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Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs

faces misdemeanor assault charges after

a fight with a romantic rival at a New York

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nightclub, said the New York Post. Steven

Acevedo, the ex-boyfriend of Diddy’s new girlfriend,

said Diddy punched him twice in the

face and screamed, “I’ll kill you, punk!”

O.J. Simpson was facing the possibility of

a jail term this week, after two men arrested

with him in Las Vegas last month accepted

deals to testify against him in exchange for

reduced charges. Walter Alexander pleaded

guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery and

Charles Cashmore admitted to acting as an

accessory in a plot to steal Simpson memorabilia

from a Vegas hotel. The men will testify

that the crime was planned and directed

by Simpson, said Cashmore’s attorney. If

convicted, Simpson could be sent to prison.

“Coming [to court] today is one of the hardest

things I’ve ever had to do,” said Cashmore.

Jennifer Lopez is pregnant with twins,

said Us Weekly. The 38-year-old singer and

her husband, Marc Anthony, have not yet

confirmed the story, but Lopez’s mother,

Guadalupe, has spilled the beans to her

friends, said the magazine. Last week, Lopez

teased her audience at Madison Square

Garden, announcing, “God has finally blessed

me … to be here with you.”

Don Imus, who was fired from CBS Radio

six months ago for referring to black female

basketball players

as “nappy-headed

ho’s,” was hired

this week by New

York City’s WABC

radio. The station

will pay him at

least $5 million a

year, and plans to

syndicate the program

across the

country on radio

stations owned

by giant Citadel

Broadcasting. “He

didn’t break the

law,” said Citadel

CEO Farid Suleman. “He’s more than paid

the price for what he did.”