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Meghann Cuniff

Los Angeles

Reporter at Freelance

Independent reporter in Southern California. “arguably the most influential legal journalist working today” - Washington Post | Subscribe $ to my Substack ⬇️

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  • Tom Girardi's CFO gets 10 years in prison as judge rejects credit for client payments

    1 week ago | legalaffairsandtrials.com | Meghann Cuniff

    An accountant who helped disbarred lawyer Tom Girardi steal from seriously injured clients and their families was sentenced Friday to 10 years in federal prison after a judge rejected his lawyer’s argument that he should be credited for payments the clients received while they were being victimized.

  • Jury orders Soulja Boy to pay $4 million in blunt roller's sexual battery lawsuit

    2 weeks ago | legalaffairsandtrials.com | Meghann Cuniff

    SANTA MONICA — A jury on Thursday ordered rapper DeAndre Cortez “Soulja Boy” Way to pay $4.25 million to a woman who said he abused and sexually assaulted her while she lived in his home as a marijuana blunt roller and personal assistant. The verdict in Los Angeles County Superior Court includes $250,000 in punitive damages.

  • 'That is insane': Jury sees texts from Soulja Boy's manager to woman suing for assault

    2 weeks ago | legalaffairsandtrials.com | Meghann Cuniff

    SANTA MONICA — Nearly two years after she moved into his home in Malibu, a woman now suing rapper DeAndre Cortez “Soulja Boy” Way for assault and sexual battery texted photos of her bruises to his manager. The woman said she told Michael “M.I.A.M.I Mike” Sykes in a phone call she wanted him to see the photos because “Soulja kept hitting me, and he wouldn’t stop.”“I felt like if I had M.I.A.M.I Mike talk to him, he would stop beating me every day,” the woman testified recently.

  • Feds add two charges for Diddy as judges consider anonymity for alleged victims

    2 weeks ago | legalaffairsandtrials.com | Meghann Cuniff

    Federal prosecutors on Friday announced two new charges against Sean “Diddy” Combs ahead of his criminal trial next month in New York City. The jailed rapper and business mogul faces five counts under the second superseding indictment: racketeering conspiracy, two counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion and two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution.

  • Despite fabricated evidence, DOJ sticks with 'orgasm cult' forced labor case

    3 weeks ago | legalaffairsandtrials.com | Meghann Cuniff

    Federal prosecutors in New York recently ended a months-long argument when they admitted that evidence in a criminal case against the founders of a sexual wellness company is fabricated. But the argument over what should happen to the case still is brewing, and defense attorneys say key information about what happened is wrongly hidden from the public.

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Meghann Cuniff
Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff
11 Apr 25

Soulja Boy responds to the jury’s $4 million verdict in his sexual battery lawsuit. https://t.co/jr8fm8wfs0 https://t.co/yzRa2atqoj

Meghann Cuniff
Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff
11 Apr 25

Civil judgments in California stand for 10 years and can be renewed for 10 years, so the woman’s lawyers say they’ll pursue Soulja Boy “for the next 20 years” if he doesn’t pay the $4 million. “Whether he’s on tour, whether he’s doing TikTok live.” https://t.co/jr8fm8wfs0 https://t.co/9tWOdXUS85

Meghann Cuniff
Meghann Cuniff @meghanncuniff
11 Apr 25

RT @SaysDana: What?