Owen Lavine

Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / GettyOne of the three millionaire realtor brothers facing sexual assault allegations has stepped down from the billion-dollar brokerage firm he co-owns to “clear his name” following a new lawsuit that alleges he raped a woman. “Given the salacious nature of this false allegation and impact on OFFICIAL, Tal and his partners have decided he will take a leave from the company to focus fully on clearing his name,” one of Tal Alexander’s lawyers, Deanna Paul, said in a statement to The Daily Beast on Tuesday. The statement added that Alexander is “eager for the case to be heard in federal court as soon as possible and rejoin the OFFICIAL team in short order.”Read more at The Daily Beast.

Marina Del ReyThe president of a California Moms for Liberty chapter went viral this week after a video surfaced of her freaking out at a drag queen in the lobby of a hotel. Beth Bourne, president of the Yolo County chapter of the right-wing group, was staying at the Alohilani Resort Waikiki Beach in Honolulu, Hawaii when she spotted the group of performers. Among them was Marina Del Rey, a local Hawaiian who was slated to perform for a Drag Brunch event at the resort.Del Rey began recording Bourne who, shakily recording herself, berated the group, calling their outfits “degrading” and insinuating they were misogynistic. Read more at The Daily Beast.

Evelyn HocksteinFormer President Donald Trump work shopped some new lines during a campaign rally at the “Faith and Freedom” conference in Washington, D.C. on Saturday. “Israel has it, why don’t we have it?” Trump asked the crowd before telling them he would build a “great Iron Dome” in the U.S. if he is elected. He promised that the construction of the missile defense system would “create jobs.”Trump also told the crowd that he has “wounds all over my body,” assuring them that if he “took this shirt off, you'd see a beautiful, beautiful person but you’d see wounds all over me.”Read more at The Daily Beast.

Amy Sussman/Getty ImagesJustin Timberlake has finally opened up about his notorious DWI arrest on Tuesday, telling concertgoers in Chicago on Friday night that he has had a “tough week.”Timberlake was pulled over on Tuesday night after drinking at the American Hotel in Sag Harbor, New York. Timberlake was allegedly caught stealing a drink from another guest after he got up to go to the bathroom. Timberlake was pulled over twice that night by the same officer, who reportedly did not know who the star was. Despite telling Officer Michael Arkinson he had only drank “one martini,” Timberlake failed his field sobriety test and his breathalyzer test told a different story. Read more at The Daily Beast.

Brendan McDermid/ReutersFormer President Donald Trump claimed on the All In podcast this week that the CIA prevented him from releasing files connected with the assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy in 1963. When pressed on the issue, Trump told the podcast hosts, “I actually did do it. I released a lot.” He claimed that the CIA delayed his requests, telling him they needed “more time.” In 2017, Trump made waves by publicly promising to release “ALL JFK files other than the names and addresses of any mentioned person who is still living.” He never lived up to that promise. Read more at The Daily Beast.

ReutersEven Trump-appointed U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon apparently has her doubts about Trump’s attorney’s argument against federal prosecutor Jack Smith’s legitimacy as special counsel.Emil Bove, who is representing the former president in his stolen documents case, argued in court on Friday that Smith’s appointment as special counsel was “unconstitutional.” Bove went on to say that Merrick Garland’s ability to appoint Smith was comparable to the power of a “shadow government.”Cannon, who has repeatedly refused to pass the case to another judge and has been accused of delaying the trial every step of the way, didn’t buy the Trump team’s line.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Pool/Getty Images Kyle Rittenhouse has been publicly dragged by his own family, who say the far-right darling left them high and dry as his mother and sister brace for eviction from their home. Faith, Kyle’s sister, put out a desperate plea for help on May 29, setting up a GoFundMe to help fight their eviction notice.Faith said she and her mother have struggled to maintain employment due to the specter cast on them by the 2020 shooting in which Kyle fatally shot two men amid protests. She told the V-Radio podcast on June 2 that she also wound up hospitalized with appendicitis and has been in the hospital six times in the past six months, though she said her brother never bothered to reach out. She added that “people still believe my mother drove Kyle or was somehow involved in his decision to go to Kenosha.”Read more at The Daily Beast.

Pool/Getty Images Kyle Rittenhouse has been publicly dragged by his own family, who say the far-right darling left them high and dry as his mother and sister brace for eviction from their home. Faith, Kyle’s sister, put out a desperate plea for help on May 29, setting up a GoFundMe to help fight their eviction notice.Faith said she and her mother have struggled to maintain employment due to the specter cast on them by the 2020 shooting in which Kyle fatally shot two men amid protests. She told the V-Radio podcast on June 2 that she also wound up hospitalized with appendicitis and has been in the hospital six times in the past six months, though she said her brother never bothered to reach out. She added that “people still believe my mother drove Kyle or was somehow involved in his decision to go to Kenosha.”Read more at The Daily Beast.

Michael M. Santiago/ReutersA website named TrumpBurgum.com, which redirects users to DonaldJTrump.com, sparked rumors on Thursday that Trump had selected North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to be his running mate. However, the website was quickly disavowed by Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt who said it “has nothing to do with our campaign.”Conservative commentator Dan O’Donnell reacted on X, calling the website a “major revelation” adding that TrumpPence.com similarly redirected users to DonaldJTrump.com. Read more at The Daily Beast.

John Fisher/Getty ImagesThe crowd roared as Snoop Dogg jogged up to the pitching mound to cast the first pitch at the Milwaukee Brewers-Cincinnati Reds game at American Family Field in Milwaukee on Saturday. Snoop then returned to the broadcast booth, surprising fans with his play-by-play of the game. No stranger to the microphone, he was animated in his unfiltered commentary.He exploded as Reds shortstop Elly De La Cruz launched the ball into first, sending Brice Turang back to the dugout.Read more at The Daily Beast.