Entertainment
Quinton Aaron’s Family Says His Wife Isn’t Legit, She Claims Spiritual Marriage
Quinton Aaron‘s recovering in the hospital from a spinal stroke, but his family says the woman who is by his side and making medical decisions for him is fibbing about being his wife … though she begs to differ.
The actor’s brother, Jarred Aaron, tells TMZ … the woman claiming to be his wife, Margarita Aaron, is actually married to another man. His immediate worry is she’s misrepresenting herself as his legal wife to the medical staff at the hospital and is helping to make “crucial and life-saving medical decisions.”
Margarita tells us … she and Aaron “got spiritually married.”
She adds … she does NOT have power of attorney, and has never made medical decisions on Quinton’s behalf.
Jarred isn’t buying that, saying … “I genuinely fear for my brother’s life.”
Margarita says, “If he’s saying I’m such a bad person, why does he live with me and Quinton?” In response, Jarred says he didn’t know they weren’t legally married when they all lived under the same roof.
Quinton, by all accounts, has not been confronted with these claims … his brother says he’s not telling Quinton yet, and is going to wait until he makes a full recovery from the spinal stroke his family says he suffered.
Still, Jarred says … “I have all this crucial information that Quinton doesn’t know about and now it feels like I’ve gotten it too late.”
Quinton’s family tells us in a new statement … “Since the health crisis of our beloved family member Quinton Aaron, we have raised some suspicions about the legitimacy of Quinton & Margarita’s ‘marriage’ to each other as well as her legitimacy as a registered nurse.”
The family adds … “We have found some alarming details. We as a family believe Margarita isn’t who she claimed to be to us. This has caused us to want to investigate her further.”
Margarita’s own family members are also backing up the Aaron family’s suspicions … with her daughter and niece telling us Margarita is indeed married to another man.
Entertainment
Apple TV Doubles Down on Sci-Fi With Captivating 2026 Announcement
Apple TV has just blessed us with its 2026 slate — at least for the first half of the year — and it looks like we’ll be watching every minute of the day going by the boatload of prestige TV they just dropped, as the streamer plans to roll out new originals nearly every single week, mixing prestige drama, buzzy thrillers, returning fan favorites and limited series with big stars dipping their toes in the episodic water.
The big headline, of course, is the return of Ted Lasso for Season 4, but that’s just one piece of a lineup that also includes fresh seasons of Shrinking, For All Mankind, Sugar, and more. Add in new shows led by Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington, Amy Adams, Javier Bardem, and Anya Taylor-Joy, and Apple is clearly aiming for a “prestige TV every month” vibe. The full year’s breakdown of today’s announced series can be found below.
Apple TV’s 2026 Series Release Schedule
Ted Lasso is back — but with a twist. Season 4 sees Ted coaching a second-division women’s football team, which feels like exactly the kind of heart-forward, underdog energy the show thrives on. And of course, it’s Apple, the home of prestige science fiction, which can only mean one thing: sci-fi fans are eating well. For All Mankind keeps pushing deeper into space in Season 5, while Monarch: Legacy of Monsters expands the MonsterVerse with more Titan chaos. For the crime enthusiasts, prestige thrillers are everywhere. Imperfect Women (Elisabeth Moss, Kerry Washington), Cape Fear (Amy Adams, Javier Bardem), and Criminal Record Season 2 all lean into darker, character-driven mysteries.
And of course, don’t forget about the giggles too, because between Shrinking, Margo’s Got Money Troubles, and the very chaotic-sounding Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, Apple is still delivering the laughs as regularly as the dystopia.
|
Series Title |
Season |
Premiere Date |
|---|---|---|
|
Shrinking |
Season 3 |
Now Streaming (2026) |
|
The Last Thing He Told Me |
Season 2 |
February 20, 2026 |
|
Season 2 |
February 27, 2026 |
|
|
Imperfect Women |
Limited Series |
March 18, 2026 |
|
Season 5 |
March 27, 2026 |
|
|
Your Friends & Neighbors |
Season 2 |
April 3, 2026 |
|
Margo’s Got Money Troubles |
Season 1 |
April 15, 2026 |
|
Criminal Record |
Season 2 |
April 22, 2026 |
|
Widow’s Bay |
Season 1 |
April 29, 2026 |
|
Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed |
Season 1 |
May 20, 2026 |
|
Cape Fear |
Season 1 |
June 5, 2026 |
|
Season 2 |
June 19, 2026 |
|
|
Lucky |
Limited Series |
July 15, 2026 |
|
Ted Lasso |
Season 4 |
Summer 2026 |
What Movies Are Coming to Apple TV in 2026?
