#6 - Chris Brown and Rihanna In the early morning hours of February the
8th of 2009, popular R&B singer Chris Brown got into a violent altercation with his girlfriend,
Bajan pop star Rihanna. The incident caused the latter’s scheduled performance at the 51st annual
Grammy Awards to be canceled. In the aftermath, it emerged that Brown had inflicted a number
of serious injuries that resulted in Rihanna requiring hospitalization. The following evening,
Brown turned himself in to the Los Angeles Police Department's Wilshire station,
whereupon he was charged with assault and making criminal threats. Shortly thereafter,
a leaked photograph showing a beaten and bruised Rihanna surfaced online. It was shared numerous
times and drew a significant degree of public outrage. In response to the graphic picture,
a website called STOParazzi proposed legislation that would “deter employees of law enforcement
agencies from releasing photos or information that exploits crime victims”. In June of 2009,
Brown pleaded guilty to felony assault, and was consequently sentenced to 5 years of probation.
He was also ordered to attend domestic violence counseling for one year and perform 6 months
of community service. Although a judge had initially retained a 5-year restraining order
that prohibited Brown from being within 50 yards of Rihanna, the couple reportedly reconciled.
In January of 2013, they confirmed that their romantic relationship had resumed but, during an
interview in May of that same year, Brown revealed that he and Rihanna had parted ways once again.
#5 - Emma Roberts and Evan Peters Actress Emma Roberts gained international
fame while she was still in her teens, appearing as the lead in films such as Auqamarine,
Nancy Drew, and Hotel for Dogs. During the 2010s, she started taking on more mature roles,
such as the horror films Scream 4 and The Blackcoat’s Daughter. In 2012, Roberts,
who was then aged 21, began dating fellow actor Evan Peters, whom she’d met on the set of the dark
comedy Adult World. In July of the following year, while they were staying at a hotel in Quebec,
Canada, the couple were reportedly involved in a domestic dispute that turned violent. A witness
called the police after hearing the actors engaged in a shouting match in their room. Upon their
arrival, officers took Roberts into custody, as she reportedly had no visible injuries,
while Peters had a bloody nose and a bite mark. It subsequently emerged that,
following a heated argument, the couple had begun “hitting each other”. Roberts was released a few
hours after her arrest, and Peters declined to press charges against her. In a joint statement,
the couple called the incident “an unfortunate misunderstanding” and indicated that they were
“working to move past it”. It was subsequently reported that Roberts and Peters
had gotten engaged in March of 2014, but their relationship ultimately came to an end in 2019.
#4 - Stacey Dash
New York-born actress Stacey Dash rose to prominence in 1995 by appearing in the beloved
coming-of-age comedy Clueless, as well as its spin-off television sitcom. Over the course of her
career, which has spanned nearly 4 decades, Dash has been romantically linked to several different
men, and was married a total of 4 times, with each of her marriages ultimately ending in divorce.
In 1999, she married producer Brian Lovell but, a few years later, the couple split. Shortly after
her first divorce, Dash met British executive James Maby, the CEO of Sports Logistics Limited
who’d reportedly had a brief stint on the reality television series Lost. The pair divorced only a
year into their marriage, however, and Dash then began a relationship with actor Emmanuel Xuereb,
best known for his appearances in the films Bad Boys, Natural Born Killers,
and The Cowboy Way. Throughout their marriage, which reportedly lasted from 2007 to 2010,
Xuereb would allegedly physically assault Dash on a regular basis. The actress claimed that she’d
been struck in the face, head, and body by her 3rd husband on multiple occasions. In one instance,
which she later described as the worst night of her life, Dash was beaten and violently pinned to
their bed by Xuereb. Court records revealed that the actress ultimately obtained a restraining
order against Xuereb, which prohibited him from making any contact with her or her children. In
2018, Dash married lawyer Jeffrey Marty, whom she’d reportedly met only 10 days before their
wedding. In September of the following year, the actress was arrested at her home in Pasco County,
Florida, on a charge of domestic battery, which stemmed from an argument with Marty that had
turned physical. The charges against her were later dropped at Marty’s request, but the couple
announced their divorce in June of 2020. #3 - Carmen Electra and Dennis Rodman
Playboy model and actress Carmen Electra got married to professional basketball player
Dennis Rodman at the Little Chapel of the Flowers in Las Vegas, Nevada, in November of 1998.
Just nine days after the wedding, Rodman filed for their marriage to be annulled,
claiming he’d been of “unsound mind” at the time. Electra publicly expressed similar sentiments,
stating that she and Rodman had gotten “caught up in the moment”. While the couple briefly
reconciled and reportedly spent New Year’s Eve 1998 together, they eventually agreed to go their
separate ways. In April of 1999 the marriage officially ended “under amicable circumstances”
but, a few months later, Electra and Rodman were involved in a violent altercation at the Bentley
Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. At around 7 am, on November the 5th of 1999, officers arrived at the
hotel after receiving calls about screaming coming from the pair’s room. It was subsequently reported
that the two celebrities had spent the previous night together at various South Beach nightclubs.
