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Alice Sebold, the author of The Lovely Bones, has apologized to the man who was incarcerated for 16 years after he was wrongfully convicted of raping her when she was a teenager. Anthony Broadwater, who was found guilty of raping the then-18-year-old college student in 1982, had his conviction overturned…
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Half of the families of victims who died at Travis Scott's Astroworld festival on November 5 have declined the rapper's offer to cover their loved one's funeral expenses, Rolling Stone reports. Earlier this week, it was reported that the family of Ezra Blount, the youngest victim to succumb to injuries…
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The grieving family who lost nine-year-old Ezra Blount after he succumbed to injuries during the deadly crowd surge at Travis Scott's Astroworld festival has declined the rapper's offer to pay for the little one's funeral. Per The Independent, in response to a letter by the rapper, in which he offers…
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Victoria Pedretti, best known for her roles in You and The Haunting Of Hill House, has dropped out of Alice's Sebold's new biopic after the man the author accused of rape in a tunnel back in May 1981 was exonerated. Anthony Broadwater, who was behind bars for 16 years after…
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Two Astroworld security guards have filed a lawsuit against Travis Scott, stating that the rapper "turned a blind eye" to his distressed fans at the deadly November 5 concert, Rolling Stone reports. Jackson Bush, 25, and his uncle Samuel Bush, 46, were hired for the festival by New York-based AJ…
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A Texas attorney has filed a lawsuit seeking $2 billion on behalf of more than 200 alleged victims who attended the Astroworld festival tragedy, TMZ reports. Ten people have now died and hundreds of others were injured during a mass crowd surge during Travis Scott's performance on the opening night of…
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More than 125 people are suing Travis Scott for $750 million after the opening night of his Astroworld festival left 10 fans dead and hundreds injured. At the time of the November 5 tragedy, a section of the 50,000-strong crowd began rushing towards the stage during the 30-year-old rapper's performance.…
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Elon Musk has been called out by social media users for telling Bernie Sanders: "I keep forgetting you’re still alive." The 50-year-old Tesla CEO and 80-year-old United States senator got into a Twitter spat earlier this week after Sanders tweeted out: "We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their…
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A nine-year-old boy has become the youngest person to die after being crushed in the deadly crowd surge at Travis Scott's Astroworld festival. According to the family's attorney, Ben Crump, young Ezra Blount from Dallas succumbed to his injuries on Sunday, November 14, at Texas children's hospital in Houston -…
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Police audio recordings have revealed that officers had called to each other for the Astroworld concert to be stopped as people were being crushed in the crowd. A crowd surge at the sold-out festival of 50,000 people on November 5 left nine people dead and hundreds injured, among them a…
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A judge has ended the conservatorship which has controlled Britney Spears' personal, professional and financial matters for more than 13 years. Earlier this year, the 'Toxic' singer, 39, asked Judge Brenda Penny to terminate the controversial arrangement, which was set up by her father Jamie in 2008 at the height…
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Alec Baldwin was not supposed to pull the trigger of the prop gun when he accidentally shot and killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, according to a new lawsuit. On October 21, the SNL star fatally shot the 42-year-old mother-of-one and injured director Joel Souza on the set of Western movie Rust…
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The district attorney investigating the Rust shooting that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has said that she knows who loaded the prop gun. On Wednesday, November 10, district attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies told Good Morning America that she knows who loaded the gun that Alec Baldwin accidentally fired during a rehearsal last…
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An attorney for the on-set armorer of Rust has claimed that his client is "being framed" in the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, as well as actor Alec Baldwin and assistant director Dave Halls, are all at the center of the ongoing investigation into the accidental shooting…
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Employees at Travis Scott's Astroworld festival were reportedly told to refer to dead festival-goers as "smurfs". According to an event planning document written by concert organizer Scoremore and obtained by CNN, the Event Operations Plan for the two-day festival at NRG Park in Houston, Texas, told staff to avoid using…
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**UPDATE - 11/11/2021** As reported by the New York Post, Houston’s police chief has back-pedaled on a statement he made over the weekend regarding an Astroworld Festival security being pricked in the neck by a needle. Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday (November 10), Chief Troy Finner clarified the…
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The Los Angeles Times has revealed what cinematographer Halyna Hutchins reportedly said moments after being fatally shot. The 42-year-old died after being fatally wounded in New Mexico while working on the movie set of Alec Baldwin's upcoming movie, Rust. On October 21, the 63-year-old actor was handed a functional prop…
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The Rust assistant director, on-set armorer, and actor Alec Baldwin are all still at the center of the investigation into the accidental fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Thus far, none of the three individuals have been cleared by authorities looking into the tragedy, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza…