Apple TV has also revealed an impressive lineup of films coming to the streamer this year, from Elizabeth Olsen‘s afterlife romance Eternity, premiering next weekend, and Ryan Reynolds‘ long-awaited Cold War movie coming this fall, to Keanu Reeves‘ latest comedy Outcome and John Cena‘s hotly anticipated Matchbox movie. See the streamer’s full movie slate below.
|
Movie Title |
Starring |
Release Date |
|---|---|---|
|
Eternity |
Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller, and Callum Turner |
February 13, 2026 |
|
Outcome |
Keanu Reeves, Cameron Diaz, and Matt Bomer |
April 10, 2026 |
|
The Dink |
Jake Johnson, Ed Harris, and Mary Steenburgen |
July 24, 2026 |
|
Mayday |
Ryan Reynolds, Kenneth Branagh, and Maria Bakalova |
September 4, 2026 |
|
Matchbox The Movie |
John Cena, Jessica Biel, and Danai Gurira |
October 9, 2026 |
|
Way of the Warrior Kid |
Chris Pratt, Linda Cardellini, and Jude Hill |
November 20, 2026 |
Stay tuned at Collider for more!
- Release Date
-
November 1, 2019
- Network
-
Apple TV
- Directors
-
Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, Andrew Stanton, Meera Menon, Dan Liu, Allen Coulter, Craig Zisk, Dennie Gordon, John Dahl, Lukas Ettlin, Wendey Stanzler, Seth Gordon, Sylvain White, Michael Morris, Maja Vrvilo, Sarah Boyd
- Writers
-
Ronald D. Moore, Matt Wolpert, Ben Nedivi, Bradley Thompson, David Weddle, Nichole Beattie, Joe Menosky
Entertainment
A Gripping Case Brings Morgan and Karadec Closer Than Ever
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for High Potential Season 2, Episode 12.Last week’s episode of High Potential ended with Karadec (Daniel Sunjata) rekindling things with his ex-fiancée, Lucia (Susan Kelechi Watson). Despite supporting Karadec and encouraging him to try again with Lucia, Morgan (Kaitlin Olson) had a sad look on her face as she watched them leave together. This seemed to be a clear set-up for the beginning of a possible feelings realization arc for Morgan, and sure enough, this week’s episode takes this to the next level in the very best way.
This week’s episode sees Major Crimes investigating the murder of the wealthy founder of a wellness company. Meanwhile, Oz (Deniz Akdeniz) tries to get his father’s headstone ready in time for a planned memorial service. This is a strong and fast-paced episode throughout, and it benefits from giving focus to each of the characters, and in particular, giving Oz his first subplot that’s completely separate from a case. Best of all, the case puts Morgan and Karadec in what appears to be a near-death situation, and it brings them closer than ever.
In ‘High Potential’ Season 2, Episode 12, Major Crimes Investigates the Murder of a Man Trying to Live Forever
In Season 2, Episode 12, “The Faust and the Furious,” the Major Crimes team investigates the murder of Gabe Rafferty (Brad Raider), the founder of a wellness-focused technology company called Genegevity. Gabe was stabbed inside his house, but there’s no clear sign that somebody got through his very elaborate security system. Morgan and Karadec speak to Gabe’s assistant, Renata (Lyla Porter-Follows), who reveals that he shared his biodata with her through the Genegevity app. After Renata’s mom died, Gabe became a mentor to her and gave her a job. The goal of the company was to stop the aging process so that people could live forever, which started with the treatments that he was using on himself.
The investigation process takes Major Crimes to a number of people who would have had the motivation to kill Gabe. A woman named Siobhan McBriar (Hallie Samuels) was suing Gabe because Genegevity changed the ingredients in her vitamins without telling her, which disrupted her birth control and got her pregnant. Later, they learn that Gabe was embezzling money from Genegevity, and that he had cleverly found ways to make all of his employees blame each other for the company’s financial discrepancies. A message from Gabe beyond the grave assures his company that someone will be taking over for him soon if he’s ever killed. It turns out all of this money was going into creating a new robot version of Gabe that had all of his previous memories and knowledge uploaded.
Robot Gabe speaks to Morgan and Karadec and tells them that the Do Not Disturb system in Gabe’s house was adjusted by someone other than Gabe on the night of his death, making it turn on earlier than usual. Robot Gabe also gives them a list of people who had been threatening Gabe, then the robot is shut down and can no longer talk to them. Morgan and Karadec go to see Mika Aster (Brandon Engman), the founder of the tech start-up that created the robots. Gabe bought the company promising to keep Mika on, but then he pushed Mika out. Morgan and Karadec visit Gabe’s house and briefly get stuck in the room where he was killed. They realize that Gabe was locked in when the Do Not Disturb feature was turned on, and that the candles he lit in the room were laced with arsenic, so Gabe stabbed himself to die faster instead of slowly being poisoned.
