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Laken Snelling Indicted on 1st Degree Manslaughter Over Dead Newborn

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A 911 call reported a newborn body that was “cold.”

Three days later, authorities arrested Laken Snelling.

Now, a grand jury has indicted the University of Kentucky cheerleader.

She faces multiple charges, including first-degree manslaughter.

Laken Snelling mugshot.
This mugshot of Laken Snelling. Authorities accuse her of killing her newborn. (Photo Credit: Lexington Police Department)

Man 1 is a serious charge

On Tuesday, March 10, a grand jury indicted Snelling on charges of first-degree manslaughter, abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence, and concealing the birth of an infant.

The childbirth and alleged homicide took place in August 2025.

There was initially some uncertainty over which level of homicide charge the former University of Kentucky competitive cheerleader would receive.

However, after the medical examiner determined that Snelling’s newborn was alive at the time that she allegedly stashed the infant in a trash bag in her closet, this information was seemingly enough for the grand jury.

Prosecutor Kimberly Baird explained: “They were given the information about homicide, the four levels of homicide and then deliberated and decided that manslaughter first degree was the charge.”

Snelling is due back in court within the next two-to-three weeks.

As you can see in the video above, she waived ehr right to a preliminary trial in September 2025.

Snelling’s arrest was on August 30 of that year — just three days after someone uncovered a “cold to the touch” infant inside a trash bag within Snelling’s closet.

The ME concluded that the infant’s cause of death was “asphyxia by undetermined means.”

Sometimes, suffocation leaves evidence — fabric debris in the lungs, a pattern or residue over the mouth and nose. Not in this case, it seems.

A smiling photo of Laken Snelling.
Smiling photos shared across social media contrast sharply with Laken Snelling’s current predicament. (Image Credit: YouTube)

How did the newborn die?

According to at least one statement that Snelling allegedly made to police, she lost consciousness after giving birth in her room.

She said that she passed out on top of the newborn.

When she awoke, Snelling told police, the infant was “blue and purple.”

She apparently lied down beside the newborn for a time before bundling up everything from the birth — including the baby — and stashing it in the closet.

Snelling allegedly confessed to having heard a “whimper” during the bagging process.

Laken Snelling in court.
Laken Snelling has appeared in court multiple times ahead of her trial. (Image Credit: WDKY)

In September 2025, Snelling pleaded not guilty to all of the charges that she is facing.

She was released on a $100,000 bond.

The court required Snelling to live on house arrest.

She is no longer enrolled at the University of Kentucky, where she had been part of the school’s STUNT cheerleading team.

Additionally, she is no longer part of the STUNT team.

Laken Snelling in court.
In this video still, Laken Snelling waives her right to a preliminary hearing. (Image Credit: CourtTV)

Crimes like this are often an indictment of the broader community

Every incident like this is nothing short of a horror.

Infanticide has a long and brutal history. Accidental deaths of infants are also a grim reality — especially for a young woman going through the unthinkable trauma of giving birth alone.

Notably, Kentucky has outlawed nearly all forms of abortion.

If Snelling, who reportedly was unaware that she was pregnant for the majority of her pregnancy, had learned of her pregnancy in time, she would probably have had to travel across state lines — perhaps to Illinois — to exercise her human rights.

Infanticide is not excusable, if that is what happened. But this very much appears to be a no-win situation that society and our nation’s backwards laws forced upon her.

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Yoko Ono Believed John Lennon Was Gay, Paul McCartney Claims

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This gives new meaning to “Hide Your Love Away”!

John Lennon and Paul McCartney might be the most beloved and influential songwriting duo in history.

But the relationship between the Beatles’ frontmen was tense at times — and now we know it may have been even more complex than we realized.

Beatles Paul McCartney (left) and John Lennon (1940 - 1980) at the Variety Club Showbusiness Awards held at the Dorchester, London.
Beatles Paul McCartney (left) and John Lennon (1940 – 1980) at the Variety Club Showbusiness Awards held at the Dorchester, London. (Photo by William Vanderson/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

In a newly resurfaced interview, McCartney revealed that Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, believed he might have been gay.

