.

In court docs, obtained by TMZ, a man suing as a John Doe said he was already a working child actor when invited to a Hollywood Hills party in 2007 as a networking event ... which is when he says he met Diddy. The man says the rapper invited him to talk in private about career opportunities.

Once alone, according to the docs, the man claims Diddy was rubbing on parts of his body, working his way down before he allegedly performed oral sex on the man while also pleasuring himself. The man claims he told Diddy the situation was making him uncomfortable before the oral sex.

One of the doctors convicted in the Matthew Perry ketamine case is embracing a label most physicians would run from ... telling an appeals court he was functioning as a drug dealer, not a doctor, when he sold ketamine in this case.

According to new court documents, obtained by TMZ, Dr. Salvador Plasencia is asking the Ninth Circuit to toss his 30-month prison sentence and send his case back for resentencing ... arguing the judge wrongly punished him for abusing a physician's position of trust.

In the filing, Plasencia makes a stunning claim ... insisting Perry wasn't seeking him out for legitimate medical treatment, but was instead looking for a reliable source of ketamine. Because of that, his attorneys argue, he shouldn't have been treated as a doctor who betrayed a patient, but rather as a more common drug dealer.

Diddy’s longtime right-hand woman, Kristina Khorram, scored a huge win in court after a judge dismissed sex trafficking claims against her ... TMZ has learned.

According to court docs obtained by TMZ, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge sided with Kristina at a recent hearing in June. The judge ruled that the sexual battery, sex trafficking, and several other claims brought against Kristina by Diddy’s former employee, Phillip Pines, were to be thrown out of court.

The court found that Phillip failed to submit evidence to back up his claims Kristina could be held liable for any of the alleged crimes committed against him. The judge said Phillip did not show Kristina had knowledge of any alleged sexual battery or knew about or benefited from any alleged sexual trafficking.

JPMorgan Chase exec Lorna Hajdini's former subordinate isn't taking back a thing ... insisting he substantially told the truth when he claimed she subjected him to sexual harassment and discrimination -- and now he's arguing her counterclaims against him for bringing the suit should be tossed out of court.

According to new court documents, obtained by TMZ, John Doe is firing back at Hajdini's defamation countersuit, rejecting her claim that he made up allegations to boost his case or destroy her reputation.

Doe says the viral complaints he made about Hajdini were real, repeatedly denying her accusations that he fabricated claims or spread lies about her.

The knife Karmelo Anthony allegedly used to fatally stab Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet wasn't illegal under Texas law ... according to a police detective who testified in Anthony's murder trial.

The testimony came as Anthony's defense team wrapped up its case, with jurors hearing from Detective Beau Riley -- a member of Frisco PD's Crimes Against Children unit who responded to the scene of the fatal stabbing.

One of the key moments came when Anthony's attorney had Riley confirm the knife Anthony carried that day was legal to possess in Texas ... and legal to bring into a stadium.

Crispin Glover is firing back at the ex-girlfriend who accused him of turning her into a "sex slave" ... claiming her lawsuit is a money-motivated attack built on false allegations.

The "Back to the Future" star filed new court docs, obtained by TMZ, asking a judge to strike part of his ex's lawsuit ... and he's offering a dramatically different version of what happened between them.

As TMZ previously reported, the woman sued Crispin in February, alleging he lured her from the UK to Los Angeles with promises of a new life and career in Hollywood before using her as a live-in girlfriend, unpaid assistant, and "sex slave." She also claimed he later filed a false police report and sought a fraudulent restraining order against her.

11:41 AM PT -- Lenny Hochstein tells TMZ ... "I have never drugged or raped anyone in my life. This is an encounter I had over a year ago. There are multiple witnesses. If she believes she was raped she should go to the police. Not try to sue me for money. There is a video of her leaving my home the next day smiling and dancing. That is not the behavior of someone who believes she was raped."

Lenny Hochstein is being accused of turning a glamorous Miami night into a nightmare ... according to a new lawsuit filed by a Jane Doe.

According to court documents, obtained by TMZ, the woman claims the celebrity plastic surgeon lured her to his Star Island mansion under the guise of an exclusive afterparty ... then gave her a drug and sexually assaulted her.

In the lawsuit, Doe says she was visiting Miami from London in May 2025 when she met a younger man at Sopra Club. She claims he invited her to a private afterparty on Star Island, but when she arrived, there was no party.