The killer turns out to be Renata, who teamed up with Micah to kill Gabe, both for their own reasons. While Micah wanted revenge and his company back, Renata felt betrayed and hurt because Genegivity had originally been researching the genes responsible for her mother and sister’s cancer, which she also carries. When Micah went to confront Gabe about taking over his company, Renata learned that all the money for the research had gone into the robots instead. Renata ultimately confesses after Morgan and Karadec confront her, but she stands by what she did.
In ‘High Potential’ Season 2, Episode 12, Oz Tries To Get a Headstone for His Father’s Grave
It was revealed last season that Oz’s father had died the year before. In this episode, Oz’s family tries to have a belated memorial for him, because they’ve been waiting for his headstone to be ready for a long time. A few days before they’re supposed to have the memorial (after it’s already been moved twice), Oz learns that the headstone was never confirmed with the cemetery. Oz goes to see his mom (Jacqueline Antaramian), and she says she used his father’s life insurance money to pay for the headstone. The costs then piled up, and before she knew it, the money was gone, and there was still no headstone.
Oz is angry with his mom, and she has to call Daphne (Javicia Leslie) to check on him because he won’t take her calls after that. Selena (Judy Reyes) then calls Oz in for a meeting, and he tells her that his mom spent $20,000 on a headstone that is now stuck in a shipping facility. Selena says that the funeral home took advantage of Oz’s mom, but Oz blames himself for not being there for her during his grief. Selena relates to Oz by telling him about her mother’s death, then she encourages him to stop being so hard on himself. Selena steps in to call out the funeral home for its predatory practices, and Oz’s mother gets a full refund. Oz’s father’s grave finally gets a headstone, and they have a memorial service for him. Oz gives a touching eulogy where he comes to terms with his grief, and then he calls the Major Crimes team his family.
In ‘High Potential’ Season 2, Episode 12, a Perceived Near-Death Experience Brings Morgan and Karadec Together
Karadec and Lucia are still seeing each other after reconnecting last week, and they’re already getting serious again. The episode shows how Karadec’s job is no longer the obstacle in their relationship, and it seems to hint that Morgan will become a new obstacle. Morgan shows up to Karadec’s apartment to ask for a ride to work, where she sees Lucia. In the car, Morgan asks Karadec about his relationship, and he tells her that he’s happy.
Later, Morgan and Karadec are investigating Gabe’s house, when they get locked in the room where Gabe was killed, and they believe that the room is filled with the poison that killed Gabe. Morgan has a panic attack, terrified that she doesn’t know what to do, and that there is no way out. She tries to do a grounding exercise, but her mind is full of images of the people she loves the most and will lose if they both die there: her three kids and Karadec. Karadec hugs Morgan to calm her down, and then the door opens, and it’s revealed that there was no poison in the room. It’s one of Morgan and Karadec’s best moments yet, because, on this rare occasion where Morgan feels a loss of control, Karadec is the one who’s able to keep her grounded.
When he gets home from work, Karadec has a conversation with Lucia where they talk about their past breakup and start to move forward together. It’s clear that Karadec has learned his lesson from their breakup, but he also already clearly has feelings for Morgan, even if he doesn’t realize it. After Oz’s father’s memorial, Morgan and Karadec talk about what happened. She feels mortified and ashamed about falling apart instead of being able to help out in that situation, but Karadec tells her that they count on each other, and that she would’ve done the same for him. The show then sets up an upcoming breakdown for Karadec. He tells her that at some point he will have a moment like she did, and that he knows that out of everyone in his life, she’ll be the person who will know how to get him through it. The episode makes it clearer than ever that Morgan will be the obstacle in Karadec’s relationship with Lucia this time around, and based on his facial expression after that last conversation, he may know it, too.
High Potential airs Tuesdays at 9:00 P.M. EST on ABC.
- Release Date
-
September 17, 2024
- Showrunner
-
Todd Harthan
- This episode puts Morgan and Karadec in a suspenseful near-death situation, in what is a phenomenal scene, with excellent acting from both Olson and Sunjata.
- This episode gives Oz his first big storyline outside of work, making the ensemble cast feel more balanced.
Entertainment
Deep Space Nine’ Such a Sharp Spin-Off
When Episode 22 of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Season 7 arrives, the series is four episodes away from closing the figurative book on Star Trek‘s most artistically risky and exquisitely crafted piece of long-form storytelling to date. A major contributor to that success, franchise mainstay Ronald D. Moore, turns his screenwriting pen upon the audacious spin-off two more times during this home stretch — one of them being Episode 22, titled “Tacking into the Wind.”
