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Game show host Terry Crews says he ‘could have’ been Ray Rice

In a recent HuffPost Live interview, former NFL player Terry Crews offered an honest explanation on why some professional athletes turn to violence in their personal lives. Crews talked about how...

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Photo of Ray Rice Halloween costume prompts response from Janay Rice

A recent photograph of a man sporting a Ray Rice Halloween costume posted on the popular site Reddit has sparked controversy and criticism. Janay Rice herself weighed in on the costume on Twitter...

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Man assaults girlfriend for not looking like online profile picture

A Georgia man has been charged with fourth-degree assault after a meeting with his online “girlfriend” turned violent. Cornelius Jefferson allegedly choked a woman he met online because she “didn’t...

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Love & Hip Hop star Yung Berg arrested for allegedly choking his girlfriend

VH1’s Love & Hip Hop cast member Yung Berg was arrested Tuesday night for allegedly brutalizing his girlfriend. TMZ reports that 30-year-old rapper/producer was arrested for allegedly beating up...

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VH1 fires Yung Berg from ‘Love & Hip Hop Hollywood’

Vh1 has decided to give rapper Yung Berg the boot from their hit show Love & Hip Hop Hollywood. The cable network broke the news on their website. Yung Berg was arrested on November 5th for...

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Kenya Moore speaks out about ex-boyfriend stabbing and nearly killing her

Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kenya Moore loves to smile and twirl these days, but that hasn’t always been  the case. The Detroit native proved that she has a zero-tolerance policy against violence...

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Ray Rice eligible to play in the NFL again

NEW YORK (AP) — An arbitrator Friday threw out Ray Rice’s indefinite suspension by the NFL for punching his then-fiancee and now wife in a hotel elevator, freeing him to play again. The NFL said Rice,...

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Janay Rice: ‘God chose me and Ray for a reason’

Janay Rice refuses to watch the video of her then-fiancé Ray Rice assaulting her in a casino elevator. The 26-year-old told NBC Today Show anchor Matt Lauer she has only viewed the first video which...

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Man fights girlfriend because she served him waffles instead of pancakes

James E. Irving Jr. wanted pancakes for his birthday breakfast. His live-in girlfriend served waffles instead — and that’s what reportedly landed him in prison. According to the Gainesville police,...

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Man, 22, found guilty in brutal murder of 14-year-old Shaniesha Forbes

Shaniesha Forbes was just 14 years old when her nude, lifeless body was found burned on a beach in Brooklyn last year. Monday, a jury took just one hour to find her 22-year-old former boyfriend...

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Man arrested for assaulting wife with McChicken sandwich

Des Moines, IA — A man used a McChicken sandwich as a weapon and was arrested for domestic assault. Marvin Tramaine Hill II was woken up by his pregnant wife Tuesday afternoon, and he became upset at...

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New Ray Rice video emerges, shows punch aftermath

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A video released Friday shows Ray Rice’s then-fiancee crying and kissing him while they are both handcuffed and being taken to jail by police officers after Rice punched her...

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Queens dad shocks community by killing his wife, children, mother in law &...

They seemed like a normal, happy family. But now, the friends, family and neighbors of Jonathan Walker are in disbelief as they grapple to understand what would cause him to kill his wife, 7-year-old...

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Ray J’s girlfriend Princess Love arrested for beating him

Ray J’s girlfriend, Princess Love, has reportedly been arrested and charged with domestic abuse and battery after allegedly beating Ray J in New Orleans. Apparently, Ray J arrived home last Wednesday...

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Man who made wife sign “slave contract” is sentenced

Kenneth Harden had faced nearly 40 felony charges, including rape, criminal deviate conduct, battery resulting in serious bodily injury, intimidation, strangulation, domestic battery and criminal...

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#TheDress meme used in Salvation Army anti-violence campaign

The Salvation Army in South Africa knows you’ve probably seen the color-confusing viral dress, and they have adopted the sensation to give it a message: fighting domestic abuse. The South African ad...

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Chris Brown’s Rihanna assault case closed by judge

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge ended Chris Brown’s probation Friday and closed the R&B singer’s assault case filed over his brutal attack on his then-girlfriend Rihanna more than six years ago....

