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Former NFL star Shannon Sharpe faced two major lawsuits in 2025—a $50 million sexual assault case filed in Nevada and a $20 million defamation suit in Illinois. Both cases settled confidentially, with the sexual assault lawsuit resolved in July 2025 and the defamation case dismissed in August 2025. These legal proceedings cost Sharpe his ESPN…
A federal judge certified a nationwide class action against Amazon on July 7, 2025, allowing millions of registered Alexa users to sue for privacy violations. The lawsuit alleges Amazon recorded, stored, and shared billions of private conversations without consent—including those involving children—and used them to train AI systems. The certified class covers U.S. residents who…
Pat Fitzgerald settled his $130 million wrongful termination lawsuit against Northwestern University in August 2025, with the school acknowledging that evidence “did not establish that any player reported hazing” to him or that he “condoned or directed any hazing.” Three months later, Michigan State hired Fitzgerald on November 30, 2025, making him the Spartans’ new…
CLAIM DEADLINE ALERT: Three major MyChart settlements are paying patients now. BJC HealthCare’s October 8 deadline has passed, with final approval granted October 16 and payments expected by December 2025. Mount Sinai’s October 14 deadline passed, with final approval scheduled November 3 and payments expected January 2026. SSM Health’s deadline is November 25, 2025—still open…
Federal Judge Allen Winsor ruled November 24, 2025, that the University of Florida must reinstate Preston Damsky by December 1, granting a preliminary injunction that found UF failed to prove his antisemitic social media posts constituted a true threat or unprotected speech. The 29-year-old law student was expelled in August 2025 after posting “Jews must…
Backstreet Boys singer Brian Littrell filed a $50,000 lawsuit against 67-year-old Carolyn Barrington Hill in September 2024, alleging she repeatedly trespassed on his Santa Rosa Beach property, harassed staff, filmed without consent, and encouraged others to join her. Hill filed a motion to dismiss on November 19, arguing the complaint violates her constitutional right to…
Barnes & Thornburg LLP filed a lawsuit against Shilo Sanders on November 17, 2024, in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas, claiming he owes $164,285.55 in unpaid legal fees, including $10,967.91 in interest, for services provided between May 1 and August 26, 2024. The 25-year-old son of NFL Hall of Famer…
Haliey “Hawk Tuah Girl” Welch was added as a defendant in an amended federal class action lawsuit after allegedly receiving up to $325,000 to promote the $HAWK memecoin that collapsed 93% within hours of its December 4, 2024 launch. On April 23, 2025, Judge Cheryl L. Pollak appointed Alexander Escobar as Lead Plaintiff representing investors…
Selling Sunset star Bre Tiesi faces a $12 million lawsuit filed by three former employees alleging harassment, discrimination, violent threats, and LGBTQ slurs. The lawsuit filed in April 2024 claims former nanny Lucy Poole, social media manager Amanda Bustard, and personal assistant Kenneth Gomez were harassed based on sex, gender, and sexual orientation. The lawsuit…