Abuse

KESHA – A SURVIVOR AFTER YEARS IN A LEGAL BATTLE

We almost didn’t recognize Kesha when she appeared on The Today Show this morning. Gone is the tangled blonde hair and the glittery face makeup- not to mention the outrageous fashion. She looks dead serious. Is this what working with Sony music producer Dr Luke did to her? Since 2014, she has been in endless courtroom battles with him – she couldn’t get out of her contract (signed when she was 18) after claiming he abused her. He has sued her for defamation, her mother, and her lawyer (even a fan of hers) multiples times and she countersued – and mostly lost. Does she have any money left? Hopefully she can pull her life and career back together.

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WE DIDN’T WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT BILL MURRAY

Looks like most of us chose to ignore the hints about the dark side of Bill Murray – after all, we loved him on SNL– not to mention Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day (above.) His two wives tried to tell us about his bad behavior and we didn’t pay attention. He cheated on his first wife (they had 2 kids) and married his mistress Jennifer. Four more kids later Jennifer claimed he was abusive, addicted to weed and alcohol, and told her she was “lucky he didn’t kill her.“ She got a restraining order and a divorce. Recently Lucy Liu said he made “inexcusable” comments on the Charlie’s Angels set (DYING to know what they were) and Richard Dreyfuss called him a “drunken bully.” We feel bad that the movie Being Mortal, that Aziz Ansari wrote and was directing, has been closed down because of Bill’s “inappropriate behavior.” This film is a big deal for Aziz – it’s his first. Hopefully, this situation can be fixed.

Photo: Groundhog Day

MARGARET QUALLEY CREDITS FKA TWIGS FOR HER COURAGE

In December we advised Once Upon a Time in Hollywood star Margaret Qualley, 26, to reconsider her romance with Shia LaBeouf after his ex-girlfriend FKA Twigs filed a lawsuit accusing him of sexual battery, assault, and verbal abuse. We can imagine Shia attempting to rationalize the situation to Margaret, assuring her that Twigs was just a disgruntled ex. But not long after that, Sia stepped up with HER allegations against Shia and others followed. Margaret finally managed to split from Shia in January (No doubt to the great relief of her mother Andie MacDowell) Margaret had not spoken about her Shia relationship until she posted on Instagram a photo of Twigs on the cover of Elle magazine, and simply captioned it: “Thank you.” ( We’re guessing she started noticing negative things about Shia’s behavior, and got out before anything bad happened… life lesson learned.

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HOLLYWOOD WHODUNIT

We take all forms of sexual abuse seriously, but this new face of the #MeToo movement might regret coming forward with her tale. Why? She only told half of the story and the half she left out unfortunately makes her look maniacal. During her relationship with her alleged abuser she was violent and aggressive herself and she doesn’t know IT’S ALL ON TAPE! Her then-lover had secret cameras all around his home and SHE is captured physically and verbally attacking HIM. Embarrassing. We’re betting this case will never make it to court.

GUESS WHO…..