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Day one of Danny Masterson’s preliminary trial revolving around his sexual assault charges revealed some explicit details from accuser Jen B. Day two involved the testimony of another accuser, who the Los Angeles Superior Court have identified as Christine B. Christine B. is an ex-girlfriend of Masterson.

While on the stand, Christine B. recalled an incident that took place in 2001. At the house she shared with Masterson at the time, Christine B. was woken out of her sleep to find her then boyfriend, Masterson, sexually assaulting her. She made attempts to stop him from raping her, but he overpowered her. 

Christine B. explained to the court, “He wouldn’t stop. So I did something that I knew would make him angry and likely to get off me. I pulled his hair.” During Jen B.’s testimony on day one of the preliminary trials, she had told Los Angeles Superior Court that she tried to end Masterson’s assault by punching him. 

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This tactic did not work for Christine B. When she tried pulling his hair, Masterson reportedly struck her and spat on her. Christine B. told the court, “He had this thing about his hair, so I knew if I pulled it really, really hard, he would get off me. But what he did was hit me.” A month later, Masterson raped her again while she was unconscious. 

Similarly to accuser Jen B, Christine B. belonged to the Church of Scientology. Christine B. reported Masterson’s repeated assaults on her to the ethics officials of the church, although the church denies the allegations. The Church of Scientology also denied all of Jen B.’s claims. 

After day two, Masterson faces one more day of preliminary hearings. After the hearings, Los Angeles Superior Court will make a decision whether or not the sexual assault charges against Masterson will go to trial. The That 70’s Show actor faces charges from allegations that were made against him from 2017, for incidents of rape that took place between the years 2001 and 2003.

If you or anyone you know has experienced sexual assault, help is available. Please call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673.

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Life is what you make of it. Freeway Rick Ross has had a truly legendary life, making over a few million dollars per day at one point. He’s been active in the streets and he’s put in work in the music and cannabis industries. After being sentenced to life in prison for establishing a major drug empire, Ross’ sentence was reduced following an appeal. He ended up spending just under twenty years in prison and according to his latest interview with Shirley Ju for Shirley’s Temple, he actually enjoyed his time behind bars.

When asked if he ever got a chance to enjoy all of the money coming in while he was locked up, Freeway said that he did. “I pretty much enjoyed a moment,” said the 61-year-old. “Even when I was in jail, I enjoyed being in jail. I enjoyed my time in jail. I mean, not every day, you got good days and bad days no matter where you at. You could be living in the biggest house on the hill and have everything you want. We all gonna have bad days but I learned that bad days are a part of life and that’s something that we’re gonna go through and it’s best just to deal with it and figure out how to get through it.”

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The street legend says that every time he was having a bad day behind bars, he would reach for a good book. “[I read] over 300 books,” he said. “And I don’t know how many magazines and newspapers.”

During the same interview, Freeway Rick Ross said that Snowfall stole his life story, also accusing rapper Rick Ross of avoiding him. 

Watch the full interview below and skip ahead to the 3:19 mark for his comments about enjoying his time in jail.

Just a few weeks ago, Julian Edelman announced that he would be retiring from football after a successful career that saw him win three Super Bowls with Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. Immediately after his announcement, rumors began to circulate that he might come back to football and play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers where he would be reunited with the likes of Tom Brady and Rob Gronkowski.

During a recent appearance on Michael Irvin’s podcast, Edelman said that such a return is simply not in the cards right now. At this point, Edelman feels as though his body has completely broken down on him and that he would much rather do other things. It’s been a tough few years and he doesn’t want to do more harm to his body.

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“My knee’s breaking down,” Edelman explained. “I’m not going to sit here, you know, I got everything I want. I got three rings. Played in a magical dynasty with an unbelievable franchise, coach, best quarterback of all time, like, yo, I’m not a greedy guy. I’m not going to sit out there and look like some old dude in an old BIKE knee brace and ankle braces — you know the old guy? I don’t want to look like that, man. I can’t do that.”

This is definitely an admirable stance to take and at 32 years old, there are plenty of other avenues that Edelman can explore. Needless to say, we hope he has a great retirement.

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As seen in HNHH’s recent interview with the SODMG artist, Soulja Boy is enjoying his latest comeback with his viral hit “She Make It Clap.” However, that doesn’t mean that he won’t take the time to remind fans of his legacy as an early adopter and all-around influential artist. From TikTok and Icebox to game consoles and NFTs, Soulja Boy has argued that he’s been the first rapper to do a lot of things, and now he’s adding a jello-related achievement to his brag sheet.

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In a video recently posted to Instagram, Soulja Boy shows off two cartons of Fanta-flavored Snack Pack jello. Moving between the grape and orange flavors, Big Draco playfully jokes that he is officially the torch-bearer for the Fanta Snack Packs.