“I swear [Ono] rang me shortly after John died and said, ‘You know, I think John might have been gay,’” McCartney told Vanity Fair (via Page Six).

“I went, ‘I’m not sure.’ I said, ‘I don’t think so. Certainly not when I knew him’… because we’d been in the ’60s,” McCartney recalled replying.

“We’d been around with loads and loads of girls. And I bumped into seeing him jacking … a lot of girl action.

“There was never a gesture, never an expression. It was nothing. So I had no reason to believe this at all.”

Singer, songwriter and guitarist John Lennon (1940 - 1980) of The Beatles, at a press conference at Heathrow airport on his return from honeymoon with Yoko Ono.
Singer, songwriter and guitarist John Lennon (1940 – 1980) of The Beatles, at a press conference at Heathrow airport on his return from honeymoon with Yoko Ono. (Photo by George Stroud/Express/Getty Images)

McCartney says that Ono’s suspicions may have arisen from trips that Lennon took with the Beatles’ gay manager, Brian Epstein.

“But I saw that as a power play, which was very John,” McCartney said.

“Brian would ask him as a homosexual thing – a good-looking boy who Brian fancied. They went down to Spain, had a fun time. No doubt John would play into the thing.

“I personally didn’t think anything had happened. Certainly never heard about anything happening. But I saw it as: ‘You want to deal with the Beatles? I’m the leader.’”

A week after their marriage, musicians John Lennon and Yoko Ono lay in their bed in the Presidential Suite of the Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam, 25th March 1969.
A week after their marriage, musicians John Lennon and Yoko Ono lay in their bed in the Presidential Suite of the Hilton Hotel, Amsterdam, 25th March 1969. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Lennon and Ono’s relationship famously had quite a few ups and downs, including the period between 1973 and 1974, when they separated and Lennon embarked on what he called his “Lost Weekend” in Los Angeles.

Lennon spent the year boozing and carousing with pal Harry Nilsson, and his marriage almost came to an end.

“There was a time when Sir Paul McCartney offered Yoko his willingness to speak to John in Los Angeles about the separation,” the couple’s pal, Elliot Mintz remarked in 2024.

“She seemed grateful for that invitation,” he continued, adding:

“Paul came out here, he had a meeting with John. His advice to him was, ‘You can’t just say that you’ve changed. You have to show it. You have to prove it. It would be like dating her again. You have to bring her flowers, you have to take her out for dinners. You have to show her how important she is to you in your world.’”

Lennon was a famously open-minded and free-spirited man, so it’s not hard to see why his widow believes he might have been open for anything.

But whatever the case, John and Yoko remained married for the rest of his life.

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Valerie Bertinelli is Shaking, Crying in Heartbreaking Anxiety Attack Video

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Valerie Bertinelli was shaking and crying uncontrollably in a video that she shared to social media.

In a sense, nothing was wrong. Nothing immediate.

For years, the actor has suffered anxiety attacks that send her body into a state of panic.

This time, she recorded herself shaking — to let followers know that they are not alone.

Valerie Bertinelli on June 7, 2024.
Valerie Bertinelli attends the 51st annual Daytime Emmys Awards at The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, Los Angeles on June 07, 2024. (Photo Credit: Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

Valerie Bertinelli shared a video in which she was shaking uncontrollably

Bertinelli took to her Instagram page to share a video of her anxiety attack.

The 65-year-old actor, known for One Day At A Time, Touched By An Angel, Hot In Cleveland, and more, wanted to raise mental health awareness. A lot of people do not know what these sorts of attacks can look like.

“I’ve sat on this post for a day because it’s incredibly vulnerable and that’s always scary to share,” she wrote in the caption.

The video itself showed her hand trembling.

“But I’m posting because we’re all out here doing our best having a human experience,” Valerie Bertinelli wrote alongside her shaking hand. “And,” she continued, “none of us want to feel like we’re alone in that.”

She went on to detail that she had suffered a “really bad anxiety attack.”

