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Tennis Association Plots Appeal After Player Gets $9 Million in Sex Abuse Suit
The U.S. Tennis Association was ordered to pay a former rising star $9 million in damages on Monday, after a jury found that the organization had failed to protect her from a coach she said had sexually abused her. In a 2022 lawsuit, Kylie McKenzie said her coach, Anibal Aranda sexually abused her, and alleged that USTA had failed to protect her against Aranda, who had previously assaulted a USTA employee. “I couldn’t be happier with the outcome. I feel validated,” McKenzie said. Chris Widmaier, a spokesperson for USTA, said the organization would appeal the decision on the grounds that it was not aware of Aranda’s previous misconduct against an employee, because that employee did not report the incident until after he was removed. “We do not—and have never—disputed her allegations against a coach,” Widmaier said. “This sets a new and unreasonable expectation for victims, one that will deter them from coming forward in the future.” The 25-year-old McKenzie was once ranked in the top 10 female tennis players in the U.S.Read more at The Daily Beast.
Blume’s Probiotic-Powered SuperBelly Supplement Is Back In Stock
Scouted selects products independently. If you purchase something from our posts, we may earn a small commission.Blume’s gut-healthy and superfood-forward supplements and functional latte mixes have been all over my TikTok feed recently, so naturally, I had to give the brand a try for myself. I figured Blume’s probiotic-powered formulas were only touted by content creators on their social feeds for money until a friend told me they are actually a game-changer for adding some extra nutrition into your daily lineup and combatting bloat when you’re short on time or on the go. Now that I’ve actually tried a few...
Indy Sports Columnist Suspended Over Uncomfortable Caitlin Clark Interaction
A longtime sports columnist for the Indianapolis Star’s website was suspended for two weeks after a cringeworthy interaction with Caitlin Clark at her first news conference as an Indiana Fever player last month, according to a report from sportswriter Bob Kravitz. Gregg Doyel, who has since apologized for his “clumsy and awkward” remarks to Clark, will also be barred from covering any Indiana Fever games this season. Kravitz, a former Indy Star writer, reported Doyel’s suspension in his Substack newsletter on Tuesday. Doyel, who has not published a column since April 29, is expected to return to work on May...
Student Arrested After Georgia Teen Collapses and Dies at School
Loved ones of a 15-year-old girl who collapsed and died inside an Atlanta high school this week said Tuesday that one of her classmates was arrested in connection to her death. Mia Dieguez died Monday after going into cardiac arrest at Dunwoody High School, with first responders unable to revive her despite school authorities placing the campus on lockdown to facilitate medical attention to her. Dieguez’s sister, Pamela Dieguez, posted to Facebook that her sister died from an overdose of drugs laced with fentanyl—the highly deadly synthetic opioid that was responsible for 200 American deaths a day in 2022. Mia’s...
Panera Bread Nixes ‘Charged Lemonade’ After Deaths
Three lawsuits later, Panera Bread is getting rid of its highly caffeinated “Charged Lemonade” drinks. The chain plans to replace the infamous beverage with new drink options, over the course of the next two weeks, according to an internal memo sent to employees on Monday, which was obtained by Bloomberg. Not all Panera employees said they’d received the memo, however, according to NBC.Panera framed the decision as part of a “recent menu transformation,” which will introduce several new products to its menu, according to Forbes, rather than a response to a recent spate of lawsuits, which allege “Charged Lemonade” is...
Bette Midler Reveals Why She Should Have Sued Lindsay Lohan
In a bit of celebrity beef you probably never saw coming, Bette Midler has said she regrets not suing Lindsay Lohan.During an interview on David Duchovny’s podcast Fail Better, Midler discussed some of her various career failures, which she said includes not “asserting” herself after her early-aughts sitcom Bette began to fall apart. Lohan, who was around 14 years old at the time, had signed on to play Midler’s daughter on the show, but backed out after shooting the pilot. She was later replaced with actress Marina Malota for the remainder of Bette’s one and only season, but Lohan’s exit...
Law Firm Claims Netflix Star Julia Haart Won’t Pay Up
Former modeling mogul and Netflix star Julia Haart’s legal battles are mounting—and this time, she’s facing off against her own lawyer.Houston-based law firm Ajamie LLP sued Haart on Monday, alleging the former Elite Models CEO owes them more than $1 million in legal fees from her sprawling court fight against her ex-husband.According to the federal civil complaint, Haart hired Ajamie in February 2022 to assist on two of the ongoing lawsuits between her and Silvio Scaglia. She hired the firm that March to represent her before U.S. Customs and Border Protection regarding duties she allegedly owed on imported goods, the...
