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Chad Johnson Admits He Was Unfaithful to Evelyn Lozada in Tense ESPN Interview

In a tense interview on ESPN's "First Take" today former NFL player Chad Johnson admitted that he the confrontation with his ex-wife Evelyn Lozada that lead to his arrest on domestic violence charges earlier this year stemmed from his own infidelity."I made the bed. I'm going to lay in it," Johnson ... More >>

Top Ten Rap Brawls Ever! From 2Pac to Diddy's Gun and Juggalos vs. Headbangers

The most recent edition of the annual BET Hip-Hop Awards was less trophies-and-speeches and more WWE Monday Night Raw. First and foremost, the Bawse Ricky Ross stirred up some seriously harsh vibes when he and Young Jeezy got into a spitty spat that resulted in the senseless smashing of a mirror. ... More >>

Chad Johnson Strikes Plea Deal, Gets a Year of Probation

It's been a hell of a legal week for former NFL player Chad Johnson. Earlier this week, his divorce from reality TV star Evelyn Lozada became official, and this morning he struck a plea deal on charges that he head-butted her. Johnson has been sentenced to a year of probation and has been ordered to ... More >>

Chad Johnson and Evelyn Lozada Were Officially Divorced This Morning

Former NFL player Chad Johnson and Basketball Wives star Evelyn Lozada were officially divorced earlier this morning. The two had only wed over the July 4th weekend following a romance that was chronicled both on Lozada's VH1 reality show and in the gossip press, but Johnson was arrested just weeks ... More >>

Chad Johnson's Dismissal Shows the Miami Dolphins Are Hypocrites

Chad Johnson's Dismissal Shows The Dolphins Are Football's Most Hypocritical Team

Uncle Luke,the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke criticizes Joe Philbin for letting go of Chad Johnson.The Miami Dolphins are the most hypocritical football organization to ever b ... More >>

Lips Drag Show Paying Tribute to Dead Divas, Whitney Houston and Donna Summer

When Whitney Houston died, we were "So Emotional." And when Donna Summer danced her "Last Dance" a few months later, we went into full breakdown mode, eating nothing but the leftover crumbs in our beard and salty teardrops. It was tough, still is. But that's life. The (drag) show must go on. And n ... More >>

Evelyn Lozada Releases Statement, Hopes Chad Johnson "Seeks the Help He Needs"

Following her husband's arrest this weekend for domestic battery, Evelyn Lozada has broken her silence and released a statement to the media. Lozada, a star of VH1's Basketball Wives, had been married to Chad Johnson for only about five weeks before the incident.

Chad Johnson Gets $100,000 Offer to Star in Porn

Because the world of adult entertainment is eminently classy, a pornography company has decided to capitalize on a domestic violence case for its own publicity purposes by offering Chad Johnson $100,000 to star in porn.Before Johnson was arrested this weekend and subsequently cut from the Miami Dolp ... More >>

Former Dolphin Kenny Mixon Arrested for Domestic Violence in Weston

​Kenny Mixon, a former Miami Dolphin, was arrested at his Weston home yesterday afternoon on charges of domestic violence. Mixon is alleged to have choked his girlfriend. 

Florida Woman Beats Up Husband After He Asks to Use Their Bed With Another Woman

​Marian Searchwell may have wound up behind bars for domestic violence, but frankly it's hard to blame her for her actions. The 56-year-old resident of Vero Beach was at the home she shared with her husband of 5 months when the man showed up around 10 p.m. on a Thursday night and asked her to plea ... More >>

Drunk Florida Man Points Gun at Teen Son, Tells Police "Fighting is What Redneck People Do"

​Maybe police officers need to take sensitivity training to better understand the time honored traditions of the noble redneck people. That's what Mark Thomas Wach seems to think.After the Palm City man was arrested for shooting a lawnmower and pointing a gun at his son, he told police, "Fighting ... More >>

DJ Laz's Gun Used in Miramar Murder-Suicide

​Power 96 morning host and Miami bass legend DJ Laz finds himself connected to a bizarre murder-suicide that occurred in Miramar this past weekend.Marcus Trotman, 25, shot his wife, 30-year-old Danielle Lorenzo, and his mother-in-law, Linda Scudera, before turning the gun on himself. All three die ... More >>

Jennifer Lynn Hearn Killed Husband, Buried Him In Hog Pen, Lied On Facebook, Police Say

via Brevard County Sheriff's OfficeJennifer Lynn Hearn​Six weeks ago, Jennifer Lynn Hearn started bragging on Facebook that her husband had left her, but she'd already found a new man: "Wow. I am so glad one person walked out of my life so others could walk in," she wrote.Turns out, her husband, C ... More >>

