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T.I. is suing Sabrina Peterson for defamation over 3 years after she sued the rapper and made damning allegations about him ... including a claim he once held a gun to her head.

In new court documents obtained by TMZ ... T.I. claims he and his family ended their friendship with Sabrina, saying she wasn't a "positive" influence to be around.

The rapper alleges Sabrina felt spurned by this decision and, in turn, became obsessed with him and his family ... prompting SP to harass and threaten them by posting "false" and "baseless" accusations about them on social media.

Admiration for the man suspected of murdering the UnitedHealthcare CEO is not just perverse ... it's dangerous, Michael Moynihan tells TMZ.

The renowned journalist told "TMZ Live" ... the level of joy and satisfaction a portion of the country felt when Brian Thompson was killed last week is deeply disturbing ... but not nearly as grotesque as people fawning over Luigi Mangione.

MM contends our society is clearly in a "sick place" ... and most of the people who see Mangione as a folk hero are too young -- and uninformed -- to really consider the twisted logic of the heinous crime.

12:42 PM PT -- Nigel Lythgoe tells TMZ ... “We live in a troubling time where a person is now automatically assumed to be guilty until proven innocent, a process that can take years. That is why, like Paula, I am glad to be able to put this behind me. I know the truth and that gives me great comfort.”

Paula Abdul says her sexual assault case against Nigel Lythgoe has ended, and "successfully" so -- the 2 former "American Idol" coworkers have reached a settlement.

According to court docs, they settled the case earlier this week and filed notice with L.A. County Superior Court. Their next step will be filing to dismiss the matter ... which had been scheduled to go to trial next year.

Luigi Mangione's family appears to be distancing themselves from the Brian Thompson murder investigation ... in which the Ivy League graduate is the main suspect.

Attorney David B. Irwin, who has been advising the Mangione family following Luigi's arrest, tells TMZ ... the suspected shooter's loved ones are in the dark about the case -- saying they don't "know all the facts."

In fact, the attorney tells us the family only knows what they "read in the papers" ... making it clear they aren't involved in Luigi's legal woes.

Cardi B wants the millions Tasha K owes her, and she's not buying the blogger's claim she's flat broke -- and now she's offering a judge evidence Tasha's stashing money to avoid paying up.

Cardi's attorneys filed docs in Florida Bankruptcy court, calling out Tasha over the $3.4 million she still owes the rapper for losing the defamation case in 2022. Tasha declared bankruptcy, saying she didn't have assets to cover that judgment -- but Cardi's telling the court that's simply BS.

According to the docs, obtained by TMZ Hip Hop, Cardi's alleging Tasha fraudulently transferred assets and income out of her name, and into her husband's name and/or his business.

A Florida woman was arrested Tuesday after her insurance company told police she made a threat using words associated with the murder of a healthcare executive last week.

Briana Boston reportedly had claims denied by BlueCross BlueShield recently, and called them up -- and the company recorded it. At the end of the call, Boston allegedly said ... “Delay, Deny, Depose. You people are next,” according to Tampa's WFLA-TV.

"Deny, Depose, Defend" are the words etched onto shell casings found at the scene of the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week ... 26-year-old Luigi Mangione has been arrested this week in that case.

James Kennedy's exes are reacting to his legal woes ... sharing blunt messages in the aftermath of the "Vanderpump Rules" star's recent domestic violence arrest.

After TMZ broke the story ... in which we revealed James was arrested for misdemeanor domestic violence after allegedly getting into an argument with a woman Tuesday evening ... his ex-girlfriend, Kristen Doute, addressed the news head-on in her Instagram Stories.

Alongside our story regarding James' arrest, Kristen wrote one word ... "Finally."

Morgan Wallen has pled guilty to two misdemeanor charges in his chair-throwing case ... and, he will spend seven days in a DUI education center.

Worrick Robinson, Morgan's attorney, tells TMZ ... the singer-songwriter pled guilty to two misdemeanor counts of reckless endangerment Thursday.

He's been sentenced to seven days in jail which he will serve in the DUI center -- a program which provides "state of the art alternative sentencing for Tennessee DUI, reckless driving, and reckless endangerment offenders" according to the program website -- after which he will serve two years' probation. He must also pay a $350 fine and court fees.