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Ray Rice says assault video doesn’t define him, longs for return to NFL

Ray Rice wants to repair his image after video of him hitting his now-wife Janay Palmer was released on the Internet last year. Rice told  New York Magazine that his critics “just don’t know” who the...

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Mayweather allegedly banned female journalists from covering fight, after...

CNN’s Rachel Nichols and ESPN’s Michelle Beadle claim they were blocked from obtaining press credentials for last night’s big fight by Mayweather. The richest fight in boxing history took place in Las...

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WNBA champ Brittney Griner weds Glory Johnson in Phoenix

PHOENIX (AP) — WNBA players Brittney Griner and Glory Johnson have married, less than a month after they were arrested on domestic violence-related charges at their home in the Phoenix suburb of...

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Judge dismisses domestic violence charges against Ray Rice

MAYS LANDING, N.J. (AP) — A judge on Thursday dismissed domestic violence charges against Ray Rice, who was captured by a surveillance camera knocking his then-fiancee unconscious in a hotel elevator...

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Chris Brown, Karrueche Tran reportedly get into explosive argument after he...

Early Friday, Chris Brown and Karrueche Tran allegedly got into a heated argument after leaving a Hollywood club together. The two have not been seen in public together since Tran found out Brown had a...

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WNBA All-Star Glory Johnson will keep baby despite Brittney Griner split

WNBA All-Star Glory Johnson said on Friday that she would be remaining in Tulsa and that she would go through with her pregnancy despite her split from Brittney Griner. “I am truly really saddened by...

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Taraji P. Henson addresses Terrence Howard’s past domestic abuse allegations

Taraji P. Henson graces the cover of July’s Allure magazine, and in it, she opens up about everything from her dating life to her beloved Empire character, Cookie Lyon. Henson opens up on her hard and...

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Bobbi Kristina’s estate sues Nick Gordon for $10 million, claims he stole...

Bobbi Kristina Brown’s financial conservator, Bedilia Hardgrove, filed a $10 million lawsuit against Bobbi Kristina’s boyfriend, Nick Gordon, on Wednesday, claiming he secretly stole money from her and...

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Evelyn Lozada talks surviving domestic abuse and rebounding with new show...

Evelyn Lozada is back in front of the camera after leaving the cast of Vh1’s Basketball Wives in 2013 and taking a two year hiatus from reality TV. Now, Lozada and her 22-year-old daughter, Shaniece,...

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Glory Johnson reportedly wants $20K a month in spousal support from Brittney...

Glory Johnson is seeking $20K a month from former spouse Brittney Griner as well as help with legal fees as the two end their marriage. In addition to the $20,000 per month, Johnson has asked for an...

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Cop illegally enters woman’s home, then places her in handcuffs despite her...

Esmeralda Rossi was never charged with a crime. But that didn’t stop an Arizona police officer from illegally entering her home and placing her in handcuffs, according to a KXNV-TV report. Rossi was...

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Janay Rice gets ‘pissed’ when people call husband Ray a ‘wife beater’

Janay Rice appeared on Outside of the Lines, speaking with ESPN’s Jemele Hill to say that she gets angry when people call her husband, Ray Rice, a “wife beater.” “It pissed me off,” Janay said. “I get...

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Columbus Short arrested by bounty hunter over domestic violence case

Columbus Short got an unpleasant surprise when he went to an album release party on Tuesday night: bounty hunters and sheriffs arrived to arrest him. Apparently, former Scandal actor failed to make a...

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Dr. Dre owes black women much more than an apology

This week, Dr. Dre told The New York Times he apologized to all the women he’d “hurt”, and I’m here to tell you – that’s not enough. When Straight Outta Compton hit theaters last week, fans flocked in...

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Man charged after allegedly killing the mother of his two children

According to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, Jose Roberto Turner has been charged in the death of the mother of his two children after she was found dead inside her vehicle....

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Lee Daniels addresses Terrence Howard’s history of domestic abuse

Empire creator Lee Daniels is gearing up for the show’s second season, but while we’re waiting, he’d like to clear a few things up. First of all, Daniels believes that there is a blatant bias in how...