This, she explained, had not happened in “a very, very long time.”

Bertinelli shared that she had been “shaking” and “weeping uncontrollably” while her heart “felt like it was pounding out of my chest.”

Valerie Bertinelli on June 8, 2024.
Valerie Bertinelli attends the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Creative Arts & Lifestyle Awards at The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, Los Angeles on June 08, 2024. (Photo Credit: Unique Nicole/Getty Images)

Anxiety attacks are not new to Valerie Bertinelli

One of the sick twists of this kind of anxiety is that it can seem to go away entirely … until it comes back, catching you by surprise.

“As I’m going through the actual attack […] I almost disassociate and am focused solely on calming down and finding any road to a more relaxed and peaceful body,” Valerie Bertinelli explained. She admitted that she “can’t quite seem to calm all the way yet.”

The actor detailed how her “body goes into overdrive” and her brain is “overthinking and catastrophizing.”

Valerie Bertinelli on stage on June 8, 2024.
Valerie Bertinelli attends 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Creative Arts & Lifestyle awards at The Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites, Los Angeles on June 08, 2024. (Photo Credit: Leon Bennett/Getty Images)

For most, catastrophizing is worrying that your friend is dead when they’re merely running a few minutes late. In this case, it’s her entire body going into panic mode — a response over which she has “no control.”

Bertinelli mused: “Part of me is fascinated by what the human body is capable of when our feelings can get in the way or override any reasonable thought.”

She added: “And another part of me is just curious on how all of this happens.”

Valerie Bertinelli on April 3, 2022.
Valerie Bertinelli attends the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 03, 2022. (Photo Credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

‘You’re not alone’

At the end of her caption under the video of her shaking, Valerie Bertinelli asked if anyone could relate to her “extreme anxiety attacks.” She also reminded her followers: “You’re not alone.”

She’s right. Many people have these experiences.

As for why … simply put, sometimes people’s bodies go into crisis mode without an emergency context.

Whether someone has cPTSD for childhood trauma or is still processing a car accident, their body might surge with panic.

In Valerie Bertinelli’s case, that means shaking and sobbing until the “false alarm” concludes.

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Pam Bondi Moved to Military Base After Alleged Threats

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Pam Bondi has the unenviable job of being Donald Trump’s Attorney General.

She is one of the key faces of the Epstein cover-up.

A lot of people are unhappy.

As such, Bondi has been transferred from her residence to a military base, for protection.

Pam Bondi before Congress on February 11, 2026.
Pam Bondi testifies before the House Judiciary Committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on February 11, 2026. (Photo Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

A military base is generally more secure than any private home

The New York Times reports that Pam Bondi, Trump’s Attorney General, has quietly moved from a civilian residence to a DC military base.

The reason is that there are numerous threats against her life.

Some of the threats allegedly stem from drug cartels. This is fairly par for the course for an AG job.

Other threats are due to the massive attempt to shield Trump and his allies from their involvement with dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

That point of contention is more specific to Bondi.

According to the NYT, Bondi’s relocation took place within the past month.

This came after what remains of federal law enforcement informed her staff about the threats against her.

Public figures of many walks of life can face threats, sometimes for no reason at all.

(We write this mere days after a delusional individual shot up Rihanna’s home, apparently believing the billionaire singer to be the object of her torment.)

However, the mounting fascism within the federal government and other recent decisions by Trump have spurred greater backlash.

Pam Bondi in the White House on February 20, 2026.
Pam Bondi listens as Donald Trump speaks at a press briefing held at the White House on February 20, 2026. (Photo Credit: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Why the uptick in threats? Well …

In January, Donald Trump had Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro abducted from his home and transported to the United States, primarily on the grounds that no one could stop him from doing so.

This apparently prompted an uptick in the threats.

Presumably, the escalating ICE violence as they continue to terrorize American neighborhoods is also a factor.

Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was in charge of ICE, not Bondi.

But as AG, Bondi is instrumental in shielding ICE goons from justice. She’s caught a lot of heat for that.