Boy Scouts of America Gets New Name to Reflect Its Newest Members
After more than 100 years, the Boy Scouts of America are getting a rebrand.On Tuesday, the organization announced that it will be changing its name to Scouting America, to reflect the organization’s thousands of female members.The new name is the extent of the organization’s rebrand, as girls have been welcomed into the group—which teaches leadership, civic responsibility, and wilderness training to kids—for more than five years. According to the announcement, the organization serves more than 176,000 girls and young women across all its programs. More than 6,000 have earned the rank of Eagle Scout.Now the organization has the name to...
Jailed U.S. Soldier Was Warned Against Visiting Girlfriend in Russia
The parents of Gordon Black, an American soldier who was arrested in Russia last week, had warned him against flying to the city of Vladivostok to meet his “girlfriend,” according to his stepfather.Black’s stepfather, Martin Jones, told The Daily Beast that the American soldier had mentioned wanting to visit Russia when they last spoke over Facebook a few weeks ago.“He mentioned it once and we told him, ‘Don’t you dare do it,’” Jones, 53, said in a phone interview. “I told him he needs to get back to the States. That’s all I told him. I told him he had...
TikTok Takes to U.S. Courts to Have Nationwide Ban Scrapped
TikTok’s parent company sued the U.S. government on Tuesday, alleging it violated Americans’ First Amendment rights by forcing it to either sell the social media company or have it outright banned in the states. ByteDance, TikTok’s owner, had hinted that a lawsuit was imminent for weeks after lawmakers—on both sides of the aisle—combined to pass legislation to crackdown on TikTok last month, with President Joe Biden signing it into law on April 24.The legislation requires ByteDance to sell off TikTok, which is estimated to be worth tens of billions, to a non-Chinese buyer. If it fails to do so, U.S....
Family Confirms ‘Grease’ Star Has Died at 72
Susan Buckner, who is best known for playing cheerleader Patty Simcox in the hit film Grease, has died. She was 72. “Susan died peacefully on May 2 surrounded by loved ones,” her publicist told People magazine. No cause of death was provided. “The light she brought into every room will be missed forever,” Buckner’s daughter, Samantha Mansfield, told the magazine. “She was magic, and I was very lucky to call her my best friend.” Buckner rose to fame after being named Miss Washington in 1971 and represented the state at the Miss America competition. She became a member of the singing and dancing group The Golddiggers on The Dean Martin Show. She also appeared on Sonny and Cher, The Brady Bunch Variety Hour, The Love Boat, and Police Academy 6: City Under Siege. However, she dedicated most of her time to raising her children, Samantha and Adam. Her death comes almost two years after the loss of Olivia Newton-John (Sandy) who died in August 2022.Read it at PeopleRead more at The Daily Beast.
Everyone Is Thirsting Over Kennedy Grandson Jack Schlossberg—for Good Reason
In Pablo Larráin’s 2016 film Jackie, Natalie Portman—playing John F. Kennedy’s wife Jaqueline Kennedy, following her husband’s death—bleakly mutters, “There won’t be another Camelot, not another Camelot.” She’s referring to the mythic perception of JFK’s presidency, one that some viewed as the ideal marriage of a country and its leader. The line is an abridged version of a real quote from Kennedy, but unfortunately for her, she was wrong.There will be another Camelot. In fact: We’re in it right now, thanks to Jackie Kennedy’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg.If you’re unfamiliar with Schlossberg, there’s no need to feel left behind. The only...
Everything You Need to Know About Stormy Daniels
Long before Stormy Daniels was at the center of Donald Trump’s hush-money criminal trial in New York City, where she testified Tuesday, the porn star was leading a unique life in the spotlight.Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is a 45-year-old Louisiana native who’s 32 years the junior of Trump, who turns 78 next month. The two infamously had an alleged affair during a celebrity golf tournament on the shores of Lake Tahoe in 2006, a year into Trump’s marriage with third wife Melania. That alleged affair—and the hush-money the former president is accused of paying her to keep...