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Sean Penn suing Lee Daniels for $10 million

Sean Penn is suing Empire creator Lee Daniels for $10 million in a defamation lawsuit. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Daniels defended his leading man Terrence Howard’s record of...

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Chris Brown pleads with Australia for entry: ‘I want to come raise awareness...

Australia is denying Chris Brown entry into the country due to his 2009 widely publicized domestic violence incident with Rihanna. Australian authorities have formally warned Brown, who is scheduled to...

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Warren Sapp takes plea deal, avoids jail time in domestic violence case

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hall of Famer Warren Sapp has taken a plea deal that spares him jail time in a domestic violence case involving a scuffle with his former girlfriend that began at a Las Vegas-area...

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Wendy Williams wants Terrence Howard fired from ‘Empire’ because of abuse...

Wendy Williams wants Terrence Howard off of Empire. On her show yesterday, Williams slammed Howard for the allegations of domestic abuse leveled against him by his ex-wife in recent divorce drama that...

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Stop blaming Gloria Govan for husband Matt Barnes’ drama – he was dead wrong

Earlier this week, the New York Post broke a story about the melodrama playing out between reality TV star Gloria Govan, her estranged husband Memphis Grizzlies forward Matt Barnes and the man she’s...

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Greg Hardy stiff-arms media, remains defiant in his second chance in the NFL

Sunday night, Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy wasn’t interested in talking to reporters following his team’s overtime loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. He reportedly exited the team’s locker room and...

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Nelson Mandela’s stepdaughter reportedly beaten, blinded in one eye by boyfriend

Josina Machel, the daughter Graça Machel and stepdaughter of Nelson Mandela, said that her boyfriend beat her in a brutal attack that left her blinded in one eye. The Daily News reports, the boyfriend,...

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Domestic violence awareness author gunned down by husband in front of son

An author who wrote about overcoming domestic violence was gunned down by her husband in Georgia on Monday. Gwinnett County Police said that Sheldon Soyer shot his wife, Vanessa Soyer, in their...

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Daily Show staffers upset about Chris Brown domestic violence interview

The Daily Show’s new host Trevor Noah is getting some backlash from his colleagues over his decision to book Chris Brown. Tuesday, Chris Brown is scheduled to appear on the Comedy Central nightly talk...

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Chris Brown cancels ‘Down Under’ tour after visa troubles

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Chris Brown canceled plans for a Down Under tour Wednesday after Australian authorities earlier warned the troubled R&B singer they were likely to refuse him a visa...

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Christina Milian says ex-boyfriend held a gun to her head

When Christina Milian was a teenager, she went through the horror of an abusive boyfriend, and now she is speaking out about her terror. “So I was 17 going into 18 and I met a boy and he had this...

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Jagged Edge singer opens up to Steve Harvey about brutally attacking wife

Jagged Edge’s Kyle Norman was arrested last January on charges of domestic assault after he attacked his then-fiancee Marikka Norman, blackening her eye, choking her, and attempting to shove the...

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David Justice to Halle Berry: ‘If it was me who hit you, then say it’

For years, rumors have followed David Justice about allegations that he hit Halle Berry, but he is insisting that he didn’t do it. The rumors started when Berry said that one of her exes once hit her...

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New York man claims Ambien made him sleepwalk and murder his girlfriend

On Friday, a New York man was sentenced for strangling his girlfriend in her home, though he claimed that the sleep aids that he was taking induced him to violence and that he did not remember the...

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Gospel singer James Fortune pleads guilty to assaulting wife

Tuesday, gospel singer James Fortune plead guilty to assaulting his wife as part of a plea deal to a third degree felony charge of assault. Fortune was sentenced to five days in jail plus five years of...

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Greg Hardy says he has never hit a woman in new ESPN interview

During an interview with ESPN that airs this week, free agent defensive end Greg Hardy insisted that he has never hit a woman in his life. “I’ve never put my hand on any woman,” Hardy told NFL insider...

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School security official accused of firing officer because his wife was black

A former Tennessee school officer is filing suit against the Knox County school board and Knox County government, alleging that he was fired in May 2015 because his wife is black. In the suit, John...

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