“Y’all ain’t never had the Fanta jello, stop playing,” Soulja Boy says in the video. “I’m the first rapper with the Fanta jello! I don’t wanna hear nothing bout it from nobody. Never!”

While no other rapper is likely to contest Soulja Boy about being the first to have Fanta-flavored jello, it is worth noting that Desiigner, who recently appeared in Soulja Boy’s music video for “She Make It Clap”, once tried to break a world record for the most Jell-O eaten with chopsticks in 60 seconds.

Stay tuned for more Big Draco-related news, and read his full interview with HNHH here.

The mother of late rapper Lil Peep, Liza Womack, has reportedly suffered health issues during the lengthy wrongful death lawsuit that was filed following her son’s passing. According to a new report by Pitchfork, Womack has had two strokes during the duration of the lawsuit.

Speaking with the music publication about why she continues to push for justice for her son, who passed away in November 2017, Lil Peep’s mother claimed that she has suffered two strokes during the lawsuit.

“I’ve had two strokes, and I am not going to die until I take care of this matter,” she said. “I’m going to live. I have a mission.”

Womack originally filed her wrongful death suit in October 2019, citing negligence and breach of contract. “I want justice for Gus,” she said. “That’s why I’m doing this. Whatever form it takes, what I’m looking for is for people to be held accountable for their behavior.”

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A jury trial is presently set for November 10, 2021.

Womack says that she likely will never have “closure” but that she hopes the judge rules in her favor. “If people are held accountable for their actions, I will feel that justice has been done,” she said. “You learn to live with the pain, and you’re a different person, because when your child dies, the person that you were dies, too. But I will be glad, and I hope to feel satisfaction.”

We will continue to keep you updated on the trial as it begins.

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Victor Oladipo has dealt with numerous injury issues over the years and they were certainly prominent last season with the Indiana Pacers. This year, Oladipo got to play with the Houston Rockets before going to the Miami Heat, who were his dream team for a few years now. Unfortunately, Oladipo got injured again and then had to get surgery on his right quad tendon which has been bothering him over the last few years. Since the surgery, Oladipo has yet to return.

Now, according to Brian Windhorst of ESPN, it seems like Oladipo’s prospects aren’t optimistic heading into next season. He was supposed to be a free agent this summer which meant he could go wherever he wanted. However, as Windhorst reports, it seems like Oladipo could miss the entire season which puts his free agency into question. 

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“They haven’t announced it, but there’s a good chance Oladipo is going to miss all of next season,” Windhorst proclaimed. The ESPN analyst has been known to break news like this before although considering Oladipo’s status, it’s surprising that this has yet to become a bigger story. If Windhorst proves to be correct, then it will be interesting to see if a team offers Oladipo a contract, even with his injury status in mind.

Stay tuned to HNHH as we will be sure to bring you all of the latest updates from the NBA world.

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It’s impossible to please everyone, and perhaps no one knows that better than the beloved social media platform Twitter. With every major update, Twitter users are often split about the application’s continued development, with some users longing for “the old Twitter” and others thoroughly enjoying the app’s latest features.

As seen with its newly incorporated features like Fleets and Spaces, the veteran social media platform typically stands its grounds, but after catching flack from users who called out the app’s seemingly biased image cropping algorithm, Twitter acknowledged the situation and went back to the drawing board.

Last fall, Twitter user @bascule exposed the potentially faulty algorithm by showing that the app favored Mitch McConnell over Barack Obama in two separate images, which soon prompted a response from Twitter, who said, “We tested for bias before shipping the model & didn’t find evidence of racial or gender bias in our testing. But it’s clear that we’ve got more analysis to do.”

Eight months later, Twitter has confirmed via an official post on its website that their in-depth analysis concluded that Twitter users were right. According to Complex, Twitter’s study tested for racial bias, gender bias, and the “male gaze,” and it eventually concluded that there’s around an 8 percent demographic parity favoring women, and 4 percent favoring white people. In order to rectify the situation, the social media platform has decided to remove machine learning from the image cropping function on Twitter and put power into users’ hands.

“One of our conclusions is that not everything on Twitter is a good candidate for an algorithm, and in this case, how to crop an image is a decision best made by people,” Twitter reveals in its statement. “In March, we began testing a new way to display standard aspect ratio photos in full on iOS and Android — meaning without the saliency algorithm crop.”

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“The goal of this was to give people more control over how their images appear while also improving the experience of people seeing the images in their timeline,” the statement continues. “This update also includes a true preview of the image in the Tweet composer field, so Tweet authors know how their Tweets will look before they publish.”

Stay tuned for more updates as Twitter rolls out its new manual image cropping feature.

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