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Prince Harry is refusing to back down in his war against the British press ... and, now he's even citing it as a key reason he and Meghan Markle are estranged from Prince William and King Charles.

The Duke of Sussex addressed his complicated relationship with the UK's tabloids in a new ITV1 documentary, "Tabloids on Trial."

As Harry put it, anything he says about his father and the rest of the royal fam will likely be turned into a "torrent of abuse" from the British media ... which he feels has been a "central piece" in the ongoing feud with his kin.

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is going to have to hold her horses on cutting all ties from estranged husband Ryan Anderson ... their divorce is not going to speed through the courts.

Ryan's attorney, Jeffrey Carrier, tells TMZ … when married couples without children divorce in Louisiana, they have to live apart for 6 months after divorce papers are served before they can even request a divorce hearing.

Gypsy and Ryan publicly split in March, but we're told he wasn't served until the middle of July ... which is when the 6-month clock starts. As a result, this divorce will bleed into next year.

A couple of Tekashi 6ix9ine's luxury cars just sold to the highest bidder -- this after the IRS seized them from his Florida estate -- and they went for a pretty penny.

Tekashi's 2019 Lamborghini Urus went for a whopping $175,043 at a government-run auction that closed Tuesday ... and his 2017 Bentley Continental GT Speed changed hands for $85,500 during the same auction.

These are the same cars IRS agents seized from 6ix9ine back in April, when the feds rolled up to his Lake Worth, FL home ... and confiscated a bunch of the rapper's stuff.

Karen Read is the Massachusetts woman accused of her police officer boyfriend's death ... and after a hung jury prompted a mistrial, it's fair to wonder if she was being framed.

TMZ Studios' new series, "Strange & Suspicious," dives into weird and unexplained stories -- and here, we're looking into the possibility Karen is getting blamed for a murder she didn't commit.

Remember ... she's accused of drunkenly running over John O'Keefe.

Bella Hadid is gearing up for a fight, Montel Williams is kinda endorsing Kamala Harris and Kobe Bryant's got some unique memorabilia up for sale ... all this on TMZ TV Hot Takes.

First up on "TMZ Live" Harvey and Charles explain why Bella is lawyering up after a controversial Adidas ad campaign sparked a wave of backlash.

Karen Read is heading back to court for round two -- a judge just greenlit a second murder trial in the death of her BF, John O'Keefe ... weeks after declaring it a mistrial following a hung jury.

Massachusetts Judge Beverly Cannone has penciled in Read’s retrial for January 27, 2025 ... dropping the news Monday in front of both the prosecution and defense attorneys.

The date isn't locked in yet because Read's lawyer, David Yannetti, mentioned to Judge Cannone he's got another trial lined up right before then.

Chris Brown's "11:11" tour has been marred by some serious thuggery ... according to a new lawsuit accusing the singer of orchestrating the assault of several men.

According to legal docs, obtained by TMZ Hip Hop, Brown, Yella Beezy, CB's entourage lieutenant Sinko Ceej and Live Nation are all facing a lawsuit filed by the 4 alleged victims ... who are seeking a whopping $50 million.

Brown's "11:11" tour hit Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, TX on July 20 -- and after the show let out, plaintiffs Larry Parker, Joseph Lewis, Charles Bush and Da Marcus Powell say they were invited backstage and escorted there, along with 40 women, for a post-concert hang.

9:21 AM PT -- Director Kimberly Cheatle just acknowledged that the Secret Service did not pause the rally despite the fact that agents and others saw Thomas Matthew Crooks on the roof and around the fairgrounds well before Donald Trump was up onstage talking.

She didn't have a clear answer for why officials didn't get Trump outta there despite this ... simply saying they're still looking into who communicated what to who, and when.

The Secret Service Director is getting grilled on Capitol Hill over the assassination attempt on Donald Trump -- and she's acknowledging the Secret Service screwed the pooch.

Kim Kardashian is truly turning life into art in her latest acting project ... because we've learned she's playing the lawyer who handled 2 of her high-profile divorces.

As we reported, Kim is starring in Ryan Murphy's new Hulu project, "All's Fair." Kim is playing a divorce lawyer at an all-female L.A. law firm.

We knew her character was inspired by famed Disso Queen Laura Wasser, but now we know her character actually IS LW.

LSU defensive back Javien Toviano, who played in 13 games for the Tigers last season, was arrested over the weekend ... after cops say he admitted to filming himself having sex with a woman without her consent.

According to police documents, obtained by TMZ Sports, the 19-year-old fessed up to secretly placing a camera inside of a bedroom clock to record multiple sexual encounters with a woman earlier this month.

Police wrote in the documents that the alleged victim told officers she found the videos -- which were apparently recorded on July 5 and July 6 -- on an iPad belonging to Toviano.

Bella Hadid's readying for legal battle with Adidas ... with sources telling us she's hired legal counsel to take on the athleticwear giant.

Sources familiar with the situation tell TMZ ... Bella's retained lawyers to take action against Adidas for their lack of public accountability -- basically, saying she feels they spearheaded a cruel and damaging campaign.

Our sources say she's upset the company would put out a campaign that would associate anyone with a tragedy like the Munich Massacre at the 1972 Olympics ... with violence running in contrast to BH's own views.

A woman accused of shooting a 7-month-old infant on the streets of Philadelphia has been arrested ... and TMZ has obtained her mug shot.

Dominique Billips -- the 28-year-old accused of the crime -- has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault, violation of the Uniform Firearms Act (VUFA), and related offenses according to a press release from Philly PD.

PPD says they arrested Billips Friday -- the day after the caught-on-camera shooting -- apprehending her without incident.

Blueface could be released from jail very soon -- and his mother Karlissa Saffold hopes to spoil him rotten with a surprise party to make it official!!!

Karlissa chopped it up with TMZ Hip Hop in Burbank on Thursday and she told us she's eyeing Blue's upcoming July 29 court hearing, which could be the last barrier to his freedom.

The L.A. rap star's been locked up since January on a probation violation and Karlissa is confident she'll be able to follow through with her party plans the very next day.

Sean Kingston and his mother are now facing federal charges after being accused of defrauding businesses out of more than $1 million.

Federal prosecutors say a Grand Jury in Miami indicted the "Beautiful Girls" singer and his mom, Janice Turner, hitting each with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and 5 counts of wire fraud.

The charges, announced Friday, are for allegations Sean and his mom cooked up a scheme to swindle multiple businesses out of jewelry, luxury vehicles and other goods.

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's daughter, Shiloh, is taking the next step to ditch her dad's last name -- all so a judge can speed things up and make it all official.

Shiloh -- who just recently turned 18 -- recently took out an ad in the L.A. Times newspaper to announce she'd filed a petition to drop "Pitt" from her surname -- which is a standard legality before the court green lights a name change.

Shiloh filed to change her name from Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt to Shiloh Nouvel Jolie, per the newspaper notice. It also states anyone who has objections to the petition should show up in court later this month. Otherwise, she's going forward with her plan.

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was just hit with a 16-year prison term after being convicted of spying in Russia – a charge American leaders have categorically denied.

Gershkovich was found guilty Friday by a Russian court in Yekaterinburg as prosecutors asked for an 18-year sentence, but Evan instead was handed 16, according to multiple reports.

In March 2023, Evan was first arrested for espionage as he took a trip to Yekaterinburg while
working on a WSJ story -- he's been in Russia ever since ... despite outcry here in the States.