Texas Couple Arrested After 1-Year-Old Baby Girl Is Burned Alive In Oven By Older Siblings

  

Via Bossip– A Texas mother and her boyfriend are behind bars after police say the woman’s toddler was baked to death inside an oven after being left home alone with her older siblings.

  

According to HuffPo reports: 

That horrifying nightmare led to Racqual Thompson, 25, and Cornell Malone, 21, being booked Tuesday into a Harris County jail, each on four counts of endangering a child.

Houston police say the couple left 19-month-old J’Zyra and Thompson’s three other children, all under the age of 5, alone on Nov. 16 when they went to get pizza.

They said they were gone for about two hours before they returned to find three of Thompson’s children hysterically crying inside and pointing toward the kitchen. That’s where they said they found the tipped-over oven turned on “all the way” and little J’Zyra suffering fatal burns after allegedly being placed inside, according to court documents obtained by KTRK. The documents also describe Thompson as being seven-months pregnant with Malone’s child.

Neighbors told the station the mother would regularly leave her children home alone.

KPRC also said that there were previous reports made to Child Protective Services concerning the mother, and that her surviving three children have since been taken into the agency’s custody.

Very sad! Rest in peace, baby J’Zyra! 

Director Spike Lee’s Controversial Chi-Raq Movie 

 

Via Bossip– Yes, that is Wesley Snipes hanging out of a car window, shooting a gun (at Nick Cannon), while wearing a bedazzled eyepatch. 

Do you think Nick Cannon & Wesley Snipes can get the job done?  

Here are a few posts from “Chicagoians” on Twitter. Clearly they aren’t thrilled with the film’s portrayal:

   
   
Check Bossip and read more, including the “official trailer”.

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UPDATE: Russell Simmons Says He Will Finally Address RushCard Holders

RushCardEarlier this month it was reported by Bossip that Russell Simmons was in a lot of hot water after his shady Rushcard company was stealing money from cardholders.

The hip hop mogul now says he’s ready to address the distressed card-holders according to The Wrap:

Russell Simmons says the technical issues plaguing his pre-paid debit RushCard are over. But the hip-hop mogul’s problems are just beginning.

“He should be very worried right now,” Joe Valenti, director of consumer finance at the Center for American Progress, told TheWrap. “Reputation is a hard thing to build, but easy to lose.”

Another expert said that Simmons had done a grave disservice to the African-American community who he was purporting to help.
“Russell Simmons has lied to the African-American community for years telling people that RushCard helps you build credit,” Ryan Mack, financial expert and contributor to Financial Juneteenth, a site dedicated to empowering the black community, told TheWrap. “This is a business of greed and exploitation of ignorance.”

Simmons continued his damage control blitz across social media this week, telling cardholders that the RushCard fiasco is fixed.

“We can announce today that all major functionality, including 2 day advance direct deposits and card-to-card transfers, is restored,” Simmons posted on Twitter, Instagram and the RushCard Facebook page Monday. Although he admitted people may have to wait until October 30 to access government benefits directly deposited into their RushCard accounts, including Social Security and veterans benefit payments.