Unsurprisingly, given Moore’s reputation for detailed worldbuilding and subversive emotional rawness, the episode exemplifies Deep Space Nine at its height: a crackling synergy of riveting sociopolitical weight, elite character growth, and cohesive narrative escalation. And it’s a simple-on-the-surface exchange from this episode, not one of the dozens of bracing quips or eloquent monologues from previous entries, that serves as a masterful microcosm of Deep Space Nine‘s lasting resonance.
Kira Nerys Challenges Damar During a Pivotal ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’ Scene
The Dominion War, Deep Space Nine‘s crowning arc, boxes its exceedingly complex heroes into exceedingly complex internal conflicts. The forever honorable Captain Benjamin Sisko (Avery Brooks) realizes he can accept tarnishing his soul to defeat a ferocious enemy, while Bajoran ambassador Kira Nerys (Nana Visitor) educates her former oppressors in the same guerrilla warfare tactics she once deployed against them as a freedom fighter.
Her Cardassian pupils include Damar (Casey Biggs), a long-time foe turned begrudging ally who recently defected from Cardassia’s alliance with the Dominion. During “Tacking into the Wind,” the Dominion retaliates against Damar by assassinating his wife and son. Stunned into grieving stillness, Damar can’t fathom an empire insidious enough to wage war by thoughtlessly sacrificing “innocent women and children.” He wonders aloud, “What kind of people give those orders?” Kira, while compassionate about two lost lives, quietly responds by slicing him open with a blade of accountability: “Yeah, Damar. What kind of people give those orders?”
This moment wouldn’t carry as much profound significance without Deep Space Nine‘s multi-season interconnectivity. By this point, Kira has healed her mosaic of wounds without relinquishing her rage — nor should she surrender it. Raised during Cardassia’s decades-long occupation of Bajor, she knows firsthand the abject cruelty, the labor camps, the mass murders, the “I was following orders” rationalizations, and how to respond in kind via an insurgency. With immeasurable generational tragedy always humming underneath her skin, with a Cardassian military officer in close quarters, Kira turns both the irrevocable reality of war and Damar’s culpability back upon him.
‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’ Strengthens the Franchise’s Optimism by Testing Its Limits
Even though the Kira of Season 7 regrets striking a defenseless former enemy, her searing, point-blank wisdom unravels Damar into an ideological crisis. For many individuals whose proximity to power keeps them insulated from harm, it doesn’t matter when torment and subjugation befalls a stranger; brutality only becomes substantive once it arrives at their own doorstep. Now that Damar’s reeling from an atrocity identical to the ones for which he’s culpable — and now that he shares a sliver of the same pain the Bajorans have experienced countless times over — he recognizes the useless horror of it all.
All Damar can do against Kira’s words is nod in silent, bleak comprehension, then redirect his fury away from her toward the appropriate source. Even a season earlier, it would’ve been impossible to imagine this self-described loyal patriot reconciling with his own sins as well as those of his self-serving, stagnant, imperialist civilization — let alone act upon his realization that the poisonous old ways he once vowed to uphold must be shattered and remade. If the Cardassians keep chasing after conquest and glory, they won’t survive long enough to even attempt to atone for the bloodshed they’ve aided and abetted.
The premise is virtually identical to a highly popular 1983 miniseries.
Deep Space Nine fully realizes the franchise’s potential by expanding Trek’s progressive fundamentals to their breaking point. Like buffing a diamond into shining sharpness, testing the idea of a peaceful future by measuring the cost required to achieve it strengthens Trek’s optimism into a hope that’s more bittersweet, fragile, but worth cherishing all the more. By Deep Space Nine‘s finale, the series’ surviving characters find closure because trial-by-fire reassessments like Damar’s have forced them to abandon their initial prejudices, oversights, or naivety.
Although it’s been a bitter pill to swallow, their adjusted vision for the future doesn’t lack the franchise’s defining idealism; it’s stronger and clearer for acknowledging the cycles of violence and their answering inevitability: righteous resistance against war, corruption, and would-be tyrants. Some manner of change can always happen, however small — and maybe, just maybe, the ultimate change can finally take hold: human nature’s best virtues rising above their worst.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Release Date
-
1993 – 1999-00-00
- Showrunner
-
Michael Piller, Ira Steven Behr
- Writers
-
Rick Berman, Michael Piller
Entertainment
Susan Lucci recalls stunned disbelief when she won first Daytime Emmy after losing 18 times: 'Are you sure?'
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)/Susan-Lucci-Daytime-Emmy-Awards-1999-020326-fa8945f0301242c9a4f107b9089e72cb.jpg)
“Winning is definitely better!” she jokes in her new memoir, “La Lucci.”
Entertainment
Whitney Port’s Fertility Journey Quotes After Pregnancy Losses
Whitney Port’s journey to expand her family with husband Tim Rosenman has faced its fair share of setbacks.