And Bondi is not the only one who has been relocated, the NYT reports, due to alleged threats.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, former Secretary Kristi Noem, and former Fox & Friends weekend host turned Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth have received the same treatment.

So, too, has white nationalist advisor to Trump, Stephen Miller.

Interestingly, Army secretary Daniel P. Driscoll and Navy secretary John Phelan were also moved to military installations.

In the latter case, his DC home burned last year, prompting his relocation.

Pam Bondi in March 2026.
Pam Bondi attends an event celebrating the 2025 MLS Cup Champions Inter Miami CF in the East Room of the White House on March 05, 2026. (Photo Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Please do not threaten government officials

We really wish that these folks, no matter their strong — and even justified — feelings, would stop issuing threats against government officials.

Among other things, it’s counter-productive. Governments seldom react well to threats like this. The higher that you go, the more likely that a threat is to backfire.

(Private institutions are another matter. In 2023, domestic terror threats against Target prompted the corporation to betray its LGBTQ+ customers, pulling entire product lines. Their shareholders have been paying the price ever since.)

There are many productive actions that people can take as we wait for the names of those Trump advisors relocated (and many others) to stand trial for their crimes.

Issuing threats isn’t one of them. They’ll just beef up their security and continue terrorizing America and other nations.

Be smart. Protect your neighbors. Vote wisely. Prepare for things to get worse. And look forward to Nuremberg 2.

Pam Bondi Moved to Military Base After Alleged Threats was originally published on The Hollywood Gossip.

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Jace Evans Was Institutionalized After Pulling Gun on Grandma, Source Claims

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As we previously reported, Jenelle Evans had son Jace committed to a mental hospital in North Carolina recently.

The troubled Teen Mom star made the decision from afar, as she still resides in Las Vegas.

Jace and Jenelle have had a strained (to put it mildly) relationship for years, but this was an extreme action.

And now, we have new information about what may have led Jenelle to have her son committed.

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Jenelle Evans has a very poor relationship with son Jace. (Instagram)

According to a new report from TMZ, Jace “pulled a gun” on his grandmother and temporary guardian Barbara Evans.

But several people — including Jenelle’s estranged sister, Ashleigh — have disputed that claim.

The Ashley’s Reality Roundup is reporting that the story about Jace pulling a gun was sold to TMZ by an anonymous source.

Ashleigh believes that that source was none other than Jenelle. But thus far, she has yet to furnish any evidence of that claim.

Jenelle Evans does not look happy in this picture from her 'Teen Mom' days.
Jenelle Evans does not look happy in this picture from her Teen Mom days. (MTV)

Whatever the case, after Jenelle called the cops, Jace was taken to a nearby hospital for an assessment.

He was then transferred to a psychiatric care facility, where he remains as of this writing.

“My nephew did not pull a firearm out on [his] grandmother or himself. That is a lie,” Ashleigh wrote on X on Tuesday (via The Ashley).

“None of that [is] true… who[ever] keeps fabricating these lies is a sick person,” she continued, adding:

“The police also never found a gun in my mother’s house. That is a straight up lie.”

She later elaborated on the situation, writing, “[It’s] most likely my sister selling the story because she’s angry. She’s losing control.”

Jenelle Evans and her oldest son on Teen Mom.
Jenelle Evans and her oldest son, Jace Evans, on Teen Mom. (Image Credit: MTV)

An anonymous source has come forward to corroborate Ashleigh’s claims.

“He was really angry and damaged something in the house. The cops actually searched Barbara’s house and found no gun,” the source tells The Ashley.

The insider also refutes the claim that Barbara was “desperate” to have Jace committed.

“Quite the opposite actually,” the source says.

“Jenelle still has custody of Jace and continues to try to manipulate the situation, despite being in Vegas. She’s trying everything she can to get her way.”

Insiders have revealed that there have been some substance abuse issues, but nothing beyond what one would expect from a 16-year-old in a volatile situation.

They say the main issue is that Jace is upset that Jenelle is now back together with David Eason, her ex-husband who had previously been arrested for abusing Jace.

We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.

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