Crime

A juror in the Karen Read mistrial now confirms what the defense claimed earlier this week -- that the jury voted unanimously to acquit her on 2nd-degree murder -- and the juror told the defense team it would be "unjust" to retry her.

According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ, the juror described the last day of the trial as a "whirlwind" and "very confusing." After the judge declared a mistrial, jurors were loaded on a bus and the jurors were wondering, "Is anyone going to know that we acquitted [Karen Read] on Count 1 and 3? No one ever asked about those counts."

As we first reported ... Read was acquitted on charges of murder and leaving the scene of an accident by a unanimous vote of 12-0 in her favor. But, the jury was deadlocked on the last charge – vehicular manslaughter – voting 9-3 in favor of a guilty verdict. For a conviction on the vehicular manslaughter charge, the jury needed to be unanimous.

Cassie is upset with Diddy going white water rafting, Gypsy Rose is starting a family and J.J. Watt is looking jacked in retirement ... all this on today's TMZ TV Hot Takes.

First up on "TMZ Live" Harvey and Charles explain why Diddy's recent outings are causing an outrage with his ex.

Police in Oregon put the case together, piece by piece ... all leading to a massive LEGO bust where a toy store owner's accused of buying LEGOs stolen from his competitors.

Here's the deal ... the Springfield Police Department says a 3-month investigation uncovered evidence Ammon Henrikson, the owner of Brick Builders toy store in Eugene, was knowingly purchasing new, unopened Lego sets that had been stolen from local retail stores.

Cops say a raid on Brick Builders recovered more than $200,000 worth of the stolen toys. In total, police say over 4,000 stolen LEGO sets were found in the store.

7/10 6:48 AM -- Mike Gundy is now backpedaling on his words ... saying he was speaking about lapses of judgment in general, not drinking and driving.

"My intended point today at Big 12 media days was that we are all guilty of making bad decisions," Gundy said. "It was not a reference to something specific."

Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy made an eye-popping comment regarding Ollie Gordon's recent DUI arrest ... saying part of the reason he didn't suspend the star running back is because he's "probably" driven after drinking beers "a thousand times" himself.

Gundy announced the 2023 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year would not miss any playing time following his June 30 run-in with police ... and when asked about his decision at the conference's media day on Tuesday, Gundy explained how he felt it was best for Gordon, the school and the team.

Gundy said he did his research on blood alcohol content, body weight and how many drinks it would take to put someone over the legal limit in Oklahoma (0.08) ... and admitted he very well may have done the same thing as Gordon over the years.

Sharon Stone's doubling down on her support for Kevin Spacey, and suggesting most of the backlash against him for his #MeToo era scandal is rooted in homophobia.

Sharon's driving point is that Kevin should be forgiven, and she even used her own experiences with sexual misconduct to make that point.

She told THR, "Kevin grabbed people by their genitals. Many people. But nobody [has publicly said] he's raped them or forced them into a sexual encounter. But there's so much hatred for him because, in his case, it was man-on-man. That's why he's not allowed to come back. Because he offended men."

United States Marshals guarding Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's Washington D.C. residence shot a suspected carjacker ... and the feds say the suspect was packing heat.

According to legal docs, obtained by TMZ, the feds say the shooting went down early Friday morning around 1:15 AM when the alleged suspect, 18-year-old Kentrell Flowers, approached one of the Marshals parked in an unmarked government vehicle and pointed a handgun at him through the front driver-side window in an attempted carjacking.

The docs say the Marshal drew his gun and fired four shots through the window at the suspect, with bullets hitting Flowers in the mouth. A second Marshal rushed over from another car and fired his gun too and one of the Marshals gave Flowers first aid.

The ex-porn star accusing Diddy of sexual assault and sex trafficking is now in hot demand for an interview, but to land it, someone will have to fulfill an insanely long list of demands ... TMZ has learned.

We broke the story ... Adria English filed her bombshell lawsuit last week, and, not shockingly, she was immediately flooded with interview requests ... and sources involved in the negotiations tell us one such request came from podcast personality Domenick Nati.

We're told the response Domenick's team got from Adria's attorneys was a series of demands we typically see A-list artists make while on tour.

There's something going on with U.S. Presidents and UFOs ... they've been briefed on the subject, but won't say anything publicly ... and Donald Trump seems scared of disclosure.

TMZ Studios has a new series, "Strange & Suspicious," now airing on a dozen FOX stations, where we explore strange, unexplained and downright weird stories, and former presidents' silence on extraterrestrials speaks volumes.

