The owner of a now-defunct Atlanta nightclub where a 21 year old female student was shot and killed last year has been ordered to pay $66 million to her family in restitution. Djibril Dafe was the owner of ‘Elleven45,’ a club in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta, where the shooting took place on Mother’s Day of 2024. Upon investigation the club was found to be operating illegally and shut down. Dafe’s lawyers then ignored the wrongful death suit, leading to the massive judgement, but Dafe is hard to track down – he has a history of failing to appear in court for other felony charges. SINKING…
Could Paramount be coming to Georgia?
Paramount Skydance, one of the biggest and most prominent entertainment companies in the world, is furious at its home state of California over a lawsuit filed by the state’s attorney general attempting to stop a merger. In response, Chair David Ellison has threatened to move from Los Angeles to a state not actively suing his company, and Georgia was on the shortlist of possibilities. Gov. Brian Kemp welcomed the speculation at a luncheon Monday (and took a jab at California Gov. Gavin Newsom), and while it’s a longshot the mere possibility of luring Paramount has Georgia RISING…
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