Upon returning to their hotel room, they reportedly engaged in a contentious argument that
eventually got physical. Officers discovered that Electra had suffered bruises to her arms and face,
as well as a laceration on her toe. Rodman’s shirt had been ripped, and the pair’s hotel room was in
total disarray. Both Electra and Rodman were arrested and charged with misdemeanor battery
in connection to the domestic incident. While the criminal charges were later dropped,
the two were ordered to stay away from each other, a decision that solidified the end
of their romantic involvement. Today’s topic was requested by
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us know in the comments section below! #2 - Stephanie Moseley and Earl Hayes
At about 7:30 am, on December the 8th of 2014, Los Angeles police were dispatched to the Palazzo East
apartments after residents had reported hearing the sound of a woman screaming followed by up
to 10 gunshots. A SWAT team forced their way into the apartment suspected to have been the source of
the commotion. Once inside, they noticed that the door to one of the back bedrooms had been locked.
When the officers attempted to enter, they reportedly heard 2 additional gunshots. Upon
gaining access to the bedroom, law enforcement discovered 2 dead bodies, identified as dancer
Stephanie Moseley and her husband, aspiring rapper Earl Hayes. The LAPD’s investigation
into the fatal incident ultimately determined that 34-year-old Hayes had gunned down his wife
before taking his own life. In the moments leading up to the gunfire, the couple had reportedly been
arguing about Moseley’s alleged affair with R&B singer Trey Songz. Hayes, who was an associate
of famed boxer Floyd Mayweather, had flown into a jealous rage and accused his wife of having
multiple affairs with other celebrities as well. Subsequent reports indicated that the
man had been on a FaceTime call with Mayweather, who was reportedly attempting to de-escalate the
situation, when he pulled out a gun and began firing. Prior to her untimely death, Moseley
had been a cast member for the VH1 television series Hit the Floor, which centered on the lives
of a fictional NBA cheerleading team. She’d also appeared in multiple high-profile film releases,
including The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and Mirror Mirror. Hayes was reportedly
signed to Mayweather’s record label Philthy Rich Records. In the wake of his death, he was
described by several media outlets as having been a part of the boxer’s “entourage”. It subsequently
emerged that the rapper had previously released a song on his mixtape “The First 48” that included
the line “Shoot your girlfriend when you get surrounded by cops”. Many regarded the lyric as
a dark foreshadowing of the situation in which Hayes eventually found himself. Eerier still,
back in 2010, he’d reportedly written a song that featured the line, “I could just kill us both,
go out with a smash”, which in hindsight read as a chilling glimpse into what was to come
and the tragic end of his and Moseley’s life. #1 - Johnny Depp and Amber Heard
In 2011, prominent American actor Johnny Depp began dating actress Amber Heard, with whom he’d
co-starred in the comedy-drama The Rum Diary. The couple got married in a civil ceremony held
on Depp’s private island in February 2015. The marriage was ultimately short-lived as, in May of
the following year, Heard filed for divorce from Depp and obtained a temporary restraining order
against him. The actress accused him of having been physically and verbally abusive during the
course of their relationship. The 2 parties ultimately reached a settlement that ordered
Depp to pay his ex-wife $7 million, which she then pledged to donate to the American Civil Liberties
Union and the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. Depp repeatedly and vehemently denied Heard’s
allegations of abuse as the ensuing scandal began to weigh heavily on his career and public image.
In 2018 he filed a libel lawsuit against the publishers of the British tabloid The Sun, which
had called him a “wife beater” in an article. The case had a highly publicized trial that culminated
with the High Court of Justice ruling that 12 of the 14 alleged domestic violence incidents were
“substantially true”. The verdict proved extremely detrimental for Depp, who was subsequently forced
out of his role in the popular Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise. The high-profile
actor also filed a $50 million defamation lawsuit against Heard herself, who’d written an op-ed in
The Washington Post in which she’d reaffirmed her abuse allegations. Depp claimed that the article
had been “catastrophic” for his acting career and had led to him experiencing extensive financial
losses. Heard, in turn, countersued Depp for $100 million after his lawyer said her abuse
allegations were false in three statements in the press. The highly-publicized trial,
referred to as Depp vs. Heard, began in Fairfax County, Virginia, on April the 11th of 2022 and
immediately drew strong reactions from the general public. Several clips taken from the trial’s
livestreamed recording went viral on social media, including videos that mocked the defense lawyer’s
repeated objections to Depp’s testimony, as well as a detailed account of how Heard had allegedly
defecated in the actor’s bed. I bet you all know how the case ended, but for those of
you who have been living under a rock for the past weeks, Johnny Depp came out victorious...
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