The woman alleges Hochstein repeatedly hit on her and later gave her a pill he described as a common sleep aid. She claims she trusted him because he was a doctor and took the pill.

The LAPD is investigating Lena The Plug's claims of identity theft after she says a man who believes he is in a relationship with her filed a fake divorce ... TMZ has learned. 

According to law enforcement sources, the porn star contacted the Los Angeles Police Department on May 6 to report forgery and identity theft. 

Sources tell TMZ ... police launched an investigation into the matter, which is still active. Lena told police that someone was using her identity and trying to file for divorce from Adam22 on her behalf. 

The former male escort suing Cassie over their freak offs with Diddy is firing back after she revealed a private text he sent her husband, Alex Fine, as part of her attempt to dismiss his lawsuit ... and he says he's the one who really suffered from Diddy's sexual proclivities.

Clayton Howard, the former escort-turned-law student, slammed Cassie in a TikTok released over the weekend ... as their legal beef continues to stew.

He addressed the text Cassie submitted as part of her request to toss the case, admitting he sent it to Alex, who he says had no idea who Cassie really was. Clayton says he drafted the text with a velvet glove.

In the video, he said he was the real Diddy victim … along with the other male escorts involved in the freak offs. Clayton said Cassie was the victim of domestic violence, but believes she was into the freak-offs.

Huda Mustafa's 'Love Island' villa days may be over ... but it looks like she still had a knack for making waves on camera.

As we first reported, in documents we obtained, Huda's ex-BF Louis Russell's baby mama Nicole Olivera alleged in court that the 'Love Island' star tried to break into her L.A. home after sneaking into her apartment complex on February 21, 2026.

TMZ has obtained surveillance footage showing Huda making her way inside the apartment complex of her ex-boyfriend Louis' baby mama, Nicole ... 'cause apparently the only thing she wasn't done coupling up with was controversy.

Check out the video ... as described in the docs, Huda can be seen walking through the property while talking on her phone, making her way through the complex that later became ground zero in her ugly legal battle with Nicole.

President Trump's plan to host a UFC fight card at the White House is getting hit with a legal haymaker ... because a new federal lawsuit is trying to stop the event before anyone steps into the Octagon.

According to court documents, obtained by TMZ, two Virginia residents are suing the National Park Service and the Department of the Interior over "UFC Freedom 250" -- the June 14 event slated for the White House South Lawn.

The plaintiffs claim the card is less about celebrating America's 250th birthday and more about giving some of Trump's closest allies -- including UFC boss Dana White -- a massive platform at some of the country's most iconic landmarks as The Lincoln Memorial is scheduled to host ceremonial weigh-ins for fighters before the event.

Ice Spice's debt drama is getting harder to brush off ... because the rapper is now scheduled to sit for a deposition in her ongoing wig-company lawsuit.

According to new court documents, obtained by TMZ, Ice Spice -- whose legal name is Isis Gaston -- will sit for questions under oath in September in Manhattan as part of the legal battle brought by Thee Bella Brand LLC.

As TMZ previously reported, the company sued Ice Spice last year over 25 custom-made wigs ... claiming she agreed to purchase them for around $20K but never paid up for the goods. The company said the rapper also trashed them on social media and was seeking more than $400K in lost business opportunities and punitive damages.

Chris Brown is fighting for joint custody of his 4-year-old daughter ... after his baby mama, Diamond Brown, asked the court to only give the singer visitation. 

As TMZ first reported, Diamond asked a Los Angeles court in May to award her legal and physical custody of their kid, Lovely Symphani Brown.

She proposed that Chris only be granted visitation rights.

But, the singer isn’t on board with that and fired back in court docs obtained by TMZ ... demanding joint legal and physical custody. He also said he and Diamond should cover the costs of this legal matter. In her filing, Diamond asked the court to make him cough up the cash.

The son of James Handy's girlfriend has been charged with murder ... a day after the iconic actor was stabbed to death at his home.

According to authorities ... Michael Gledhill, 44, was just charged with one count of murder with a special allegation that he personally used a deadly weapon, a knife.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said in a press release ... "This is not how anyone’s life should end, stabbed in the chest and left dying in the front yard of a home. The victim deserved to live out his later years enjoying what he had worked so hard for and enjoying it with those he loved and cared about."