Port and Rosenman, who wed in November 2015, welcomed son Sonny in July 2017. Following Sonny’s arrival, the Hills alum suffered multiple pregnancy losses.
“It’s been seven years of trying since Sonny. I got pregnant about a year after he was born, and then it was miscarriage after miscarriage after miscarriage. I was getting pregnant but the pregnancies weren’t sticking,” she said in a January 2026 interview with Spread the Jelly. “Eventually, I was told my chances would be better with a fertility doctor. I went to one who came highly recommended and started the process of egg retrieval, freezing embryos, and IVF.”
While struggling with secondary infertility, Port and Rosenman looked into surrogacy as an option. After finding a match and completing two transfers, the surrogate suffered a miscarriage.
“We decided to go down the surrogacy road at the end of last year after a really long journey of not being able to conceive on our own and just having so many things go wrong,” Port said on the April 2025 episode of her “With Whit” podcast. “We found an amazing surrogate, and we ended up doing two transfers with the surrogate. Both transfers ended up miscarrying.”
While Port’s journey to expand her and Rosenman’s family hasn’t gone as planned, she has been candid about her journey and remains hopeful to give Sonny a sibling.
Keep scrolling to see Port’s best quotes about her fertility journey:
Whitney Port Recalls Feeling ‘Incomplete’ Amid Fertility Struggles
During a January 2026 interview with Spread the Jelly, Whitney Port opened up about how she never expected her motherhood journey to turn out the way it did.
“I don’t think motherhood looks like what I imagined. I never thought I’d be a mom to an only child. I always knew I wanted more than one,” she told the outlet. “I didn’t picture this, and that’s been a little weird for me. My identity as a mom doesn’t feel fully solidified yet because I feel incomplete. I really do.”
Port added that while she’s grateful to have Sonny, the struggle to conceive a second child has made her feel insecure.
“This sounds awful, but there’s this feeling like one isn’t enough — or that it’s not as hard, or not as much to balance, or not the full picture,” she continued. “And I carry that insecurity. I’ve done a lot of work around it. Most of the time, I’m able to tell myself, ‘OK, if it’s just the three of us, that is wonderful.’”
Whitney Port Didn’t Feel Like She Deserved to Use a Surrogate
While struggling to conceive a second child, Whitney Port confessed she felt unworthy to use a surrogate.
“I felt like I hadn’t done everything yet, so I didn’t deserve that option. I rejected the idea for a while,” she told Spread the Jelly. “Then I started talking to people who had used surrogates and had similar experiences. I decided to take my power back and see it as a privilege; I don’t need to keep putting my body through this after six years of trying. I was 41 and I was losing myself.”
Whitney Port’s Candid Update on the Egg Retrieval Process
Whitney Port gave an update on how she was faring ahead of an egg retrieval.
“It’s not the physical discomfort (which totally sucks- bloating, bruising, swelling, heaviness) but the emotional discomfort. The hormones are making me feel like I can’t manage anything, like everything is just the worst,” Port wrote via Instagram in August 2024. “And I’m nervous that I’m not going to get out any quality eggs and what will this all be for. I’m scared. My energy is non existent and I feel like I’m not showing up the way I should as a wife, mom, sister, friend, coworker, etc.”
While the former reality star struggled with her emotions, she expressed her gratitude for the support she’s received amid her fertility struggles.
“I’ll be ready to return to gratitude soon, but I am just not there yet with so much up in the air. That may be pessimistic, but I don’t want to force any feelings either. I can’t thank you all enough for your support and words of encouragement,” she concluded.
Why Whitney Port Spoke Up About Her Fertility Journey
In an October 2023 Us Weekly cover story, Whitney Port explained the reason why she started sharing her struggles online.
“It wasn’t [hard to discuss] at first, and then the more I put it out there, it was. Not because I was getting any negative response but it became something that I had to talk about and be reminded of all the time,” she exclusively told Us at the time. “It was already taking over my life, and then it was taking over my professional life. As a digital creator, you’re in this world of showing your personal life as part of your business. So I felt like that was becoming the conversation, and it was all-encompassing.”
Entertainment
Parliament-Funkadelic rocker Billy Bass Nelson dies at 75
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)/billy-bass-nelson-020326-bb0324777b124593af7f6d91346ed554.jpg)
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer met future collaborator George Clinton as a teenager.
Entertainment
Dr. Peter Attia Apologizes After Epstein Files, Family ICU Scandal
Dr. Peter Attia issued a lengthy apology after newly-released files connected to the case against convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein claimed he chose to stay in New York City for a meeting with the sex trafficker while his wife and child were in the ICU.
