The Lakers fan who claims he lost a ton of cash after being duped by LeBron James' "The Second Decision" has just filed to dismiss his lawsuit against the NBA superstar ... TMZ Sports has learned.
Documents we obtained show Andrew Garcia hit an L.A. County court on Monday to dismiss his small claims case against the King ... just 12 days after the lifelong Laker lover first alleged the hooper owed him $865.66.
Garcia said when James appeared to imply retirement was incoming when he told his millions of followers on Oct. 7 he had a big announcement to make ... he booked it to Ticketmaster to score some seats to what would be LBJ's last-ever matchup with his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Cindy Crawford says she has a stalker who has been tailing her and her famous family for months ... repeatedly hanging outside her L.A. house, and even once showing up at her daughter's theater performance in Massachusetts asking her to take part in a seance.
Cindy filed legal docs in L.A., obtained by TMZ, asking the court to issue a temporary restraining order prohibiting a 35-year-old man named Daniel Lee Schoonover from coming anywhere near Cindy or her family.
In the docs, Cindy outlines a series of highly suspicious alleged activities by Schoonover, including showing up at Kaia Gerber's performance at a theater festival in Williamstown, MA on July 29 and, months later, sleeping outside the pedestrian gate next to the driveway at her house.
Stacey's husband, Nathan Warnecke, broke the heartbreaking news on IG Sunday -- revealing she passed on Sept. 29 while giving birth to their first child, Axel ... who thankfully made it.
Nathan said Stacey was rushed to the hospital, and while the staff did everything they could, she sadly passed.
Denise Richards' estranged husband Aaron Phypers was arrested outside of court Friday ... and now we have his official charges.
According to documents obtained by TMZ, Aaron was charged with 2 felony counts of injuring a spouse, and 2 felony counts of dissuading a witness by force or threat, with his total bail set at $200,000.
Michael Finley, Aaron's lawyer, previously told TMZ ... Aaron was not aware of the warrant ... and Finley accuses Denise and her legal team of "setting him up" at Friday's proceedings.
Britney Spears' ex-husband isn't the only one dropping bombshells about her, now Brit herself says she's suffered brain damage.
In a tirade posted Sunday evening, she wrote, "I do feel like my wings were taken away and brain damage happened to me a long time ago 100 percent ... I have of course moved on from that troubling time in my life and I'm blessed to be alive..."
There's no clarification on which "troubling time" she's talking about, but her "wings" seemed to refer to her shoulder blades -- the rambling post included a pic from behind of Brit on a horse, and a discussion of the movie character, Maleficent, having her wings clipped.
Harvey Levin, like millions of Americans, is sick of the government shutdown, and, he wants help issuing an ultimatum to EVERY member of Congress -- end the shutdown this week or face primary challenges in next year's midterm elections.
The founder and executive producer of TMZ called for our whole office's attention during Monday's TMZ Livestreamto announce a new movement called "OWTA" -- which stands for "Out With Their Asses."
HL says he's done with gridlock in Washington, especially because of the ongoing government shutdown ... and, he wants to hold politicians to account. Basically, calling on voters to support non-incumbents in next year's election cycle to force pols on both sides to the table.
If there’s one thing Ashanti’s gonna do, it’s live it up -- and she proved it with a carefree beach day down in Barbados.
As you can see -- the singer shut it down in a plunging striped swimsuit, topped off with a matching bandana and oversized hoops ... going full maximum impact mode for her sun-drenched Barbados weekend.
Ashanti was clearly living her best life, partying it up with her crew ... though one thing was hard to miss -- her other half, Nelly, was nowhere in sight.
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John Stamos is going to bat for Lori Loughlin -- framing her as the true victim in the wild 2019 college admissions scandal, and dumping the whole mess on her estranged hubby, Mossimo Giannulli.
The "Full House" star lashed out on Josh Peck and Ben Soffer’s "Good Guys" podcast, where talk quickly landed on Lori’s recent split from Mossimo, and Stamos didn’t miss a beat, saying his heart breaks for the actress now, just like it did years ago when she got dragged through the "Varsity Blues" fiasco ... which John claims was all Mossimo’s doing.
Stamos branded Mossimo a narcissist, and claimed Lori was unfairly turned into the poster child for Hollywood elites -- and rich parents, in general -- who pay handsomely to get their kids into college.
Kenny Loggins is super pissed Donald Trump ripped his classic "Danger Zone" for a recent controversial video ... and the iconic singer is ready to take action.
Here's the deal ... Trump used the 'Top Gun' classic in an A.I. video in which DT pilots a jet while wearing a crown ... and proceeds to dump poop on No Kings protesters, who were out in several major cities this weekend.
A source close to Kenny tells TMZ … the rocker is exploring legal options to ensure Trump stops using his music … but it’s complicated in this instance ‘cause Kenny doesn’t own full copyright to the tune. Two other guys -- Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock -- wrote and composed 'Danger Zone' along with Kenny for Warner Bros.
Candice Swanepoel's celebrating another year around the sun ... and, she's just as hot as that star in this gallery we've put together to honor her 37th!
The model and Tropic of C founder is used to catching her fair share of rays ... consistently stripping down to just a bikini and tanning on beaches all over the world.
Just check out this pic of Swanepoel in a tiny blue swimsuit ... sipping on a bright pink drink in her infinity pool. What a view -- and, we don't just mean the ocean in the background!
Young and up-and-coming motocross star Aidan Zingg died after suffering a traumatic heart injury during a mid-race crash ... a coroner's report, obtained by TMZ Sports, states.
Zingg sustained the fatal wound while racing in the 2025 Mammoth Motocross event in Mammoth Lakes, Calif. back on June 28.
It's unclear exactly how Zingg wrecked his bike, but the coroner's report states the teen was found "face down" by medics ... and "unresponsive with no pulse and not breathing."
According to the death certificate ... Goodall's cause of death is listed as cardiopulmonary arrest -- which is just another name for cardiac arrest, an incident where the heart simply stop beating.
The United States military blew up another boat off the coast of Florida ... and the vicious strike was captured on video which the Secretary of War shared to social media.
SecWar Pete Hegseth put the clip on X Sunday morning ... explaining the U.S. took down a ship allegedly associated with Ejército de Liberación Nacional -- a far-left guerrilla movement designated a terrorist org. in the United States.
The video is taken from above the ship on Friday when the strike took place. The vessel is carving through the ocean quickly before the aircraft fires at it -- completely decimating the target.
Grant Ellis may or may not have joined "The Bachelor" for the 'wrong reasons' -- but who cares? Dude was destined to be a rap star after dropping bars on our "TMZ After Dark" tour ... with a little extra fuel courtesy of Monster Energy!
Check it out -- the hunky reality star lit up the party bus Saturday night ... roses in one hand, Monster in the other ... wooing the ladies with promises he had enough of both to go around.
Of course, the ladies were fighting for those roses ... and Grant made a whole show of it — handing one to a lucky gal before they all hit the bars, knocked back shots, and took their turn on the mechanical bulls.
Kristen Bellis in hot water for what some fans are calling a tone-deaf Instagram post ... she seemed to joke about her husbandDax Shepard refraining from domestic violence.
She wrote, "Happy 12th wedding anniversary to the man who once said to me: 'I would never kill you. A lot of men have killed their wives at a certain point. Even though I'm heavily incentivized to kill you, I never would.'"
The message captioned a photo of the couple in a deep, dramatic embrace in bed.
