Nick Cannon's ex-money manager managed his money, alright -- treating Nick's bank account like his personal piggy bank, and then disappearing with $2 million ... according to the feds.
Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... Frank Musoke -- a former account manager at a high-end Beverly Hills management and tax firm -- is accused of spending several years siphoning cash from the "Wild 'n Out" creator.
Federal prosecutors just hit Musoke with an 8-count indictment, claiming he leveraged his position managing the business and financial affairs of elite celebrities. While the indictment doesn't mention Nick's name, our sources confirm he's the alleged victim.
Tom Sandoval and Ariana Madix have officially cut the last string between them ... 'cause TMZ has learned their shared Los Angeles home has sold.
Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ ... the sale of the Valley Village farmhouse closed Friday ... with the former couple offloading it to new owners for $3.1 million.
Remember ... that's the price Tom swears he offered Ariana for the place ... but, she apparently didn't want to give it up to him. We told you last month the home was in escrow in an off-market deal.
Investigators looking into the 1996 disappearance of California college student Kristin Smartsay they've found evidence of human remains on a property linked to her convicted killer.
This is a potentially huge deal ... because Kristin's body was never found.
She was declared legally dead in 2002, and Paul Flores -- who went to school with her and was the last person to see her alive -- was found guilty of first-degree murder 20 years later.
Investigators have been running soil tests on the home of Paul's mom, Susan Flores, for the past couple days ... and San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson told reporters they found compounds related to a human, decomposing body.
Erika Kirkis taking a walk down memory lane with her late husband, Charlie... posting an emotional tribute to their love story on their fifth wedding anniversary.
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Erika shared a deeply personal video montage Friday on X filled with family photos and intimate moments with Charlie ... pairing it with an audio track about their journey and the family they built together.
Take a look ... the tribute opens with a woman saying, "I want to show you some pictures of Mommy and Daddy and I want to tell you a story" ... before a child’s voice chimes in with a narration about "Mama and Dada" loving each other and wanting to build a family together.
Pooh Shiesty swears he's innocent in his federal kidnapping and robbery case involving Gucci Mane ... and he said as much in court.
The rapper was arraigned Friday in federal court in Dallas, Texas and pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him ... Pooh's lawyer, Kent Schaffer, tells TMZ.
As we reported ... federal prosecutors filed robbery and kidnapping charges against Pooh, his father, and 7 other defendants, claiming they robbed and kidnapped Gucci and others back in January inside a music studio in Dallas.
Katy Perry’s manager wants the disabled veteran -- who lost his fight against the singer over a Santa Barbara mansion he sold to her -- to cough up a 7-figure sum to cover her legal fees ... TMZ has learned.
According to court docs, obtained by TMZ, the lawyers for Katy’s longtime business manager, Bernie Gudvi, asked a judge to order Carl Westcott to pay more than $5 million in legal fees he racked up from 2020 to 2026.
Carl is an uber-successful businessman who sued to back out of the sale of his mansion to Katy. He claimed he was under the influence of painkillers from surgery when he executed the deal, but Katy refused to back out of the deal.
Mother's Day is just around the corner, and Hollywood moms and their mini-mes are getting ready to celebrate ... so we're getting in the spirit by taking a look at our fave famous fams.
Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin had a reunion of sorts this week ... all to celebrate their daughter's college graduation.
Apple got her diploma from Vanderbilt University in Nashville ... after majoring in law, history, and society. Smart (organic, gluten-free, grain-free, vegan) cookie!
The movie star and rocker share two kids ... Apple and her bro, Moses -- and the pair have said over the years they've maintained a friendly relationship since their split in 2014. Still ... it's rare to see them together out in public.
Hollywood got a full dose of chaos, comedy and freestyle bars when the TMZ Comedy Crawl tore through the city ... with Cat Celeading the charge from club to club.
Check it out ... the night kicked off with the Klein Boyz -- brothers Jeremyand Kyle-- jumping straight into rapid-fire freestyle rap ... pulling random topics out of thin air and turning them into punchlines on the spot. At first, the crowd didn’t totally know what hit ‘em ... but once people realized nothing was scripted, the energy ramped up fast.
Iyanna Dunnkept things rolling with stories about her childhood TV days ... reminding the crowd she got her start leading Nickelodeon's "Abby’s Friends" and weaving the throwback flex into her set.
Addison Rae's dad, Monty Lopez, accused his estranged wife of having a gun during a recent altercation, but now she's firing back and flatly denying the claim.
Kaitlyn Lopeztells TMZ ... she did not threaten anyone with a weapon as she speaks out publicly for the first time amid the escalating drama between the currently estranged couple.
"During an incident where law enforcement searched the residence, the situation escalated to the point where I felt like I was caught in something far more serious and dangerous than I ever understood," she tells us. "It felt unreal -- like I was suddenly in the middle of something much bigger than myself."
Dorit Kemsley’s alleged texts to her estranged husband PK Kemsley about his new girlfriend were recently revealed in court docs from their messy divorce.
TMZ obtained the alleged messages, dated April 1, 2026, from "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star to PK, which reads “I don’t care that you have your girlfriend here. Haha she knows you have two children and an ex ex-wife. It’s OK I'm sure she can handle you being an adult and speaking to me even when she’s there.”
Dorit added, "You have to start being able to live an honest life. I thought you were finally ready to?”
Jeremy Corbell is encouraged and optimistic about the first batch of alien and UFO files being released by the government ... he says the transparency here is a long time coming.
The UFO expert and filmmaker joined us Friday on "TMZ Live," and we asked him about the Pentagon releasing photos, videos and files on aliens and unidentified aerial phenomena.
Jeremy tells us the White House has told him more files will be released as part of a "slow burn" ... and he hopes that means they are easing people into the information. On the other hand, he says a slow rollout could mean President Trump didn't get the good stuff.
Todd Meadows -- the star of "Deadliest Catch" who died while filming Season 22 -- said fishing in Alaska was one of his "dreams" ... right before the tragedy that claimed his life.
Discovery Channel released a behind-the-scenes clip of Meadows on YouTube Friday ... in which he says it has "been one of my dreams and goals to make it up here. I’ve been to Alaska a few times, but never to fish, just to vacation and to hang out with family.”
He says he took the gig to teach his kids -- he was a father of three -- that if they work hard, they could achieve any goal they set their minds to.
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime performance pulled 128.2 million viewers -- but also garnered some intense backlash from people pissed off about the content of the performance.
TMZ obtained more than 2,000 complaints sent to the FCC following February's Super Bowl LX .... and more than 100 involved messages that the Puerto Rican superstar's performance was raunchy, full of dirty sex-talk, and all-around inappropriate.
Just check out some of the complaints in our gallery -- many people protested about his alleged gyrating ... with one viewer claiming they felt they were "forced to see a man's penis and balls." Others were peeved he grabbed his crotch, while another person complained dancers allegedly grabbed each other's breasts.
The hantavirus scare is giving some people COVID flashbacks ... but this virus apparently doesn't have the same bite.
Dr. Ashish Jha -- the former White House COVID response coordinator -- stopped by "TMZ Live" to tell everyone to exhale a little over the deadly outbreak aboard the MV Hondius ... because while he's worried about people exposed on that ship, he tells us this thing is NOT shaping up to be another COVID-style nightmare.
Check it out ... he assures us, "This is not gonna be a pandemic. That's not how this virus is going to behave."
