Domestic Violence

DALLAS — Police came to an upscale Dallas hotel after rapper Nicki Minaj was involved in a fight she was having with an unknown man. When police arrived, she said the man punched her in her lip. TMZ reports: When cops and paramedics arrived, Nicki told authorities their poolside fight continued inside of their room […]

NEW YORK–Police claim that Aretavia Kimbrough smashed he boyfriend, Charmean Allen, with a cooking pot because he forgot to give her a mother’s day gift. The New York Post reports: “I hit him with a pot, and I’m glad I did!” a steamed Aretavia Kimbrough, 28, allegedly told cops after nailing boyfriend Charmean Allen, 28, […]

NEW YORK – Video Vixen, Esther Baxter is claiming that rapper, Joe Budden brutally beat her and caused he to have a miscarriage. Baxter claims that she filed charges against Budden but later dropped them to avoid negative publicity. To see the police reports and pictures of Esther Baxter after the alleged abuse go to […]

MIAMI-Catie Scott-Gonzalez was brutally beaten by her husband, Paul Gonzalez, when a judge ordered that he pay child support. ABC News reports: “He had told the judge he was going to take the kids and nobody was going to see them again……I looked at the judge to see the judge’s response,” she said. “When he […]

Contributing Editor to TheRoot and former BET anchor Jacque Reid tackled the issue of domestic violence and how signs of it can appear on the first date. She spoke about how it could even rear its ugly head on a first date in the physical form. Reid takes you through her personal experience and how […]

QUEENS-Alexander Figueroa, shot and killed the mother of his two children, Giummia Villa at her job at a pharmacy with a bouquet of flowers before killing himself, police say. The New York Daily News reports: Villa, 32, was at the register at Crescent Chemists on 34th Ave. in Long Island City when Figueroa, 38, walked […]

Miami – Three children were hospitalized Tuesday, just days after they became the victims of a violent murder-suicide that claimed the life of their mother at the hands of her boyfriend, Mark Glinton. Family members said Quentin Jack, 13, who was shot twice and is paralyzed from the chest down, jumped in the way as […]

Nebraska (TheSmokingGun)–Tressa Amerson a 19-year-old woman from Lincoln, Nebraska is being charged with domestic assault after her boyfriend, Ronald Miner, claimed that she attempted to cut a tattoo off his neck that had her name. Miner said Amerson “grabbed a knife and attempted to cut the tattoo of her name off his neck.” A cop […]

COLUMBUS, Ohio – An Ohio woman who police say shot a relative to death amid a dispute over a skimpy Easter outfit has been sentenced to 18 years to life in prison. Evelyn Burgess, 42, of Columbus, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of murder in the April 4 death of her 19-year-old cousin, Danielle […]

Krystal Gardner, a  woman in Farmington, Michigan is accusing Westland police of physically abusing her while she was in jail. The Grio reports: Krystal Gardner is suing two male officers and the Westland Police Department, for $2 million over the assault she alleges happened Aug. 18. The 25-year-old Wayne woman was in custody after being […]

Junior Seau drove his Caddillac Escalade truck off a cliff in Carlsbad, CA and survived, suffering injuries, according to TMZ. Earlier this morning, Seau was arrested on suspicion of domestic violence and released at 3:20 am. Read The Whole Story RELATED STORIES Dolphins Running Back, Ronnie Brown, Arrested In Atlanta For DUI Warren Sapp Arrested […]

Mario, the Baltimore born R&B song famous for his songs “Just A Friend” and “Braid My Hair” was arrested for assaulting his mom in the Baltimore apartment they share, according to The Baltimore Sun. There are few details at the moment, but court records show Mario — whose full name is Mario Dewar Bennett — […]