Kendall Jenner and Ex Bad Bunny Got Cozy at Met Gala Afterparty: Report
Kendall Jenner and her ex Bad Bunny were reportedly seen getting cozy at a Met Gala afterparty, according to Page Six. Sources said the former couple, who reportedly split in Dec. 2023, stayed in each other’s orbit during the AprésMET festivities on Monday night at the Walter Street Associates Building in downtown New York City. “They were at the same table, laughing and flirting,” one source told the outlet, adding that Jenner, “was rubbing his head.” While other party guests danced late into the night on a mirrored dance floor, the former couple was seen cuddling—but not kissing—on one of the venue’s couches. Bad Bunny, who was a co-chair of this year’s Gala, had shed his matador-style getup by the time he rolled up to the afterparty populated by supermodels. Jenner had also donned a slinky white lace dress, instead of a floor length gown. The sexy, upscale afterparty was hosted by Emily Ratajkowski, Paloma Elsesser, Raul Lopez, Carlos Nazario, Francesco Risso, and Renell Medrano, according to Vogue.Read it at Page SixRead more at The Daily Beast.
Weinstein Sent to Rikers After Backlash to ‘Cushy’ Hospital Digs
Notoriously noxious Hollywood has-been Harvey Weinstein was transferred from a hospital prison unit to notoriously noxious Rikers Island—but his spokesperson is pushing back on claims that he was getting VIP treatment.“Calling his lawyer isn’t VIP service; it’s standard for someone facing trial,” Juda Engelmayer told The Daily Beast on Tuesday. “There was no cushy treatment.”Weinstein—who is locked up while awaiting retrial on rape charges—was moved from Bellevue Hospital’s intensive care unit for detainees to the Rikers infirmary on Monday evening. Engelmayer said the transfer was unwarranted because Weinstein’s “medical issues were being handled properly and he needs the care.”Convicted in...
Macklemore Blasts Biden, Jabs Drake in Pro-Palestine Protest Song
“Thrift Shop” rapper Macklemore is back with a fiery new song in which he slams both President Joe Biden and Columbia University’s police response against pro-Palestine student protestors. The Seattle rapper—who’s never been shy about expressing his political opinions and who has previously been accused of antisemitism—titled the song “Hind’s Hall,” after the Columbia building that student protestors recently occupied and renamed in honor of Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed in Gaza during Israel’s war against Hamas.Protests have recently erupted at universities all over the country as students demand that their schools divest from businesses that...
Kristi Noem Blows Up at Fox Anchor Pressing Her on Puppy Murder
In what has devolved into the TV equivalent of tweeting through it, Kristi Noem appeared for yet another cable news interview on Tuesday morning. The beleaguered South Dakota governor seems to be on a mission to salvage her exceedingly slim hopes of becoming Donald Trump’s running mate.It did not go well for her.Having already enjoyed friendly sitdowns with other Fox News and Newsmax stars, the MAGA governor joined Fox Business Network anchor Stuart Varney on Tuesday morning to do some more damage control over the revelations in her upcoming book No Going Back.Noem is currently facing intense bipartisan backlash for...
Police Report Shooting Outside Drake’s Toronto Mansion Amid Tense Rap Beef
Toronto police responded to a shooting outside of Drake’s mansion dubbed “The Embassy,” just days after the palatial home was featured on the cover of a diss track by Kendrick Lamar.The shooting, which reportedly took place around 2 a.m. Tuesday according to the Toronto Police, left a male security guard seriously injured. The suspect fled in a vehicle, police said in a post on X.At a press conference on Tuesday morning, Inspector Paul Krawczyk of the Integrated Gun and Gang Task Force said that the victim worked at Drake’s residence and was standing outside of the front gates. “When officers...
The Long-Lost Beatles Doc ‘Let It Be’ Is a Musical Treasure
“I’d like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves, and I hope we’ve passed the audition.”. So yukked jokester John Lennon from the top of the Apple Corps building at 3 Savile Row in London on Jan. 30, 1969, concluding the tune “Get Back” as perplexed police officers made it clear it was time to wrap up the lunchtime stunt. No one knew it at the time, but this utterance would be the final thing a member of the Beatles would say as a Beatle to the public. It’s a bit of music-hall schtick, but oddly poignant, and it comes at the very end of long out-of-circulation film Let It Be, available once again on Disney+.
‘Unfrosted’ Is So Bad, It Made the Capitol Riots Worse
Everyone has been gabbing about Jerry Seinfeld’s lackluster new Netflix comedy Unfrosted—which has hit the top of Netflix’s most popular movies—particularly one scene in which Mad Men’s Don Draper (Jon Hamm) rises from the dead. But perhaps we’ve lost sight of the scene we should actually be talking about when it comes to this dull comedy: the moment in which Hugh Grant stages a cereal-based scene of the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.(Warning: Spoilers for Unfrosted ahead.)The moment comes right after we see Don and Roger Sterling (John Slattery) developing an ad campaign—who want to name the Pop-Tart the “Jelle Jolie”...
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