“I apologize and regret putting myself in a position where emails, some of them embarrassing, tasteless, and indefensible, are now public, and that is on me,” Attia, 52, wrote in a Monday, February 2, statement shared via X after allegedly sending the same message to his team and patients. “I accept that reality and the humiliation that comes with it.”
Attia, a so-called longevity researcher, came under fire on Friday, January 30, after new emails allegedly sent between the late Epstein and influencers, including Attia, were released by the Department of Justice. (Epstein died by suicide in 2019 at the age of 66 while in jail awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.)
In one email dated July 12, 2017, Attia and Epstein allegedly engaged in a back and forth exchange to solidify plans to meet up the following morning.
“Can you do before 10am? Tomorrow,” the email allegedly sent from Epstein read. Attia allegedly responded, “Sure. I can come earlier, also, if you have a hard stop at 10. Let me know.”
While the exchange might not seem significant to most, Attia previously confessed to leaving his wife, Jill, and infant son to handle a health scare without him during that same timeframe.
“Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at 5:45 p.m., to be exact — I had received a call from Jill, my wife,” Attia wrote in his book, Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity, published in 2022.
The physician recalled in his book that his wife called him from the back of an ambulance because their son had “suddenly stopped breathing” and had no heartbeat. The child was resuscitated through CPR by a nurse, but wasn’t out of the woods.

Dr. Peter Attia. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images
“When Jill called me from the ambulance, I was in New York, in a taxi on Fifty-Fourth Street, on my way to dinner,” Peter wrote. “After she finished telling me the story, I just said, without a shred of emotion, ‘OK, call me when you get to the hospital, so I can talk to the doctors in the ICU.’”
Eagle-eyed fans noticed that Jill called her husband one day before he allegedly emailed Epstein while in New York to cement their meeting.
According to Attia’s book, he remained in New York “busy with my ‘important’ work” for 10 days after his son suffered cardiac arrest — and for the four days his wife and child were in the ICU in California.
While Attia didn’t directly address the alleged connection between his 2017 trip to New York and leaving his wife and son alone, he did deny that he is an individual who “participated in criminal activity, enabled it, or witnessed it,” which Peter said is the “purpose” of the DOJ releasing the Epstein documents.
“I am not in any of those categories, and there is no evidence to the contrary,” he claimed in his Monday statement. “To be clear: 1. I was not involved in any criminal activity. 2. My interactions with Epstein had nothing to do with his sexual abuse or exploitation of anyone. 3. I was never on his plane, never on his island, and never present at any sex parties.”
In addition to seemingly abandoning his family to buddy up to Epstein in 2017, Attia’s name was mentioned more than 1,700 times in the latest set of released files.
Attia attempted to explain his connection to Epstein in his statement, noting that they met in 2014 through a “prominent female healthcare leader while I was raising funds for scientific research.”
Attia explained that between summer 2014 and spring 2019 he met with Epstein “on approximately seven or eight occasions at his New York City home, regarding research studies and to meet others he introduced me to.”
He claimed he “never visited” Epstein’s ranch or island and “never” flew on any of his planes.
“I was not his doctor, though several times I answered general medical questions and recommended other providers to him,” Attia alleged.
He then cleared up one email exchange between him and Epstein that was reportedly sent in 2015 — and didn’t paint Attia in the best light.
“In June 2015, I sent Epstein an email with the subject line ‘Got a fresh shipment,’” Attia recalled. “The email contained a photograph of bottles of metformin, a medication I had just received from the pharmacy for my own use. The subject line referred to the picture of the bottles of medication.”

Jeffrey Epstein. Florida Department of Law Enforcement via Getty Images
Epstein allegedly responded with the words “me too” and sent back a “photograph of an adult woman.”
Attia confessed, “I responded with crude, tasteless banter,” admitting that it is now “very embarrassing,” to see how he engaged with Epstein. “I will not defend it. I’m ashamed of myself for everything about this. At the time, I understood this exchange as juvenile, not a reference to anything dark or harmful,” he added.
Attia claimed that in 2018 he learned that Epstein’s 2008 conviction, which he allegedly characterized as “prostitution-related charges,” was “grossly minimized,” which is when he started to distance himself from the man. (Epstein was convicted in Florida in 2008 on a charge of soliciting prostitution from someone under 18.)
“I was incredibly naïve to believe him. I mistook his social acceptance in the eyes of the credible people I saw him with for acceptability, and that was a serious error in my judgment,” Attia wrote. “To be clear, I never witnessed illegal behavior and never saw anyone who appeared underage in his presence.”
He continued, “Nothing in this letter is meant to minimize the harm suffered by the young women Epstein abused. Their trauma is permanent.”
