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Business · ⏰ Musk's OpenAI suit dismissed: the jury faulted his timing
The jury never ruled on whether going for-profit broke OpenAI's founding charter - only on how long Musk waited to challenge it. ⏳
Influencer · 🥊 Jake Paul v Tyson: biggest U.S. gate outside Nevada, $18M+
The Netflix stream peaked at 65 million viewers. The reported $40M and $20M purses were never confirmed by the promoters. 🔒
Influencer · 🥤 Prime Hydration faces $5M PFAS suit and Olympic trademark suit
A U.S. senator also asked the FDA to probe its energy drink's caffeine. Prime disputes the PFAS claims and says it follows the rules. 🗣️
Influencer · ▶️ Biggest YouTuber lawsuits ranked: from Klein's win to CryptoZoo
From the Kleins' 2017 fair-use win to Logan Paul's $1.3M refund promise: what judges actually decided, and what the record still doesn't show. ⏳
Influencer · 🪙 Kim Kardashian paid $1.26M to settle the SEC's EthereumMax case
The 2022 order required no admission or denial. That December, a judge dismissed the fraud claims in a separate class action over the token. 📌
Royals · 👑 King Charles's Duchy of Lancaster income: £25.2M last year
His private income from the Duchy of Lancaster for 2025-26, per its own accounts - separate from the publicly funded Sovereign Grant. 📌
Royals · 🏰 Ex-Prince Andrew loses his titles; Royal Lodge costs King £1.5M
The lease still owed him £302,000, swallowed by a £1.8M repair bill. The King covers the £1.5M gap from his own funds. 📌
Influencer · 🎰 FTC settled with CSGO Lotto's owners over undisclosed promotion
Trevor Martin and Tom Cassell's 2017 deal was the FTC's first with influencers. In 2026 New York sued Valve over loot boxes; Valve disputes it. 🗣️
Influencer · 🪙 Logan Paul sued Coffeezilla for defamation over CryptoZoo
Filed in Texas, June 2024. His January 2024 buyback committed $2.3M but required claimants to waive any claims against him. 📌
Influencer · 🎥 Ethan Klein won fair use in 2017; now he sues reaction streamers
Hila Klein filed for divorce on November 2. Her affair claim is her statement alone, and Ethan has not addressed it publicly. 📌
Money · 🎸 Prince's 1992 Warner deal: a reported $100M
A Dublin judge ordered $2.95M over a dropped concert; Rolling Stone named him 2004's top earner. Where the money went after his 2016 death is unclear. ⏳
Royals · 📰 Prince Harry v the tabloids: the record, 2016 to the Mirror case
A 2016 statement on Meghan's coverage, a paparazzi payout over the Cotswolds house, then his 2023 testimony against the Mirror's publisher. 📌
Business · 🏢 SoftBank offered Adam Neumann up to $1.7B to leave WeWork
SoftBank walked from the 2019 deal; a 2021 settlement bought nearly $500M of his stock plus $50M. His 2024 bid to buy WeWork back went nowhere. ⏳
Business · 🏝️ Fyre Festival's Billy McFarland: $26M forfeited, brand sold
He served under four years of a six-year sentence, then tried Fyre II, an eBay auction and a Honduras reboot. The new owner hasn't said what's next. ⏳
Money · 💔 Most expensive divorces ever: Gates ~$76B, Bezos ~$38B
Both figures are estimates, the two largest ever reported. Most further down are reported estimates too, not disclosed court terms. 📌
Reality TV · 👜 Jen Shah release: out in Dec 2025 after a 78-month fraud sentence
Released in December 2025, about eight months early. Her manager says she's repaying victims; how much is paid is not known. ⏳
Reality TV · 🍝 Teresa Giudice pleaded guilty to fraud; restitution $414,588
She served 11 months of 15; then-husband Joe got 41 months and faced deportation. Their related bankruptcy case was dismissed in 2018. 📌
Sports · ⚾ Ippei Mizuhara: 57 months, $18M+ owed to Shohei Ohtani and IRS
He pleaded guilty to bank fraud and a false tax return after taking nearly $17M from Shohei Ohtani's accounts. 📌
Sports · 🏀 NBA ban cost Donald Sterling $2.5M; the Clippers sold for $2B
He bought the team for $12M in 1981, sued the league for $1B and lost, then sold under NBA pressure in 2014. 📌
Celebrity · 🎤 Taylor Swift's masters: sold for $330M, resold, bought back
Braun's 2019 deal was later put at $330M and the 2020 Shamrock resale at over $300M. What Swift paid to reclaim them in 2025 is undisclosed. 🔒
Money · 💸 MacKenzie Scott got $35.6B in Amazon stock, gave $26.3B away
Bezos kept 75% of the couple's shares and voting control of hers. Her money has gone out faster than almost any fortune in modern philanthropy. 📌
Money · 📜 Lisa Marie Presley trust: Riley Keough ends up sole trustee
Priscilla questioned the 2016 amendment in January 2023; that August a judge approved a settlement with sub-trusts for Keough's half-sisters. 📌
Celebrity · 🍷 Jolie sold her Château Miraval stake to Stoli's wine arm
Price undisclosed; People valued the label at $164M. The 2021 deal closed amid Pitt's suit over a 2013 share transfer he says was made for one euro. 🔒
Royals · 👑 Sovereign Grant up £45M for 2025-26, funded by offshore wind
The formula is shielded from ever falling, and a renovation begun in 2017 is still the reason the grant stays high. 📌