Trump sounds like he knows something YUGE when it comes to UFOs ... but he always waffles on the issue, at least on camera ... and there may be a reason behind his reluctance to spill the beans.

Karen Read gets good news in her murder trial, Margot Robbie has good news on the family front and two NBA players got into it overseas ... all this on TMZ Hot Takes.

First up on "TMZ Live" Harvey and Charles break down the bombshell revelation from Karen's legal team ... the jury in her murder mistrial unanimously voted to acquit her on the murder charge.

Cameron Sutton will miss nearly half of the 2024 NFL season ... the league just revealed it's suspended the defensive back for eight games.

Roger Goodell's org. announced the punishment for the Steelers corner on Monday afternoon ... saying his involvement in a March 7 incident that ultimately led to his March 31 arrest violated the NFL's personal conduct policy.

The league did not elaborate on the ban further ... though it did say the 29-year-old -- who was just signed by Pittsburgh last month -- will be eligible for reinstatement starting on Oct. 29.

Karen Read may be tried again for the death of her boyfriend after the judge declared a mistrial, but murder charges may not be on the table ... because according to the defense, the vote on the murder charge was 12 - 0, IN FAVOR OF ACQUITTAL!

Read's lawyer, Alan Jackson, has just filed docs arguing prosecuting Read for 2nd-degree murder a second time would amount to double jeopardy. Shockingly, when the judge declared the mistrial, she didn't say anything about the jury's vote on the murder charge.

We've also learned the jury was unanimous in favor of acquittal on the charge of leaving the scene of an accident where there was injury or death. The only charge on which the jury was deadlocked was vehicular manslaughter, where the jury apparently voted 9 - 3 in favor of guilt.

Trey Parker's ex-wife, Boogie Parker, is the latest victim in a string of burglaries hitting L.A.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... two burglars broke into Boogie's home, where she lives with her and Trey's daughter Betty, just before 9 PM last month -- with the scary situation caught on their alarm company's camera.

The LAPD rushed to the scene along with armed security to search the home.

Sean Diddy Combs was back on the radar Friday night ... but this time he was seen boarding his jet to fly out of town as his federal sex trafficking case continues to loom over him.

The rap mogul posted a new video on his Instagram Story -- showing him walking toward his private plane at an airport with a mat on the ground that read, "Combs Air."

Diddy briefly stopped and turned to the pilot standing on the tarmac, while stating, "What up? How you doing?" He then gave the pilot a fist bump before climbing a flight of stairs into the aircraft and mumbling, "No place like home."

A not-so-funny situation for Marlon Wayans and his famously comedic family -- cops say his L.A.-area crib is the latest target of burglars.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Marlon wasn't home, but his brother Keenen Ivory Wayans was around 2:30 AM last Saturday when 2 brazen thieves hit the house.

We're told they snuck into his backyard, shattered a back window and entered the house.

3:30 PM PT -- Diddy's attorney Jonathan Davis tells TMZ ... "No matter how many lawsuits are filed it won't change the fact that Mr. Combs has never sexually assaulted or sex trafficked anyone. We live in a world where anyone can file a lawsuit for any reason and without any proof. Fortunately, a fair and impartial judicial process exists to find the truth and Mr. Combs is confident he will prevail against these and other baseless claims in court.”

Diddy hired a former porn star to have sex with people at some of his legendary parties, and threatened to blackball her and her model boyfriend if she didn't comply ... according to a new lawsuit she's filed.

Adria English, who says her porn stage name was Omunique, says she first met Diddy around 2004, when her BF was auditioning for a Sean John modeling gig. In the docs, obtained by TMZ, Adria claims things got freaky with Diddy right out of the gate.

Adria claims her boyfriend and another model were asked to perform oral sex on Diddy in order to get the job. She says her BF refused, but he got a second chance when another Diddy associate offered him the job ... as long as he got Adria to work as a "go-go dancer" at Diddy's upcoming white party in the Hamptons.

Mariah The Scientist has pled not guilty to battery after being accused of serving up a platter of whoop-ass on a woman who says she doesn't even know the singer.

According to docs, obtained by TMZ Hip Hop, Mariah -- via her attorney Brian Steel -- filed a waiver of arraignment, pleading not guilty and demanding a jury trial.

We broke the story back in May ... a woman named Cleopatra Dues claims she was inside Atlanta's Cavo Kitchen and Cocktail Lounge on March 29 when Mariah suddenly ripped her wig off her scalp before dragging her across the floor of the bar.