Fathers Are Allowed to Slap Teen Daughters on the Ass, Rules Florida Appeals Court

​A three-judge panel from Florida's 1st District Court of Appeal has upheld the right of Florida's fathers to slap their teenage daughters on the ass without fear of facing domestic violence charges. The ruling overturned an earlier judgement from a Tallahassee judge, who granted a domestic violen ... More >>

Luis Conte Agüero Accused of Molesting 10-Year-Old Girl

​Luis Conte Agüero, a well-known figure in Miami's exile community and a former close friend turned arch-nemesis of Fidel Castro, has been arrested for domestic violence and accused of molesting his former girlfriend's 10-year-old daughter. The 87-year-old was arrested yesterday in the parking lo ... More >>

Miami Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Jail for Gouging Wife's Eyes

Roman in a 2005 mugshot​Eugene Roman may never see the errors of his own ways. Or much of anything in fact. He gouged out his own eyes with his finger back in 2005 while serving time for beating his wife. Shortly after the incident he was released, and his wife accepted him back into the house. Th ... More >>

Miami-Dade Police Sergeant Reinaldo Ruiz Arrested for Domestic Violence

​Reinaldo Ruiz, a sergeant in the Miami-Dade Police Department who makes more than $100,000-a-year, has found himself on the other side of the badge after being arrested Friday night by Broward Sheriff's deputies on charges of domestic violence. Few details are available but Ruiz was booked and ch ... More >>

ICE Agent Charged with Molesting 16-Year-Old

​Neil Julien, a federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer, has been arrested on charges that he molested a 16-year-old girl back in 2005. According to NBC Miami, he allegedly molested the girl multiple time during the summer of 2005 while dating the girl's mother. The charges surfaced af ... More >>

Mother, Son Fatally Stabbed in Gruesome Murder

​A mother and her adult son were fatally stabbed Wednesday night during a domestic dispute in a West Miami Dade home. The killer then turned the knife on himself but survived. When police arrived shortly after 7 p.m. at a home on 133rd Place and Southwest 58th Terrace, they found a gruesome scene ... More >>

Ynot's Death: Francisco Chollet, Who Started Fatal Altercation, Has History of Violence and Sleaze

​Virtually every update we've published concerning the killing of 21-year-old graffiti artist Jonathan "Ynot" Corso has sparked a flurry of commenters opining that as a prolific vandal, he was a "scumbag" who "deserved" to die. Let's take a look at who's on the accused killer's side of the m ... More >>

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Dolphins' Phillip Merling Arrested for Allegedly Hitting Pregnant Woman

​Defensive end Phillip Merling is sitting in Broward County Jail this morning, charged with aggravated battery on a woman. What's worse is the woman he's accused of attacking was pregnant, and records show Merling either was aware or should have been aware of the pregnancy.The 25-year-old was arre ... More >>

All Families Are Psychotic

News Roundup

City and county commissions are castng their final vote on the Marlins ballpark today. [CBS4]Charlie Crist is pleased as punch about the new version of the Stimulus Bill. [JustNews]Apparently, before a certain celebrity incident, people didn't know that domestic abuse in younger relationships is a s ... More >>

About That Rihanna Post This Morning...

The last thing in the world I want is for a serious point I was trying to make about domestic abuse devolve into some pissing match with two radio jocks. The underlying subject matter is too serious. Enrique Santos left a long comment on the original post, and you should read it to get his side of t ... More >>

DontDateHimGirl.com Has Something To Say About Chris Brown, Too

Remember our old friend Tasha Cunningham? She started DontDateHimGirl.com: the locally run website that allows women to anonymously dish about men they've dated. New Times wrote about the site extensively back in 2006. Well, DDHG wants some of this Chris Brown/Rihanna publicity too. The site just is ... More >>

When Internal Affairs Gets Too Cozy

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement recently ended an investigation into the onetime commander of the Miami-Dade Police Department's internal affairs unit, concluding Donald Rifkin was hoping to get laid by talking to county cop Carmen Pichardo about sensitive information in the internal affa ... More >>

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A landmark court case could force cops to jail any man who violates a domestic violence injunction. Period.

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A Creole-language radio show breaks the silence surrounding domestic violence in Haitian homes

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When it comes to crimes of passion, Hialeah is Dade's undisputed champ. Unfortunately, the competition never lets up.

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