Joey Lawrence's wife is looking to make it official that she's staying with Joey ... 'cause she just filed to dismiss her divorce petition.

Samantha Cope filed to dismiss the divorce earlier this week ... though it appears she messed up the paperwork slightly and will possibly have to refile the documents to make it official.

The move is consistent with previous reports the two reconciled and plan to stay together -- so, it's not surprising that Cope filed to dismiss the case.

Diddy's facing multiple new sexual assault lawsuits ... with three unnamed accusers claiming the mogul drugged and raped them -- and, these individuals are alleging the assaults happened much more recently than other claims he's facing.

TMZ has obtained multiple new lawsuits, all filed by the same New York-based attorney (not Tony Buzbee) ... with the unnamed plaintiffs all claiming Diddy drugged and then sodomized them -- with the earliest claim dating back to 2019.

While there's nuance to each claim, they all share similarities ... with the accusers saying they went to party with Puffy and his crew -- two claiming they went to hotels with him and one claiming they were raped at his residence in the Hamptons.

Luigi Mangione admirers looking for merch celebrating the suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson need to look elsewhere ... 'cause Esty has pulled a lot of gear with his infamous face.

Even before he was identified, Thompson's killer was cheered by some as a folk hero -- but that movement got turbo-charged when Mangione was arrested and charged ... and fan-made merch flooded the e-commerce site.

However, as of Thursday morning, most of the prior Mangione items -- including shirts, cups and even a Christmas ornament -- are gone ... their pages now read, "😔Sorry, this item is unavailable."

Christmas is the season to be jolly --- but not for one Massachusetts drug suspect who tried to pull a Santa Claus escape, but got stuck inside a chimney, according to police.

Tuesday night, police officers executed a search warrant at a residence in Falls River, MA, prompting Robert Langlais and Tanisha Ibay to flee to the roof, cops said.

Ibay allegedly jumped from the roof onto a car parked on the street, while Langlais climbed inside the chimney ... but his attempt to evade capture failed miserably.

Accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione went ballistic outside a Pennsylvania courthouse this week because he was "irritated" he didn't have legal representation at the time, according to his lawyer.

Attorney Thomas Dickey, sat for an interview Wednesday night with CNN host Erin Burnett and set the record straight on the shocking moment Mangione yelled at the media while being led by police into the Blair County, PA, courthouse, for his extradition hearing a day earlier.

Sporting an orange jumpsuit with his hands cuffed behind him, Mangione shouted at reporters a cryptic message about being "completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people and their lived experience!"

Luigi Mangione's fellow inmates are giving the inside scoop about conditions in the prison where he's staying -- screaming out about his treatment from behind the prison walls.

Here's the deal ... NewsNation shared a clip from outside SCI Huntingdon where a prisoner screamed out at the top of his lungs, railing against Mangione's living situation.

Watch the video ... the inmate clearly yells, "Luigi's conditions suck! Free Luigi!' It's unclear if he's joking or if this is a sincere condemnation.

Blake Tuomy-Wilhoit's house is set to be a little less full ... we've learned the former "Full House" child star's wife has filed for divorce.

In new court documents obtained by TMZ ... Blake's wife, Hye Rim Choi, filed to end her marriage of 5 years from the actor -- who famously played Nicky Katsopolis (AKA one of John Stamos and Lori Loughlin's on-screen kids) on the ABC sitcom.

Hye's filing is pretty boilerplate ... listing "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for the split. However, she noticeably did not list a date of separation ... so, it's unclear how long these two have been over.

Luigi Mangione’s online fan base is next-level, with the hype so wild that people are even offering to cover his legal bills after he was charged in the Brian Thompson murder case.

Thomas Dickey, the attorney for 26-year-old Mangione, admitted he hasn’t seen the emails himself, but his office staff filled him in on the wild offers to cover his fees.

When asked why fans were offering to pay, Dickey told CNN's The Source with Kaitlan Collins that they'e "exercising their right to free speech and they're saying that's the way they're supporting my client."