Attia noted he was “not asking for a pass” from anyone, but claimed roughly 10 years after he sent the emails to Epstein — and being the man that he is today — he “would not write them and would not associate with Epstein at all.”
“I recognize that my actions and words have consequences for the people I care deeply about, including all of you,” he concluded. “I regret the cost this has placed on you, and I take responsibility for it.”
If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673). If you or someone you know is experiencing child abuse, call or text Child Help Hotline at 1-800-422-4453.
Entertainment
Floyd Mayweather Sues Showtime, You Cheated Me Out Of Millions!
Floyd Mayweather says he made over a billion bucks in earnings over his legendary career, but the 50-0 fighter claims all the money didn’t make it to his bank account … and now he’s suing Showtime, claiming they played a big role in his ex-manager screwing him out of hundreds of millions of dollars!
In the lawsuit, filed by Floyd in California, and obtained by TMZ Sports … Mayweather says he’s gunning to “recover hundreds of millions of dollars in the misappropriated funds and damages resulting from a long-running and elaborate scheme of financial fraud,” allegedly perpetrated by his longtime advisor Al Haymon … and now he’s claiming Haymon got “substantial participation and aid” from Showtime and former Showtime Sports president, Stephen Espinoza.
Showtime and Espinoza are listed as defendants … while Haymon is NOT being sued.
Floyd claims Haymon, with whom he worked for over a decade, misappropriated a “significant portion of his career earnings” to the tune of a whopping $340 million … and he says he did so with the help of Showtime and SE.
Mayweather says the money is still “‘missing’ and unaccounted for.”
In the suit, Mayweather references several of his biggest fights, including against Manny Pacquiao and Conor McGregor, alleging Showtime and Espinoza effectively delivered money owed to Floyd directly into Haymon’s hands by sending accounts essentially controlled by Haymon.
Years later, after the undefeated boxer switched managers and his new team asked to see Showtime’s books, which Floyd claims the network told him were “lost in a flood,” or weren’t accessible.
Mayweather is suing Showtime and Espinoza for aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, civil conspiracy to commit fraud, conversion, and unjust enrichment.
In addition to the $340 million, Mayweather is also seeking punitive damages.
Reached for comment, Mayweather’s attorney, Bobby Samini, predicted victory, saying … “Floyd is one of boxing’s biggest pay-per-view draws. He generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for Showtime. Mr. Mayweather now takes this fight to the courtroom to recover what he rightfully earned. Retiring undefeated at 50-0, Mr. Mayweather will go the distance in the courtroom just as he has in the ring.”
Entertainment
Taylor Frankie Paul Named On NBA All-Star Celebrity Game Roster
Taylor Frankie Paul has been checking off tons of exciting boxes! She’s about to bring her energy to the court, officially joining the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game lineup for her first time. The “Mormon Wives” star will join other celebrities on the court during All-Star Weekend, bringing her signature energy and fan following to the popular annual NBA event.
Article continues below advertisement
Taylor Frankie Paul Joins Star-Studded NBA All-Star Celebrity Game
The NBA All-Star Celebrity Game roster was released on Tuesday morning and “Mormon Wives” fans will notice a familiar name – the one and only Taylor Frankie Paul.
Other names on the roster include Mustard, Tacko Fall, Keegan-Michael Key, Glorilla, Shams Charania, and others. Coaches for the celebrity game are Giannis, Alex, and Thanasis Antetokounmpo, Mookie Betts, Anthony Anderson, Lethal Shooter, and Chris Brickley.
The game is set to tip-off on Friday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Article continues below advertisement
‘Mormon Wives’ Fans Are Ready To See Taylor Frankie Paul On The Court
Popular viral content creator, who goes by Stephwithdadeets on TikTok, shared Paul’s big basketball news. After sharing that this news could be why other members of MomTok had surprising reactions to something Paul was telling them in recent social media posts, Steph explained why she “loves this for Taylor.”
“And I actually kind of love this for Taylor cause I remember her saying that she likes to play basketball. I’ve seen videos she’s posted playing basketball, and you know, she’s not bad,” Steph said. “And someone that commented on my last video being like, Taylor has no talents outside of ‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives.’ A. I think that’s kind of rude. B. We’re not gonna know someone’s talents unless they showcase it.”
Article continues below advertisement
Many fans dropped into the comment section to leave their thoughts on Paul being on the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game roster.
“She definitely is talented, she is a strategic queen, rage bait master, are just a few that come to mind,” one viewer wrote. Another added, “Wasn’t she like a legit athlete in high school?”
Article continues below advertisement
This Year’s NBA All-Star Game Format Is Different Than Previous Years
In addition to the Ruffles All-Star Celebrity Game, NBA All-Star Weekend also has other exciting games and challenges happening from Friday, Feb. 13 through Sunday, Feb. 15.
