Tag: Gangland

Son of Colombian Cartel Queen Griselda Blanco Suing Actress Sophia Vergera Over Netflix Movie

Colombian actress Sophia Vergera is under fire for her depiction of Colombia’s most infamous drug queenpin Griselda Blanco.

According to Fox News — Michael Corleone Blanco and his wife Marie filed a lawsuit in Miami-Dade County on Jan. 17, alleging “unauthorized” use of his “artistic literary work” and the family’s “image, likeness and/or identity.”

Blanco claimed in the lawsuit that Netflix usedinformation from private interviews he did about his mother’s life for its limited series without his authorization and without compensating him.

Eric Newman, creator and executive producer of “Griselda,” told Today.com: “I dealt with similar suits from Pablo Escobar, his family, during the making of ‘Narcos.’ I tend not to think much about them. It just feels a little bit unsurprising and kind of comes with the territory.”

The limited series premieres January 25.

The Real Reason Yo Gotti Brother Big Jook Was Killed In Front Of His Mom

Big Jook Mims and brother Yo Gotti

CMG record label CEO Yo Gotti’s brother was killed in Memphis last weekend and there is a lot of speculation surrounding his death.

Rumors have been circulating that he was murdered in retaliation for allegedly ordering the shooting of rival PRE label owner Young Dolph who was killed back in 2021 while entering a local Memphis cookie shop.

If you’re not familiar with the events that could have led to Jook’s demise, check out this video which gives some history and timelines of the rap and street beefs going on amongst Memphis rappers.

According to the video, the killers traced his steps during and after the funeral before opening fire on the vehicle he was traveling in. It is also believed that his mother, also Gotti’s mother, was also in the car and fled once shots rang out.

BMF: Big Meech Petitions Courts for 2025 Release

Big Meech is seeking early release from the feds and hoping to be released by year 2025.

Initially given a 30-year sentence, Big Meech had it reduced to 27 years (324 months) by U.S. District Judge David M. Lawson in June 2021.

Meech’s brother Terry Flenory was also handed a hefty sentence but he has been released due to good behavior. Terry was released from prison during Covid meanwhile Demetrius Flenory, the elder of the Flenory Brothers, is still incarcerated after multiple requests for earlier release.

According to HipHopDX, Meech’s lawyer Brittany K Barnett argued that the former BMF leader, demonstrating exemplary conduct in prison, achieving educational milestones, and staying trouble-free since 2021, deserves credit under U.S.S.G. Amendment 782,making a case for his release by 2025.

“Notably, Federal Bureau of Prisons (B.O.P.) staff observed that ‘Flenory has displayed a dedication to remaining physically fit and has taken it upon himself to lead and teach exercise classes to other inmates,” Barnett explained. “He also leads regular focus groups out of various self-help books and appears to [have] a positive mental health effect of other inmates.”

Earlier this week, Barnett filed a motion in the Eastern District of Michigan, aiming for a “retroactive application” of sentencing guidelines.

There has been no decision made on the request as of yet.