This year, the All-Star game will be a bit different than in previous years. The NBA shared some news about the game on social media a few weeks ago, explaining that this year’s game will feature “new U.S. vs. World competition.” The game will include two U.S. teams and one world team in a round-robin tournament with four 12-minute games on Sunday, Feb. 15 at 5 p.m. PT.
Article continues below advertisement
“In the 2026 NBA All-Star Game, two teams of U.S. players and one team of international players (known as the World team) will compete in a round-robin tournament featuring four 12-minute games. The three teams will each have a minimum of eight players,” the statement reads. “In the round-robin tournament, Team A will play Team B in Game 1. The winning team from Game 1 will take on Team C in Game 2, followed by the losing team of Game 1 meeting Team C in Game 3.”
After Game 3, the top two teams will advance and face off in the championship game.
Taylor Frankie Paul Recently Said, ‘I Know Ball’ About Another Topic
A few days prior to Paul’s NBA news hitting the internet, she shared a video on Instagram that really hit home for many viewers.
Captioned, “Trust me I know ball, however if I’ve learned anything, it’s that more often than not, people just want to be heard. It’s also important to validate yourself in whatever you may be feeling or it just gets louder. Forever grateful for the knowledge and tools I was taught by these amazing people even if I don’t always utilize it,” Paul shared clips of things that have helped her mental health journey.
A few of those things include – equine therapy, art therapy, movement, trauma yoga, and prayer, red light therapy, among a few others.
Article continues below advertisement
The video quickly grabbed tons of attention with viewers heading for the comment section to share some positivity and thoughts.
“Welcome to your awakening my dear. So proud of you for all of the amazing hard work you have done on yourself. You’ve got this,” one viewer wrote. Another added, “So inspiring! Thanks for sharing your journey with us.” One other said, “Mental health above everything else right now! With the state of the world rn the most important thing we can do is take care of ourselves!!!”
‘The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives’ Season 4 Is Almost Here!

A few weeks ago, Hulu announced that season 4 of the hit reality show will premiere on March 12. Secret Lives on Hulu’s Instagram page shared the trailer and many fans had something to say about it.
Paul dropped into the comments to say, “I’m scuuuuurrred for once.” Swig Drinks said, “I’M SAT.”
One viewer pointed out, “I’ve never seen a reality show drop so many seasons so quickly.” Another said, “That’s right, just keep the seasons coming!!”
Entertainment
Jennifer Esposito says she has to move out of home she mortgaged to finance her first film: 'I've been crying'
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(jpeg)/Jennifer-Esposito-020326-22947f78e115406a99657c5483020c06.jpg)
The actress’ directorial debut, “Fresh Kills,” opened to little fanfare in 2024.
-
Crypto World5 days agoSmart energy pays enters the US market, targeting scalable financial infrastructure
-
Crypto World6 days ago
Software stocks enter bear market on AI disruption fear with ServiceNow plunging 10%
-
Politics5 days agoWhy is the NHS registering babies as ‘theybies’?
-
Crypto World5 days agoAdam Back says Liquid BTC is collateralized after dashboard problem
-
Video1 day agoWhen Money Enters #motivation #mindset #selfimprovement
-
NewsBeat5 days agoDonald Trump Criticises Keir Starmer Over China Discussions
-
Tech2 hours agoWikipedia volunteers spent years cataloging AI tells. Now there’s a plugin to avoid them.
-
Politics2 days agoSky News Presenter Criticises Lord Mandelson As Greedy And Duplicitous
-
Crypto World4 days agoU.S. government enters partial shutdown, here’s how it impacts bitcoin and ether
-
Sports4 days agoSinner battles Australian Open heat to enter last 16, injured Osaka pulls out
-
Fashion5 days agoWeekend Open Thread – Corporette.com
-
Crypto World4 days agoBitcoin Drops Below $80K, But New Buyers are Entering the Market
-
Crypto World2 days agoMarket Analysis: GBP/USD Retreats From Highs As EUR/GBP Enters Holding Pattern
-
Crypto World5 days agoKuCoin CEO on MiCA, Europe entering new era of compliance
-
Business5 days ago
Entergy declares quarterly dividend of $0.64 per share
-
Sports2 days agoShannon Birchard enters Canadian curling history with sixth Scotties title
-
NewsBeat1 day agoUS-brokered Russia-Ukraine talks are resuming this week
-
NewsBeat2 days agoGAME to close all standalone stores in the UK after it enters administration
-
Crypto World11 hours agoRussia’s Largest Bitcoin Miner BitRiver Enters Bankruptcy Proceedings: Report
-
Crypto World5 days agoWhy AI Agents Will Replace DeFi Dashboards





